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Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Castle Naerytar
The store was brimming over with players tonight. 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons is doing fantastically well around these parts.We had four tables, each with 6 or 7 players. New people are popping...
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Hazirawn
Azbara Jos5th edition Dungeons & Dragons is doing extremely well in our store. We have four tables going and every one of them is filled to capacity. There is literally no more room in the...
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Baba Yaga's Dancing Hut - "The Dancing Hut" Dragon Magazine #83
I've been branching out in my Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG World Tour game lately. The DCC RPG is great for running fantasy adventures of any system. I ran SlaughterGrid with it, and it worked great.I...
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Finding Your Style as a Dungeon Master
In this column I am going to blab about playing to your strengths when being a Dungeon Master. Down at the bottom of this page I tacked on what I think makes for a good player.I decided to use artwork...
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Baba Yaga's Dancing Hut - The Soviet JS-1 Tank
This is the second session of the adventure. You might want to read the first one in case you missed it. I am running the 1e Dragon Magazine version enhanced by the 4e version, which fills in details...
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Baba Yaga's Dancing Hut - The Cursed Berserking Sword
Natasha the DarkI was determined to finish this adventure on Monday night. This is session 3 of my attempt to run a modified version of "The Dancing Hut" using the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG rules.As I...
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Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Dungeon Master's Guide - Master of Worlds
The Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition Dungeon Master's Guide is here, and now we officially have a full set of books to go ahead and run a 5th edition campaign.I am going to go through the book and...
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Pharblex Splattergoo
Pharblex SplattergooWe had a very good night at the store this week for Hoard of the Dragon Queen. All 4 tables are full of players that show up every week. It is pretty amazing.I made out like a...
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Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Dungeon Master's Guide - Master of Adventures
Welcome back to part 2 of an extensive look at the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition Dungeon Master's Guide. Part one is here. I am trying to write these to give you an idea of what is in the book so...
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Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Dungeon Master's Guide - Magic Items
I am going through the 5th edition DMG slowly and carefully, doing my best to highlight the most interesting parts to give you a good idea of what's in the book and what 5th edition is like. The...
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Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Dungeon Master's Guide - Master of Rules
Here we are at the fourth and final part of my comprehensive look at the 5th edition DMG. I still have to rely on photos from the book for the most part, so I apologize in advance.If you missed them...
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The Greatest Dungeon Masters in the World: Monte Cook
Welcome to the fourth article in my series on the greatest DMs of all time. This one has been particularly difficult, as I have had a hard time finding campaign details. Lucky for me, game designer...
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Hunting Lodge
Trepsin and his Mossy CapeI got to the store a little early tonight for our next session of Hoard of the Dragon Queen. I had a chance to talk with the owner, and he told me that he is stunned at how...
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Dungeons & Dragons The Animated Series - Part One
As time goes on, I realize how lucky I was to be a kid in the 80's. A lot of great stuff that is still relevant to this day came out then. Shows and movies such as Transformers, Star Wars, Indiana...
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Dungeons & Dragons The Animated Series - Part Two
Welcome to Part 2 of my comprehensive look at every episode of the classic Dungeons & Dragons cartoon. Along the way, we'll pull out concepts from the show for you to steal for your campaign, with...
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Talis the White
Talis the WhiteWe finished up Episode 7 tonight. The players, mostly kids around the age of 13, were exceptionally hyper-active tonight. I assume it is because of Christmas.Usually they are fine, but I...
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Dungeons & Dragons Expeditions Defiance in Phlan - The Meeting at Deepnight
I wrapped up my Shadowrun campaign a few weeks ago and have assembled a group for a new D&D 5e campaign. I will be running the Dungeons & Dragons Expeditions adventures for them. Expeditions...
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Castle in the Clouds
For the next few weeks, we will be playing Hoard of the Dragon Queen on Sundays. D&D Encounters is usually run on Wednesdays, but because of the holidays, the store will be closed for the next two...
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Glazhael the Cloudchaser
We've been playing Hoard of the Dragon Queen on Sundays, because we usually play on Wednesday but Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve both fall on that day this year. We only have until March 11 to get...
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The Best and Worst of Hoard of the Dragon Queen
We finished Hoard of the Dragon Queen on Sunday, so I figured I'd run down my final thoughts on the adventure. It seems like a number of people online don't like this book much at all. While I don't...
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