Review of the PolyHero Dice Wizard set, a wizard themed polyhedral dice set complete with bolt, fireball, scroll, potions, wand and orb (plus a spell book as Kickstarter reward). Will these dice cast a spell on your table during gaming, or fizzle and leave you hanging? Watch and find out! PolyHero website:
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 1/27/2018:
Stefan Pokorny on D&D, Dwarven Forge & Life!
Highlights: The one and only Stefan Pokorny talks about D&D and Dwarven Forge! Stefan is super enthusiastic about the RPG hobby (to put it mildly 😀), ...
PURPLE WORM FIGHT! The inevitable confrontation in the Worm Nursery unfolds. A divine intervention? Shield Guardians are nifty. Rope Trick ins and outs. More info on the Wand of Limited, Vengeancy Underdark Teleportation. Modifying the house rule on spell components. A 1 in 400 dice roll. How exactly would one mock a giant worm, anyway? ...
The Worm Nursery. Egg theft for fun and profit. Friendly drow are still basically jerks. The warlock's rash action continues to be a diplomatic migraine for Bruenor and it's not getting any better. Be careful with that silence spell. Help action clarification. Player responsibility for XP tracking and miniature placement. Minor metagaming allowed in a ...
We finish the Ancient Tomb and follow Tartuccio's trail to the Old Sycamore. Kobolds and mites don't like each other. Will-o'-wisps are kind of tough (no wonder, they're CR 6 and my party is level 2). Thylacines aren't (no wonder, they're CR 1/2). This a let's play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends. Set in ...
Finishing up the troglodyte lair. A fearsome voice in the dark and then into the worm nursery. A player discovers unexpected consequences for rash behavior. Can you cast two spells in one turn with a spell gem? Dealing with "power creep" and players who don't always show up. Happy New Year! (Alpha means incomplete. Not all content and features are fully ...
Two combats with bandits, leveling up, and buying / selling at Oleg's Trading Post in the Closed Alpha version of Pathfinder: Kingmaker. (Alpha means incomplete. Not all content and features are fully implemented, not all in-game copy is perfect, there will ...
Game options and character creation in the Closed Alpha version of Pathfinder: Kingmaker. (Alpha means incomplete. Not all content and features are fully implemented, not all in-game copy is perfect, there will be bugs - this game is still a work in progress.) For more information on Pathfinder: Kingmaker please visit