Recent Blog Posts
Meet Your Makers: Hexwood Creations
Greetings weary internet travelers and explorers! We’ve been doing some dungeon-delving for new content offerings, but wanted to share another segment of our Meet Your Makers series, this time featuring the incredibly talented woodworker and creator Art over at Hexwood Creations. After catching up on our Q+A be sure to head over to his TikTok
History In TTRPGs
If you have been hanging around the Variant Ventures page for a while, you will know I am the history guy. I like history, I write about it frequently, and I talk about ways to implement historical factors and events in your game. Today, however, I want to make a statement – most TTRPGs are
World Building: Player Backstory
How much backstory is too much backstory for a TTRPG character? To be frank, I am not sure if there is a clear line to draw, but let me spell out my opinions on getting player backstory as a DM, and how I create it as a player. Usually, I do not write out my
Enhance Ability Histories: Raphia
Welcome back to the next Enhance Ability Histories! Today we will be covering the Battle of Raphia from the wars of succession of Alexander the
Enhance Ability Histories – Cannae
Welcome Variants, to a new series for the site, Enhance Ability Histories! Here we are going to be discussing historical battles, and how the outcomes
Creative Corner: Diversity and Inclusivity in Homebrewed Games
I want to start off by sharing that there is no wrong way to homebrew a world or campaign. Some worlds and lands may be
New Series – Enhance Ability Histories
Welcome Variants, to a new series I like to call “Enhance Ability Histories.” In this series, we will analyze a historical battle and see how
Heroes’ Feast Cookbook Cook-Through: “Orc” Bacon
As the season’s change and the darker hours take hold on the start and end of our day it can be hard to get motivated
D&D Is Not A War Game
I am sure it will come as no surprise to my fellow Variants that I really enjoy the combat in Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition.
Saftey At The Table
Romance in TTRPGs
Variant Rory offers up some advice on how to spice up a TTRPG adventure with a little romance in time for Valentine’s Day.
Keeping it Comfortable at the Table
Variant Berry discusses the importance of ensuring all players comfort at the table during TTRPG gaming sessions.
RPG Consent Sheets
Variant Kait talks about preparing your players with RPG Consent Sheets during a Session 0 or an active Campaign.
Variant Ventures Community Guidelines and Code of Ethics
Variant Kait outlines the Variant Ventures Code of Ethics and Community Guidelines.
Game Reviews
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, 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
Game Review – Hanabi
Hanabi Hanabi is a cooperative card game by R&R Games Inc and is rated for 2 to 5 players, ages 8 and up and plays in about 30 minutes. The objective of the game is to put on a stunning firework show with your other players, but the catch is you cannot see your own
TTRPG Systems
Like many people I have met, my first table top role playing game was Dungeons and Dragons. I love playing Dungeons and Dragons! If you’re lucky (or maybe cursed) you may have even read my articles featuring DND. However, it is far from the only TTRPG system to play. While there are numerous TTRPG experiences
Game Review – Flourish
Previous Next Flourish Flourish is my most recent game from Starling Games, the makers of Everdell. I was lucky enough to have found the Kickstarter campaign for Flourish a while back and, truthfully, all I needed to know was that Starling was behind the project for me to back it. After having countless hours of
Business & Finance
Central Florida Spotlight: Epic Comics
Allison takes us on a tour of Epic Comics, a popular Indie Comic Shop in Central Florida for a new series ‘Central Florida Spotlight’!
Getting Started with Social Media Content Creation
Variant Izzie helps us get started in creating quality content for social media, a great way to help grow our business!
Demystifying NFTs For Creatives (And Why We Should Be Optimistic & Curious)
Variant Izzie talks about NFTs within digital art, and implores creatives to use them as a way to create unique pieces!
Real Talk: Salary Negotiations
Variant Liz has tips for this important part of being employed that is woefully underutilized!