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[Modern] Budget Boros (~$40 Magic: the Gathering deck)
Woah, there, wooooooah. Slow down. That’s better. Much better. Lately, I’ve been playing against a lot of fairly quick decks filled with enchantments/instants/sorceries and getting swarmed with 4/4...
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D&D: Shaking bad habits out of new players
I’ve been running a game where all the players are D&D noobs. But most of them have played MMOs, other computer RPGs, or even have read D&D novels, and some of this comes with some bad habits...
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On Identity in Roleplaying: A Rumination on the Self, the Other and Socially...
How much does one play oneself in a roleplaying game? In my experience I have come to understand that the answer is “quite a lot.” For the majority of characters, there are identifiable bits of your...
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Magic: the Gathering weekend at the beach
We’re away at the beach and we invited friends to join us for a weekend of gaming and beach shenanigans. I won’t talk about the beach, since this blog is about gaming, but I will talk about what my...
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My First Dungeon Mastering Mistake, Or, The Unexpected Virtue of Backgrounds
I am new to tabletop roleplaying games. Despite a lifelong love of games of all kinds, I only just picked up playing D&D with the release of 5e. Dungeons and Dragons always interested me, and I was...
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Help us build our next Campaign World
Help us crowd source our next campaign setting. Leave us one or two lines that expresses something about a place, an NPC, an event or a feature of the world. Continue reading →
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Running a Roleplaying Game at Work
I've been talked into running roleplaying games at work. It is a very different type of gaming environment to what I'm used to. I've learnt a lot about how to change the usual RPG experience to suit a...
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You gotta have faith…
When I started creating my first character for Dungeons & Dragons I quickly settled on a dwarven fighter. For some reason dwarves were my favourite, images of warhammers, armour and quaffing...
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Magic: the Gathering – Tiny Leaders
My group is in the process of preparing for our Gathering the Magic tournament, which is the main way we celebrate each new release – a fatpack draft event where we create 60-card decks from our boxes...
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Terry Pratchett Passes Away
It is with great sadness that we learn today of the passing of Sir Terry Pratchett, well loved author of the Discworld series of fantasy novels Continue reading →
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Enter the Dragons
It has become clearer that the longer I play Dungeons and Dragons and create my own world for future use, the fonder I become of all things draconic. Even the latest Magic: The Gathering expansion is...
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D&D: Rewarding Creativity in your Players
The best feature of a pen-and-paper roleplaying game, over an MMO or other more structured game, is the ability to be creative. But DMs vary significantly in how creative they allow their players to...
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Creating a sense of Immersion in Roleplaying Games
We have previously talked about using all the major senses in your roleplaying game – that is, referring to the sounds, smells, describing the way something feels etc. in order to expand the impact of...
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Note-oriety, or, the Benefit to the Dungeon Master of Keeping Extensive...
For my second session (read about the first here) I initially attempted to get the group back on track somewhat. Despite them initially siding with the kobolds, after an attempt to loot the already...
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Magic: the Gathering – EDH (Commander) – Heartless Hidetsugu
I love playing casual EDH (commander) with my friends, primarily because of all the janky, stupidly, amazing things you can do with the nearly unlimited pool of cards available. Being singleton format...
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D&D: Beyond Character Death
You die. A simple statement, but one potentially accompanied by tears, laughter, or rage. A D&D character can die so easily, but the story doesn’t always end there. It shouldn’t always end there....
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I have all the options in creating a D&D character, so why do I stick with...
When I started getting into D&D I was every inch the wide eyed enthusiastic metaphor. Not having years of games and characters under my belt is somewhat liberating. Oh your character is a dark...
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Equality in D&D
A female fighter, a tiefling rogue, and a dragonborn walk into a bar. Nobody blinks an eye, and the bartender calmly serves the full-plate-armoured girl, the dude with a tail, and the walking talking...
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Dice of Doom Podcast 046: Thoughts on D&D 5th Edition and wrap up of Temple...
In this episode of the Dice of Doom Podcast, we discuss Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, past editions of D&D and the industry in general. We also wrap up our run through of the AD&D...
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How I introduce new players to D&D
I’ve introduced dozens of people to D&D over the years. There’s sometimes articles and posts about ‘how to choose classes for new players’ and the like, but I think they approach new players the...
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