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Michael Tresca

Mike "Talien" Tresca is a freelance game columnist, author, communicator, and a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to http://amazon.com. If you like what we do here at EN World (the Forums, Columns, News, etc.) and would like to help support us to bring you MORE please consider supporting our Patreon. Even a single dollar helps!
Return to Oz: Who Comes from Where?
Sep 13
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Creating domains that are easy for characters to plug into is a great world-building exercise for players and game masters alike.
Return to Oz: Ozbusting Assumptions
Sep 07
  • 15
In the previous article we talked about the possibilities of using L. Frank Baum's Oz as a replacement for the Feywild. But there are a few misconceptions DMs will want to address before they do.
Return to Oz: Defining the Universe
Sep 03
  • 31
I've written before about the world of Oz as created by Lyman Frank Baum. The setting has several appealing aspects for campaign building, including the fact that it's a well-known universe, much...
Carrying Dice (With Help)
Aug 27
  • 15
I have dozens of dice sets and I suspect I'm not alone. But where to put it all?
Mapping It All Out (With Help)
Aug 16
  • 13
My recent D&D session at Boy Scout camp forced me to make some hard choices about what maps I could realistically bring with me. So which maps work best?
Making it All Up (With Help)
Aug 09
  • 20
Random generators can be used to generate campaign ideas, from scenario-starters to sandbox campaigns. But how much randomness do you really need?
Camping and D&D: Actual Play
Aug 02
  • 7
In the last article I explained how I (over)prepared for a week-long adventure with my Boy Scout troop. Now it was time to play. Things didn't work out the way I anticipated.
Camping and D&D: Preparing for the Trip
Jul 26
  • 10
I've been recently named Scoutmaster of my Boy Scout troop, so I thought it'd be a good opportunity to introduce Dungeons & Dragons to my younger Scouts during camp downtime. But first, I had to...
Kids Arcanum’s Crafty Quest Box: A Review
Jul 23
  • 1
I’ve known the creator of Kids Arcanum since before the company’s inception, so when Mike Best released a Kickstarter to introduce kids to role-playing, I jumped at the opportunity to back the...
NeverEnding: Beta Review
Jul 12
  • 0
Last week I interviewed the founder of the online role-playing game character platform NeverEnding, Jamie Van Doren. But how does it work in practice?
Welcome to Your NeverEnding Story
Jul 05
  • 7
When Jamie Van Doren, Founder and CEO of NeverEnding, approached me about a review of their new RPG platform, I jumped at the chance to learn more. A program that lets you create your own art...
When Fantasy Meets Reality
Jun 28
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What happens when the awesome role-playing idea you created for your character doesn't work in your game?
The Hidden Costs of Game Mastering
Jun 21
  • 56
We all know about the burdens of game mastering. But depending on the game, there can also be a physical and emotional cost.
Pepper Patties from Outer Space
Jun 14
  • 10
When it came to adding a meat-substitute to the menu in the form of "Surrogate Steaks," Heroes' Feast decided the only way it could be justified in a fantasy setting is for it to come from outer...
Stout and Hairy?
Jun 08
  • 26
The appearance of halflings in Dungeons & Dragons have come a long way since their hobbit roots from Lord of the Rings. If the latest stew from Heroes' Feast is any indication, they didn't stray...
Using Meals to Teach Geography
May 31
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My daughter so far has only been a fan of a few of the recipes in Heroes' Feast, so we thought we'd create one of her favorites: noodles, from Kara-Tur to be precise.
What Do Elves Eat, Anyway?
May 25
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It's no accident that we've skipped most of the "meals" associated with elves in Heroes' Feast, but we finally came around to make one: bacon and asparagus. The bacon surprised us because we don't...
Trading Shepherds for Miners
May 17
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We're back with another traditional recipe from Heroes' Feast attributed to dwarves: Shepherd's Pie.
Would You Like Fries With That?
May 10
  • 10
We recently made "tavern steaks" from the Heroes' Feast cookbook, an excuse to place hamburgers in a fantasy setting. But that's not the only anachronism that creeps into our campaigns.
D&D as Therapy for Kids
May 03
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When Katie Lear—children’s counselor, play therapist, and drama therapist in North Carolina—realized how beneficial Dungeons & Dragons was for her own mental health, she decided to use it to help...

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