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Remembering the Master: An Inelegant Eulogy for Kory Heath

November 20, 2024 by Dave

Kory Heath sitting in front of a game of Zendo

Kory was an auteur game designer in every sense.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Newest Critical Hits

So You’ve Decided to Run Your Own D&D Campaign…

June 8, 2018 by Bartoneus

Dark Souls

If you’re thinking about starting your own D&D campaign you should pick an underlying theme as the structure with which you’ll build your world.

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Editorial, Featured, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games, The Architect DM Tagged With: D&D, DM advice, world building

Review: “Tomb of Annihilation”

November 27, 2017 by JonBolds

Tomb is an adventure module that blends three kinds of classic D&D gaming into a pretty satisfying whole, despite a few sore spots. It’s metaplot-driven campaign arc set in an exploration sandbox that gives way to a big dungeon crawl for the finale.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 5e, D&D, d&d5e, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons

Queer Creations

September 18, 2017 by Chris Sims

7th Sea

The fifth edition Player’s Handbook, for the first time in D&D history, makes a bold statement about sexuality and gender. It encourages you to imagine different. However, a few failures of imagination exist with regard to depicting this sort of equality in games and other media.

Filed Under: Analysis Paralysis, Editorial, Featured, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 5e, D&D, D&D 5e, the witcher

A Study in CCGs: Magic/Heartstone/Star Wars: Destiny

August 15, 2017 by The Main Event

I would never claim to be a pro, but I’ve played my fair share of collectible card games. In some ways, I think we are in a golden age of the CCG.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Featured, Newest Critical Hits Tagged With: hearthstone, magic, magic the gathering, star wars, star wars: destiny

“Dead Scare”: What I Learned

February 14, 2017 by theothertracy

On February 16th, 2015, I launched a Kickstarter for Dead Scare, a 1950s, feminist, fascist-punching, zed-bashing tabletop RPG by Elsa S. Henry. Today, almost two years later, “Dead Scare” is out to the public.

Filed Under: Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: dead scare, Life Lessons, publishing

In Memory of a True Adventurer: Randall Walker

October 23, 2016 by Dave

A few words on Randall “deadorcs” Walker.

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games

A D&D Life

August 1, 2016 by Chris Sims

What does D&D mean to me? It’s an important question, because some might think after being laid off (twice) while working on D&D, I might have negative feelings about it. I don’t.

Filed Under: Analysis Paralysis, Editorial, Featured, Freelance Writing, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, Dungeons and Dragons

Realism vs. Genre Emulation

June 15, 2016 by guest

Why do you suppose the PCs win nearly every D&D battle they have? There’s an illusion of threat, but how often does the party really lose a fight?

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Newest Critical Hits, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: genre, genre emulation, illusionism, night's black agents, realism

World Building: Roots

June 2, 2016 by Chris Sims

Generation of the world or universe, the setting, is important to numerous aspects of creating media, from novels to games. Careful design can’t be undervalued.

Filed Under: Analysis Paralysis, Editorial, Featured, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: D&D, DM, dungeon mastering, Dungeons and Dragons, Game Mastering, GM, world building, world design, worldbuilding

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