Christmas Gaming
It's been busy time this Christmas. So far I have gotten a lot of gaming in. We went to my in-laws to see my wife's sister and her kids and my kids brought out D&D. I got hit with some allergies...
View ArticleClass Struggles: The 5e Witch Project
Been playing a lot of D&D 5 of late and it has been a real blast. It really has a lot going for it and feels like a D&D Greatest Hits. But what it is lacking is a real witch class. Well...I...
View ArticleYear End 2015
We are a few hours from seeing the end of 2015. All in all not a bad year. I got in a lot of great gaming, not a lot of variety of gaming, but a lot. I played a lot of 5e and I even got to play some...
View ArticleSkylla: Compleat Spell Caster
The Compleat Spellcaster Recently +Eric Fabiaschi over at Swords & Stitchery did a retro-review of the old Bard Games "The Compleat Spellcaster". A book I have enjoyed for a number of years. A...
View ArticleBack to Work
Today is back to work for most of us. I took the time off from Christmas to now and spent it at home. Got in a lot of games with my kids. Mostly I worked on some projects I have needed to get done...
View ArticleAgainst the Slave Lords Reprint now in PDF
2016 starts out with a bang as WotC gives us the reprint of Against the Slave Lords in PDF. I just grabbed it (since that is the adventure my kids are now going through) and it looks exactly like the...
View ArticleClass Struggles: Race as Class
My love for D&D Basic era play is well known and well documented, but my love is tempered and not complete. I have a confession. I really am not a fan of B/X or BECMI style Race as Class. In the...
View ArticleGame of the Year 2015: White Star
For me it really is no contest what last year's biggest and best game was. It was +James Spahn's White Star. Not that it is faux-Star Wars in a year of Star Wars (but that helps). Not that it is a...
View ArticleBirthday Witches
Today is a special day for two of my friends. Not only do they have new witch books out but it is also their birthdays! Amber Benson's new book in the Witches of Echo Park series came out this week....
View ArticleFriday Night Videos: Happy Birthday Elvis & David Bowie!
Happy Birthday to two great kings of rock, Elvis and David Bowie.
View ArticleSatisfied with Alpha Blue
Alpha Blue is the latest release from Kort'thalis Publishing and +Venger Satanis. Alpha Blue is a Space Station where the party never ends. The book is 111 pages (114 if you count covers and extra...
View ArticleWeekend Gaming
The Order of the Platinum Dragon picked up a new character this weekend. Crowley, a tiefling warlock had been captured by the Slavers in A1, he decided to stay with the group as they journeyed up the...
View ArticleD&D 5th Edition SRD and OGL. Oh..and you can now write for the Forgotten...
Well no one suspected THIS I can tell you that. Wizards of the Coast released the D&D 5th edition SRD along with the OGL 1.1 today....
View ArticleClass Struggles: What Should a 5e Witch Be?
This post is an odd one for the Class Struggles series. Instead of looking at different expressions of the same class or class-idea, I want to figure out what a 5e Witch class could be via the same...
View ArticleReading Challenges
I am going to participate in a few reading challenges again this year. Once again I am participating in The Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge at Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf. I doubt I will do...
View ArticleNew 5e Material Out Now
This did not take long. +Mark Craddock over at the excellent Cross Planes blog has already gotten two new classes out for D&D 5 over at The DM's Guild. Dhampirs and Way of the Telekinetic. I picked...
View ArticleFriday Night Videos: Women Rock!, Part 2.
A while back I posted a bunch of videos from women that rock. It was quite popular. I said then that a part 2 was in order. So here it is! K's Choice wis a band from Belgium that had some notoriety...
View ArticleZatannurday: Happy New Year
Not quite ready to put the wraps on this one just yet... I have a few more posts yet to do. Winter Zatanna by AaronNSN on DeviantArt Zatanna by gintrax13 on DeviantArt Call it magic by CharlieRobin on...
View ArticleMail Call!
Look what came in the mail yesterday! Hardcovers of White Star from +James Spahn, Between Star & Void by +Matthew Skail and a softcover of the B/X Rogue from +Gavin Norman. They all look great and...
View ArticleThe Return of Strahd
The news is finally out, Ravenloft is coming back. I have known about this for a while now from multiple reliable sources but obviously could not say anything. Curse of Strahd is the next campaign for...
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