Rest assured we've got some good stuff bubbling up under the surface here at G-cubed, but as a site very interested in all the great and cool stuff being built, shared and collaborated on by the RPG fan community in general (and D&D fans in particular), we're pretty disappointed in the somewhat underhanded legalese that Wizards of the Coast has attached to its Fan Site Kit.

It's that time of year again.

If you're a fan of role-playing games, any roleplaying game, you should do this.

Voting on the ENnies ballot can seem a little confusing at first. "I haven't heard of any of these games!" You might find yourself thinking, "What do I care about some fan-voted awards?"

Vote at the Ennies!

To help contribute to this month's RPG Blog Carnival (hosted in July by 6d6fireball), I thought I'd resurrect an old rant I made on ENWorld about, simply, how awesome Dungeons and Dragons really is.

I suspect I'm preaching to the choir here, obviously, but I think there's some interesting ruminations in here that are still thoughtful.

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The game simply kicks ass. Having gone through the last three editions now with a diverse group of gamers reflecting a panoply of interests, it has given me some insight as to why it's so much darned fun. So check this out:

D&D, as a hobby, is pretty unique in its appeal and in what exactly it appeals to in us. It's a surprisingly synergistic combination of both left-brain and right-brain activities that are the reasons why we keep coming back to play, week after week, and why it holds such a cherished place in our hearts. To many of you these may seem obvious, but I felt the need to recognize them and write them down.