What GM doesn’t love a good curveball the day you start GMing? The email came out first thing the morning of the game – how about trying to use Google Hangouts because not everyone could physically be there. Not a problem (except for the large crockpot of chili cooking on my kitchen counter). Thinking about […]
Weekly GMing – Rise of Tiamat and the Flying Ice Castle
Starting some weekly DMing tomorrow night with the regular Tuesday group. We completed Hoard of the Dragon Queen and are moving to Rise of Tiamat. First session will likely be leveling up characters, and getting reacquainted with characters. It’s been more than a couple months since we played and I need to get everyone back […]
Gilligan’s Island is Crowded
The gaming group had a small get together this weekend to include some friends from another city. I put together an event based on Gilligan’s Island using the 5e system. Skipper and Gilligan return to the island to rescue/exact revenge on a group (the Gygaxians) the attacked them. It was fun. Good players for Gilligan […]
The Shock of a Home Game
Now that GenCon 2015 is sadly over, I am back to running Hoard of the Dragon Queen for my home group. Holy crap was I not ready. Don’t get me wrong, I prepped the story. I had the locations ready. I even leveled up some of the villains that I expect were not supposed to […]
An Adventure Interlude
The group I play with weekly just got done with a semi-regular all day event we call MarcCon (for one of our past members that moved a couple hours away and doesn’t get to play with us on a regular basis). I wanted to run a DnD5e game, but knew that I wouldn’t have enough […]
Drawing Dungeons for Con Games
I’ve started the process of drawing the dungeon for my GenCon game. In this case, it will be a little more complex that normal because of the evolution of the dungeon. Premise. You (the PCs) are part of a company that makes dungeons for BBEGs. You are now being called back to a dungeon to […]
What Happens When the BBEG Shows Up
Still working on my GenCon game – Dungeons Incorporated. Next up are the Bad Guys. The PCs are just about done so it’s time to start thinking about the Bad Guys. When I first put together the idea for a Con game, the basics of the plot are there, but I expect them to change. […]
Dungeons for Con Games
For my second GenCon game, I need a dungeon. Not the generic “dungeon” as in a set of encounters for the PC – no, a real stone walls, spike the doors, 10 foot room dungeon. Part of the premise for the game is that your group makes these dungeons for the big bads, and now […]
Still Deadly – Hoard of the Dragon Queen
A little down time over the holidays, and copies of the Monster Manual and the DMG for 5e led t a little side adventure in the latest Hoard of the Dragon Queen adventure. I added another Dragon Cult hideout form the player to find, hoping to try out some skeletons (not everyone has converted to […]
Theater Out of My Mind in 5e
So after two episodes of Hoard of the Dragon Queen, we come to the dungeon crawl. No more spoilers than that – I hope. It’s a fairly straightforward explore/objective mission with one big difference for me – maps. I am lucky enough to have a set of the original Dungeon Tiles (and additional tiles coming […]