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Three Lessons from Emerald City Comic Con

How appealing is D&D to the casual and geeky crowd at Emerald City Comic Con? Very! Here are the top impressions I had from the experience.

March 13, 2024 · 8 Comments

GameHole Con Streams

Catch the D&D and Aliens livestreams I played in at the amazing GameHole Con!

November 2, 2021 · Leave a comment

Why Adventures with Flowcharts May Offer No Choices

Just like a classic “choose your own adventure” book, a flowchart may offer no actual choices. Here’s how to change that.

August 12, 2021 · 7 Comments

How to Follow Adventurers League Changes

Let’s review the best ways to currently find information on the D&D AL organized play program.

January 30, 2021 · 3 Comments

Ambitious (Dark Sun) Adventure Design

My favorite adventures are bold and innovative. We look at how to take risks, using an Ashes of Athas adventure as an example.

October 22, 2020 · Leave a comment

Mastering Dungeons? Absolutely!

I join Shawn Merwin as the new co-host on my all-time favorite podcast!

July 24, 2020 · Leave a comment

The Next Convention Offering Multilingual Gaming? Gen Con Online!

Following the awesome D&D Live, Gen Con Online will offer more than 4000 events in six languages!

July 7, 2020 · Leave a comment

D&D Live Ofrece Muchísimo – Incluyendo Juegos en Español

¡Este ano, el evento D&D Live tendrá juegos con actores famosos, revelará la nueva aventura de D&D, y nos ofrecerá la oportunidad de jugar D&D en español!

June 14, 2020 · 3 Comments

Why Eberron’s Oracle of War Was the Best Organized Play Program at Winter Fantasy 2020

Eberron’s Oracle of War excited and pleased players and DMs. Here is how the organized play campaign achieved excellence.

March 5, 2020 · 6 Comments

The Best and Worst of Adventure Formats at Winter Fantasy 2020

In the search for more open play, D&D has made changes to adventure format. At the Winter Fantasy convention we saw how it worked.

February 20, 2020 · 4 Comments

Three Qualities of My Best DM at Winter Fantasy 2020

The 2020 Winter Fantasy convention boasted many great DMs. I look at three reasons Rob Schwalb’s DMing was exceptional.

February 14, 2020 · 5 Comments

Which Products to Buy During a DMs Guild Sale!

A huge sale on the DMs Guild? Here are the products I think should be a part of every gamer’s collection!

January 24, 2018 · Leave a comment

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