Category Archives: rambles

Upcoming Dungeon Age adventures

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Joseph

I have fallen into a trap. I have started too many projects. The bad news is that this is slowing me down. The good news is that I’m going to finish all of them. Eventually. In no particular order, here … Continue reading →

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Fangs of Vulgoth: Campaign Art

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Joseph

Last night, my awesome players surprised me with this fantastic piece of art they commissioned to commemorate our last campaign. Check this out: I’m a very lucky DM.

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D&D Experiment: Faster combat by skipping the monsters

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Joseph

I run a 5E campaign, and while I really like to create monsters and combat scenarios for my players, I don’t like dealing with monster stat blocks or adjudicating all the rules and rolls that happen during a combat encounter. … Continue reading →

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D&D Question: How to start a good sandbox campaign?

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Joseph

A sandbox campaign has no one central story. It’s a basket full of little stories, lots of little opportunities to wander about and do whatever. And the general wisdom seems to be that you start somewhere small, with a big … Continue reading →

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Fangs of Vulgoth: Lessons Learned

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Joseph

This last campaign ran for 17 sessions over about 6 months, from level 5 to the end of level 7. We started with 5 players and ended with 6! No one died, though we came close a bunch of times. … Continue reading →

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D&D Experiment: A whole campaign at Level 3

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Joseph

I don’t like super-heroic gameplay. I prefer more “realistic” danger and challenges. As a real human, I understand the real danger of real things like the dark, and the cold, and hunger, and predators my own size. Dragons and angels and … Continue reading →

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