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Industry veteran Andy Peregrine shares thoughts on a variety of topics.
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Novels  OSR  Peregrine's Nest 
A Dragonlance Retrospective: Part 2
Following up on Part 1, we look at the return of Dragonlance from the 90s to its current incarnation.
Dungeons & Dragons  Novels  OSR  Peregrine's Nest 
A Dragonlance Retrospective: Part 1
The Dragonlance setting has a long history, and as it’s the time of year for retrospection it seemed a good time to take a look at it.
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Adventure Writing Basics: Part 2
We previously recommended some writing tips on adventures. Rather than talk about how to create a scenario or how to plot an adventure, I thought I’d focus on common pitfalls in the nuts and bolts of writing and presentation. You may find these useful for any adventure or community content project as much as anything offered to a publisher.
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Adventure Writing Basics: Part 1
Writing an adventure is a good way to get into games writing. Most games companies are looking for more pre-written adventures as they are a good way to get people playing. While plenty of GMs write their own, many don’t have the time and given the choice between picking something off the shelf and writing their own, time may force the hand of the beleaguered GM. I thought I’d share a few...
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Halloween Surprises
As we’re approaching the season for horror gaming, it’s worth considering some ways to surprise your players with something different but recognisable. It’s always good to revisit the classics, like zombies and werewolves etc. But the classics are so well known they can be predictable and even a little cliché sometimes. One way to revitalise them is to take some of the expected tropes and turn...
Other Games  Peregrine's Nest  Reviews 
Review – The Midnight World
The Midnight World is a standalone horror game from Gem and Eye RPG Studios. It was successfully funded on Kickstarter in March 2020 and now it’s out in the wild. Put simply, the Midnight World is a modern day horror game, with many shades of Kult, World of Darkness and Call of Cthulhu. But it manages to knit these together well, becoming very much its own setting, albeit one with aspects you...
Peregrine's Nest  Reviews 
Review – Human, Almost
Human… Almost is a new Blades in the Dark variant by our own Egg Embry. Obviously as he’s one of the EN Publishing team we’re a bit biased, but we’d not be doing a review if we didn’t like it. The game is currently being offered for free as Egg is looking for playtest feedback given the game is still in development. He’s planning to run the playtest until winter, but even at this point the...
Boardgames  Conventions  Film & TV  Peregrine's Nest 
Returning to Gen Con
I’ve missed Gen Con, really missed it. I’ve been lucky enough to be a regular attendee for the last few years, and it’s become something of an addiction. I’ve met so many amazing people over the years, Gen Con has become less of a gaming con for me and more of an opportunity to hang out with friends I can only see once a year. Even with its return last year, those of us outside the US were...
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All Aboard the Invisible Railroad!
What if I told you it was possible to lock your players on a tight railroad, but make them think every decision they made mattered?
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Religion in Your Campaign – Festivals and Worship
While it’s all very well to talk about Gods and priests, religions are also very much about the ordinary men and women that follow it. How they practice a religion shows how it relates to a community and connects to everyday life. As I mentioned in a previous article, you need not be a faith leader to follow a religion. How a religion operates outside the leaders and powerbrokers often tells...
Dungeons & Dragons  Peregrine's Nest 
Religion in Gaming—Types of “Priest”
In previous articles I’ve somewhat simplistically used priest as a standard term for a religious leader. It’s not the best option by any means but it’s a functional one at least in terms of “person who is leading the religious community in some way”. But even that is a very broad category and the role of any “priest”—be they an Imam, Shaman, Vicar, Rabbi, Abbot etc—in any faith is usually very...
Peregrine's Nest  Reviews  World of Darkness 
The Black Hand Review – Playing the Sabbat
This Storyteller’s Vault offering comes with a very experienced pedigree. Not only is there a lot of experience on the writing team, but one of them also worked on the official Sabbat book.
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Religion in Your Campaign – Priests and Congregations
As we mentioned in a previous article, you need not be a priest to follow a religion. So in this article we continue a look at religion in terms of how priests might relate to the religious communities they lead.
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Are Video Games Ruining Your Role-playing?
I love RPG video games, but they might be causing some sub-optimal habits in our tabletop role playing. So what’s a GM to do about it?
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A Question of Religious Character
At the forefront of any discussion of religion in campaigns are the clerics and priests who organise, develop, and spread it. These people are often the PCs.
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Defining Religions in Your Campaign
Dr. Ninian Smart’s Seven Dimensional model of Religion is an excellent tool for world building and crafting your own religions. This article introduces the seven dimensions and how to use them in your game.

This Week in TTRPG

Reviews

OSR  Reviews 
Bow Down To His Majesty The Worm
An amazing next generation OSR-inspired game.
Reviews 
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld RPG: Quickstart Overview
In Discworld, you no longer have to fear shenanigans ruining your game. They ARE the game!
Other Games  Reviews 
ARKYVR Turns Mothership Into Lights, Camera, Aliens
A novel twist on the usual Mothership campaign.
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews 
A Deep Dive into the 2024 D&D Player's Handbook
Overall, the latest PHB gets a solid B from me, an evolution of D&D to date.

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons  Film & TV 
D&D Cartoon Character Stats & Magic Items
Bobby's club, Diana's staff, Eric's shield, Hank's bow, Presto's hat, Shelia's cloak, and Niko's mace.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Cover, Synopsis Revealed
More details about next year's D&D novel has been revealed.
Dungeons & Dragons 
WizKids to Release Edge of the Realms, New D&D Map-Building Game
Another new D&D-themed board game is coming soon.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Table of Contents for Dungeon Masters Guide Leaked
The new DMG was on sale at a UK convention.
Dungeons & Dragons  Level Up: Advanced 5E 
Monstrous Menagerie II’s CR 26 Archlich
Monstrous Menagerie had the lich. Monstrous Menagerie II: Hordes & Heroes has the archlich.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Head Down to the McTavern for a Bite and a Pint
Every city in the realm has at least one Laughing Keeper tavern.

Industry News

Industry 
DriveThruRPG's New AI-Content Filter
Full AI is prohibited, but partial AI is allowed.
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
Some Takeaways From Hasbro's Latest Reports
Solid quarter for Hasbro, but D&D slightly down.
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
D&D's Christopher Perkins Promoted to Creative Director
Perkins moves from Game Architect to Creative Director.
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
The 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide is Chris Perkins' Last Book as Product Lead
Chris Perkins will no longer serve as a Product Lead for official D&D books.
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