Category Archives: DDO

Voice and Video chat in online gaming

Posted on June 21, 2020 by

I’ve just read the post by Wilhelm about Discord and other voice platforms. I play MMORPGs and (virtual) tabletop gaming with a set of different overlapping groups of friends and family members. For the most part I game with a … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, Fantasy Grounds, LotRO, MMORPG, TTRPG, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Gaming tools and reference websites

Posted on June 12, 2020 by

Belghast has a blog post up about the creation of a Gaming Tools menu on his blog. The post shows some examples of this organisation and the list of websites that count as tools in this case. The games used … Continue reading →

Posted in D&D, DDO, EQ2, MMORPG, TTRPG, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

I like situational gear in MMOs

Posted on May 25, 2020 by

In a recent World of Warcraft Classic session we attempted our second-ever run on Scholomance with our instance group. In discussions about the apparent difficulty we were facing, we started talking about gear we could farm to make the runs … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, MMORPG, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

Tanking with a dagger?

Posted on May 14, 2020 by

There are certain fantasy stereotypes that can be observed, or challenged, by the games I play. One such trope is the “Sword and Board” tank character – the protector of the adventuring party with a sword and shield. We were … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, LotRO, MMORPG, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

Sticking to dungeon roles #Blapril2020

Posted on April 29, 2020 by

Over the last few months I’ve been running a whole lot of dungeons in World of Warcraft Classic and Retail and in Dungeons & Dragons Online. Most MMORPGs use the trinity system or some precursor or variant thereof. In WoW … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, MMORPG, Neverwinter, World of Warcraft | 5 Comments

Interactive objects in dungeons are great #Blapril2020

Posted on April 27, 2020 by

I’ve written before about interactive objects in MMORPGs, a feature I wish more games made use of to a greater extent. Dungeons & Dragons Online has so many different ways in which your characters can interact with the environment, whether … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, MMORPG, SWTOR, World of Warcraft | 1 Comment

Four favourite game series #Blapril2020

Posted on April 23, 2020 by

Apparently there’s a tweet doing the rounds about five favourite game series, as I read over at Time to Loot’s blog post response. It’s an interesting topic to read about, but not one I can easily answer in the spirit … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, ESO, MMORPG, Neverwinter, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

Highs and lows #Blapril2020

Posted on April 17, 2020 by

We live in very strange times. I mostly keep my blog impersonal and light in tone for the reason that I prefer to read positive and entertaining blog posts, but its hard to ignore the reality of the COVID-19 situation … Continue reading →

Posted in D&D, DDO, MMORPG, TTRPG, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

Red fens adventure #DDO #Blapril2020

Posted on April 7, 2020 by

We’ve continued our party-of-three adventures in Dungeons & Dragons Online this weekend with two sessions running the instances accessible from the Red Fens wilderness adventure area. This swampy area has a lot of details to it apart from the dungeons … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, MMORPG | 2 Comments

Set sail for adventure #DDO

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

Fresh from the unlock of content for all players, our DDO trio static tackled the Sentinels of Stormreach chain over the weekend. This set of four related quests took our party across farflung locales in Eberron as we set sail … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, MMORPG | 3 Comments