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Halls of the Mountain King Session 15 – On the Trail of Heinsoo

An airship approaches a dwarven stronghold in the mountains.

Halls of the Mountain King was the second 4th Edition Open Design project from Kobold Press. I ran the adventure in 2010 as part of the same Parsantium campaign as Wrath of the River King. Here’s the write up from the 15th session in which the party’s nemesis, the rakshasa assassin Heinsoo, poisoned one of the PCs,Continue reading “Halls of the Mountain King Session 15 – On the Trail of Heinsoo”

Game Design News – Dungeons & Dragons Adventurer and Castles & Crowns

Richard Green wearing D&D t-shirt behind a DMs screen

I’ve got a couple of exciting bits of game design news to share this week! Dungeons & Dragons Adventurer is a new magazine published in the UK by Hachette Partworks, designed to teach you how to play D&D. It launched yesterday and is available to buy from WH Smiths etc and on subscription. I’ve writtenContinue reading “Game Design News – Dungeons & Dragons Adventurer and Castles & Crowns”

Scarlet Citadel Session 45 – Collateral Clerical Damage

Here’s the latest write up from the Scarlet Citadel, in which the characters continued to battle Imortra the Debased and her allies, including her deadly lich hound. Quite rightly, these terrifying foes had their stats toned down in the 2023 update to Tome of Beasts, but the Roll20 version of Scarlet Citadel I’m using hasContinue reading “Scarlet Citadel Session 45 – Collateral Clerical Damage”

Tyranny of Dragons Session 26 – Ice Caves of Oyaviggaton

Tyranny of Dragons was the first full D&D 5e campaign I ran, starting back in 2015. Here’s the write up from the 25th session in which we continued with The Rise of Tiamat. Begin here with Session 1 – Greenest in Flames. 16th Nightal, 1490 DR (contd.) Turin, Crake and Ug continue to explore the caverns, joined by Gwastdyn.Continue reading “Tyranny of Dragons Session 26 – Ice Caves of Oyaviggaton”

RPGaDay2023 Days 17 – 31

I’ve enjoyed taking part in #RPGaDay again this year, posting daily on Twitter X, Mastodon, and Threads. Here’s a round up of my posts from the second half of the month. Read RPGaDay2023 Days 1 – 16 17 – funniest game I’ve played. We’ve had lots of funny moments in our D&D and Cthulhu gamesContinue reading “RPGaDay2023 Days 17 – 31”

Scarlet Citadel Session 44 – Derro Queen’s Bargain

Here’s the latest write up from the Scarlet Citadel, in which the characters came face to face with Imortra the Debased for the first time. I made a few changes to her spell list as the selection in the adventure is very concentration heavy. She made good use of dimension door this session! You canContinue reading “Scarlet Citadel Session 44 – Derro Queen’s Bargain”

Tomb of Annihilation Session 2 – When Death Calls

Adventurers standing overlooking a series of jungle waterfalls

Here’s the write up from our second proper Tomb of Annihilation session. The PCs are in Port Nyanzaru and I’m running the mini-adventures in the AL module, A City on the Edge. We’ve now completed three of these and have two more to go. This session I got to try out the zombies from theContinue reading “Tomb of Annihilation Session 2 – When Death Calls”

RPGaDay2023 Days 1 – 16

I’ve been taking part in #RPGaDay again this year, posting daily on Twitter X, Mastodon, and Threads, but thought I’d do a round up on here too. Here’s part 1. 1 – First RPG played this year was my Empire of the Ghouls game on New Year’s Day 💀 2 – My first DM wasContinue reading “RPGaDay2023 Days 1 – 16”

Roleplaying at Gen Con Online 2023

For those of us living outside the US – and for anyone who isn’t able to travel to Indianapolis each year – Gen Con Online offers a wide selection of RPGs to play with gamers from all over the world. Gen Con Online started in 2020 when Covid prevented an in-person convention taking place andContinue reading “Roleplaying at Gen Con Online 2023”

Scarlet Citadel Session 43 – Deep Sea Diving Expedition

After a 4 week gap, we resumed the campaign last Monday. This session the players at last solved the mystery of the floating pools in the Clacking Caverns, and found their way down to Level 4. You can read earlier posts here. This post contains spoilers for Scarlet Citadel. The adventurers enjoy some downtime inContinue reading “Scarlet Citadel Session 43 – Deep Sea Diving Expedition”