Simon is a self-proclaimed LEGO aficionado and fledgling Dungeon Master. He is also a husband, father and upstanding member of the geek community in the UK.
At that moment Engong came smashing through the window. She had climbed to the roof and used Kosef’s rope of binding to swing heroically into Victor’s dormitory. Stunned and panicked, Victor began furiously turning the pages of his mystical tome. Read More
Everyone in the tavern heard Izek’s body break. His two henchmen stood, paralyzed by the shock of what they had just seen. Irwin drew his shortsword for the first time in many years, “EVERYBODY GET OUT!” he shouted. “You have doomed us all.” Read More
Session 14: New beginnings Last night’s session in our ‘D&D Curse of Strahd’ campaign saw a new dawn in Barovia and two new members join the party. We must be getting pretty confident with this Skype thing to allow someone new to travel with us – let’s just hope the Paladin’s internet connection is up… Read More
As Baräsh crossed the threshold of the church he turned and saw Kevon in the vampire’s clutches. Strahd’s focus was now entirely upon the tiefling, his mouth open revealing two sharp extended incisors that closed around Kevon’s neck. He did not struggle as Strahd drained his blood. Read More
Engong awoke as the guards roughly locked her into the stockade. She could hear Baräsh in the stocks next to her softly humming a dragonborn hymn. “Great,” she thought, “he’s here.” Read More
Ignoring the coffin maker’s plea, Baräsh looked down at the glowing holy bones and smiled. His holy quest was about to be completed, and he could return to Barovia with the saint’s remains to help Donavich restore his church. Read More
A finely dressed man sat alone at a table in the corner. Conspicuous due to his brightly coloured shirt with extended cuffs and ruffled collar, exposing a rather hairy chest and large gold medallion. The man introduced himself as Rictavio, Read More
When I recently began DMing ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ games for a group of friends, it made absolute sense to me to incorporate my other favorite hobby: LEGO. After all, it was a resource I had in plentiful supply. Read More
The monk lit a torch and the gnome started to glow. Out of the silence, a soul-rending screech was heard that got louder as it echoed around the canyon, a damned soul howling into the darkness. Oh dear. Read More
As we entered the tent we saw a hunched figure cradling a crystal ball. “At last you have arrived. Ha ha ha ha,” said Madame Eva. She then proceeded to recount our entire life stories to us. “Do you now wish me to unravel the strands of fate and reveal your future in this accursed land?” Read More
We were scattered around the clearing, recovering from the witch battle as a tall, pale man appeared out of the mists before us. Dressed in a very fine suit and with slicked back hair, he confidently strode towards us, two fierce wolves prowling in file behind. Strahd Von Zarovich… Read More
Last night was the sixth session of our Curse of Strahd campaign. We awoke in the morning, refreshed. We felt rejuvenated and happy for the first time since we met in the abandoned caravan site a few days earlier. And then the memories of the past days’ events came back to us. Read More
So you’ve played through the Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition starter set and your party has reached the dizzying heights of level five, but where do you go from here? Read More
We were in a dark crypt below the church. The stairs leading back had been covered in a magical grease, the fighter was feeling the effects of bad cheese poisoning, there was a wild magic storm going on. What’s more, our enemy seemed to hardly have suffered any damage at all. We were on the ropes … Read More
We had just escaped the Death House (barely), and it was time to move onto the story proper. Last session, my character died and came back as one of ‘the returned’ and I was eager to see how this would affect the rest of the party. This week we faced our first vampire. Read More
Having completed our mission, facing specters, gricks and animated suits of armor in the process, we were very ready to make our retreat, but our DM apparently had other plans.
Last night was the second session in my group’s play through of Dungeons & Dragons gothic horror campaign Curse of Strahd. Read More
Last night we began a new ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ campaign over Skype. Read More
‘Dungeons & Dragons’ is a relatively new hobby for my friends and me, and we plan to keep playing. However, in the time since my group completed Wizards of the Coast’s ‘Princes of the Apocalypse’ and laid what remained of their level 10 adventuring party to rest, my wife and I had a baby. Of course, this is a good thing. Read More
A few years ago, after discovering the joys of ‘Acquisitions Incorporated,’ I got really excited about playing ‘Dungeons & Dragons.’ So I did what any sane, married 30-year-old would do, and without even waiting to find a group to play, I bought the ‘D&D’ 5th edition Starter Set, ‘Player’s Handbook,’ and ‘Monster Manual,’ and planned my first game. Read More
