Category: Tabletop

DMs Guild Review – The Heir of Orcus: Verse III

Explore a cyberpunk city in the Underdark to thwart the latest schemes by The Heir of Orcus in this Tier 2 AL-compatible adventure.

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Designed by: Anthony Joyce

I don’t quite possess the love and nostalgia for Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi classic, Blade Runner, but I do respect the hell out of it for how it (and most Philip K. Dick stories) influenced and inspired so much of our modern storytelling, including this third chapter of The Heir of Orcus Adventurer’s League series.

Designed for a level 8 party, The Heir of Orcus: Verse 3 takes a surprising yet satisfying left turn into sci-fi territory with a well-realized cyberpunk city, bolstered by incredible artwork and map designs.

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Tomb of Annihilation Session 63 Recap

The party survives an ambush by the Yuan-ti, and find the final shrine a warzone.

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Previously on Tomb of Annihilation

Starring:
Mannix, level 7 Human Inquisitive Rogue/Wizard
Khaless, level 7 Half-Drow Assassin Rogue
Gillian, level 7 Triton Bard of Whispers
George, level 7 Tortle Battle Master Fighter/Rogue
Therin, level 7 Hill Dwarf Druid of the Moon

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After Papazotl’s shrine the party had only one shrine left, Nangnang, home to the grungs of Omu. But the yuan-ti were after the shrine as well.

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8 Bit Attack Review [Pixelkin]

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Cooperative dungeon crawling is one of my favorite digital past-times, and the same is true for tabletop gaming. In Petersen Games’ 8 Bit Attack, the pixelated dungeon has been distilled into a series of boss battles against aliens and demons, culminating in a gigantic showdown with Cthulhu himself.

The character and monster variety create lots of different situations, though the dice-chucking gameplay wears out its welcome long before it’s over.

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DMs Guild Review – Trust and Understanding (Saga of the Worm 3)

Continue to hunt Kyuss and his minions in this Adventurer’s League Tier 4 dungeon crawl.

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Designed by: Alan Patrick

The Saga of the Worm series of Adventure League modules concludes with Trust and Understanding, easily one of the most poorly named adventures I’ve ever come across.

Trust and Understanding doesn’t conclude the series so much as provide yet another standard AL-friendly dungeon crawl with Kyuss-themed enemies, this time at a solid Tier 4 challenge level. The few interesting ideas end up poorly executed or underdeveloped.

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Tomb of Annihilation Session 62 Recap

Meeting with Zagmira, shopping in a black market, and solving puzzles in Papazotl’s shrine.

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Previously on Tomb of Annihilation

Starring:
Mannix, level 7 Human Inquisitive Rogue/Wizard
Khaless, level 7 Half-Drow Assassin Rogue
Gillian, level 7 Triton Bard of Whispers
George, level 7 Tortle Battle Master Fighter/Rogue
Therin, level 7 Hill Dwarf Druid of the Moon

The magic and terror of D&D is that some things you plan work out far better than you could have imagined – and of course, just the opposite is true. I witnessed both ends of the spectrum in this week’s session, as the PCs had their first meeting with Zagmira, did some shopping with a surprise merchant, and acquired their next puzzle cube.

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