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Quest RPG Review
Nearly four years ago, when I moved to Colorado, I started a game of D&D for my family. When helping my sister (17yo) build a character, she asked “Can I play a Leaf Princess?” I did not have a good answer for her, so I said “D&D says no.” (well, it actually says ‘not without …
RPG a Day 2020: Day 4 Vision
Man, I hate Vision in D&D. Other RPGs don’t talk about it as much, or maybe I just don’t play them as much, but I hate going to describe something as being dark, and then I remember “Oh, yeah, darkvision.” I hate how there aren’t rules for trying to sneak through caves with torches or …
RPG a Day 2020: Day 3 Thread
I start a lot of campaigns the same way, because I love the village of Nightstone.
RPG a Day 2020: Day 2 Change
I am an advocate of Change in RPGs. I clamor for the new, if it’s not just trying to make a buck. I love seeing new rules, new ways to play, new options. And my joy at new things moves into one of my solid unwritten house rules: I am okay with you changing your …
Why is Batman part of my CultureQuest?
You’ll be seeing some articles about Batman and his world in the near future, and before it’s asked, I want to answer: “Why am I including the Batman in my quest to become more cultured?” The Goal of Culture quest Part of the answer lies in the mission statement of CultureQuest. It’s not my goal …
RPG a Day 2020: Day 1 Beginning
This summer, the idea of “Beginnings” has been on my mind a lot. First, I’ve been starting a bunch of new things, recently. I finished on game and started a Council of Wyrms game, I’ll have a table on Wednesdays to restart our Gamestore’s playspace post-Quarantine starting soonish, and I also started a game for …
Unearthed Arcana 2020 Classes part 4
New UA! Which mean another frank as I read it review. So let’s go. Bard: College of Spirts “These bards seek the spirits of philosophers and stories beyond the marteial plane” Huh, that’s a neat idea. “They do this using gaming sets” …. wat? *reads ahead* Ohh, they mean like a Ouija board. Okay, that’s …
Unearthed Acrana: 2020 Feats
Oh hey, new UA. This time about feats. Neat.
Culture-Re-Quest: The Origin of Space Whales
A bounty was offered by my brother to write an article on the history of the space whale, a staple of Sci-fauna. But when did it become so commonplace?