In September 2020 I wrote a column about Tolkien’s influence and how world builders are “trapped” by his influence. I was not writing with Tolkien in my sights. But now I am. Tolkien’s List How influential has J.R.R. Tolkien’s work been on RPGs, and is that influence a problem? I’ve […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 26, 2023): We Don’t Need Roads Q: Think of a common sign seen along a highway. Rearrange the letters to name something inside a car. Change the last letter of the sign to an “I”, rearrange to name part of the body. Change the last letter […]
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WotC has posted an update about the delayed release of Deck of Many Things, with it appearing in the US in January and other places later. On October 27, we announced a delay in the shipment of The Deck of Many Things set due to the product not meeting our […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 19, 2023): Let’s Start a Band Q: Here’s a harder challenge. Name a musical instrument plus part of that instrument. Drop the last letter of the instrument then rearrange all the remaining letters to name another musical instrument. What is it? The deadline is Wed. Nov […]
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I found some interesting threads on Reddit of people running a solo adventure on Foundry for themselves to get the feel of the system down. These were also people new to Foundry so they wanted to get used to that too. When I first started, I imported the PDF for […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 12, 2023): Creative Places (continued…) Q: This is a two-week creative challenge. Name a geographical place. Then describe it acrostically using the letters in its name. For example, ALBANY could be described acrostically as “Administering Legislative Business At New York.” The place can be anywhere in […]
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I suspect that if Wizards of the Coast crowdfunded their D&D releases the top spot on that that chart would look different. Still, it’s a useful list. It can be easy to get stuck in the D&D echo chamber (especially for a DM like me whose players are quite resistant […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 5, 2023): Creative Places Q: This is a two-week creative challenge. Name a geographical place. Then describe it acrostically using the letters in its name. For example, ALBANY could be described acrostically as “Administering Legislative Business At New York.” The place can be anywhere in the […]
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Charles Dunwoody started playing and running RPGs with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (before it was first edition) and is currently GMing DCC RPG. Currently, he freelance writes including articles for EN World and Geek Native as well as his first PDF adventure for Call of Cthulhu: Michigan Mythos: Fall Colors. […]
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