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I love the energy and optimism I'm seeing from WotC these days. Slow playing things, taking some real time to produce quality content has been working very well for the company and every book I review for them has earned some truly high marks from me. Waiting this long to produce a quality...

Deeper take on the book is now available for those who called me out on it :P https://melsmifgames.wordpress.com/2017/11/07/xanathars-guide-to-everything-a-deeper-delve/

4 out of 5 rating for Tales from the Yawning Portal Tales from the Yawning Portal features seven iconic adventures and dungeons collected from the 40+ year history of Dungeons and Dragons. Updated for the fifth edition of the game we are treated with some of the most famous titles out there...

Bard Subclasses are: College of Glamour College of Swords College of Whispers

Elven Accuracy DID make the cut! Looks like Eyes of the Dark crops up at 3rd level for the Shadow Sorcerer. Hope that helps!

You're absolutely right! I literally received my copies two days before I got that initial "hot take" up on the site. I wanted to give my thoughts right away on the overarching details of this book because I am actually pretty excited by it. I have a contributor working with me on a much more...

I would not call what they had at Gencon 2014 a "Beta"

Like I said, I was at the Gencon Press Invitational so I saw their Alpha work. They never had a true trial version of the 5e product because they got the axe before they could produce one from what I can tell.

Just want to be clear. The vision for the 5e product was never realized because WotC walked. WotC walked because they don't want their material digitalized in the way that was being suggested (they don't even allow pdfs). Then Trapdoor Tech had to pivot into another style of product. What was...

They had such a fantastic vision for their work with WotC, I really wanted that to come to fruition. Sadly Wizard's desire to remain faithful to its "dead tree" format ultimately signed the death warrant long ago. I knew the team personally, was there at the initial Codename Morningstar press...

Savage Worlds is my favorite game system, hands down. However, D&D has the name recognition required to bring kids in & more interesting items for character individuality (something important to kids). Savage Worlds is a fantastic system to introduce the idea of setting neutral gaming, and...

First of all, awesome to hear someone else is running games for kids at their local library! It's great to hear about someone taking on the role of an ambassador for our hobby. I currently run a game at my local library for a revolving group of about 15 kids (typically about 9 show) so I am...

4 out of 5 rating for Out of the Abyss Out of the Abyss starts strong with a unique approach to bringing the characters together and goes to great lengths to make the early stages of their work as a team be about pure survival in this alien world. The Underdark is truly brought to life as the...

3 out of 5 rating for Exploding Kittens Exploding Kittens is a great introductory game for anyone who wants a good laugh. The only issue I can find with the game is its somewhat low replay value. Once you've seen the jokes the game itself only holds a minimal level of strategy so it can get a...

4 out of 5 rating for Playbook (for PRD) It's free, has a decent character generator for free, and it has loads of potential. The library could end up being an awesome place for the novice and professional alike to publish their content for others to purchase cheaply. I'm looking forward to...

5 out of 5 rating for Iron Kingdoms RPG: Unleashed The Core book for Iron Kingdoms: Unleashed represents the most informative and unique Rule-Book I've seen in ages. Certainly not concise, as it comes to us in a bundle of nearly 500 pages, but I’ve yet to see a wasted page. In this book you...

5 out of 5 rating for Iron Kingdom RPG: Unleashed Adventure Kit This adventure kit comes to you with some quick start rules, a well written Scenario, a full complement of miniatures to use in the scenario (both heroes and villains), and lastly a large group of double sided cardboard terrain...

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Fully Confirm I have always been of the mindset that the core rules for 4e held a solid tactical RPG game. Had we seen those rules applied to an RPG brought to the table under a different company, without the D&D label it would have been lauded as a new take on RPG gaming. Granted these rules...