I recently read some useful discussion on /r/dndnext about the difficulty of encounters in the Hoard of the Dragon Queen published adventure. So I thought I'd analyze the Lost Mine of Phandelver from the Starter Set and perhaps try to understand the problems from that angle. While I've been running both campaigns to various levels of progress, and playing in HotDQ … Continue reading Encounter Difficulty in Lost Mine of Phandelver →

In addition to running campaigns on Roll20, I also run a game at home with my daughter (10 years old as I write this). We've been making our way through the 5th Edition Starter Set adventure, Lost Mine of Phandelver. Of course, running with only one player-character requires a few changes to the normal approach to … Continue reading Running a solo campaign →