This article takes a look at the unique ways in which the Dark Souls series tells its story, and how the ideas can be applied to add some variety to the way in which a tabletop RPG can be told…
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Played: Monsters’ Den Chronicles
Look, sometimes you just want to grab your gear, head into the dungeon, and slay some monsters. And if you do, you could do worse than to make Monsters’ Den Chronicles your destination as MDC is exactly what you’re looking for…
Editorial
What Comes Next: The Future of D&D
It’s the moment NOBODY has been waiting for: when I finally step out from behind my PDF copy of the basic rules and tell everyone what I think of where D&D is heading…
Editorial
Conventionally Speaking, Part 1
Lock Up Your Daughters!
A few weeks ago, my wife drove me and my 15-year old daughter, Rachel, to attend the mega-monster-sprawling gaming-anime-cosplay cradle of chaos called ConnectiCon. This would be my third consecutive year, but it was Rachel’s first, and by the way, her first convention of any kind, ever…
Editorial
Fantasy Football is essentially D&D… with linebackers
As someone who identifies as a nerd, but dabbles in jock territory, I found the RPG elements of Fantasy Football very intriguing…
Steal this Trap
The Wandering Monster Table – Steal this Trap
This is an entry for a contest – tell us about one of your traps…!
Traps can be in the shape of anything, so be careful about where you put your hands!
Steal this Trap
It’s not the chest that’s trapped… Steal this Trap
This is an entry for a contest – tell us about one of your traps…!
Some players and GM’s may feel that this trap encounter is “dirty pool”. I prefer to think of it as teaching the party a lesson in teamwork and dependence…
Steal this Trap
The Utopia – Steal this Trap
This is an entry for a contest – tell us about one of your traps…!
So, the PCs entered the place, spent some time there, began to feel like at home. After 5 or 6 sessions the players thought they were supposed to move, and that’s when the Trap sprung.