Phil Ulrich
Four tabletop RPG Kickstarters flying under your radar
While big-name tabletop RPGs aiming to compete with Dungeons & Dragons (or at least try to fill a similar niche) garner a lot of attention -- for example, Matt Colville's "tactical heroic cinematic fantasy" MCDM RPG, which raised over $4 million dollars -- there are a lot of cool and innovative games offering unique experiences that are also out there competing for your attention (and pledge of support).
One of D&D’s most iconic villains is returning in 2024 with Vecna: Eve of Ruin. But just who is Vecna?
If you watched the last D&D Direct all the way to the very end, you would have seen a tantalizing hint in amongst the upcoming books for 2023 and 2024 -- Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins couldn't help but mention the return of Vecna, one of the D&D franchise's most iconic villains.
What do you think of no PTR testing for patch 10.2.6?
Patch 10.2.6, World of Warcraft's secretive "pirate patch," was recently confirmed to be launching in March.
All of the new rewards for WoW’s Love is in the Air holiday in 2024
Love is in the air right now in World of Warcraft, and after you've exhausted yourself chasing the X-45 Heartbreaker again you'll probably find yourself with a pile of Love Tokens to spend.
What’s in Dragonflight Season 4? Awakened raids are the new Fated raids, arriving this spring
At BlizzCon 2023, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas confirmed in an interview with Icy Veins that Season 4 of Dragonflight is coming.
What are your good luck rituals when gaming?
Love it or hate it, one of the most pervasive aspects of videogames -- whether that's MMOs like World of Warcraft, loot fiestas like Diablo 4, or even opening new packs in Hearthstone -- is luck, as represented by the random number generator (or RNG).
Dragonflight Season 3 Mythic+ dungeon rotation brings a lot of older dungeons into the mix
Each season of Mythic+ has started bringing new dungeons with it, and Dragonflight patch 10.2 will be no different with a refreshed Mythic+ rotation that's a mix of a little new but mostly old.
How to get Dreaming Crests for gear upgrade in patch 10.2
The gear upgrade system is back for players again in World of Warcraft's patch 10.2, and Blizzard has applied several quality of life upgrades to it this time around -- most notably, Dreaming Crests, the new items you'll need alongside Flightstones to upgrade gear, are a currency instead of an item.
Meet the major players of World of Warcraft: The War Within’s story
The first two trailers for World of Warcraft: The War Within kick off with quite a bang, introducing us to several of the expansion's power players -- including ones who are technically still absent, who we haven't seen in a while, or who've just gotten a serious glow-up.
Form a literal alt army with Warbands in World of Warcraft’s The War Within expansion
The announcement of The War Within for World of Warcraft at BlizzCon 2023 brought with it word of a new feature that no doubt piqued the interest of all players with an army of alternate characters: Warbands.