zelda Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/zelda/ D&D / Role Playing Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:12:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.tribality.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-logo-2020-icon@2x-32x32.jpg zelda Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/zelda/ 32 32 The Legend of Zelda Franchise and the D&D Roadmap https://www.tribality.com/2016/04/27/the-legend-of-zelda-franchise-and-the-dd-roadmap/ https://www.tribality.com/2016/04/27/the-legend-of-zelda-franchise-and-the-dd-roadmap/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:00:39 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=16259 In the spirit of journalistic, or at least hack-authorial, integrity, this article was written with a large amount of medically-prescribed opiates in my system. I had an osteotomy on my left shoulder done last week. As a life hack, I’d recommend not doing anything that brings you to a place where you need an osteotomy. Still, if a one-armed man can ruin Dr. Richard Kimble’s life, surely I can write a weekly column. The late 80’s were an interesting time […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2016/04/27/the-legend-of-zelda-franchise-and-the-dd-roadmap/feed/ 2 Home Console RPGs – The First Ten Years (Part 2) https://www.tribality.com/2016/01/19/home-console-rpgs-the-first-ten-years-part-2/ Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:27:47 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=14421 Welcome to Part II of my examination of the first ten years of Home Video Game Console Role Playing Games, or HVGCRPGs. If you missed the first part, click here. We looked at the first five years of HVGCRPGs from the very humble beginnings of RPGs on the Atari 2600 in the early 80’s, up to The Legend of Zelda and Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986. Now, in Part II, we move on into years […]

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]]> Home Console RPGs – The First Ten Years (Part 1) https://www.tribality.com/2016/01/12/home-console-rpgs-the-first-ten-years-part-1/ Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:40:28 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=14260 Up until today, almost all of my studies and articles in roleplaying have focused on Tabletop RPGs such as D&D, Pathfinder, Star Wars, and so forth. But I believe that the time has come to branch out a bit further and so begins my two-part series on the early days of Home Video Game RPGs or HVGRPGs. It’s interesting to note that the worlds of Tabletop RPGs and HVGRPGs developed at practically the same time. While Tabletop RPGs came out […]

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]]> 5 Things The Legend of Zelda Taught Me About D&D https://www.tribality.com/2015/11/24/5-things-the-legend-of-zelda-taught-me-about-dd/ https://www.tribality.com/2015/11/24/5-things-the-legend-of-zelda-taught-me-about-dd/#respond Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:47:43 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=13142 I can recall getting my hands on The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System within a few months of its North American release in 1987. For the record, I was 8 years old. That shiny gold casing was like a beacon to many kids who had always dreamed of a home console game with a save feature and long-term game play. Now, it had arrived. The fact that it was also a fantasy-adventure game that delved into many […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2015/11/24/5-things-the-legend-of-zelda-taught-me-about-dd/feed/ 0 Legend of Zelda – Four Swords Rules v1.3 https://www.tribality.com/2014/05/24/4-swords-rules/ https://www.tribality.com/2014/05/24/4-swords-rules/#comments Sat, 24 May 2014 18:40:41 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=207 If you are looking for a fun little game to run as a one-shot you could try out 4 Swords. It uses a simplified version of D&D’s 4th Edition rules and balances fighting monsters with competing/cooperating with 3 other Link characters. Here’s the latest version of the rules we are using for this game. I’ve run 2 sessions now and it’s been fun for both me the GM and the players. Glossary / Translation of Terms from D&D 4e Hearts […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2014/05/24/4-swords-rules/feed/ 1 Zelda Hyrule Adventures Session 1 https://www.tribality.com/2014/05/16/zelda-hyrule-adventures-session-1/ https://www.tribality.com/2014/05/16/zelda-hyrule-adventures-session-1/#respond Fri, 16 May 2014 06:38:20 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=168 We're running our first session this Friday May 16th, 2014. I'll try to recap the good and the bad of this playtest. Here are the rules we are going to try out...

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2014/05/16/zelda-hyrule-adventures-session-1/feed/ 0 Hyrulean Adventure Homebrew https://www.tribality.com/2014/05/10/legend-of-zelda-four-swords-adventures-homebrew/ https://www.tribality.com/2014/05/10/legend-of-zelda-four-swords-adventures-homebrew/#comments Sat, 10 May 2014 07:18:36 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=156 This is a Hyrulean Adventure for 4 players and 1 GM per session that I’m going to start running on Roll20. We’re using homebrew rules of D&D 4e (heavy on homebrew). Gameplay style is inspired by the The Legend of Zelda Four Swords Adventures, but borrows from all of the Zelda-verse. Find out more here: https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/13433/the-legend-of-zelda-four-swords-adventures ABOUT THE GAME video game like delve where Link is split into 4 players (Red, Green, Blue, Purple) each player will have a sword and […]

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