Night after night, my daughter comes to me with her jingling bag of dice, demanding more adventure! Play time: 1 hour Characters: Rose the Druid (2) Beetles and Treasures Rose the Druid set off from the shores of the Mirror Lake toward Fang Castle high in the mountains. Along the way, Mittens the Jaguar smelled […]
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Book Review Mini: Frankenstein (Shelley)
What’s it about? (SPOILERS!) Victor Frankenstein goes to college to study science and medicine. He eventually discovers a formula and process for building a living being out of spare parts. But he finds his creation hideous and runs away from it. The creature wanders about the country, learning to speak and fend for itself, while […]
My youngest demanded that we continue the adventures of Rose the Druid, and the quest to recover the five Forest Gems to restore the magical woods. So we did! Play time: 1 hour Characters: Rose the Druid (2) To the Green Island Druid Rose set out smartly toward the Green Island to find the third […]
What’s it about? (SPOILERS!) The hero Beowulf sails to the great hall of Heorot where the people are being terrorized by the monster Grendel. After a some courtly conversation, boasting, and insults, Beowulf and his men go to sleep in the hall. Grendel attacks and Beowulf rips off his arm, leaving the monster to limp […]
I had an opportunity to run a quick one-shot for some friends using my homebrew RPG system. It’s a little like Dungeon World, World of Dungeons, Blades in the Dark, etc. Level-less, class-less, roll 1d6 to resolve an action. Low hit points, no combat initiative. And we ran it in one of the new mini-dungeons […]
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To Hunt the Stars: Session #3
The adventure continues! Last time, our heroes went diving for tongs in a boiling lake, went apple-picking in a twisted orchard, and lost two friends to a voracious meadowshark and a pack of talon-dashers… Play time: 4 hours Adventurers: Altair the Clockwork Sorcerer (Professor of Astronomy) Astra the Celestial Warlock (Professor of Astrology) Kaze the Kensei Monk […]
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Fangs of Vulgoth: Campaign Art
Last night, my awesome players surprised me with this fantastic piece of art they commissioned to commemorate our last campaign. Check this out: I’m a very lucky DM.
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To Hunt the Stars: Session #2
The adventure continues! Last time, our heroes arrived in the village of Kettle, fought some monsters, beat up some kids, hired a lot of locals to do their dirty work, and found a long lost hammer. Play time: 4 hours Adventurers: Aoede the Creation Bard (Professor of Performing Arts) Atticus the Order Cleric (Professor of Law) […]
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To Hunt the Stars: Session #1
A new campaign begins! As an experiment, I am running this whole campaign at Level 3. No XP, no leveling up. Also, to create some group cohesion right from the start, I had my players invent a reason for being together and a common goal. All I told them is that they would be going […]
My daughter and I have played a lot of D&D this spring, but somehow we forgot about her solo quest, so today we got back in the saddle! Play time: 1 hour Characters: Rose the Druid (2) Prowling the Woods After rescuing her friend and saving the first Forest Gem, Rose transformed into a wolf […]