Technically, Wednesday’s game was the second session of Encounters, since we ran Launch Day on Saturday. We had a good group of players, including about 5 new folks, though most of the newbies had played D&D or D&D Next before. My table had a cleric, a barbarian, a rogue, a druid, and a monk. They started […]
Ankylosaurus #1
I’m knitting some dinosaurs as bribes for my weekly D&D players. These are the guys who have put up with my well-meaning plot-destruction for 2 years. I promised a handknit dinosaur to any of them who come to Gencon and celebrate my 40th birthday with me there. Independently, they all expressed that their favorite dinosaur […]
D&D Encounters Launch Day
I ran the D&D Encounters Launch Day on Saturday, which was my first time back to Encounters in about a year, and my first time GMing D&D Next. I was not really looking forward to it, to be honest. My experiences the previous week had me feeling that I would get to the game and be […]
Laser and Feelings With the Crew of the Obstructionist
No, they didn’t name the ship The Obstructionist, but they probably should have. On Wednesday, I ran Lasers and Feelings for some players who are primarily miniature wargamers. And it was, to my mind, something of a disaster. Let me state that, in terms of being a disaster, it was not a complete disaster, because the players […]
Timewatch: Little Boy in the Snow, part 1
TO: Dariya FROM: Sarah Connor DATE: August 16, 2098 SUBJECT: Don’t Follow Me D– Got caught in 2098. Underground bunker. Miscalculated Judg Day. Not sure, but I hear rumors that weird aliens are responsible. Don’t know– surface too hot to investigate. Stuck here till my autochron works again– radiation interfering. The machines aren’t smart enough […]