The Brass Fraternity (Part 1)
A while ago, I made a couple of post mini-series, Walled Mounds of the Hive-Caller and Cursed Monastery of the Crocodile-Behemoth, where...
My TTRPG Generic Minigame Mechanics
One of the great things about TTRPGs is that pretty much all of them allow players to try doing things that aren’t codified in the rules....
Workout Recap - Week of February 28, 2021
Seeing as last week was all pass/fail workouts, it only makes sense that this week would be all timed workouts. I tried to step up the...
Evasion, Flight, and Pursuit – Chases in TTRPGs
I’ve been in a conversation about the encounter evasion mechanics in OD&D (Vol. 3, pp. 19-20) on the Wandering DMs Discord server, and I...
Workout Recap - Week of February 21, 2021
Still five workouts this week, which is feeling regular enough by now that it shouldn't keep needing special mention. For some reason, I...
Turning Stories into Adventures
As a fan of several 70s and 80s movies, it’s long been a goal of mine to make homages to such films as Halloween, Alien, The Thing, and...
The Problem of "Problem" Topics
I'm a very open person when it comes to details that many people seem to consider too personal to talk about comfortably. That's not to...
D&D Monster Symbiotes
During the post-show Discord chat for today’s Wandering DMs episode, the topic of multiple monsters operating in a symbiotic state came...
Workout Recap - Week of February 14, 2021
I kept up with the workout quantity this week, so that's good. I'd say that the intensity was better than last week overall, too. It's...
Song Breakdown: Jinjer – Pit of Consciousness
One of the high points of my pandemic era has been finding out about the Ukrainian band Jinjer. Their professional history has a number...
