In Anticipation of GenCon: 10 Things I Learned at Worldwide D&D Game Day
For some people GenCon will be their first opportunity to participate in public-play games. Although I played D&D for years, it was always with close friends at someone’s house. I’d never played...
View ArticleIn Anticipation of GenCon: 7 Appalling Things I Witnessed at the Gaming Table
So far the articles we’ve published in anticipation of GenCon were tips to make your gaming experience better; plenty of “dos” that we think are helpful and important. Today we provide a list of...
View ArticleMake-A-Geas
Next week, thousands of us will be converging on Indianapolis for our favorite consecutive four day period of the year. Sadly, there are countless more of our tribe that won’t be making the trip. Many...
View ArticleD&D Encounters: Council of Spiders – Pre-Generated Characters
Wizards of the Coast provided new pre-generated characters with the materials for the upcoming season D&D Encounters: Council of Spiders. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw them. After five...
View ArticleD&D Encounters: Web of the Spider Queen (Week 12)
Following a brutal encounter in the Drow Torture Theatre last week the heroes took a short rest and then moved onward in search of the Slave Pits. After some exploration the passage seemed to open...
View ArticleD&D Encounters: Council of Spiders – Pre-Generated Characters
Wizards of the Coast provided new pre-generated characters with the materials for the upcoming season D&D Encounters: Council of Spiders. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw them. After five...
View ArticleD&D Encounters: Web of the Spider Queen (Week 12)
Following a brutal encounter in the Drow Torture Theatre last week the heroes took a short rest and then moved onward in search of the Slave Pits. After some exploration the passage seemed to open...
View ArticleD&D Encounters: Council of Spiders – Preview
On August 22 the players become the villains. That’s right, this season the PCs get a chance to become members of Drow society along with all the plotting and scheming that accompanies it. The PCs...
View ArticleLike GMing Cats
Game Time Minus 1 Week “Thursday, 3 0′clock?” “Ok” “Ok” “Ok” “Ok” “Ok” “So…be there at 6?” “Hey, there’s a chance we’ll actually start at 3. Right? A chance? Maybe? Possibly?” “I’ll be there at 6.”...
View ArticleShhhh….be vewy quiet…I’m hunting gowems
Pausing only to fall into, then cross a large pit hidden by illusion, the group continues into a large amphitheater. The seats surround a central raised dais of black stone and are surrounded by black...
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