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[Three Hexes] Tantek - Burning Sands of the Orcs

Campaign: A surprise awaits those who travel to the harsh, wind and dust blasted world of Tantek; it is the racial home of orcs! Dragons prowl the sky on Tantek while wily goblins and crafty kobolds...

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[Three Hexes] Zantra - Sky Islands of the Windlords

Campaign: Solid clouds covered in vegetation and vast skies are what make Zantra a unique world, home to the Windlord species! Zantrans sport a mix of avian and human features, as well as a definite...

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[Three Hexes] Shuxon - The Frozen Civilization

Campaign: This world of ice and snow is populated by an enigmatic species that resemble a cross between elves and Zantrans, with a vastly different civilization. They abhor anything that bring chaos...

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Ral Partha Chaos Wars Kickstarter Wave 3 coming soon!

Ral Partha/Iron Wind Metals just posted this on their website and Facebook - details about the Chaos Wars Wave 3 Kickstarter! The post also includes the schedule of how the wave will be released, both...

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Where've I been? Busy and a lack of creativity!

So here I was, trucking along in July/August with my podcast and 3 Hexes series and then... I hit the mother of all creative ruts.Then I looked at my oh-so-tempting miniatures backlog, crying out to be...

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How I'm freehanding cool shield designs

I've been painting shields with free-hand designs for the past few months. This figure above is a Ral Partha Sea Elf and I'm inspired by ancient Grecian designs for their paint and shield designs. This...

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Death Dealer / Ral Partha Superhero

I'm a product of the 70s/80s Dungeons & Dragons generation. And very few figures are quite as evocative as the Frazetta Death Dealer! I recently was able to purchase a couple of Ral Partha old...

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NPC Note Card database - Tutorial

Want to have a simple, yet potentially very extensible NPC database? This tutorial will show you how to use Google Sheets and Google Forms to make one, accessible from any device that can handle Google...

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GameHoleCon bound and an update to the NPC Card File

For a second year in a row, I'm heading to GameHoleCon in Madison. I'm running several games this year!Friday - 10am to 1pm - Chaos Wars - Ford over Troubled WatersSaturday - 10am to 1pm - Chaos Wars -...

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Help a teacher teach D&D!

I've been trading emails with Eric, who's a teacher out of Vermont. He's a listener to the Dungeon Master's Handbook and reached out for some help. He's looking to do a summer program in 2019 teaching...

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NPCs Come Alive! Using the NPC Note Card File

Make your NPCs come alive, through consistent and fluid events that can shape the world that your players experience! We're going to do that by taking the NPC Note Card File system that I demonstrated...

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Starting a Roll20 game set in my Etinerra world

Come play in my decade-long AD&D campaign on Roll 20!I'm looking for players who would like to play in my Chronicles of Etinerra AD&D campaign world. This would be online, using Roll 20 for the...

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[Three Hexes] Three the Hard Way

Campaign: Humans, Orcs, Elves, Centaurs, Goblins, Dwarfs, Fairies and Dragons. All fantasy races, living in the United States in the 1920's, with the Prohibition in full swing, as is the bloody gang...

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Tartan'ing up my minis

Finally! I have access to a phone that can take decent miniature pictures. ThePrincessWife - Angie - has a Pixel 3 and the camera is, quite frankly, stunning.I've been working on a Chaos Wars...

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Celebrating 10 Years of 1-on-1 D&D With My Wife

Ten years ago, I ran my first 1-on-1 D&D game with my wife, Angie. This past weekend, we celebrated that decade anniversary with a memorable game - my wife's character now has a dragon!We've seen...

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Game Recap - 1x1 Game w/Wife - Chaliam Desert

It was the 10th anniversary of our starting the Vale campaign and it was a momentous moment. Aeli had solved the riddle of the Three Keys and brought peace between the Thri-Kreen, Yuan-Ti and...

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Mines of Phandelver - Session #1 and 2 Recap

Yep, 5e. I'm running a game with it. Mainly so that I can #1, learn it, #2, use the free Starter Kit that I won at GameHoleCon (Thank you for the DM raffle!) and #3, just because I wanted to pull in...

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[Three Hexes] Lands Beyond Time

Campaign: The PCs entered the beckoning black portal, expecting to be transported to their home base, but instead find themselves stepping into a humid, thick jungle! The mountains are roughly where...

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Western Borders - AD&D - Session 0 Recap

The first Roll20/Discord game set in my Etinerra world happened last Tuesday. We're going to meet every other Tuesday, from 7 to 9(ish) CST.The cast of adventurers:Corvin - a human Cleric of Yorkai,...

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[Three Hexes] Negative Mirror

Campaign: Lord Stephen and the Nightshade Wizard fought their duel two centuries ago amid the lush lands of the Vale, devastating the land into the Ruined Wastes that are now home to foul creatures and...

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