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2025: My Year in TTRPG Gaming

I’ve had another busy year of game design and playing and running RPGs. Here are my 2025 highlights: I spent the first couple of months of the year working on the Northlands campaign setting, writing a mixture of heroic and villainous factions for the Worldbook.  Northlands launched on Kickstarter, and reached $239k with 2,251 backers.Continue reading “2025: My Year in TTRPG Gaming”

Tomb of Annihilation Session 26 – Dance of the Seven Winds

Here’s the write up from our latest Tomb of Annihilation session, in which the characters set off for the forbidden city of Omu. I used material from Encounters in the Jungles of Chult in this session. Begin here with Session 0 – Caves of the Cockatrice 11th Nightal, 1495 DR  The party have returned to Kir Sabal with theContinue reading “Tomb of Annihilation Session 26 – Dance of the Seven Winds”

Tomb of Annihilation Session 25 – The Hanging Garden of Dreams

Here’s the write up from our latest Tomb of Annihilation session, in which the characters explored the gardens of Nangalore in search of a black orchid. For this session, I drew part of the gardens on my trusty Tact-Tiles and added clings from Loke Battle Mats and Tom Cartos. At the start of the session,Continue reading “Tomb of Annihilation Session 25 – The Hanging Garden of Dreams”

Lands of Parsantium – Slaughter Stones Part 2

Here’s the second part of last week’s post detailing a previously unexplored location in my campaign setting, the Lands of Parsantium. The Slaughter Stones are an adventure site for D&D 5e & Tales of the Valiant. Read Lands of Parsantium – Slaughter Stones Part 1 Slaughter Stones 4. Shrine 5. Charnel Pit Loot the Gnoll RollContinue reading “Lands of Parsantium – Slaughter Stones Part 2”

Lands of Parsantium – Slaughter Stones Part 1

Here’s a new post detailing a previously unexplored location in my campaign setting, the Lands of Parsantium. This one is an adventure site for D&D 5e & Tales of the Valiant. I enjoyed writing it so much it ended up being too long for a single post, so here’s the first part. Read Part 2. SlaughterContinue reading “Lands of Parsantium – Slaughter Stones Part 1”

Tomb of Annihilation Session 24 – Road to Nangalore

Here’s the write up from our latest Tomb of Annihilation session, in which the adventurers travelled to Nangalore in search of the black orchid Teacher needs to cast the Dance of the Seven Winds ritual. I tried out a couple of new monsters from Monster Vault 2 in this session – both were great funContinue reading “Tomb of Annihilation Session 24 – Road to Nangalore”

Game Design News – Northlands, Monster Vault 2, & More

I’ve got a few pieces of game design news to share this week.  Firstly, the Northlands Kickstarter has launched. This is a setting of epic, rune-driven adventures across a northern realm of giants, gods, and reavers, designed for Dungeons & Dragons 2024 and Tales of the Valiant.  I worked on this awesome project from DecemberContinue reading “Game Design News – Northlands, Monster Vault 2, & More”

Tomb of Annihilation Session 23 – Needle’s Bones

Here’s the write up from our latest Tomb of Annihilation session, in which the adventurers helped to defend Kir Sabal and headed back into the jungle in search of a dragon’s lost hoard. Begin here with Session 0 – Caves of the Cockatrice 26th Uktar, 1495 DR (contd.) Kir Sabal comes under attack from a flightContinue reading “Tomb of Annihilation Session 23 – Needle’s Bones”

Free Resources for Parsantium Campaigns

Over the past four years I’ve been writing on this blog, I’ve published many posts about Parsantium: City at the Crossroads but this material has become increasingly hard to find.  Although the WordPress theme I’m using looks attractive, it doesn’t make it easy for new readers to discover older content, or for repeat visitors toContinue reading “Free Resources for Parsantium Campaigns”