Author: Jason D. Wood
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What is a gaming convention?
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What is a gaming convention? While they vary in scope, size, and audience, it’s people getting together with new friends and old to play new games and old!
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What are tabletop roleplaying games?
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Part 2 (of 5) in my series inspired by GaryCon XVII Imagine 4–7 people sitting around a board game. In your mind’s eye, what are they doing? If you’ve ever…
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What is a tabletop game?
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Last year, I went to a gaming convention in Lake Geneva, WI, called GaryCon. After my return, I was greeted with a host of questions: 🎲 What is a gaming…
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Adventure Review: Withering Woods
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“Withering Woods” is a D&D 5e adventure module for low-level characters written by Þorsteinn Mar Gunnlaugsson for Swedish game publisher, Riotminds. Part of their new Fantasy Adventure Series, it was…
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GaryCon XVI Retrospective: Days 0-1
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Since I’ve returned home to South Louisiana, I’ve had no shortage of friends asking, “Now what were you doing in Wisconsin?” So to simplify those conversations–and for other gaming enthusiasts…
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X1 – The Isle of Dread
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The Isle of Dread may be the best adventure module I’ve ever read. Don’t get me wrong. I love, love, love The Village of Hommlet. Against the Cult of the…
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Review: A0 – Danger at Darkshelf Quarry
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When Against the Cult of the Reptile God sparked ongoing interest with two of my players in AD&D, I decided to take a whack at an ongoing campaign in that region of…
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Darlene, Greyhawk, and the Rabbit Hole
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Who knew that a map could stir the imagination so much? And yet the map released in the Greyhawk setting box has been the fundamental basis for my ongoing AD&D…
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The challenge and beauty of AD&D modules
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After over a year of playing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (first edition), I’ve had some really great gaming moments. But I’ve also had to deal with reality. Eventually nostalgia wears…
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Review: N1 – Against the Cult of the Reptile God
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I thought my readers might be interested in more direct reviews of published modules, since I’m running those almost exclusively in my home AD&D game. Since I stopped blogging just…