Avery Bad Translation It all started with the Pirate King. To understand how we lost one of the most tactically fascinating military units in history, we have to look back to the seventeenth century and the infamous English pirate Henry Every—sometimes recorded as Avery or “Long Ben”. When Every’s pirate […]
Continue Reading NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 21, 2026): Nocturnal Creature Q: Take the name of a nocturnal creature, in two words. The first word is a spooky sound. Move the last letter of the first word to the start of the second word and you’ll get another spooky, nocturnal sound. What is […]
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Ravenloft: The Horrors Within follows Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, going deeper and providing more ideas and options. It also partially replaces VRGtR, which is a bit more tricky and possibly annoying. As the name indicates, the Reanimator Artificer allows you to create creatures, including a reanimated companion, through a […]
Continue Reading NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 14, 2026): From the Kitchen to Something Unwanted Q: Name something in 10 letters that’s found in a kitchen. Drop its sixth letter to name something on a keyboard. Then drop the new word’s fifth letter to name something no one wants to get. What words […]
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Darryl Mott is a tabletop gaming and media journalist with bylines from outlets including Ain’t It Cool News, EN World, and Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. He also makes videos for YouTube and does live streams on Twitch as well as doing post-production and editing for the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk […]
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A year ago, EN5ider Magazine ‘relaunched’ with monthly issues focused on D&D 2024 (5.5) content. Now, a year later, the first 12 issues are compiled into a massive 360-page hardcover which contains–amongst other things–20 standalone adventures, and a whole new class: the protomancer!
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 7, 2026): Necessary Misprint Q: Rearrange the letters of “NECESSARY MISPRINT” to spell a familiar phrase. There are many words that can be created from those letters, e.g. reminiscent, trespassers, creaminess, seamstress, etc.
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The AI Statements seem kind of amusing and a bit over the top. I get what people are saying but there are aspects of design, writing, and editing where AI absolutely excels. For example, using it to do probability analysis or other tedious aspects of playtesting seems pretty solid and […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 31, 2026): Song Title: Two Words, Two Countries Q: Name a classic song with a two-word title. Drop the first letter. Add an R after the new first letter. The result will be the names of two countries one after the other. What song is this? […]
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Morrus is the owner of EN World and EN Publishing, creator of the ENnies, creator of the What’s OLD is NEW (WOIN), Simply6, and Awfully Cheerful Engine game systems, publisher of Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition, and co-host of the weekly Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk podcast. He has been […]
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