Mystery Box Friday (The Haunt)

Hey Folks, we’re putting together another one of our mystery box series.  Today we’re looking at a DM’s Guild adventure created by a community member.  This adventure, written by Phil Beckwith and published by P.B. Publishing, features a twist on the traditional dungeon.  The characters are drawn to an incredibly spooky “haunted” mansion, and have to explore it to figure out what’s going on..  Let’s dive into The Haunt, and see what new and inventive ways we can die.

Adventurer's League Season 3 part 4 (Lower Level Track Pt 4)

All right Game Fans, we’re continuing with our look at the 3rd season of the Adventurer’s League for Dungeons and Dragons, 5th edition.  Like last season, we’re not going to take these adventures in numeric order, but we’ve split them up into two (technically three) different tracks based off of their suggested character level.  Today we’re looking at the last adventure in the lower level track, DDEX 3-14 Death on the Wall.

Skills for Edge of the Empire (Everybody has Mad ones)

Hey Folks, we’re back with another article on one of our favorite games, Edge of the Empire, from Fantasy Flight Games.  This fun Role-playing game encapsulates the experience of living on the fringes of civilized space in the Star Wars Universe, and you can take on the role of a Smuggler, or a Technician, or a Bounty Hunter (or some other choices we’ve talked about before).  If you’d like to see what this game looks like (how it’s played) check out the amazing folks at Hyper RPGs Pencils and Parsecs show.  You can catch them live on Friday nights after Death from Above on Twitch, or catch them on Youtube after the fact at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY8Gz58YzHg&list=PLHKocVDXoWBsVQVwv6HgYVzRYzZFYR4N4&index=2.  

Today we’re going to look at one of the specific components that every character has, and sort of go over what they do and how they work.  Today we’re going to talk about skills, and how they work in Edge of the Empire.  So Buckle in, grab your funny dice, and let’s get started.  

Unearthed Arcana (Archetypes Galore)

Hey Game Fans, we’re back for another look at the Unearthed Arcana series from Wizards of the Coast.  We’re a little behind on these, so we’re going to combine the two articles into one review.  Today we are going to look at the Drunken Master tradition for the Monk, the Oath of Redemption for the Paladin, and the Monster Slayer for the Ranger, as well as the Theurgy and War Magic Arcane Traditions.  Like all of the Archetypes, these will modify the way that the base class they are options for, usually either adding a new facet or enhancing another aspect of the base class.  Let’s dive right into the new options and see what trouble we can get into it.  

One of the issues with Comic Book Movies

Hey Guys, today Im going to talk about something a little different from games, but it’s still very dear to my heart.  I love comic books, and I have since I was a kid.  I read pretty straightforward titles, Your X-mens, your Avengers, I love DC Comics, and I think my favorite line ever was Gotham Academy.  I don’t tread too deep into Independent waters, (though Hyper RPG is giving me good vibrations about the Valiant Universe).  But today we’re going to talk about Comic book movies.  I really want to like comic book movies, but some of them are very hit or miss, and it’s not necessarily the movie’s fault.

 

Formation Building for Alpha Strike

All right Game Fans, we’re back with another article on one of our favorite games, Alpha Strike.  If you’ve kept up with the list to date, you can see that we’ve been cranking out the articles on this topic and it’s because we genuinely enjoy the game.  Today we’re going to take a look at building your first army group, (Alpha Strike calls these formations).  We’re going to be referencing the combat manuals to do this, so if you haven’t picked up Combat Manual: Mercenaries, or Combat Manual Kurita, you’re going to be at a bit of a disadvantage.  So, go get one of those while the rest of us get started.  

Tales from the Yawning Portal (first thoughts and ideas)

Hery Game Fans, we’re going to take a quick look at Tales from the Yawning Portal, the newest Hardcover book released by our grand masters, Wizards of the Coast.  This is a different kind of hardcover adventure, and we’ll get into that in a minute.  First i’d like to thank the fine folks at Wizards for putting together a product like this.  Second, settle in because this isn’t like a product we’ve seen before, so i’m going to ramble for a while.