Sagrada Front cover of Sagrada depicts a beautiful stained glass window with red, green, blue, yellow and purple dice along with the company’s logo. Back cover provides a brief synopsis of Sagrada. Greetings crafters, puzzle fans and anyone who is like myself who is attracted to beautiful board game artwork! Let me introduce you to …
I’m back again for another Halloween movie list. Last week was family friendly fun, and I’ll admit, that type of list is not my forte. However, this week is the type of list you’d hear me talk about relentlessly: Halloween movies you might not have heard of. If you’ve exhausted the Friday the 13th and …
Hello and welcome back to the Berry Patch! What a bananas summer we’ve all had, huh? In thinking about today’s post, I realized that it has been a while since we had a chat. For any new readers, the Berry Patch posts are mostly my own ramblings and musing about nerdy hobbies and the people …
Rather than sugar plums, some of us have visions of candy corn and pumpkins dancing in our heads year round. After a completely bonkers summer, some of us are just ready to slide into that cool fall sweater weather and focus on the spooky things life has to offer. In that spirit (pun intended) I …
Ability Scores, Attributes, Stats – no matter what you call them, they help determine the effectiveness of the everything your player character does in Dungeons and Dragons. Today in the Port of Entry we’re covering stats – what they do and how they are generated. Ability scores are used to determine how good or experienced …
So we’ve talked about playing a ‘non-standard” character in TTPRG and one with a new parentage and upbringings. Now I want to discuss how to balance your player with a party. A common argument or inquiry that I see online is the “my party feels like I’m catering to one player” and/or “the rest of …
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Let’s try and gaze into the future once again and divine some information about the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) live-action series set for release on Amazon Prime Video in 2022. Based on actors and gossip, we’ll try and figure out what the story may be, and discuss a few story elements that are likely …
Volcanoes erupting over a village, dancing in Hell Fire and Dante’s Inferno are all imagery you can draw on for fiery encounters in your Dungeons and Dragons sessions. For those who prefer Charmander over Squirtle, this is your time to shine like a great flaming star in the sky! From the goofy to the noble, …
If you follow me on social media, you have inevitably seen me talk about living and thriving with ADHD. I’ll share my story about how I got to my diagnosis another time, maybe. If I remember and feel like it. But this is about how ADHD affects me at the table. And I guess more …
We hope you had a Happy International Dog Day superheroes! We loved to celebrate with our fellow dog lovers yesterday and hope you all had a wonderful time with your canine companions. In honor of the special day, let’s talk about why International Dog Day is significant, some dogs out in our nerd world, and …
