What Do I Know About Reviews? Fables: Agents Of The Empire Part 5, Trace of Deception (5e SRD)

Where has this month gone? We’re almost to May, and I’ve still got a few things to look at from way back at the beginning of the month. Before the next installment is upon us in a few days, let’s take a look at the most recent adventure in the Fables campaign Agents of the Empire, Trace of Deception. This

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What Do I Know About Reviews? Thay: Land of the Red Wizards (Dungeon Masters Guild Product)

On my way to watch Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves for the first time, I remembered that I hadn’t finished reading through Thay: Land of the Red Wizards. The product is a DM’s Guild product written by Alex Kammer, Alan Patrick, and the creator of the Forgotten Realms, Ed Greenwood. One of my favorite AD&D 2e products was the

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How Many Versions of “D&D 5X” Are On The Way?

I wanted to pull together some information on all the different versions of D&D 5e that are currently in production. And by D&D 5e, I mean, obviously, games that use the 5e OGL as their basis, since nobody but WotC gets to put out an “official” version of the game. In the process of pulling this together, hoo goodness, has

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What Do I Know About Gameplay? Core Competencies, One D&D, and Project Black Flag

Both Wizards of the Coast and Kobold Press currently have playtests going on to produce a new version of a game based on the 5e SRD. I’ve already talked about this in my look at Kobold Press’ second playtest packet, but I was a little surprised at how many conventions introduced in Wizards of the Coast’s One D&D have been

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What Do I Know About Reviews? Fables: Agents of the Empire Part 4, The Smoking Coils (5e SRD)

Let’s turn our attention back to Ghostfire Gaming’s current Fables campaign, Agents of the Empire. This is going to be our fourth installment looking at the campaign, although we’re only up to the third adventure in the series, since we looked at the setting guide as it’s own entry. The Smoking Coils is an adventure for 5th-level characters. Disclaimer I

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What Do I Know About First Impressions? Project Black Flag Playtest Packet #2, Part One

There is a lot of playtesting going on these days. Not only is there a lot of playtesting, across multiple games, doing similar things in different ways, but a lot of this design has my head spinning and wanting to do a deeper dive into why some of this design is trending. That means it takes me a little bit

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What Do I Know About First Impressions? Unearthed Arcana 2023 Player’s Handbook: Druid & Paladin, Part Two

Okay, let’s tackle the next part of the recent Unearthed Arcana 2023 Player’s Handbook: Druid & Paladin. We touched on Druids in the last post, so I swear a sacred Oath that I will now cover the Paladin! Let’s smite this thing. Dead Levels and the Commentators Who Reference Them I received a few comments about the terminology of “dead

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What Do I Know About First Impressions? Unearthed Arcana 2023 Player’s Handbook: Druid & Paladin, Part One

Yes, I’m lagging behind with this First Impression of the most recent Unearthed Arcana in the One D&D Playtest. Not only did I get busy breaking down the individual chapters in Keys from the Golden Vault, but it was also a bit of a challenge getting back in the swing of One D&D after the January of Broken Dreams. Plus,

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