Borderlands: Session Eleven With a sudden character death halfway through the previous session, the final half was focused on resurrection and the related return journey towards civilization. Now that all members of the party are sucking oxygen again – and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Borderlands: Session Ten I failed to ask what the party planned to do next at the end of my previous gaming session, and thus have a limited idea of their future plans. Next session I will have to be far […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
D&D Review: Volo’s Guide to Monsters The first major monster expansion by Wizards of the Coast for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons (and the second official accessory for the tabletop RPG game), Volo’s Guide to Monsters is an odd duck […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Adventures in Middle Earth Player’s Guide Published by the British RPG studio, Cubicle 7, the first book in the Adventures in Middle Earth product line is the Player’s Guide. Cubicle 7 current publishes of the One Ring roleplaying game […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
BorderLands: Session Two At the end of each session I like asking two things: what’s your plan and when’s the next session? The first question is theoretically more important: what are the characters going to do next? Are they stealthily […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
BorderLands: Session One Roll for initiative!! That’s how I want to start my forthcoming campaign. I think I tried doing this once before and choked. People got distracted and not everyone was at the table. Plus there wasn’t the initial […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Into the BorderLands This is the first blog in a new series where I will talk about DMing my new 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Writing about the adventure preparation I’m doing and how my game is going. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Storm King’s Thunder The fifth story-line adventure for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons is Storm King’s Thunder, which evokes memories and concepts from the classic adventure series, Against the Giants, adventures G1 through G3 for 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ultimate NPCs: Skulduggery The book Ultimate NPCs: Skulduggery is slowly hitting mailboxes, the PDF having hit inboxes a few weeks back. It is part of publisher Nord Games’ “Gamemaster’s Toolbox” line of products, the first book that I’m aware of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
5e Review: Tome of Beasts Kobold Press has published several small products for the 5th Edition of “the world’s Oldest Role-Playing Game” aka Dungeons & Dragons. Their previous efforts were small player accessories of races and a few adventures. Last […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Amethyst Quintessence Newly released by Dias Ex Machina is Amethyst Quintessence, designed for the 5th Edition of the world’s oldest role-playing game (aka Dungeons & Dragons). Amethyst Quintessence is published under the Open Game Licence at Drive-Thru RPG, as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Realm Works A computer program that has been on my radar for a while is Realm Works. I’ve heard it hyped in interviews and mentioned on podcasts and websites, for both Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder. Most recently because […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
