An upstanding member of the UK geek fraternity, Simon is a dungeon master, self-proclaimed LEGO aficionado, and level 7 Rogue
Last night was the 58th session in our on-going, online Curse of Strahd D&D campaign. Our DM returned after his vacation in Hawaii and took back the reins, from exactly where we left off. In the middle of a battle with an angry djinn. Read More
Last night was the 57th session in our ongoing Curse of Strahd D&D campaign. Our DM was away for the second week running so it was up to me to take the reins once more. I was a using one-shot story from Savage Encounters’ latest supplement, ‘The Mines of Chult,’ which is available on the DMSguild. Read More
WotC launches its upcoming ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ campaign release with ‘The Stream of Many Eyes.’ Here’s what we know so far about ‘Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.’ Read More
‘Critical Role’ fans the world over are rubbing their hands together and getting excited for the hardback release of ‘Critical Role – Vox Machina: Origins.’ And can you blame them? It’s gorgeous. Read More
Last night was the 56th session in our ongoing, online Curse of Strahd D&D campaign, and for the first time I would be DMing the session. I planned to run a the Library of Xer’Stan, a one-shot story from Savage Encounters’ latest supplement, The Mines of Chult, which is available on the DMSguild. Read More
‘Monsters of the Guild’ is a collection of over 100 incredible ‘D&D’ monsters all ready to be incorporated into your next ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ 5th Edition game. Read More
Last night was session 56 in our ongoing, online Curse of Strahd D&D campaign, also known as The Wacky Adventures of Nepharon and Associates. We had just escaped from the Amber Temple and really did not want to run into to any evil vampire lords… Read More
Last night was the 54th session in our marathon Curse of Strahd Dungeons & Dragons online campaign. We finally managed to exit the Amber Temple, after more than ten sessions searching for Strahd’s diary, and we were relieved to be out in the fresh air. Well, for a couple of minutes we were. Read More
Being a D&D fan can be expensive. Sure, you could play with just a single set of dice and a downloaded PDF of the basic rules, of course you could. But where’s the fun in that? Don’t you want to own things? So how do you know which 5th edition book to buy? Maybe this will help. Read More
Last night was the 53th session of our seemingly never-ending online Curse of Strahd Dungeons & Dragons campaign, and the everlasting torment continued. Our paladin has lost the favor of his god, our leader has turned evil, and our fighter has had most of his body replaced with a haberdasher’s mannequin . But on the bright side, none of us has died. Recently. Read More
Last night was episode 52 in our ongoing, online Curse of Strahd D&D game. Our group of adventurers had recently suffered a hostile takeover by Nepharon the fox-like Arcanaloth. She wanted us to do her bidding; in exchange she gave us the Tome of Strahd. It seemed like a fair deal… Read More
The battle for Victorian London is on! The iconic city’s cobbled streets have become overrun with villainous fiends battling against valiant champions, and it’s up to you to see who will end up victorious in ‘Monsters vs Heroes: Victorian Nightmares.’ Read More
Last night was session 51 in our online Curse of Strahd D&D campaign, and to begin with we were in a whole heap of trouble. Our Gnome Druid wasn’t able to join us and we ended up making a deal with a nefarious Arcanaloth who promised us riches. Same old story. Read More
Last night was the 50th session of our online Curse of Strahd D&D campaign, and it was a good one. Sadly our half-orc monk could not join us, but seeing as she turned evil last week, this might have been a good thing… Read More
Last night we played the 49th session in our epic online Curse of Strahd D&D campaign. Our level seven characters have been suffering the torment of Wizards of the Coast’s latest harrowing adventure, set around the legendary Castle Ravenloft, and last night’s session gave us no let-up from the torment. Read More
Last night was session 48 in our online Curse of Strahd campaign and things didn’t exactly go as planned, mainly thanks to three flameskulls and a poltergeist. Read More
Die Strahd With A Vengeance. Last night was the 47th session in our online Dungeons & Dragons Curse of Strahd campaign and we had a lot to contend with. Such as resurrecting our friend and running from a ghost. Read More
Last night our D&D group played the 46th session in our online Curse of Strahd campaign. We fought a Death Slaad and had a lot to think about during the session, and some bad choices were made. Read More
Last night was session 45 in our ongoing, online Curse of Strahd D&D campaign and we finally got to begin exploring the Amber Temple. Read More
Last night was the 44th session in our ongoing, online Curse of Strahd D&D campaign. The session started on time, suffered very few interruptions, and we were (almost) all able to play, but would we all survive? Read More
Struggling to fit in preparation time for your next ‘Dungeon & Dragons’ adventure? The ‘Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master’ is THE go-to resource for whittling down those long hours. Read More
Last night was session 43 in our Curse of Strahd D&D campaign. We were heading for the Amber Temple, but first had to cross a bridge guarded by a giant Roc. Read More
With episode five of Critical Role’s second season fast approaching, GeekDad caught up with the campaign’s architect and Dungeon Master Supreme, Matthew Mercer, to ask some questions about his plans for this season, and how it felt to play live before over 100,000 people. Read More
Last night was session 42 our online D&D Curse of Strahd campaign. Our party had reached the Tsolenka Pass and had to fight two giant Vrock monsters to continue on our journey. Read More
We catch up with veteran voice-actor Liam O’Brien, who plays wizard Caleb Widogast in the new ‘Critical Role’ campaign, and asked him what it felt like to be playing D&D in front of over 100,000 people. Read More
Last night was the 41st session in our ongoing online Curse of Strahd D&D game. We started a bit later than normal due to adulting, and unfortunately two members of our party of five were absent. So, when the bandits attacked, we had to make do with a weakened group. Read More
Last night was the 40th session in our ongoing, online Curse of Strahd D&D campaign. For the first time in a while we were all present and there were no interruptions. Read More
One-shot ‘D&D’ adventures for 5th edition DO exist, and I set three relatively new Dungeon Masters the task of testing some out. Read More
Last night was the 39th session in our ongoing online Curse of Strahd Dungeons & Dragons campaign, and our first game after a two week break for the holidays. Read More
If like me you’ve been eagerly awaiting the new Critical Role campaign following the dramatic conclusion of episode 115 in the Vox Machina storyline then the wait is almost over. Read More
