Listen, I'm a snob in many areas, but especially in how I have fun. If a game is pitched to me as "popular", I'm wary of it. "Everyone's doing it" is one of the fastest ways to get me to cross the street and go the opposite directly. I'm a contrarian. But if you told … Continue reading D&D Essentials Kit changed how I feel about 5e
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Ask the Dragonslayer #6: Resource Management in the Open Table Style
Dear Mr Dragonslayer 🙂 How do you handle resource management in an open table campaign? Your wrote a great article on "returning to base" each session in an open table campaign. We are planning to run Barrowmaze as an open table. The system is 5e (because that is what everyone played before), with rules from … Continue reading Ask the Dragonslayer #6: Resource Management in the Open Table Style
Jagged D&D
Shipwright "Are you an "evens" person or an "odds" person?" my mentor asked while we sat in his backyard. "Evens," said I. "Thought so. "Evens" lends itself to perfectionism, uniformity, rigidity, and compulsive behavior." I thought back to my obsession with orderly tables and layout while creating Adventure Hour! and editing blog posts long after … Continue reading Jagged D&D


