This week, we returned to the Gateways to Terror scenario book for Call of Cthulhu. One of our D&D players was interested in playing Call of Cthulhu, but has never played before. I felt one of the Gateways to Terror games would be perfect as they are fairly short, concise, and introduce all the … Read more
Telling players “No’ can be hard, especially if you are not confident or don’t like a little bit of confrontation at the table. I’ve had many cases in the early days where I couldn’t say “no”, or when I did, it often lead to me conceding to game-breaking hi jinx at the table. I’ve … Read more
Downtime in your games is a great way to allow for great RP moments, shopping or planning the next egg of an adventure. I recently have had a group go through a whole string of challenging encounters, puzzles and other activities within the Underdark. After escaping there, successfully saving groups of inhabitants, and getting … Read more
Intro D&D is known for having huge battles and epic showdowns. These can be in the form of 1v1 sessions between 2 PC’s or an NPC and a PC, or as epic battles of an adventuring party against the odds (whatever they may be). And with great power comes great rules guidance. Combat is easily … Read more
This game covers a scenario our group I had that had a very weighted and difficult fight. We are level 7, 7 and 8 (lvl 8 player was levelled at the end of a game while the rest didn’t), so collectively we are getting pretty strong. The concept of the encounter was very interesting, with … Read more
Over the last couple of days, I prepared and ran a short recap game for The Curse of Strahd for some players who I know very. It’s been several weeks since our last Strahd game, and even though some couldn’t make it, the rest of us decided to make up some lost time by doing a … Read more
