Actually, It’s Gamenstein’s Monster: Ideas to Stitch Together Into Your Own Monstrosity
Any given game that you pick up off a shelf (or...
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An Only Slightly Gushing Review of WarLock Tiles
Recently, WizKids has released several sets of...
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Craft Free Magic Items In 3, 3.5 And Pathfinder? Yes Please!
I was reading the Pathfinder item creation rules...
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IQ In Dungeons And Dragons
So you may be expecting this to be another one...
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FAITH Review and Kickstarter
I’m going to run with the usual format I use on...
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To Absalom, And Beyond: Interviewing James L. Sutter About Starfinder
A few weeks ago, Paizo announced it was making...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Making Realms Accessible Again
Not so far back, I wrote a fairly scathing...
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Dungeon Masters Guild and Adventurer’s League changes
5e Public Play: It’s all Adventurer’s League now...
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Out of the Abyss: A Surprisingly Difficult take on the Underdark for Organized Play
The third D&D encounter season features Out...
Read MoreDecrypting the Cypher System Part 5 (Prep and Run)
When we last left off, I had prepped for a fantasy horror campaign...
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Fate: Character Blocks for Conventions
I love Fate Core, and I enjoy running it at...
Read MoreDecrypting the Cypher System Part 4 (Setup)
Since the last part of this series I’ve been doing prep work for...
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After Action: Primetime Adventures
I recently completed a pair of short series of...
Read MoreDecrypting the Cypher System Part 3 (GM Section)
With this installment, I’ve finished reading the Cypher System book....
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I’m still reading the Cypher System rulebook, though I suspect many...
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