It’s taken me a little longer to get back to looking at this month’s Fables adventure, Come Sail Away. I’ve had some hearty reviews on the docket lately, plus, working for a school district, for some reason, it gets busy when students come back to school. Go figure. This month’s Fable continues the Pirates of the Aetherial Expanse storyline. The
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The history of Asian-themed roleplaying games is filled with pitfalls. Much of this can be encapsulated by realizing that Asian-themed RPGs showed up fairly early in the lifecycle of the roleplaying hobby, and at a time when a lot of the content of the hobby was produced by white male wargamers who wanted to represent what they saw in the
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There is so much going on in the RPG hobby right now. Between supply chain issues and fewer conventions happening over the last few years, I had forgotten what it was like for companies to make all their big announcements at one time. In addition, there is a lot going on just in D&D, and a lot going on just
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Dragons of Deceit is the most recent Dragonlance novel, the first one in quite a while, and the first one from Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis in an even longer time. I’ve got a lot of love for Dragonlance and the Dragonlance novels. One of the first novels to ever make my cry was Dragons of Winter Night. Dragonlance: Dragons
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I’m a little late on my look at this month’s Arcadia, but there is a lot going on in Arcadia-ville. Not only do we have a new issue, but you can find VTT support on Roll20 for the first three issues of Arcadia. That includes monsters, mounts, subclasses, and adventures. So, if you are interested in the content of those
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The Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition Unearthed Arcana was a treasure trove of ideas. While it blighted my existence with the concept of gestalt characters, it also introduced concepts like the skill challenge, with became of staple of 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons. In addition to the broader concept of skill challenges, Unearthed Arcana also introduced Incantations. Incantations were extended
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“Oh my gosh, Jared, you haven’t written anything to post this week on the blog. Ah well, I guess we’ll just go without any CONTENT(!) this week.” “What’s this . . . an Unearthed Arcana article? About the Wonders of the Multiverse? Why . . . this . . . THIS is something I could write about!” Yeah, I’m being
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Today, let’s look at a world where technology can make human beings obsolete. Corporations find ever-increasing ways to dehumanize the population in the pursuit of profits, and governments only care about maintaining what power the corporations reserve for them. No, we’re not talking about the news, we’re taking a look at Cyberpunk Slice, a supplement by Green Ronin Publishing for
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Now that it’s July, we’re moving into the second half of the year, and given that Ghostfire Gaming Fables series launched as a monthly series, with six adventures per campaign, that means it’s time to start a whole new campaign. Unlike the previous volume, which was set in Ghostfire Gaming’s existing Grim Hollow setting. For the new Fables campaign launching
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Let us now turn our attention once again to gaming, and looking at the bountiful content available to us. In particular, let’s take a look at Arcadia #17 from MCDM. Disclaimer You may know the drill by now . . . I’m subscribed to the MCDM Patreon and I receive my own copy of Arcadia every month, however, I do
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