When running a campaign in D&D, as discussed before, it is more than possible for your players to stumble into a situation that they are not prepared for fight or for things to go poorly in a standard fight. For those players less stubborn to suffer a TPK (which is also a perfectly legitimate way … Continue reading From the DM’s Chair: Session 14, Cinder’s Grave
Mild Spoiler Warning: Read ahead at your own risk Dear reader, I recently had a thought that left me stunned and even brought a smile to my face. I was looking forward to Doctor Who this week. Not in the same way children look forward to Christmas, or the same way I'm anticipating the final … Continue reading Doctor Who Series 11, Episode 2: The Ghost Monument Review.
Player freedom or, for a more appropriate term, player agency is a main reason why people play Dungeons and Dragons. Even in 'rail-road' campaigns where the story flows on one single path that the players can't change, moments where players can dictate their own actions, dialogue and character development ultimately serve to help enhance the … Continue reading From the DM’s Chair: Session 13, Discord.
Part of me really wasn't sure I was going to write a review of the newest season of Doctor Who. In all honesty, my relationship with the show is as varied and complicated as one could expect from any science fiction show that is over 50 years old. After continued disappointment from the latest instalments … Continue reading Doctor Who Series 11, Episode 1: The Woman Who Fell to Earth Review
As a DM, it is common to see your players reach a point and for you to take a step back and wonder the age old question: are they going to survive this? Is this the moment they're going to break? But the one thing that DMs, young and old, usually forget is that our … Continue reading From the DM’s Chair: Session 12, Cinder’s Seat
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