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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”

Enter the Wastes of Chaos

As a freelance games designer, it’s always exciting to see how things you’ve written turn out in print. I’ve just received my copies of Wastes of Chaos and Tales from the Wastes from Kobold Press which I worked on from May to July last year and they look amazing! Wastes of Chaos was a reallyContinue reading “Enter the Wastes of Chaos”

Halls of the Mountain King Session 14 – The Forge of the Fire Blessing

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 14th session in which the PCs battled devils and cultists of Mammon . I was disappointedContinue reading “Halls of the Mountain King Session 14 – The Forge of the Fire Blessing”

Tyranny of Dragons Session 25 – The Sea of Moving Ice

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. 12th Nightal, 1490 DR (contd.) The crew of the Frostskimmr haul the longship onto the ice for the night.Continue reading “Tyranny of Dragons Session 25 – The Sea of Moving Ice”

Tomb of Annihilation Session 1 – Voyage to Port Nyanzaru

Last night was the first session proper of my Tomb of Annihilation campaign and was a lot of fun. The PCs travelled “by map” from Suzail to Baldur’s Gate to the Bay of Chult, where they ran into Aremag the dragon turtle, before arriving in Port Nyanzaru. I want the players to spend some timeContinue reading “Tomb of Annihilation Session 1 – Voyage to Port Nyanzaru”

Scarlet Citadel Session 42 – Death of the Beetle Queen

It’s taken a while but the characters finally dealt with the clacker beetles in this week’s session! I added a clacker beetle queen to the nest, reskinning the carrion beetle from Tome of Beasts 1 and replacing its Acid Spit with a more powerful version of the soldier’s Clack. We’re not quite done with theContinue reading “Scarlet Citadel Session 42 – Death of the Beetle Queen”