Welcome to another War Talk! Today we are taking a trip back to a time before the Medieval roots of many TTRPGs and talk about a tactic first popularized in antiquity: the pike phalanx. The phalanx was a formation of spearmen popular among Greek and early Roman city-states prior to the Punic Wars. Phalanxes contained …
Welcome to the Port of Entry Travelers! The first time I heard about any Dungeons and Dragons campaign in detail, a friend described how their game broke up and they were no longer on speaking terms with some of the players. In the campaign, two player characters began dating. The two characters were happy in …
Variant Berry introduces a new series to the VV Blog, Port of Entry! Designed for new players to TTRPGs and Dungeons and Dragons!
Variant Rory discusses the versatile Halberd in today’s entry of “War Talk Wednesday” on the VV Blog!
Variant Berry highlights some particularly interesting (and terrifying) Ocean Monsters as a part of World Oceans Day 2021
Variant J talks about ways to bring fun pastimes and ways to reduce stress within your TTRPG games.
Variant Rory continues his mini series on Castles, by trying to take one by siege!
Variant Berry discusses the importance of performance art as a means of adding culture, and life, to a TTRPG World.
Variant Rory continues his mini series within New World, Who’s This? This episode is all about the anatomy of the castle!
Variant Berry reviews the Campaign Notebook from Arcane Goods. Is this the right session journal for you? Click here to find out!
