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Now Might Be the Time to Stock Up on Emergency Contraception
Hey, yeah. The Supreme Court is full of conservatives who are likely to restrict abortion and maybe even contraception options. Now MIGHT...
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Ben
- Sep 10, 2020
- 4 min
The One Simple Change that Derailed My Saltmarsh Campaign
“A butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, and a tornado forms in Texas.” About a year ago, I had the pleasure of taking over as DM for a...
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Ben
- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
A Puzzling Affair: How I Learned to Love Puzzle Design
I’m pretty notorious about playing puzzles in adventures - I don’t like them, and any chance I can wish or divine intervention my way out...
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Ben
- Aug 27, 2020
- 3 min
To Take the Next Step Toward Memorable Combats, Take a Step Back in Edition
“It’s too much like a video game.” “It’s not real D&D.” “It’s too complex and over the top.” These are just a few of the complaints I...
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Ben
- Aug 20, 2020
- 4 min
Thoughts from a Virtual GenCon
Hey, this is Ben! In addition to Paige’s thoughts on the blog, I’m going to start sharing some of my own related to game design, events,...
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Paige
- Feb 20, 2020
- 1 min
Science! - Dioxin and Furan Sensitivity in Birds
Okay, the number of people who know or care about this is vanishingly small, but I think it's cool and useful. Essentially, birds have...
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Paige
- Dec 9, 2019
- 5 min
How to Write Your First DM's Guild Project
Wait, back up a step, have you heard about the DM's Guild? It's a website that allows ANYONE to publish adventures. You can find a...
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Paige
- Sep 16, 2019
- 3 min
Free resources for new players and DMs
D&D is free. You can play while paying ZERO money*. FREE BASIC RULES You can get 95% of the character rules, spells, magic items, and...
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Paige
- Sep 9, 2019
- 2 min
Hey Guys
I don't like being called a guy or a dude or a fellow. PARTICULARLY in gaming spaces. It's not about offense. I'm not offended to be...
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Paige
- Sep 3, 2019
- 1 min
Why I DM at DragonCon
Ben and I have been involved with running the D&D Adventurer's League at DragonCon for five years now. In fact, we're five years into a...
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Paige
- Aug 28, 2019
- 1 min
She-Hulk!
I'm 48. I was born in 1971. Wonder Woman and Princess Leia were just about my only super heroes for a long time. Then came the 80s....
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Paige
- Aug 19, 2019
- 2 min
More Latinos, Women, and People of Color in Games
Someone on the internet said: "So what? You just want more Latinos and women and people of color in games just so they'd be there?" I...
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Paige
- Aug 12, 2019
- 2 min
Go Start Your Own Podcast
Did you see this satire article from The Hard Times about adopting a D&D podcast? "Did you know there are hundreds of thousands of...
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Paige
- Aug 5, 2019
- 3 min
Interested in the Forgotten Realms?
The Forgotten Realms is the current "default" setting for Dungeons and Dragons in the current 5th edition. It was also the default...
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Paige
- Jul 29, 2019
- 1 min
Murder Jackals
I am trying really hard to use the term "murder jackals" instead of "murder hobos". I feel the latter can be distressingly classist. In...
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Paige
- Jul 29, 2019
- 5 min
How to Prepare a Published Adventure to Run at a Convention
Specifically DragonCon. Ben and I have been helping run the organized play Adventurers League D&D at DragonCon for five years now. (What...
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Paige
- Jul 8, 2019
- 1 min
FIRST!
Ben and I have been saying for a while now that we should have a website just so we could put our writing portfolio online. Well here we...
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