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, …
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 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 talks about Heraldry in this week’s entry of the VV Blog!
Variant Rory discusses the importance of army diversity and composition when planning out TTRPG battles!
Variant Rory talks about the importance of natural resources and trading as a part of world building in today’s “New World, Who’s This?”
Variant Rory continues his series on World Building with a discussion on Factions!
