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D&D 2024: Monster Manual Review

March 24, 2025 The Patriot Talon

By JAMES RASBERRY/Staff Writer Foreword: This is a personal review. This article will not cover issues with the parent companies of Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro. This article will focus on the content of [Read More…]

City/State

Geek World’s Growing D&D Community

February 13, 2025 Jim Rasberry

By JAMES RASBERRY/Staff Writer Local game shop Geek World hosted its season finale for the community-wide Luminaria Dungeons and Dragons campaign on Feb. 1. The campaign is run in-store by Geek World Employees and provides [Read More…]

Life & Arts

Concord: Historic Failure for Sony

September 19, 2024 Jim Rasberry

By JIM RASBERRY/Staff Writer Sony faces a historic failure as its new hero shooter is pulled from stores.  In possibly a major setback for the gaming industry, the new hero shooter Concord was pulled from [Read More…]

Life & Arts

D&D 2024: The Good, The Bad and the Reprint

September 6, 2024 Jim Rasberry

BY JIM RASBERRY/Staff Writer Foreword: This is a personal review of the 2024 edition of the D&D fifth edition player’s handbook. This is first hand information taken from a review of the book and comparison [Read More…]

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University Pines Hosts Inaugural Lantern Festival

February 29, 2024 Jim Rasberry

By JIM RASBERRY/Staff Writer, BARBARA MARTIN MORO/Staff Writer and BRYNNA WILLIAMSON/Vice Editor-in-Chief Red spherical lanterns, red tablecloths, a red dragon and brochures decorated in red. University Pines hosted its first-ever Lantern Festival last Thursday. It was organized through [Read More…]

Campus News

New SAR Facilities Open to serve students

February 2, 2024 Jim Rasberry

By JIM RASBERRY/Staff Writer The Student Accessibility Resources office (SAR) has opened newly renovated offices and student support space located on the fourth floor of the library. SAR Inaugural Director Ms. Dawn Sousa-Hearn was not available [Read More…]

Reviews

Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader a TTRPG Classic Made New

January 23, 2024 Jim Rasberry

By JIM RASBERRY/Staff Writer As 2023 came to an end, so did an amazing year for fans of the video game industry. Countless new sequels, brand new IPs, and the delivery of long-awaited games came out [Read More…]

Campus News

Murder Mystery Night at UT Tyler

October 30, 2023 Jim Rasberry

By JIM RASBERRY/Staff Writer Students will gather this Halloween for a night of frightful fun at the University Center. The Office of Student Engagement will be hosting a Murder Mystery game in the University Center ballroom, [Read More…]

City/State

Geek World Holding Halloween D&D Event For All Players

October 19, 2023 Jim Rasberry

By JIM RASBERRY/ Staff Writer and BRYNNA WILLIAMSON/Vice Editor-in-Chief New and experienced players from across Tyler gathered Sept. 30 to take part in Geek World’s “Adventurer’s Guild” night. The event saw many members of the TTRPG (or “Table-Top [Read More…]

Culture

Dungeons & Dragons, a Community for College Students

September 26, 2023 Jim Rasberry

By JIM RASBERRY/Staff Writer The popularity of tabletop roleplaying games (“TTRPG”), such as Dungeons & Dragons, is on the rise.With over 50 million players recorded worldwide, which is furthered by Twitch streams and live play [Read More…]

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