13 Games for Halloween
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, […]
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Port of Entry – Character Sheets
When I was coming into the TTRPG hobby, I was so excited that “all I would need” is a sheet of paper and some dice.
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Heroes’ Feast Cookbook Cook-Through: Traveler’s Stew
Hello, Variants! This is the first post of many that will feature our cook-through of the Heroes’ Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook, so I wanted
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Port of Entry – Attributes and Stats
Ability Scores, Attributes, Stats – no matter what you call them, they help determine the effectiveness of the everything your player character does in Dungeons
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Port of Entry – TTRPG Terms
Welcome Travelers to this week’s Port of Entry! Today we are focusing on some Tabletop Role Playing Game (TTRPG) terms and acronyms that you may
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Fire Based Creatures for DND 5e
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
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Port of Entry – Character Backstory Quickstart
Who Is Your Character? Last time on Dragonball Z Port of Entry, we reviewed Session 0. While our session 0 outlines a lot of social and
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Port of Entry – Dice
I still remember my first set of dice from Gods & Monsters– A tiny set of 7 purple click clacks suitable for a Halfling. I was
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War Talk – Pike Part 1
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
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Port of Entry – Session 0
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
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Port of Entry: Series Introduction
Variant Berry introduces a new series to the VV Blog, Port of Entry! Designed for new players to TTRPGs and Dungeons and Dragons!
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