It’s after the first of the month, and that means another installment of Ghostfire Gaming’s Fables is available. We’re currently on episode five of six, and we’re less than a month away from the final adventure in this series. If you haven’t read my other reviews of this series, it’s not too late to get right with the universe, but
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It’s April, and that means the flowers are in bloom, and the sun is shining, right up until it freezes over again, kills the young buds on the plants, and the gray expanse of despair dulls all joy and hope emanating from the sun. You know, Spring! It’s also time to look at this month’s issue of Arcadia from MCDM.
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It’s early in the month, which means it’s time to look at the latest volume of Ghostfire Gaming’s Fables product, their monthly adventure subscription service. We’re at the fourth adventure out of six in this campaign, so we’re moving past the halfway point, angling towards the endgame. So what does the second half of the campaign look like? Let’s take
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It’s Arcadia O’clock again, and we’re going to be looking at the fourteenth issue of MCDM’s D&D 5e . . . er . . . 5e OGL magazine. Have I ever mentioned how hard it is to come up with introductions for these reviews and first impressions? Well, now I have. Disclaimer While I am a member of the MCDM
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It’s March, and that means the third adventure in Ghostfire Gaming’s Fables: Citadel of the Unseen Sun adventure has been released. The current installment is A Masque of Life, and the adventurers continue to make their way out of the False Afterlife, buried far underground. Disclaimer My subscription to Fables is all mine, so I’m not working from any review
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It’s time to take a look at the latest issue of Arcadia, moving into the second year of life for the magazine. I would feel the distinct encroachment of time if it weren’t for the fact that the last few years have scoured any sense of impending chronology from my psyche. That said, let’s dive into lucky number 13. Disclaimer
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While D&D 4th edition remains the only version of D&D that I have played, but not DM’d, I did spend a lot of time pouring over the monsters and mechanics in the game. One of my favorite developments from 4e was the Bloodied condition. In some ways, it delivered on what D&D has said across multiple editions, providing you with
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It’s February, and love is in the air. What better time to explore a world of dreams where the souls of the dead are trapped in their own memories until their souls are eaten by a lich. It’s time for romance . . . necromance! Last month we looked at the first installment of Ghostfire Gaming’s monthly adventure series. The
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I’m a bit late on this month’s issue of Arcadia. Turns out, there was some kind of monster book that came out last week, and I may have had a game and an online convention to prep for and . . . look, I let you all down, and I’m submitting myself for the Atonement version of the ceremony spell.
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I’ve been waiting for Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse for a while, since it was announced. Not only were we going to get redesigned monster stats for several creatures, but the odds were that we were going to see a good number of player option ancestries reworked using D&D’s more recent design philosophies. Since Volo’s Guide to Monsters wasn’t
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