One of the games my sons and I are playing at GenCon is a Numenera based game. The boys liked the title and description, but they hadn’t played the game before. Looking at the game, it does say that some knowledge of the rules is expected, so I took this as an opportunity to purchase […]

Part one of this review covered mostly character creation. Part two covers some of the basic rules of system including, Journeys, Shadow, Audience, and Fellowship. Journeys The idea and concept of journeys are basic to both roleplaying games and Middle Earth. However, I find the mechanical rules confusing and restrictive. There’s too much calculating pluses […]

I used some of my ill-gotten gains from a few products on the DM’s Guild to purchase the PDF of the Adventures in Middle Earth Players Guide. This is not a playtest review, just a review of content. I hope to play sometime, but wanted to talk about my impressions of the book. I heard […]

Second session GMing 5e – Hoard of the Dragon Queen, and I made it to my first Death Save. Oh those nasty kobolds and their slings. The party divided up and the Kobolds started picking them off with slings. Three times 4hp damage means one character goes down. So what happens next. The PCs turn […]

As I mentioned in my last post, I’m giving 5e a try. Really it’s my third try. Basic set with my boys. Basic set again with the group I normally play FFG Star Wars with. And now with my “normal” group. I must say – so far so good. Character creation went very well with […]