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Today we will be discussing the mighty grid of nine alignments in Dungeons & Dragons and other fantasy TTRPGs. I haven't had this discussion in over 30 years. Who knows when it will come up again?

Once upon a time in tabletop gaming history, we had three, no, NINE alignments. For those who are new to D&D or fantasy TTRPGs in general, Alignment refers to a system of loose guidelines to indicate a character’s moral and ethical values. It has become widely used since its iconic implementation in the 1977 Basic D&D set. Back in the day, and in subsequent retroclones, three alignments were…

Brief review of Mystica Eterna, and RPG set in a strange time that never happened on a planet called Terrene, a Pangea similar to Earth with a higher concentration of oxygen, magic, and lasers!

By James Pruitt. Radiance and Raven LLC. I was lucky enough to be sent a preview copy of Mystica Eterna RPG for review purposes. I would like to thank James Pruitt for getting in touch with me about this game. James appears to be mostly a one man crew working hard on this game, something I can definitely relate to. Also, my apologies for the lateness of this review. (Now that the holidays are…

Some of my predictions might be way off, but I'm going for a full blackout. I think Wizards of the Coast is going to have a great year with Dungeons & Dragons, or I'm going to be right about a lot of things.

Here’s my Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons 2025 Shenanigans Bingo Card. Please bear in mind these are my opinions and predictions. We’ll compare notes at the end of the year and see if I was correct about any of it. I’m going for the blackout. Thank you for being here with me today. I appreciate you. Keep it real, but please strive for positivity, too. Please embrace the things that…

I wrote this review over a year ago and represent it here with a few minor revisions. The recent fracas on X (Twitter) about the anti-colonialism article has brought this book into the spotlight. It's at the END of the book.

I enjoy a lot of the Sly Flourish books, mailing list, YouTube channel and blog. This book is dynamite for new and experienced Game Masters. It was written by Teos Abadia, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, and Michael E. “Sly Flourish” Shea. There is a wealth of advice for building and running monsters within its pages.My main interest in this book besides expanding my already vast knowledge of monster…

This time the sad subject of the flawed book, 50th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons. was broached by eccentric billionaire Elon Musk of all people. Can we just get back to slinging dice and having fun around the table?

This particularly worn out topic has resurfaced yet again. I want to preface this with the notion that I have no desire to rehash the whole sordid story of the last three years of D&D history, much less the last 50. At this point I think we’d be better off celebrating the 51st Anniversary of D&D in a positive way. Apparently Elon Musk got wind of the controversy surrounding the 50th Anniversary…

As you probably know, I watch copious amounts of YouTube. I noticed the other day that a couple of the big name "DungeonTuber" types are making videos reaching out to new players. I saw this coming months ago.

I was onto this theme over six months ago. From an email to a friend of mine while discussing YouTube:The other thing I’m recommending to all of my friends, and I know I’m flogging heavily is all of the new players coming into the hobby with D&D 2024 from now until next year sometime. Let’s do as much as possible to encourage the new and returning players and DMs as humanly possible. That type…

I found an article from the Kobold Press blog about the Tales of the Valiant Game Master Guide that doubles as a no-holds-barred review of another certain company's 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide. Followed by a Nov 14 retraction. yay...

Kobold Press put it all out there. Original Post: https://koboldpress.com/comparing-the-tov-game-masters-guide-to-the-dungeon-masters-guide/ Followed by the retraction: https://koboldpress.com/a-statement-on-comparisons-from-kobold-press/ I find it interesting that Kobold Press put out an official blog article basically blasting the new 2024 Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master’s Guide. I get…

I recently watched a YouTube video that rather set me off. If being a Dungeon Master or D&D content creator is too stressful, maybe it's time to reconsider your role in the hobby. Sorry, but this one might come off as a bit inflammatory (unintentionally.)

Please don’t let anyone on YouTube convince you that it is. Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com I watched a video by a certain popular “DungeonTuber” or “D&DTuber” last night and while this person might have nigh onto a million followers on various social media I don’t think she knows entirely what she’s talking about. I want to be clear about something that was mentioned in the video- I’m…