Rolling ones since 2015. Last week, really. #dd #roleplaying #gaming #humor #cartoon

Reminiscences of games gone wrong. ...To Be Continued Annotations for the curious and/or RPG-challenged: The game system used here is D&D 5e (5th Edition). TPK: Stands for Total Party Kill. When all the player's characters are wiped out. I Storked it: I rolled a terrible roll at a vital time. From the host of Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, Stork, and the accompanying song "I Storked It". The plot of this adventure comes from the published Hackmaster game supplement, "Wrath of the V

Last week left the Blarg! feeling nervous about the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons 5e game planned by the gaming group. Our game, a straightforward march through the jungle to retrieve an artifact, nonetheless kicked ass from beginning to end. Here's a few reasons why: 1.) Backgrounds Character gen in 5e goes very quickly indeed, producing PCs that are balanced and maybe even too similar. Our pre-gen characters, though, came complete with "backgrounds" already added--quirks

Can It Recapture the Thrill of 1st Edition? His name was Dino DeBasher, and he began life as a Dwarf Fighter/Thief on one of those official orange character sheets from TSR sometime in the early 1980s. Over the years he spiralled out of control, becoming a munchkin of the worst order--he slew Tiamat, found the Invulnerable Coat of Arnd, wielded a sentient +3 sword named Nemesis who could heal all Hit Points three times a day, and much, much more. Ah, First Edition. (To the