An upstanding member of the UK geek fraternity, Simon is a dungeon master, self-proclaimed LEGO aficionado, and level 7 Rogue
Victor’s body crumpled on the ground. We hadn’t encountered Geas before, and are in no hurry to do so again. It’s a spell that compels you to follow instructions which, if you refuse, causes massive psychic damage, as Victor found out. Read More
Last night was session 65 in our Curse of Strahd game. This is our group’s first online Dungeons & Dragons campaign and I don’t think any of us expected it to go on for quite this long. Read More
You’ve got your heroes. You know the villains. You’ve planned which monsters to use. You’ve even sorted out some killer loot and rewards for your players. One question remains: Where will it all take place? Read More
Session 64 in our online Curse of Strahd Dungeons and Dragons campaign took place last night via Skype and it started with an encounter with angry revenants. To avoid a fight, we decided to try something new: diplomacy. We have been playing online once a week since April 2017 and never before has this approach worked. Read More
With the two skeletal revenant guards dealt with, the party had to figure out their next move. Victor and Brundle collected Gimble and Ireena between them and the six heroes stood in the battlements surveying Argynvostholt mansion below. It must have been pretty impressive in its prime. Now it just looked worn out and full of holes. Deciding luck was on their side, and without plan or judgement, they all leapt down the 10-foot drop landing on a pile of rubble in the center of the open-topped room.
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Seeing the seven earthbound, undead revenants tumbling from the third-story window, Victor acted quickly, summoning an invisible wall of force between them and the party. The attackers were trapped, caught 15 feet in the air and floating above the heroes. Nepharon and Associates had narrowly escaped a deadly situation in Argynvostholt, but they danger wasn’t over. Read More
Last night was session 61 in our epic online Curse of Strahd Dungeons & Dragons campaign. We have been playing over Skype and it has taken us this long to get the hang of it. Only two of our party were available to play last night, so instead of heading straight off into Argynvostholt as we had hoped, our DM had a different type of session planned. Read More
Suddenly the clouds parted above her and she caught a glimpse of the full moon. Another howl went up, followed by many more. A crash of thunder. A flash of lightning. Engong picked up the child. She gently folded her robes around the babe and swung her round onto her back. She raised her fists and waited for the onslaught as it started to rain. Read More
Last night was the 59th session in our ongoing, online Curse of Strahd D&D campaign. Only two of our party could play, which is the fewest we have had so far, but we still managed to explore a new area and almost die in the ruins of Argon Vost mansion. Read More
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
