Greetings, 3WD-verse! DM Chris here. While working on the magical treasure index for our new Lord of the Rings Roleplaying campaign, I was reminded of an idea I’d used for my earlier Tomb of Annihilation campaign. Balancing between rewarding your players while still keeping magic items meaningful and special can be a bit of a … Read more
Cobbler’s tools. Weaver’s tools. Glassblowing. There are a host of proficiencies that are part of building a character in D&D that seem strange at first for someone who is going out on adventures. For a lot of players, it just becomes something that you picked during character creation. We’ve come to call these the “orphan” … Read more
It’s apropos that our first-ever players review of a campaign was for DM Tony’s Storm King’s Thunder campaign, as our newest iteration has us returning to the frozen world of the original giants in Mana Project Studios Journey to Ragnarok! We bring on return guests Scott (the Terrain Wrangler), Bonnie (the Chaos Engine) and our … Read more
After a little over 2 years and 20+ sessions, we have finally concluded our adventure through the Norse Kingdoms in Midgard and the remaining 8 worlds of Yggdrasill, the World Tree, where the Auspicious Signs were successful in stopping Ragnarok: the Twilight of the Gods. Journey to Ragnarok was in the campaign queue for quite … Read more
Greetings, 3WD-verse! DM Chris here. When I was approached to run DM Tony’s most recent birthday game, I was excited and yet without a clear vision of exactly what we were going to play. Our birthday game one-shots have become a friendly competition, so I went searching for the perfect idea. We’d just played a … Read more
“What elements would this game need to include to feel complete for a fan of the setting and the story?” That was the question from Forever DM Larry about running a Dragonlance campaign for players that had read the books… which he hasn’t. In this episode, Tony, Chris, and Dave reveal the best tips they … Read more
While some players aren’t down for an adventure which is light-hearted and silly, it is kind of the risk you run when preparing for a game and its nature is a surprise. However, everyone, including the guest of honor, enjoyed it so the mission was accomplished.
Birthday games, and one-shots in general, are a great place to stretch out and try something new. The best part of any challenge, like having 3 different DMs running a session, is that there are no mistakes. Only lessons and experience you can bring with you to make your other games better.
Following the footsteps of our Storm King’s Thunder and Curse of Strahd campaigns, we gather all five players from our Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen players wrap-up! In this episode, Tony, Chris, and Dave welcome The Wizard Washburn, Monster Wrangler Matt, and our own Chaos Engine, Bonnie, to sit down and discuss the epic … Read more
Back in September of 2023, we released an episode entitled “Tribute to the Greatest Game In The World: The 3 Wise DMs Share The Lessons Learned From Running A 12 Player D&D Game” The synopsis of the episode was this: 12 players. 2 DMs. 6 dragons. Tiamat. 2 birthday cakes… and a whole hell of … Read more
