Caution – this is a very long review – hopefully you won’t fall asleep when reading :) This is a review of the Player’s Strategy Guide, by Andy Collins and Eytan Bernstein, released by Wizards of the Coast in May 2010. First Impressions: Art: Sorry to all the penny arcade fans out there, but I […]
Cooperative Party Building
I am starting up a new 4e campaign and the players and I got together for the first session this past Monday. I have realized in the past year or two that the ease of DMing 4th edition (by which I mean encounter building, monster reskinning, and NPC design) leaves me lots more time to […]
The Value of a One-Shot
Okay, I’ll admit it… I don’t like running one-shot adventures. I usually find it cumbersome, slow, and generally boring. One of the reasons I love DMing so much is that my players and I get to weave a story that includes elements in which everyone is invested. A one-shot pretty much always precludes that, reducing […]
Winner! Adventure Hook 017 – The Sorcerer!
Today is a great day. I have the exciting job of posting the Adventure Hook that won its composer a brand new copy of Martial Power 2! There were 15 entries and all of them had the potential to be exciting and interesting starts to some great short- and long-term campaigns. I will be posting […]