Other Games at the Height of D&D There’s been a long conversation occuring on the Internet over the past year or two about the difficulty of promoting or finding people to play other roleplaying game systems (read: non-D&D game systems) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miniature Monster Mondays : Elder Aboleth This miniature is the Goroloth from Reaper Miniatures. Oldest of the Old. All aboleths remember the time before the gods, when they were the undisputed masters of the antediluvian waters in the mortal worlds. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Borderlands Session 37 And here it ends. The finale. The conclusion. This session took place a month-and-change back, but it was too soon to really write about it. I needed the separation of time and another campaign. (Plus summer vacation […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Problem with D&D’s Adventures The centerpiece of Wizards of the Coast’s product release schedule for 5th Edition is the summer super-adventure, which drives the annual storyline. Each of these adventure ties the miniature lines as well as other spinoff […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Five years after the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set launched the 5th edition of D&D, publisher Wizards or the Coast has released a new introductory boxed set, the Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit. Unlike the Starter Set—which was designed more […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Pathfinder 2nd Edition Following the four month playtest in 2018, Paizo Inc has released a second edition of their Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Unlike the playtest for 5th Edition D&D, which was more of a series of concept tests, the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Borderlands Session 35 & 36 Still a few recap and brainstorming blogs behind where my campaign currently is (spoilers: it ended). In order to catch-up and because I have fewer thoughts, I’m combining a couple sessions… I started the campaign […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miniature Monster Mondays : Blackroot Treant This miniature was released in 2008’s Against the Giants set. Additionally, the blackroot treant was included as a variant in the 4th Edition Monster Manual. Not every tree can become treant, and not every […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miniature Monster Mondays : Fomorian Painbringer This miniature was released in 2010’s Lords of Madness set and the Fomorian Painbringer was a variant found in the 4th Edition Monster Manual. Deep in the subterranean reaches of the Feywild are the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miniature Monster Mondays : Feyguard Cyclops In 4th Edition, cyclopes were reimagined as Large servants of the fomorians with bony heads. This miniature was released in 2007’s Deserts of Desolation set. Similar minis were released with 2008’s Demonweb set (the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Acquisitions Incorporated When someone writes the history of tabletop gaming for the first decades of the 21st Century, 2019 will go down as an unusual year, being filled with D&D partnership products that tie-in to other media. There’s the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miniature Monster Mondays : Spiders Welcome to Miniature Monster Mondays, where I provide a statblock and some lore for a 5th Edition monster based on a miniature. Wizards of the Coast (and their affiliates) has been making official miniatures since […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
