This was written way back during Origins 2024, but I evidently forgot to hit publish. Enjoy! Back after years away This year, Erin and I (David) went back to Origins. It had been years since we had last gone. The last time we went, our youngest decided to trim her eyelashes, not eyebrows, eyelashes. This […]
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For a game in which half of the missions involve some sort of infiltration (or the consequences of a fail infiltration, you’d think you’d think there would be more of a focus on doors, locks, and other physical, non-network security in the Cyberpunk RED. You’d be wrong. The core Cyberpunk RED rulebook dedicates pp. 213-216 of the Netrunning
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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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Chapter 8 of our Broken Loop campaign for Cyberpunk RED ended with a cliffhanger as the edgerunners faced an unexpected … enemy? Friend? Belligerent hivemind hell bent on stripping everyone of their chrome? In this episode of Campaigns & Coffee, we talk about that actual play session, it’s unexpected turns, and how we rolled with
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We unbox the Cyberpunk Edgerunners Mission Kit, the new expansion for R. Talsorian’s Cyberpunk RED! It introduces a handful of new rules for the 2077 and includes a setting overview, a one-shot adventure, standees, and a rules book. Looking for more Cyberpunk RED? We’ve got you covered: Chapters 0:00 Intro0:22 Unboxing Begins1:30 Exploring the Dice2:45
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In this thrilling episode of Campaigns and Coffee, David and Ken delve into Ken’s epic Elemental Apocalypse D&D campaign. The heroes are on a quest to reunite a fallen angel with its lost sun sword amidst a world torn apart by elemental forces. Ken shares his creative process, discussing map-making with Incarnate, integrating skill challenges
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Explore an ancient, cursed monolith on the edge of civilization in Chiron’s Doom, a storytelling game for 1-3 people by Nick Bate. The structure – obelisk, pyramid, it can be whatever you want – has destroyed everyone who has investigated it. And you’re no different. Probably. Chiron’s Doom was written by Nick Bate as part
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Pit wizards, warriors, and mallard assassins (yes, duck people) against dragons and other monsters with Dragonbane, Free League’s update of the classic Swedish role-playing game Drakar och Demoner. In this unboxing, we walk through the Dragonbane boxed set, which features the full game, an adventure book, dice, standees, and even a solo one-shot. Chapters 0:00
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In the creaking hanger of the Lair’s underground starport … something both awesome and horrible finally arrived: the first edition of the Mothership RPG! In this bonus episode, we unbox the deluxe boxed set of the RPG, checking out the core rule books, the zine-style adventures, dice, mission patch, and standees, and geekout about future
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