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Aaron Polczynski - June 27th, 2008

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D&D Releases its Fourth Edition… Not Another Rule Book!


D&D Handbook

Hear ye, hear ye. All brave players who delve into the mysterious and legendary game that is Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). Hasbro’s tabletop, role-playing game that we all know and love has released its much anticipated Fourth Edition.

As hardcore D&D fans know, when the game maker releases an edition, it usually means the cleanup of confusing rules and regulations, as well as the addition of some really cool new ones.

Remember when the Third Edition came out? I certainly do. It got rid of that grossly confusing mess that was the THAC0 (To Hit Armor Class 0) system, a system where plus meant minus and minus meant plus (the rules for armor class were like scoring in golf, the lower, the better).

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