Our third session of Shadow of the Dragon Queen saw us start on Chapter 4, bringing the characters and refugees from Vogler to the great city of Kalaman. (I note that I am writing this report several months after the session. I’m just preparing for the final session of the campaign.) At least, it’s a great city for the villagers. Krynn is mostly devoid of … Continue reading Shadow of the Dragon Queen, session 3
The games I run for my home Dungeons & Dragons games vary wildly in quality. There are times when I’m just not inspired to create something exceptional. Well, okay, that’s most of the time. Getting it to “good” is a goal. However, even when I come up with very boring scenarios, we’re likely to still have a good time. And that’s the magic of Dungeons … Continue reading Indifferent Scenarios, Good Friends
Once upon a time, a noble knight opposed the witch Iggwilv. However, Iggwilv was the lover of the arch demon Grazzt. And Grazzt used his power – and an opportunity given by a traitor – to banish the knight and his entire castle from the World of Greyhawk into the Abyss. A few hundred years later, it has returned. Guess what my group are now … Continue reading Into the Demon-Infested Castle
One of the odder products I’ve seen recently is this free adventure from Wizards of the Coast, Giants of the Star Forge. A companion adventure to Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, this adventure is for level 16 characters and should take a single 3-or-4-hour session to play. Or possibly longer. I’ve seen how some groups take a long time to resolve combat. I say … Continue reading Adventure Review – Giants of the Star Forge
You might say you want to start a session at 7 pm, but what’s likely to happen is a lot of catching up first. Or waiting for Roll20 to load its images. (My internet connection is not the best). So, starting the session at about 7:20 pm was pretty good going! We began the second session of Shadow of the Dragon Queen with the players … Continue reading Shadow of the Dragon Queen, Session 2
The latest session of my 5E Greyhawk campaign saw the players investigating a pocket of the Demiplane of Shadow that was accessible beneath their hometown. In our previous campaign, the town of Brusington was endangered by Shadow Fey, before the heroes of that game managed to negotiate a treaty with them. This time around, the Shadow Fey had requested a favour of the townsfolk: that … Continue reading Greyhawk: Into the Demiplane of Shadow
Well, it’s finally that time when we learn a little more about the D&D books that are coming out. I was updating this site a couple of days ago, refreshing the Amazon links to the side, and was tremendously surprised to find there were no upcoming books on Amazon. But today, there is news – mostly about their prices and release dates! It’s hard to … Continue reading Thoughts on the Upcoming D&D Releases
We began our campaign of Shadow of the Dragon Queen on Monday, May 22nd, 2023. In what was a 2½-hour session, we played through the first half of Chapter 3, with the characters advancing from level 2 to level 3. And we also had a lot of fun. This campaign is being played on Roll20. I’ve purchased the adventure on Roll20 (which has the nice … Continue reading Shadow of the Dragon Queen, Session 1
Beginning this Monday, we’ll be starting our play through of Shadow of the Dragon Queen. For those unaware of the adventure, it was released in December 2022, and is the first official adventure in a long time to be set in the Dragonlance setting. I delighted in the original Dragonlance novels and adventures, so exploring the new take on the story is exciting for me … Continue reading Preparing for Shadow of the Dragon Queen
If you’re writing a D&D adventure, one of the things you’re probably not thinking about is “Are the characters using flying in this adventure”. Unless you’re doing an adventure for your home group, and you know they will be. Most of the times when you buy a published adventure, it also doesn’t consider “do the characters fly?” What effect does that have on the adventure? … Continue reading The Perils of Flying and Adventure Design
