Here's the RPG Breakfast Chat, recorded on October 20, 2019, live from the Tenkar's Tavern Discord server. Guests: * Tom Knauss — Frog God Games * Larry Heyl — Mini Zines, Gamer+ Like What I Do? Here are Some Ways That You Can Help Me Keep the Lights On and Cooking More Content: * like and subscribe! :) * Join my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress * Buy me a coffee on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/hexedpress...
Interested in this month's Unearthed Arcana for Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition, from Wizards of the Coast? Listen to my rundown and then decide if any of these playtest options are right for your game. Show Notes: * Unearthed Arcana for November, 2019: https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/class-feature-variants * "The Captain" on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/223651/The-Captain-A-Charismatic-Fighter-SubClass?term=the+captain&affiliate_id=516659 Like What I Do...
Here's the RPG Breakfast Chat, recorded on October 6, 2019 from Tenkar's Tavern Discord. Guests: * Rob Conley — Bat in the Attic Games * Douglas Cole — Gaming Ballistic Like What I Do? Here are Some Ways That You Can Help Me Keep the Lights On and Cooking More Content: * like and subscribe! :) * Join my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress * Buy me a coffee on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/hexedpress...
Here's the RPG Breakfast Chat, recorded on September 21, 2019 from Tenkar's Tavern Discord. This one was marred by some audio issues so apologies in advance. Guests: * Don Hellebarde — Hellebarde Games * DM Andi — FASA Games Like What I Do? Here are Some Ways That You Can Help Me Keep the Lights On and Cooking More Content: * like and subscribe! :) * Join my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress * Buy me a coffee on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/hexedpress...
Hey Dungeon Masters, I recorded a little bit of extra talk about "I6 Ravenloft". Call it an addendum or postscript to the read-along. As has become par for the course these days when I record, apologies for the audio quality issues that I had. I recorded this one on my phone and, for reasons beyond my ken, the effort was too much for it in places. Show Notes: * Retro Read-Along, "I6 Ravenloft": https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19792843 * "I6 Ravenloft" at DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.c...
Happy Halloween! In this edition of the rulebook read-along, I read through and talk about the classic 1E D&D adventure module, "I6 Ravenloft". Warning, I go through the entire module so spoilers ahoy! Join me on this voyage into across dangerous seas and monster filled wilderness! Show Notes: * "I6 Ravenloft" at DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17527/I6-Ravenloft-1e?&affiliate_id=516659 Like What I Do? Here are Some Ways That You Can Help Me Keep the Lights On and Cooking More...
Tis the season for all things horrible, including, unfortunately, the audio quality of my voice. Apologies in advance. This was recorded remotely (by Will). I was clipping but didn't know it. Those issues aside, we talk about our favorite horror movies. Will brings "Alien" to the party and I escort "The Thing". Like horror films? Which is your favorite? Want to show your support and help us keep the lights on and keep creating content? * like and subscribe! :) * Join my Patreon: https://www.patr...
In this edition of the rulebook read-along, I read through and talk about the classic B/X D&D adventure module, "X1 The Isle of Dread". Warning, I go through the entire module so spoilers ahoy! Join me on this voyage into across dangerous seas and monster filled wilderness! Show Notes: * "X1 The Isle of Dread" at DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17083/X1-The-Isle-of-Dread-Basic?&affiliate_id=516659 Want to Support the channel so I can keep creating content? * like and subscribe...
Hey Dungeon Masters, let's talk about monsters. Usually we get a stat block and maybe some flavor text. But what do they mean? What can they tell us beyond a bunch of powers and abilities? Watch me go over the Succubus, drawing from both the OSR and 5th Edition Monster Manuals and let's see what we can suss out about how to best use this creature in our Dungeons & Dragons campaigns.Want to Support the channel so I can keep creating content?* like and subscribe to this wherever you've found it! :...
Hey Dungeon Masters, another week, another Unearthed Arcana for Dungeons & Dragons let loose from Wizards of the Coast. Let's take a look at these playtest options for the fighter, ranger, and rogue classes. What do you think? Which of these archetypes strike your fancy? Would you use any or all of these options in your campaign?Show Notes:Unearthed Arcana, "Fighter, Ranger, and Rogue" Want to Support the channel so I can keep creating content?Like and subscribe! :)Join my Patreon: https://www.p...
A podcast exclusive and a little something different here to change up the pace. I chat for almost two hours with my friend Will about the big ideas that Star Trek: The Next Generation failed to follow through on. Apologies in advance for the audio quality, we recorded this in his apartment using only my mobile recorder. If this goes over better than a lead balloon, this may become a recurring feature and I'll try to do better with the audio. Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Hey Dungeon Masters! I like to watch anime now and again and, last week, I stumbled upon "Record of the Grancrest War" on Netflix. I have very mixed feelings about the series itself BUT I thought the concept of crests in the show ws fascinating and worth talking about as an interesting element for a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.Show Notes:* Crest montage by "anime sekai": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvxXBHkLoJELinks :I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for ...
Hey Dungeon Masters! This installment of the Screed took forever to export but maybe that's because it's an hour long ramble (apologies in advance!) in which I talk about coming back from an August break, what's coming up, the Dark Crystal, flanking in 5E, and more.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZWant to Support the channel so I can kee creating content?* like and subscribe! :)* Join my P...
Hey Dungeon Masters! While working on one video, I end up creating another! In this installment, I go over using the Five Room Dungeon design pattern to flesh out and improv locations for your Dungeons & Dragons campaign. The Five Room Dungeon name belies its fleibility and usefulness for adding details and structure to any location that you need. In this video, I riff through one example but I hope the exercise will inspire your own ideas for deploying this tool in your game.Links:I’m part of a...
Hey Dungeon Masters, in this installment of my lunchtime game master prep stream, I work on the local factions that operate in the immediate area of my Dungeons & Dragons campaign area.Show Notes:I use Mind Node for mindmapping.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZSupport Me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/hexedpressTwitter : https://twitter.com/hexedpressmanTwitch : https://www.twitch.tv/hexedpre...
Hey Dungeon Masters, this is the first of a series of streams that I will be doing in which I work on some prep for Dungeons & Dragons stuff. In this one, I begin brainstorming and sketching out a setting that I will use as the background for some adventure content that I'm planning to create.Show Notes:I use Mind Node for mindmapping.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZSupport Me on Ko-Fi: h...
Hey Dungeon Masters, I found this great, supplement on Reddit called, "Dead Memories" by Fred Bednarski, that I decided to share. It's system agnostic so it would be a trivial matter to drop this into a Dungeons & Dragons campaign of any edition or any RPG for that matter.Show Notes:"Dead Memories" on itch.io: https://vonbednar.itch.io/dead-memoriesLinks :I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZSupport...
Happy Friday! In this episode, our DM, wearing a particularly wrinkly shirt, expounds on Twitch, Aarokocra, and developing a gaming philosophy.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZTwitter: https://twitter.com/hexedpressmanTwitch : https://www.twitch.tv/hexedpressman/The audio: http://pod.hexed.pressiTunes : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hexed-press-tabletop-gaming/id1473050957Spotify :...
Hey Dungeon Masters, sorry for the delay. Let's talk about generating world events for Dungeons & Dragons (or any RPG) using Rory's Story Cubes or the Mythic GM Emulator. Use either one or both of them together to create random events to populate world, ask and answer fiction questons, or fill in gaps in time "back at the ranch" while the party is off adventuring.Mythic at DriveThruRPG*: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/20798/Mythic-Game-Master-Emulator?term=mythic+emulator&affiliate_id=5166...
This isn't about whether to powergame or not or whether powergaming is bad or not. I see and read and hear a lot of powergamers and their proponents looking at the game from a singular perspective. I want to open up discussion about a different perspective, one that might explain why not everyone is onboard with the powergaming mentality in their Dungeons & Dragons game.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://disc...
Hey Dungeon Masters, players, and... the rest, I finally got ahold of the new Essentials Kit for Dungeons & Dragons. Yay? Watch me spend a few minutes rifling through the box.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZThe audio: http://pod.hexed.pressThe blog: http://hexed.pressThe reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpressThe MeWe: www.mewe.com/join/...
After several failed attempts, our somewhat fearless Dungeon Master finally succeeds at posting a vlog entry! In this episode, he defends Gygaxian Dungeon Master wisdom amidst an accurate from a distance sweep through Dungeons & Dragons history.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZThe audio: http://pod.hexed.pressThe blog: http://hexed.pressThe reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/The p...
In this installment of my Dungeon Master series of running hex crawls in Dungeons & Dragons, we tackle designing a random encounter system to go with your hexmaps, perfect for all your overland, West Marches, or sandbox needs!Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZThe audio: http://pod.hexed.pressThe blog: http://hexed.pressThe reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/The patreon: https://www...
Happy Fourth of July! I sit in the woods and blather a bit about envisioning D&D wilderness without the colonial baggage of the wild frontier approach, as the unlit pools of wild in a points of light style hexcrawl campaign.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZThe audio: http://pod.hexed.pressThe blog: http://hexed.pressThe reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/The patreon: https://www.p...
In this installment of the vlog, our friendly neighborhood dungeon master talks about heading to the country for a little family vacay and then expounds, with artisinal old world wisdom on conceptual ideas that sound great on paper that don't play well at the table.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZThe audio: http://pod.hexed.pressThe blog: http://hexed.pressThe reddit: https://www.reddit.c...
Hey Dungeon Masters, dealing with player character class abilities in a hex crawl (or anywhere else in your Dungeons & Dragons campaign) can be tough. Let me help walk through a few options and ideas for how to work with these abilities rather than against them.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZThe audio: http://pod.hexed.pressThe blog: http://hexed.pressThe reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r...
I returned from camping to take up arms again versus the issues that are bedeviling my last video. After a couple of updates and a call for products that I should look at, I talk a bit about alignments before I have to run.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZThe audio: http://pod.hexed.pressThe blog: http://hexed.pressThe reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/The patreon: https://www.pa...
Time is conspiring against me as I try to render my main video in Premiere before I head out for a weekend camping. It doesn't look like it's going to happen so I whipped up this episode on my phone instead, in which I go on a bit about optimizing, min-maxing, powergaming, and munchkin-ing. Happy Friday!Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZThe audio: http://pod.hexed.pressThe blog: http://hexe...
Another day another vlog, in which a trip to my daughter's Pre-K graduation ceremony mutates into a rant on Dungeons and Dragon's Milestone leveling versus experience points, and more!Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZThe audio: http://pod.hexed.pressThe blog: http://hexed.pressThe reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpressThe MeWe: www.mewe....
Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Dungeon Master's Screed, a vlog series that will fill in between more focused videos in which I can wax lyrical, poetical, and philosophical upon what's happening behind the scenes on the channel, what I'm working on, and on topics that I might not feel have enough meat to cover in more depth but that I want to weigh in on nonetheless.Links:I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content!https://...
