Before we get started, let’s get some things out of the way. Fifth Edition is a great installment of Dungeons and Dragons’ core rules. It’s by far the easiest to pick up and teach, which is evidenced by the exploding player base and expansive 3rd party contributions. It cut back on the complexity of 2nd […]
You find yourself well off the beaten path in the heart of The Dismal Woods. Darkness encroaches and the trail of the brigands you’re tracking becomes even fainter. You wipe the sweat from your brow when you’re hit with the chilling realization: you’re thirsty… Excuse the flowery intro, but if you couldn’t guess, we’re pairing […]
Hark! Pray parlay, stranger! We’re pairing another class and beer this week. We’ve worked our way all the way up to paladin. It’s the class most likely to be lawful stupid. Although paladins have a reputation for being stuck up holy warriors, they’ve been known to sink a tankard or two. As always, I have […]
We’ve made it the sixth entry in our D&D beer pairing series. This of course means we’ve landed on the monk this time. To be clear, the D&D monks are usually presented as martial artists with a spiritual side, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t at least mention the non-roundhouse kicking variety of monk’s […]
First things first: this article is spoiler free. About a week ago, Limitless Adventure Games announced a Kickstarter for their new 5e DM-less adventure: Journey to Beryl’s Reach. Thing is, a game without a DM usually wouldn’t appeal to me. I would probably classify myself first as a game master, and a RPG player character […]
More beer pairing! We’re pairing every D&D 5e class with a beer, and we’ve come to the fighter. That’s right, we’re finding the perfect brew for these beefy front-liners. I’m not sure how much priming I have to do for fighters as the name basically says it all. I’m once again talking to Jessica Clare, […]
In all my years of playing D&D, I can remember a slew of fantastic dungeons, castles, and temples. What I have a harder time remembering are the little hamlets and villages my character stopped in along the way. Maybe there’s a memorable NPC or two within, but the towns themselves sort of blur together. There’s […]
I think it’s about time to do another beer and class pairing. Once again I’m talking to licensed cicerone Jessica Clare. We’ve worked our way to the druid. These mysterious mystics channel primal forces to cast spells and transform in wild beasts. They have an aversion to metal, so they’re known to use weapons made […]
A little insight into my personal life, if you’ll allow me: When non-initiated friends or family members ask me what Charmstone Games is, I tell them it’s a boardgame company. In the broadest possible sense, that’s sort of true. The problem is, if you don’t know what an RPG is, it takes too long to […]
I’ve been playing a good deal of Magic: The Gathering recently. If you haven’t, the current set is themed after Ancient Greece. It’s filled with hydras, oracles, demigods- pretty much everything you need for an epic Hellenistic setting. And like Wizard’s of the Coast have done with their Ravnica setting, they’re releasing a D&D source […]