I’m currently fighting a cold that was creeping up on me through the past few days, so my ability to write is somewhat curtailed by my need for sleep. It’s been a pretty hectic last few days, though. On Thursday, I played Power Grid and Strasbourg with my friends at Goodgames Ballarat – I won neither game, but both were very enjoyable. Then my car’s … Continue reading A busy few days
Seven players were at the table for our second session of Lost Mine: Rich (wizard), Josh (fighter), Jesse (thief), Tait (thief), Dave (cleric), Josh (fighter) and Sam (wizard). In their last session, they’d failed to pursue the goblins and instead ended up with a little Redbrand Ruffian trouble in town, after Milo (Tait) the thief had made them believe the ruffians had beat him up … Continue reading The Lost Mine of Phandelver – Session 2
The final session of this season of D&D Encounters attracted 27 participants to Goodgames Ballarat, the equal highest (with the penultimate session) attendance we’ve had in the history of the Encounters program at our store. A few of our regulars were missing, but they were made up for by a number of new players. Admittedly, fighting a demi-lich would probably not be my choice of … Continue reading D&D Encounters – Dead in Thay finale
For the past three years, I’ve been running an AD&D campaign on Saturday nights at my FLGS, Goodgames Ballarat. It has mostly run weekly, although there have been times when I’ve run it fortnightly. With the release of the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons just around the corner, I’m getting quite eager to run the Tyranny of Dragons adventure. As a result, I’m going … Continue reading Changes to my Saturday Night Dungeons & Dragons schedule
At a retailer conference earlier today, Wizards announced that about 15% of the Player’s Handbook would be available for free online. This portion of the rules will contain the character creation system that will allow basic characters to be created. This is, of course, all sorts of awesome. And, from everything I’m hearing, it isn’t all they’ll be releasing. After all, Mike Mearls did say … Continue reading D&D 5E: Online Resources and More on What’s in the Game!
Well, I didn’t see that coming as the next announcement – or so soon – but it must be said that Organised Play is near and dear to me. I’ve been participating in one form of Organised Play or another for the last decade, with my participation being quite a bit more in the last three years as the D&D Encounters programs have run. For … Continue reading Dungeons & Dragons Adventurers League announced
