Tag: D&D

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Temple of the Yellow Skulls

By Paco Garcia Jaen Fantasy novels based on D&D are extremely common. There are a lot of them, but I think it’s fair to say not many of them are that good. They make good reading for teenagers into RPGs, but it is rare to find one that will captivate the imagination of people who’re…
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Incantations in Theory and Practice

Ever wondered how non-castes use those nifty little curses, rituals and other tools to utterly screw the lives of other people? How and why their rituals entail a sacrifice they are loathe to pay and try to avoid? What the potential consequences of their failure might be?

The Temple of the Chained Demon

The author of this adventure is unknown. If you know him/her (or if indeed you are he/she), please do contact us. A campaign for 1-3 4th-8th level characters, 1 a wizard (an NPC mage will do). This is a two-quest campaign. The first quest involves rescuing a princess from a tower controlled by an evil wizard, the second quest involves reaching a certain temple before the wizard’s brother can free the Demon locked inside of it.

How to game on little energy

I am now ‘progressing’ into my mid-40s, and somehow, thanks to having tolerant gamers in my gaming group, am still able to game!! Admittedly, folks have been very flexible to help me (and Stuart) out in this regard….. Insane amounts of work (I teach social sciences and thus have tons of marking, and an ever shifting teaching / knowledge domain) coupled with commuting 2 hours a day….

Heroscape, Saving The Best For Last

Wizards of the Coast was nice enough to send me a complimentary set of Heroscape Wave 13, or D&DScape Wave 3, called Moltenclaw’s Invasion. Now, I am not a huge fan of D&DScape because I think much of the draw of Heroscape is the interesting backstory and wide cast of compelling characters from different genres, so I was more than a bit sceptical about how Wizards would decide to end the seven year run of Heroscape’s existence. I was pleasantly surprised.