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The D&D Essentials Kit for 5E is more than the D&D Starter Set, but less than the core Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide and Monster Manual experience. What’s inside the box, how far will it take players new to the game, and what’s different from the Starter Set? Sidekicks and 1-on-1 play included!
Everything you need to create characters and play the new adventures in this introduction to the world’s greatest roleplaying game.
Dungeons & Dragons is a cooperative storytelling game that harnesses your imagination and invites you to explore a fantastic world of adventure, where heroes battle monsters, find treasures, and overcome quests. The D&D Essentials Kit is a new introductory product meant to bring D&D to audiences interested in jumping into a fantasy story.
This box contains the essentials you need to run a D&D game with one Dungeon Master and one to five adventurers. A newly designed rulebook on-boards players by teaching them how to make characters, and the included adventure, Dragon of Icespire Peak, introduces a new 1-on-1 rules variant.
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 6/29/2019: D&D Gets Classier with Morrus & Peter!
Highlights: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey join for a classy chat on A Touch More Class: nine new, creative and fully playtested 5E classes from EN Publishing! Plus: Favorite D&D classes, what “class” is the D&D 5E game engine itself and guess the RPG Kickstarter “Balderdash” edition! Everyone makes unicorn noises.
Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at 1011fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!
Arkansas RPG Con registrations are now open! Head on over to ARPGCON.COM for Arkansas RPG Con 2019 on Nov 9th and 10th. This two day event’s early bird badge is only $20 the same as last year’s one day event badge. Get them before the price raises to $30 on July 1st. ARPGCON.COM
Port Nyanzaru continues. The party has a chance at help for their adventure if they can deliver a beat down. Volo’s selling books. Confused acolytes are delivering cryptic messages. A half-orc priest is needing help. Rumors and side quests. Where the heck is the library around this town? Does the Grease spell create actual grease? Do drow eyes glow red?
This is an ongoing series of Shane’s notes, thoughts and tips for running the D&D adventure Tomb of Annihilation, plus D&D rules clarifications and DM / GM tips in general.
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 6/22/2019: Transformers Artist & Toy Designer Robby Musso, Angry Mike & Little Rock Comic Con!
Highlights: It’s the annual Little Rock Comic Con pre-show with “Angry Mike” Tinnel and Transformers comics artist and Hasbro toy designer Robby Musso. Another Transformers / Ghostbusters toy mashup is coming. Shane likes the Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated movie. How to say New Orleans like a cool local. Final Survivor: Westeros update. Muffin situation update from the Mobley Detective Agency.
Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at 1011fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!
Arkansas RPG Con registrations are now open! Head on over to ARPGCON.COM for Arkansas RPG Con 2019 on Nov 9th and 10th. This two day event’s early bird badge is only $20 the same as last year’s one day event badge. Get them before the price raises to $30 on July 1st. ARPGCON.COM
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 6/15/2019: Victorious RPG & North Texas RPG Con!
Highlights: Shane’s report from North Texas RPG Con, a hidden gem for old school tabletop RPG gamers! Plus his interview with Mike and Elizabeth Stewart of Victorious RPG (“steampunk and super heroes in the Victorian era”), co-hosts of the Save for Half podcast and just all around swell folks!
Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at 1011fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!
Arkansas RPG Con registrations are now open! Head on over to ARPGCON.COM for Arkansas RPG Con 2019 on Nov 9th and 10th. This two day event’s early bird badge is only $20 the same as last year’s one day event badge. Get them before the price raises to $30 on July 1st. ARPGCON.COM
Elizabeth and Mike Stewart, North Texas RPG Con 2019
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 6/8/2019: Earthworm Jim & Creator Doug TenNapel!
Highlights: Did you know Earthworm Jim creator Doug TenNapel is also an Emmy-nominated animation producer and self-described multi-medium storyteller? We talk Doug’s new Earthworm Jim comic book project, his impressive career, the power of crowdfunding, taking care of your fans, G.K. Chesterton, geeky interests as relationship glue, making yourself Teflon when the culture is uncertain, and more!
Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at 1011fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!
Arkansas RPG Con registrations are now open! Head on over to ARPGCON.COM for Arkansas RPG Con 2019 on Nov 9th and 10th. This two day event’s early bird badge is only $20 the same as last year’s one day event badge. Get them before the price raises to $30 on July 1st. ARPGCON.COM
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 5/25/2019: Art Bell Tribute: UFOs & Other Weirdness!
Highlights: Tribute to Art Bell, paranormal talk radio host extraordinaire who challenged what the medium could be, gained millions of listeners, and was an interesting guy in his own right (while being surprisingly down to earth). Also: unexplained explosions and dead birds in an Arkansas town, and the US government admits they investigate UFOs. Wanna take a ride?
Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at 1011fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!
Arkansas RPG Con registrations are now open! Head on over to ARPGCON.COM for Arkansas RPG Con 2019 on Nov 9th and 10th. This two day event’s early bird badge is only $20 the same as last year’s one day event badge. Get them before the price raises to $30 on July 1st. ARPGCON.COM
This episode: Welcome to Port Nyanzaru! Overview of Tomb of Annihilation Chapter 1, the areas and highlights of the city, and the various things players can do (or have done to them). Shopping, Merchant Princes and factions. Random encounters and side quests. Suddenly, at the harbor: a rampaging tugboat — er — ankylosaurus! Minor Illusion discussion. Does the Grease spell actually use grease? In D&D terms, what is an object? Is Shane a DM (and person) worth emulating?
This is an ongoing series of Shane’s notes, thoughts and tips for running the D&D adventure Tomb of Annihilation plus D&D rules clarifications and DM / GM tips in general
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 5/11/2019: Computer Role Playing Games (CRPGs) with Matt Barton!
Highlights: Shane and Matt Barton of Matt Chat celebrate the release of their book Dungeons & Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition by, what else, talking CRPGsas they break down their favorite CRPGs, their biggest disappointments in the genre and their most anticipated upcoming game! Plus: when did Bioware first disappoint Shane, trolleys vs. buggies, how do you say renaissance, and Survivor: Westeros update.
(Podcast version has extra content not included in radio broadcast)
Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at 1011fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!
Arkansas RPG Con registrations are now open!
Head on over to ARPGCON.COM for Arkansas RPG Con 2019 on Nov 9th and 10th. This two day event’s early bird badge is only $20 the same as last year’s one day event badge. Get them before the price raises to $30 on July 1st. ARPGCON.COM
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 5/4/2019: Endgame Assemble!
Highlights: Avengers… ASSEMBLE! The gang of Michael Brown, William Brackeen and Richard McBain gets back together with Shane to geek out about Avengers Endgame a year after geeking out about Infinity War! What did they think, what were their favorite moments, and what are their theories moving forward with the MCU? Plus: is fanservice always a bad thing, big announcements from adventure fiction publisher Cirsova and a tribute to the evertall Peter Mayhew on Star Wars Day!
(Podcast version has extra content not included in radio broadcast)
Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at 1011fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!
Podcast Zinger is from Peter Mayhew talks Chewie (YouTube)
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‘Avengers: Endgame’: All the Box Office Records Broken in Debut Weekend
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The Russo Brothers Try to Explain Captain America’s Wild Avengers: Endgame Twist
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84 Avengers: Endgame Easter Eggs & References You Might Have Missed
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33 Marvel Movie Moments That Are Referenced In “Avengers: Endgame”
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Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition
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Arkansas RPG Con registrations are now open!
Head on over to ARPGCON.COM for Arkansas RPG Con 2019 on Nov 9th and 10th. This two day event’s early bird badge is only $20 the same as last year’s one day event badge. Get them before the price raises to $30 on July 1st.
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