Greetings gamers from all systems, places, and timelines! I can already feel some of you asking when in the nine hells would I ever need to do this? However, this is not about need, at least not exactly. In a similar vein, you might not need anyone else to help you move everything out of … Read more
For five years before its release, Tracy and Laura Hickman ran the original Count Strahd adventure, Ravenloft, as a Halloween, one-shot tradition. It’s easy to understand why… Count Strahd von Zarovich is one of the most infamous villains in D&D (and beyond), and what better way to get into the Halloween spirit than by exploring … Read more
Greetings gamers from all systems, places, and timelines! My girlfriend Jenn had been asking me for close to two years now to read Fourth Wing. Because I hadn’t, at least to her knowledge, it made the perfect foundation for a surprise birthday game one-shot. However, writing this game was a daunting task because, as they … Read more
Greetings gamers from all systems, places, and timelines! As some of you may be aware, we at 3WD appreciate one-shot adventures and player birthday games. To which, we just completed a horror-style adventure in honor of a birthday in my all-girls campaign, which was inspired by Game of Thrones and Stranger Things – two of the … Read more
Greetings, 3WD-verse! DM Chris here. One of the cornerstones of DMing is preparation. In many ways, you’re the tour guide for your players in the campaign world, so you need an understanding deep enough that you can help them learn and discover it. You’re more than just a narrator – you’re the weaver of possibilities, … Read more
Possession. Dominate. Alignment shifts. There are a multitude of times where the rules make the DM take control of one of the player characters in the game. But, is that a good thing? In this episode, Tony, Chris, and Dave sit down to discuss an issue that came up in DM Chris’ Tales of the … Read more
Greetings gamers from all systems, places and timelines! Five years ago, the concept of having AI run a D&D, or any TTRPG, for a player would have sounded about as much of a fantasy as the game itself. And I know that some of you genuinely believe that entertaining this is making the world a … Read more
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
Greetings, gamers from all systems, places, and timelines! Skill checks are one of the fundamental mechanics of nearly any game system and always add the necessary randomness to the session; the results of the action are undetermined, even with the most mundane activities. You could be staring at the business end of a resounding success … 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
