Capturing this now for a few reasons: This is the most organized I’ve ever been as a GM or DM — in fact, it’s the first time I’ve had a regular set of tools that I’ve …| Echo Station 5-7
Messing around with the good old Octyrannopus gave me an idea: maybe it could camouflage itself, like a cuttlefish? That seemed like a fun effect that I could readily simulate for my regular campaign players. The first step was to … Continue reading →| Echo Station 5-7
I got this because I’m a sucker for D&D merch and interesting notebooks, so it might as well have been aersolized narcotics. I didn’t have super high hopes for it — my last TTRPG tie-in notebook (not D&D-branded) started falling … Continue reading →| Echo Station 5-7
TL;DR put a picture of a being in your dice tray (skillfully executed or not), roll the damage die on the picture in the tray, get hit location plus damage in one go. Everything else in this post i…| Echo Station 5-7
Hera Syndulla from Star Wars: Rebels is awesome for many reasons. She’s a great leader, who isn’t perfect, and doesn’t always succeed, and sometimes believes in people more than they deserve, and when she does succeed, it’s usually by being … Continue reading →| Echo Station 5-7
I have an adventure out in the new issue of the Star Wars Adventurer’s Journal, called “The Haunted Helm” (download link at the bottom of this post). It started as an adventure that I wrote and ran for London back … Continue reading →| Echo Station 5-7
One of my favorite new games is Outer Rim, the latest Star Wars board game from Fantasy Flight. I’ve played probably 8 or 9 sessions with my son, London, and one 3-player session with London and our friend Peter Kloess. … Continue reading →| Echo Station 5-7
From what I’ve seen, the campaign books for D&D 5e just keep getting better and better. London and I have picked up three of the recent releases: Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount, Eberron: Rising from the Last War, and most recently … Continue reading →| Echo Station 5-7
London and I have been playing D&D again lately. Our table is not huge, and with maps, minis, and rulebooks, it can get a little crowded. Also, we like to be able to take D&D on the road when we go … Continue reading →| Echo Station 5-7
Today sees the completion of a quest 25 years in the making for me–and if you just want the file, it’s at the bottom of the post. But first, some backstory. In the mid-90s, West End Games published a quarterly … Continue reading →| Echo Station 5-7