Here’s an idea that’ll be popular with DMs who make good use of heavy card screens and who like to organise. These dice towers don’t sit on the table and take up space, they clip onto the GM screen and catch dice in trays to stop them escaping. [I need one of these] I think […]
Archives for April 2018
Genre Police: Blogpost Of Vile Darkness
Splatterpunk horror is a title that tends to set eyes rolling. Viewed as the lowest form of horror, splatterpunk lives up to its name. The genre is often derided as ‘gore for gore’s sake’ or ‘just going for shock factor’. Well…yes. But it’s more than that. So take a deep breath, we’re going to search […]
An easy way to make better player handouts for Dungeons & Dragons?
As a DM I don’t tend to use minis that much as I prefer the theatre of the mind. There are times when miniatures do help out the game, though, like helping to visualise a complicated melee fought over new terrain. Player handouts play a similar role. You may not use them very often but […]
What is International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day?
International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day is quite the mouthful. It began in response to some derogatory comments made by Howard V. Hendrix. Hendrix believed that professional writers should never give their work away for free. He said that doing so online made someone into a “webscab”, which he defined as a “pixel-stained technopeasant wretch”. This caused […]
These animated maps turn your D&D into augmented reality
Dynamic Dungeons is a Patreon currently offering one animated map pack a week. Each map is a looping video that shows effects like trees swaying in the wind or the flickering flames of a campfire. Add your favourite miniatures, and a large flatscreen and the videos become a motion map for your D&D or Pathfinder […]
