I finally got the chance to run "X Marks the Spot," a one-shot D&D adventure from Wizards of the Coast set in the plane of Ixalan (a setting in Magic the Gathering). My review follows, but you can watch the session I played (with folks I met via Variant Roles) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88RKrrgggGg NB: A … Continue reading Review: X Marks the Spot (Ixalan)
Note: I originally wrote this post a few years back but never actually hit "Publish". I've polished a tiny bit and put it out there because I really do like the product still today! Castle Gargantua from Kabuki Kaiser bills itself as the "biggest megadungeon" in the history of the OSR. This is a little bit … Continue reading Castle Gargantua
I have scaled my Kickstarter activity way, way down over the last few years. But this one really grabbed my attention and I felt the need to back it: Nahual. (For clarity, I have no association with this project or its creators.) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1971035968/nahual-a-tabletop-rpg-of-mexican-urban-fantasy/description Nahual is a tabletop roleplaying game of Mexican urban fantasy. In Nahual you play as … Continue reading Kickstarter: Nahual (Mexican Urban Fantasy)
Unlike previous Adventurers League seasons, the Tomb of Annihilation storyline provides a set of introductory missions for tier 2 (levels 5-10) characters. The module here gives players a good taste of the sorts of enemies and puzzles they'll face in ToA, and in that sense it's quite good. But it shares some weaknesses with earlier DDAL … Continue reading DDAL07-02 Over the Edge (review)
The first DDAL module for Season 7, "A City on the Edge" attempts to provide a pathway to the Tomb of Annihilation storyline at tier 1. It starts off a bit rough, though. As usual, this review contains SPOILERS, so the TL;DR version is "not bad". The introduction doesn't really tell us much about the actual adventure: … Continue reading DDAL07-01: A City on the Edge (review)
The "Rage of Demons" tier 1 storyline wraps up with "Six Knives for Torin Nomerthal". This mini-storyline actually consists of DDEX03-12 and -14 together. I found them somewhat different, though, so I'll separate them out a bit as I review them here. As normal, these reviews include spoilers after the jump. So for this portion, players should … Continue reading Six Knives for Torin Nomerthal
Dungeons & Dragons Adventurers League Season 6 (Tales from the Yawning Portal) only contains three DDAL adventures and the hardcover. All of the former are supposed to provide a hook to a particular dungeon in the book. This one introduces White Plume Mountain. Warning: this review includes spoilers. If you’re going to play through the … Continue reading DDAL06-02: The Redemption of Kelvan (Review)
