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    Now Might Be the Time to Stock Up on Emergency Contraception
    Paige
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    The One Simple Change that Derailed My Saltmarsh Campaign
    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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    A Puzzling Affair: How I Learned to Love Puzzle Design
    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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    To Take the Next Step Toward Memorable Combats, Take a Step Back in Edition
    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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    Thoughts from a Virtual GenCon
    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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    Science! - Dioxin and Furan Sensitivity in Birds
    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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    How to Write Your First DM's Guild Project
    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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    Free resources for new players and DMs
    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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    Hey Guys
    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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    Why I DM at DragonCon
    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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    She-Hulk!
    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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    More Latinos, Women, and People of Color in Games
    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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    Go Start Your Own Podcast
    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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    Interested in the Forgotten Realms?
    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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    Murder Jackals
    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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    How to Prepare a Published Adventure to Run at a Convention
    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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