The Dragon Speaks Common

Three adventurers make their way along the snowy road to Bryn Shander. A few days ago they passed through a blizzard into another world....

I was planning for my Rime of the Frostmaiden game the other day, and the players were perilously close to wandering into an adventure...

I mentioned in my last blog (*looks at calendar*… oops. I’ve been busy ok. I’ll tell you why at the end). Anyway, I mentioned in my last...

Last week saw the release of the much anticipated Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, a DnD sourcebook focusing on the world of Ravenloft...

The other day I saw a tweet that kicked up a bit of a stink in the TTRPG twitter-verse. I won't link to the tweet, as I think it best not...

How does magic work in DnD? I think just from looking at the mechanics of how magic works for different classes, the way in which magic...

What does an average DnD session look like? A bunch of friends sit around a table, surrounded by books, paper, dice, laptops, drinks and...

***CONTENT WARNING*** This post contains colonial language and description of colonialism and racism. ***CONTENT WARNING*** Recently,...

“Don’t split the party” might be DnD adventuring rule number one. Splitting the party is, allegedly, the leading cause of death among...

A Tabaxi Rogue, an Aarakocran Druid, a Gnomish Wizard and a Dragonborn Paladin walk into a bar. No, it’s not the start of a joke. It’s...

Fighters are linear, Wizards are quadratic. This is an old adage about RPGs, both tabletop and video games which applies, and was...

Ea, the Tiefling Warlock, Bob, the Human Barbarian, and Yesyra, the Wood Elf Ranger confront the sorcerer, Berrian, to try to convince...

Towards the end of last year, Wizards of the Coast (WotC), released a book called Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. This is a supplementary...

This time of year is a time for reflecting, looking back and thinking about the future. Last year was pretty rubbish for just about...

No plan survives first contact with the enemy. The above quote is from prussian military thinker Helmuth Von Moltke and has since become...

While DMing the first campaign I ever ran, I probably had some form of homebrew mechanic for just about every session. This campaign...

It may surprise some people to know that there are other TTRPGs out there other than DnD. Ok, that’s unfair. I think we all know that...

Earlier this year, a disability consultant working in the TTRPG industry called Sara, (@mustangsart on Twitter) self-published a combat...

I was DMing a one-shot the other day. Our usual DM (my wonderful wife) didn’t have time to plan a session because of work, so I threw...