On Escapism and Fun
Way Back When Before I got into tabletop RPG’s my mainstay of “gaming memories” were older video games, Playstation and Sega games to be exact. […]
old school
Healing Surges in 5e, Room For Two?
Let’s Just Call Them Surges
What if it were implied that surges just in fact gave a surge of something not to be named. We’re sticking to abstraction here, right? A surge of courage, energy, bravado, luck, knowledge…you get the picture. Why not use surges identically as previously but imply that they could be many things, that they can be traded in for a burst of HP, but perhaps not always.
DreadCast: Momanatrix’s Old School D&D Woes
Here’s another episode for you guys! This time we talk about the differences between older versions of D&D and newer in regards to how things […]
Review: Mordankainen’s Magnificent Emporium
I’ll admit, my first impression of Mordankainen’s Magnificent Emporium was less than great. I excitedly opened its pages and thumbed through to only stumble over the few items I’d already seen from within DDI play test articles and a magical items that seemed pretty lackluster (flaming swords, wand of frost, gauntlets of ogre power etc), making me wonder why anyone would pay $40 for a book full of stuff they’d already seen?
Free RPG Day, First Impressions
And So He Started Driving I was determined to get in on the Free RPG action last Saturday come hell or high water. My wife […]