Weaving, sewing, quilting, tapestries — these arts were part of what common people did in the times that inspire fantasy storytelling. It’s rare that these professions are featured as heroes, but they should be. They are community leaders or practitioners of the quiet circle, often of women unempowered in a society. From these origins one…
meta / Playing D&D / Soccer
A Dungeons & Dragons character sheet is a story told in short hand. This characters are based on local and global legends. Meet two more members of Our Flag Means Offside.
I joined Cutting Edge Cosplay to talk about how I try to integrate sports in D&D and other fantasy.
Adding Sports as a Tool to your 5th edition D&D game opens your table up to new stories and backgrounds for the characters.
meta / Playing D&D / Soccer
A D&D character sheet is a story told in short hand. This character is a stout defender, a mystical striker and a bewitching master of technique. Meet the first member of Our Flag Means Offside.
Before you were a hero you were a Caravanserai, a keeper of an outpost that is inn, trade center, waypoint, and safe haven all at once. The traditional western trope of an innkeeper is provided as an alternate.
I’ve read two recaps of the Creator Summit. This one is from Alphastream and the other is from Daniel Kwan. Read both to learn as much as you can about the event earlier in the week. Hallway decorations at Wizards of the Coast On Monday April 3rd, 2023, about 30 community members visited the Wizards…
It just got a lot easier to learn how to play D&D. Wizards of the Coast’s new player onboarding site simplifies the choices and offers several free paths to play for those who have yet to roll dice and tell stories of fellowship together.
A new pick-your-path adventure from Wizards of the Coast is an excellent introduction to Dungeons & Dragons.
The characters within the campaign Uprising and Rebellion, my current D&D campaign.
Support your friends doing things they enjoy. In my case that means sponsoring a soccer team.
This is the first side-board movie novel that interests me, predominantly because of Jared’s review. It seems like something that gives a fuller backstory to events that will be talked about in Honor Among Thieves, while not giving away the plot of the movie. Read Jared’s full interview. What Do I Know About Books? Dungeons…
There’s been a d20 in my pocket for quite some time. I don’t remember why it started or how. The meaning then is probably not the meaning now. Maybe by putting a die in my pocket I feel I control chance. Maybe it was to remind me that once I hid my nerd and now…
Tired: You meet in a tavern.
Wired: You meet at a coffeeshop.
Inspired: You meet at the library.
How to vary the third places in your Dungeons and Dragons world.
One of my players invented a fantasy sport for use in our Dungeons & Dragons campaign. This is how I’d run it.
Full Moon Storytelling 