Books, D&D, Review

Book Review: The Adversary by Erin M. Evans (Sundering #3)

One of the occasional troubles with writing in a shared world is that the Powers That Be occasionally dictate a change of the world on you. Or determine that there’s a cross-over event that you’ve got to participate in. This might be a problem when you’re writing a tightly-plotted series, or it could be a spur for further creativity. The Sundering novels, set in the … Continue reading Book Review: The Adversary by Erin M. Evans (Sundering #3)

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D&D, D&D 5E, Review

5E Adventure Review: Secrets in the Dark

Secrets in the Dark is an adventure written by Dan Hass and available on DriveThruRPG both separately and as part of a low-level adventure package. The adventure is designed for 1-6 first level characters, although I’d be quite wary of running it with a single PC without modification. A party of characters is generally better at recovering from bad luck; running single character adventures has … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Secrets in the Dark

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D&D, D&D 5E, Session Report, Tyranny of Dragons

Hoard of the Dragon Queen – session 16

This is the third-last session report on Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Yes, my group has actually finished the adventure, but I’m a few weeks behind in writing session reports. I’ll catch up this week, so I’m all ready to report on The Rise of Tiamat when we begin that in the very near future. The last session had seen the group gain as an … Continue reading Hoard of the Dragon Queen – session 16

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D&D, D&D 5E, Review

5E Adventure Review: Reclaiming the Caves on the Borderlands

The latest adventure from Sacrosanct Games takes as its basis one of the earliest and distinctive of TSR’s adventure releases, the Keep on the Borderlands, Gary Gygax’s introductory adventure for D&D. Reclaiming the Caves on the Borderlands has a rather neat concept: About a year ago, the monsters in the caves were defeated by a band of adventurers, and now a group of humans and … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Reclaiming the Caves on the Borderlands

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D&D, D&D Basic, Review

Basic D&D Adventure Review – B1: In Search of the Unknown

B1: In Search of the Unknown was written in 1978. This makes it one of the earliest adventures for Dungeons & Dragons. Mike Carr was the author, and the adventure was included in the first printings of the Basic Dungeons & Dragons game. Later on, it was replaced in that boxed set by Keep on the Borderlands, but it was still available as a stand-alone … Continue reading Basic D&D Adventure Review – B1: In Search of the Unknown

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AD&D, D&D, D&D Basic, Review

OSR Review: Starter Adventures

There seems to be a trend starting of Old School products advertising themselves for D&D 5E on DriveThruRPG despite the author spending no time to familiarise themselves with the 5E rules or, indeed, even offering any 5E-compatible rules. Starter Adventures, by Tim Shorts, is in that category. The rules are pure Swords & Wizardry, a variant of original D&D. Interestingly, it bears the copyright date … Continue reading OSR Review: Starter Adventures

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AD&D, D&D, Greyhawk, Review

AD&D Review: The World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting

The World of Greyhawk boxed set originally came out in 1983, a few years after the original folio edition of 1980. At the time, it was a really impressive product. Two big poster maps showing the world, and two softcover booklets – one 80 pages, the other 48 pages – detailing the world. The first book, the Guide to the World of Greyhawk, described the … Continue reading AD&D Review: The World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting

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Board Games, Magic

Khans of Tarkir Sealed Pool

I play a fair bit of Magic: the Gathering in addition to my board-gaming and role-playing. This evening, I competed (I used the term very loosely) in a Khans of Tarkir Sealed Daily event. My card pool was… underwhelming. Have a look: It’s not that the pool doesn’t have bombs – it certainly does, especially with Crater’s Claws and Duneblast. The trouble is that the … Continue reading Khans of Tarkir Sealed Pool

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Upcoming Saturday gaming sessions

My Saturday gaming is likely to remain fairly similar to how it has been the last few years, except I’m probably going to drop the late-evening AD&D/Cthulhu/Whatever role-playing for some board-gaming – at least in the early part of the year. I’m not entirely sure which weeks we’ll miss over Christmas, but at present the schedule looks something like this: Saturday 20th December – D&D … Continue reading Upcoming Saturday gaming sessions

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