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Ashes of Athas – Looking Back on the Dark Sun Organized Play Campaign
On March 1st Mike Shea (operating the site Sly Flourish) invited me to chat about the Dark Sun organized play campaign called Ashes of Athas. You can watch our chat here. I was also fortunate to be on...
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Running a Dragon-Themed Kids Birthday Party! (Or, how to run a LARP for Kids)
Which kid-decorated castle would you rather lay siege to, chocolate or vanilla? Let’s start with a warning. My wife and I go overboard on birthday parties. We often take an unconventional approach to...
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D&D Next: A Model for Feats and Other Build Options
I could only later reavel that this was from our playtest of the opening scene for Murder in Baldur’s Gate. Legends & Lore discussed new options for acquiring Feats. Neither those options nor the...
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D&D Next: A Model for Skills
A perfect capture of when a player is excited to use their character’s skills. This week’s Legends & Lore presents feats and skills as optional systems. While feats don’t at all seem to resemble...
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D&D Next: A Touch of Class
Ulna Thos – Shadar-Kai Artificer. Giver of Life, Bearer of Pain, Servant of Sharess. All the healing she gave was at her own expense, drawing the pain of others into herself. Class, subclass, build,...
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Ashes of Athas: Where to Begin
Where to Begin (AOA1-1 The Worth of a Slave) Good news! Wizards of the Coast has allowed the campaign admins to share the Ashes of Athas campaign adventures (20 adventures organized into 7 chapters)....
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Ashes of Athas: The Development Process
The Development Process (AOA1-2 The False and the True) Wizards of the Coast has allowed the campaign admins to share the Ashes of Athas campaign adventures (20 adventures organized into 7 chapters)....
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Incentives for Roleplaying in D&D Next
This week’s Legends & Lore presents the idea of a system to promote role-playing. Here is a good passage from the link: “In the current draft of the game, as part of character creation, you also...
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Journey to Candlekeep
Gen Con 2013 is nearly here! There are a ton of great events, one of which I was fortunate enough to help create! The event is part of the Sundering, a major change to the Realms kicked off by the...
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The Magic of Items
What does a new edition say about us? What does a magic item say about our character? D&D Next looks at magic items this week, in a post by the awesome James Wyatt. The article examines how PCs...
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How Vault Influenced Confrontation at Candlekeep
What goes into creating a convention adventure for Wizards of the Coast? Why do Vault of the Dracolich and Candlekeep have different styles? How did a battle interactive come to replace a delve? How...
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Writing Confrontation at Candlekeep
What goes into creating a convention adventure for Wizards of the Coast? Why do Vault of the Dracolich and Candlekeep have different styles? How did a battle interactive come to replace a delve? How...
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Making Confrontation at Candlekeep Interactive
What goes into creating a convention adventure for Wizards of the Coast? How did a battle interactive come to replace a delve? How well does RPG historian Shannon Appelcline capture Candlekeep’s...
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Cooperative Dungeon! and Young Gamer Parents: Hang In There
Want to play the Dungeon! board game cooperatively? Are you a new sleep-deprived and overworked parent wondering if life will ever get better? Let’s talk about both! Cooperative Dungeon! Last night my...
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Reviewing the Rage of Demons D&D Miniatures
The Verdict These minis are a solid purchase for most gamers, providing you with reasonably sculpted and painted plastic miniatures at an average list price of $4. The minis are useful in home...
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The Search for Wondla: A Numenera Campaign
My daughter loves to share her best books with me. From time to time she will walk up to me and say, “Papá, you have to read this.” One of my favorites was The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a...
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Waking in an Unknown World: WondLa Campaign Part 1
It can be hard in a sci-fi RPG to figure out how the players should react to the setting. What wondrous elements should be commonplace, and which should evoke wonder? Tony DiTerlizzi’s The Search for...
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Talent vs Experience
I used to think of artists as talented. I can’t draw a decent stick figure, while they produce amazing inspiring works that blow my mind. They seem to have raw natural talent. A couple of years ago a...
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Aliens in Your Own World: WondLa Campaign Part 2
The city of Lacus (As before, this contains spoilers for the WondLa novels. They are wonderful and you should consider reading them first. They are also a great gift for kids ages 7-8 or older.) In our...
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The Dungeon Masters Guild Launches!
Can you believe it? Wizards of the Coast has launched a brand new storefront, extending DnDClassics to allow anyone to sell Forgotten Realms based 5E content! And, the Dungeon Masters Guild now sells...
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