An upstanding member of the UK geek fraternity, Simon is a dungeon master, self-proclaimed LEGO aficionado, and level 7 Rogue
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
If you’re trying to work out which ‘D&D’ story to pick next then you can’t have missed the release of ‘Tomb of Annihilation.’ Here I ask 5 questions to help you choose. Read More
Last night was session 38 in our Curse of Strahd campaign. We continued fighting vampires in a basement and rolled a lot of critical hits and misses. Read More
Session 37 of our weekly online Curse of Strahd Dungeons & Dragons game began with us trapped in a basement, the only exit guarded by six vampires. Read More
Last night was the 36th session in our online D&D Curse of Strahd campaign. Our party, Engong and Her Associates were trying to save our friend Ireena. Read More
The ‘Creature Codex’ from Kobold Press has demons, dragons, kobolds & undead, all primed and ready to populate your campaigns and terrorize your players. Read More
Last night was session 35 in our D&D Curse of Strahd campaign, we explored Lady Wachta’s mansion, it was pitch black and only half of us had Darkvision. Read More
Looking for the perfect D&D gifts? Here’s some great gift ideas for any Dungeons & Dragons fan, including 10 ideas perfect for players and Dungeon Masters. Read More
Session 34 of D&D Curse of Strahd campaign saw our adventuring party continue a stealth mission in Lady Wachta’s Mansion. There were almost no hiccups. Read More
Last night was the 33rd session in our ‘Curse of Strahd’ D&D campaign. We had a reading from Madam Eva, one player was a squirrel, and we planned a heist. Read More
Last night was session 32 in our online Curse of Strahd D&D campaign. We had made it to Vallaki, but would we ever lose our mysterious masked chaperones? Read More
