The Dragonslayers vs. The Lost Caverns of the Tsojcanth, Finale
Last night the Dragonslayers (aka my kids) finished up the Greater Caverns to discover Iggwilv's greatest treasure and fight Drelnza. I was considering to bring her back, but she was so completely destroyed that I [...]Read on >>
A Game For All People: The Perfect DnD Recipe
This article is being written in advance of reading any material concerning the actual content of DnDNext from WOTC. Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, the odds are that you’ve heard the announ[...]Read on >>
Quintessential D&D for D&D.Next
Remember my idea back from the late Summer, the one I was calling Quintessential D&D where there are five linked adventures that used all the rules of all D&D?Here are the links to bring you all back up to speed.[...]Read on >>
Year of the Dragon
Today is the start of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon. And what a year it is turning out to be so far."May you live in interesting times." goes the old saying (which may or may not actually be Chinese [...]Read on >>
Adventure crowd sourcing
Afternoon all.I am looking for good 1st level adventure for about 5 characters that can be run in a little more than an hour.I have some ideas, but want to know what my options are.Any version of D&D is fine since I [...]Read on >>
The Dragonslayers and the Books of Vile Darkness
The Dragonslayers are currently wandering around the Greater Caverns of Iggwilv's lair (The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth). They have been sent to recover the rumored "Golden Treasure of Iggwilv" which of course is Drelzna. [...]Read on >>
The Foundation Of Averages: Psychohistory and RPG Rules
Confession Time: This is not the article I intended to post today. I simply ran out of time – after my sense of the day-of-the-week was thrown off by the Holiday Season, leading me to start late. Normal service wil[...]Read on >>
Return of the Dragonslayers
I got home early from work today and my boys wanted to play some D&D. Like a good Daddy I agreed.We continued going through the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, the Lesser Caverns, and they got to the stairs to the G[...]Read on >>
Ghosts Of Blogs Past: All The World’s A Suggestion Box
December 19, 2011 from Campaign Mastery
Filed under: 3.x, 4e, Adventure Prep, D&D 4e, DM Advice, RPG Hub
This irregular column resurrects (relevant) lost blog posts from Mike’s 2006 personal blog on Yahoo 360 and updates them with new relevance and perspective. From December 2006: There’s never enough time to do[...] Filed under: 3.x, 4e, Adventure Prep, D&D 4e, DM Advice, RPG Hub
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Pieces Of Creation: The Hidden Truth Of Dopplegangers
December 12, 2011 from Campaign Mastery
Filed under: 3.x, Campaigns, Encounter Design, Inspiration, Monster Design, RPG Hub
Pieces Of Creation is an occasional recurring column at Campaign Mastery in which Mike offers game reference and other materials that he has created for his own campaigns. A somewhat unusual example to get this first [...] Filed under: 3.x, Campaigns, Encounter Design, Inspiration, Monster Design, RPG Hub
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The Witches Three: 4e v. Pathfinder v. OSR
We are at an an interesting time in the history of D&D. Today we have two games, but fun and great to play, that are the heir's of the legacy that is D&D. The first is a direct descendant of[...]Read on >>
Melodies & Rests: ‘Euphoria’ by Def Leppard
Melodies & Rests is intended to be an occasional recurring column at Campaign Mastery in which Mike plucks a CD at random from his collection and sees how much creative inspiration for gaming he can squeeze out of i[...]Read on >>
Book Review: Assassin’s Amulet by Michael K. Tumey, Mike Bourke, and Johnn Four from Roleplaying Tips, Part 2
November 8, 2011 from Game Knight Reviews
Filed under: 3.5e, 3.x, Campaign, design, dungeons & dragons, Game Design, GM, Inspiration, pathfinder, Reviews, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub, Tools
Assassin’s Amulet is too big a book to review in one post, so I’ve split it up. (If you’re looking for the first part, it’s here.) In this installment, we’ll look at some of the high points [...] Filed under: 3.5e, 3.x, Campaign, design, dungeons & dragons, Game Design, GM, Inspiration, pathfinder, Reviews, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub, Tools
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Book Review: Assassin’s Amulet by Michael K. Tumey, Mike Bourke, and Johnn Four from Roleplaying Tips, Part 1
November 7, 2011 from Game Knight Reviews
Filed under: 3.5e, 3.x, Campaign, design, dungeons & dragons, Game Design, GM, Inspiration, pathfinder, Reviews, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
Before I get into the first part of of this review (tune in for part 2 tomorrow!), I have to get a few things out of the way… First a bit of a disclosure, I’ve known Johnn Four since joining the Gamer Lifesty[...] Filed under: 3.5e, 3.x, Campaign, design, dungeons & dragons, Game Design, GM, Inspiration, pathfinder, Reviews, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
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