Table Topics

Gamer-giving

This is not your normal obligatory Thanksgiving blog post. As this year I find myself more reflective than in so many years gone past. As I sit down for the kickoff of the Packers game I started to think back. Over the years I've seen thanksgiving in so many forms and facets. I honestly don't… Continue reading Gamer-giving

Hook of the Day

Breaking Base.

I felt that a bit of a Sci-Fi bug nipping at me so this weeks Side Trek Hooks will be Sci-Fi and Post Apocalypse related. Enjoy ! So today Star Wars ! A long time ago, In a galaxy far far away.... After Endor Breaking Base With the destruction of the Death Star the Empire tightens… Continue reading Breaking Base.

Hook of the Day

Orc’s for Dinner ?

This side trek takes place over the course of three days while traveling through a valley. While on the road traveling through a valley the party finds themselves being followed at a distance by Orc's ridding Worg's. If the players attempt to close with the Orc's they ride away before ever reaching combat range. If they… Continue reading Orc’s for Dinner ?

Hook of the Day

Shipping and Receving

The adventures are contracted to deliver a shipment. The pay is great but the route is dangerous and the time frame he needs the package delivered in is tight. The package is sizable and so is the fee for care and delivery of the product unopened, undamaged and in a timely fashion. The players are… Continue reading Shipping and Receving

Table Topics

New players

Fresh meat, noob, newbie and nub to touch on a few. The fact is at some point we have all been there. We were all "That Guy" once. The first thing we have to remind ourselves when we bring a new player into our group is they want to learn and for some reason they… Continue reading New players

Hook of the Day

A Plague of Goblins upon thee !

This Side Trek is sent out to you with the Holiday in mind (a complete ripoff made with love). Your party finds themselves in the sleepy town of King's Falls. The first snows have fallen and the impending threat of a blizzard has snowed the players in until the weather lets up. As this is going… Continue reading A Plague of Goblins upon thee !

Hook of the Day

You’re our only hope

A NPC that the players are familiar with approaches them in the village, after they return from their latest adventure. This normally would not be odd, save the fact that this is not the village this man is from and he is a long way from home. He looks haggard, road weary and hungry. It… Continue reading You’re our only hope