Interview with game designer Rodney Thompson about the new Spectaculars superhero RPG from Scratchpad Publishing! Plus: What's Rodney reading right now? What the heck is Neon City Outlaws? What are the design differences between Dusk City Outlaws and Spectaculars? And: Surprise appearances by the Emerald Stranger and Shane's archenemy Shane ...
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Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History – “Unboxing” and First Reactions!
What are Shane's first thoughts and reactions to an advance copy of Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History? Hint: he may squee (okay, he actually squees at one point and he's a big manly man not known for his squeeing). Make sure to watch the parts with ...
D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #81 – The City of Spiders
The City of Spiders continues and its into Menzoberranzan proper for our intrepid heroes. Drow patrols! Mysterious rescuers! Alley chases! A certain swashbuckling drow mercenary! Spell area of effects. Armor donning and doffing times. Monster CRs and spell saves. Plus: Soul-sucking adventures in the DMV! Social media has spoken and it desires Shane's players to ...
D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #80 – The Fetid Wedding / The City of Spiders
Burying the dead after the monstrous Juiblex battle, a visit to Gauntlgrym, and then it's off to lovely Menzoberranzan, the City of Spiders itself, for a ridiculously dangerous infiltration and retrieval mission sans expedition. Speaking of spiders, even low CR opponents can be dangerous to higher level parties in the right circumstances. Is it the ...
Star Wars RPG 30th Anniversary Edition Unboxing & Discussion
Shane has the Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game 30th Anniversary Edition in his hot little hands and he can't wait to get it open and take a look. This represents both the original Star Wars RPG and gaming history... does it live up to the legacy? Let's punch it and find out!
D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #79 – The Fetid Wedding
Gee, those plants sure look like otyughs that want to eat our faces, don't they. When is astral travel not astral travel? Large scale, amateur fungal brain surgery for fun and profit. Zuggtmoy and Juiblex battle for the right to Araumycos. One of them's going down and the adventurers just might be next... this is ...
New Challengers #1 – DC’s The New Age of Heroes: Comic Book Review [Spoilers]
Does New Challengers #1 from DC's New Age of Heroes challenge us in a good way, or challenge us to toss it away? Are these four (five?) brand new adventurers, or are they familiar Challengers faces from the past? And what's up with the Prof??? We'll go ahead and tell you the villain isn't Hush, ...
D&D Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes Review
Be it multiversal lore book or monster manual... or both?!?
The tagline on the front cover of Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes says discover the truth about the great conflicts of the D&D multiverse in this supplement for the world's greatest ...Let’s Play Pathfinder: Kingmaker Beta #10 – Old Sycamore
We wave goodbye to the kobolds and head over to visit with the mites. Other than a few combats, this video is in all honesty a painful and somewhat confusing series of rest attempts as Shane tries to suss out the intricacies of the game's resting system.