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RPG History: The Fighter Class

Greetings, readers! All five of you who keep up with my history romps might be wondering– why are you writing another RPG History thing so soon? Don’t you do this, like, once a month, assuming that you can manage even that? Well, it’s because November isn’t just any month; it’s a double-barreled shotgun of holiday-ness….

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Review: The Book of Many Things

It has shaken D&D campaigns to the point of splitting the table in half. It has both blessed dubious rogues with Scimitars of Speed and cursed saintly artificers with -2 to stats. The mere mention of it churns a player’s guts in ways that Domino’s Pizza can only dream. I am, of course, talking about…

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RPG History: The Cleric Class

Happy November, fellow clerics or otherwise! Last month, I wrote an article about the origins of Ravenloft and its creators, who also made another little campaign setting called Dragonlance. I also alluded that the drama behind that little legend had enough juiciness to put even the rarest of steaks to shame… So, naturally, we won’t…

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Kickstarter Promises DM’s Dream App

On behalf of all the beleaguered DMs reading this thing, I want to confirm the rumors. Yes, it can, in fact, be insanely hard to plan out a campaign. Bad enough you have to come up with a premise your table doesn’t hate, or worry if your table is toxic to give Chernobyl a run…

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One-Shot Spotlight: Weekend At Strahd’s

As I’ve said before, all its takes is a zany title to get me to buy an adventure. Same with interesting gimmicks. Also, personality. And if it could be a remix of a beloved module with a severely interesting backstory, that would be great. Kicking eighties jams are also appreciated. Anyway, you saw the picture…

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Crooked Moon Breaks Kickstarter Record

A while back, I covered a Kickstarter campaign for a 5e-compatible folk horror romp called Crooked Moon. Out of all the campaigns I have covered for this site, this one showed the most promise. Beautiful art. Unique vibe. Oh, and the fact that it cleared its goal within one minute with over 1.8 million dollars….

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These Dice Smell…No, Really!

So, in my RPG history piece about Ravenloft that you should totally check out, I made a joke about pumpkin spice dice. While referring to the list of results on Etsy, apparently Studio Woe had already taken this idea to heart. And by that, I mean they made dice that literally smell. Incidentally, this isn’t…

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RPG History: Ravenloft

At long, long last, October is upon us, dear reader! The season of raking tree body parts off the lawn, seasonal flavors with more of a cult following than they deserve, and- of course- horror! And, of course, RPG players aren’t one to miss out of the terrifying fun, having spooky session options as long…

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Campaign Premises That People Hate (According To Reddit)

Reddit is no stranger to D&D-related despair. You’ve got whole subreddits dedicated to pervs and power players, and literally dozens of people have made Youtube careers reading horror stories. But sometimes people switch it up a bit. People like user ScarytheFairy, who posed a simple question: what campaign premise is an immediate turn-off for you?…

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Dragonbane Bestiary Announced

Now available for pre-order, Free League Publishing has announced a new supplement for Dragonbane in the form of the Dragonbane Bestiary. Pre-order of a hardback version will get you immediate access to a PDF version. There’s also a Collector’s Edition with a gold foil print, imitation leather cover. The Bestiary includes details for 63 creatures,…

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