Benefits of Invisibility I think my very first instance of “shipping” involved the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon from the 1980s. This was long before I even knew what “shipping” was. I just mentally paired off Hank the ranger and Sheila the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Borderlands Session Twenty-One This will final session of this “season”, as it’s a good place to take a break as one of my players is itching to DM another adventure, while I have an idea for a Star Wars mini-campaign. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Borderlands Session Twenty Season Two of my Borderlands campaign is rushing towards an ending as I potentially resolve the second character arc, wrapping up the Red Mage’s quest, which has driven the last three or so sessions. The character is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Borderlands Session Nineteen With my homegame resuming and becoming weekly for a short period, I have precious little time to prepare. I don’t know how people manage weekly games…. (Well, I imagine they’re not doing daily quests in an MMO […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Borderlands Session Eighteen My homegame took a sudden, unexpected hiatus due to DM depression. Gaming, which is my primary escape, became mentally and emotionally associated with a stressor. This created a lovely feedback loop where I became stressed and automatically […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Until now, rules support for the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons has been limited to the small handful of classes in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide and the races of Volo’s Guide to Monsters, with the majority of classes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Borderlands: Session Seventeen My last session was probably a textbook example of poorly executed Dungeon Mastering. My players jumped through a super obvious adventure hook, but a couple sessions before I thought they were going to. I responded with a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Borderlands: Session Sixteen My homegame is finally resuming after four or so months of hiatus. One of my players took over the table for a mini-campaign that ran for five or six sessions, but was heavily delayed due to busy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Tomb of Annihilation The seventh large storyline adventure for the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons is the Tomb of Annihilation. Advertised as an reimagining of the “classic” deathtrap dungeon, the Tomb of Horrors, the adventure features the return […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Spinning out of, Critical Role, the hit Geek & Sundry Livestream* D&D game, is the Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting book. This product details the main continent of the campaign and is set roughly a year after the Chroma […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Borderlands: Session Fifteen I like television. That’s a bold statement, I know. I enjoy the narrative constraints television seasons bring to an ongoing story. The idea of ups and downs leading to peak viewing weeks, with cliffhangers, and finally the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…