On this episode of the Lair of Secrets we venture deep into the Role-Playing Game Vault to uncover a host of games that aren’t Dungeons & Dragons. We also talk about the new games we didn’t buy, ZineQuest 5, and the launch of the Leon Library Book Club, and The Obelisk Gate by N. K. […]
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If you’re playing Dungeons & Dragons online, and not doing theater of the mind, you’ll need a battle map. Finding battle maps is time-consuming, especially the day of the game. You can front load that effort by browsing for maps ahead of time and storing them in Pinterest. In this video, Ken looks at finding
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Setting the mood for your Dungeons & Dragons campaign can be hugely important, especially when pitching a new game to your players. In this video, we walk through using Pinterest to create mood boards for Dungeons & Dragons with Ken’s Elemental Apocalypse campaign as an example, as well as a side trek to look at
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Own more Dungeons& Dragons campaign books than you’ll ever run? On this episode, we talk about stealing ideas from those books for use in your own D&D adventures. Source books we look at include: Chapter List 0:00 Intro1:00 Why Mine D&D Sourcebooks?3:00 The Blackrazor Guild’s Obsidian Maze6:45 Jungle Adventures and Tomb of Annihilation9:30 Storm King’s
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So your Dungeons & Dragons campaign went on hiatus … how do you restart it? In this episode of Campaigns & Coffee, Ken, Chris, and Josh talk about how to re-engage with a not-quite-dead-yet role-playing game campaign. They dive into how a game can lose momentum, with real-life interruptions causing campaigns to stall or be
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An unboxing of the Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Case: Creatures, which Ken picked up for cheap at Ollie’s (a discount store). The box contains weighted plastic discs and monster decals you can use as tokens in your game. But first, you have to get the box open… Interested in the campaign case? You can also
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Mind the crates; we’re still unpacking Season 4 of the podcast! On this episode, Ken talks about playing Monster of the Week mysteries, David flips through his Dreams and Machines rule books, and we delve into our respective reading lists. Chapters Show Notes Feedback We love feedback! You post a comment below or connect with
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A look at online, PDF, and fan-created playbooks for the Scum & Villainy rolep-playing game.
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Get in. Do a thing. Get out. Look awesome doing it. That’s your typical cyberpunk adventure, and it always involves some sort of security. On this episode, we discuss real-world hacking inspiration, cinematic heist scenarios, and strategies for balancing game difficulty. We dive into the nuances of netrunning, social engineering, and how even the best-laid
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Our Cyberpunk RED Frequently Asked Questions page features the answers to the questions we had while prepping for our Cyberpunk RED campaign, as well as the questions people asked us once they found out we were playing the game. Looking for more cyberpunk goodness? Check out our Cyberpunk RED resources page and our Cyberpunk RED Screamsheets
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