It’s October and that means the the RPG Blog Carnival returns to its usual haunting grounds here at of Dice and Dragons. If you haven’t guessed yet, this year we’re going to take a different path and explore something not related to the Halloween holiday and delve into the Bazaar! The Bazaar of the Bizarre…
From goulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night Good Lord, deliver us! – The Cornish and West Country Litany, 1926 Update: The blog carnival is over – be sure to check out the wrap-up. Once again into the darkness of the All Hallows Eve the RPGA Carnival…
It’s been a long time coming but this post marks number 250 – a milestone I had set many, many moons ago and am happy to see (finally). I thought to mark this particular moment I would take a look back at some of the posts I’ve done over the years. The beginning – I…
When I first started of Dice and Dragons one of the things I did was start a series of posts with Encounter Ideas that you could use in your campaign and I thought it was high time that we revisit that idea with a new encounter – The Shopkeeper. Most folks will know the shopkeeper…
In honor of Valentine’s Day I present Encounter Idea #27 – The Wedding Party. For most groups just a basic wedding will cause no end to role-playing encounters. If you have been to wedding I’m sure you can remember all the small talk and the endless stream of folks you meet (even if you’re not…
Mention the term crusader and visions of knights in shining armor and the battles over Jerusalem come to mind. In fact the movie Kingdom of Heavenshowed that very stereo-type. Of course if that’s what you’re going for then by all means use it but as I’ve often stated in this series – you don’t have…
