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  1. Phil Wert

    Gaming Journalist Rob Wieland Passes At Age 48

    I was looking forward to running into Rob this weekend at Gamehole Con, but, sadly, that won't be happening. He was a kind and passionate person. He'll be sorely missed. May he rest in peace.
  2. Phil Wert

    Erica Lowe Talks The Rebirth of RagnaBorg

    Very much looking forward to this. Erica is such a great person and a great game designer/master.
  3. Phil Wert

    Has Wizards of the Coast Given Up on Sigil?

    The 2024 bundle offer that included a digital gold dragon mini.
  4. Phil Wert

    Has Wizards of the Coast Given Up on Sigil?

    I keep going back to the offer of the gold dragon mini from last year. I'm sure some people were very motivated to buy the bundle because of it's inclusion (for the record, not me). Sigil isn't going away for now, but it's usefulness is currently very limited and it looks like future potential...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Problems with Tales from the Yawning Portal

    I've been running Tales from the Yawning Portal nearly every week since May, 2019 with my group. They are in the Hall of the Fire Giant King right now. I've been using the Yawning Portal Campaign Guide from the DM's Guild this whole time to help integrate all of the adventures together...
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    The Wizard May Be Weird But The Game Is Great

    Definitely worth checking out for anyone interested in giving themselves a host of fantasy options in their library. Rob is an amazing and prolific designer.
  7. Phil Wert

    D&D 5E (2014) Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Would Like To Explore Kara-Tur

    If they do this and it's not completely awful, I wonder what the appetite would be to explore other parts of the Realms that have so far been left out of 5E. I'm looking at you, Maztica and Al-Qadim.
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    D&D General New D&D Classroom Materials

    I teach high school in PA and run the D&D Club here. Last week, I was independently sent D&D classroom materials from an organization called Young Minds Inspired (YMI) entitled "Storytelling with the Bard". Although rather elementary for my current students, they seem to be well designed. You...
  9. Phil Wert

    WotC WotC President Cynthia Williams Resigns

    Starting to see this story pop up around the standard places. We'll likely not get the exact details as to "why", but an interesting development nonetheless.
  10. Phil Wert

    D&D General DnDBeyond Adventure Demo

    From March 14th Changelog.
  11. Phil Wert

    D&D General DnDBeyond Adventure Demo

    This has been out for about 3-4 months. It was tucked into a Changelog post. Very little fanfare. I know Ted at Nerd Immersion did a video about it.
  12. Phil Wert

    D&D 5E (2024) RPG Evolution: The Fox in the Henhouse

    Just to speculate, if Alta Fox would have been successful in having WoTC spun off, would this drive to monetize D&D still be handled in such a haphazard fashion? I mean, it's not like WoTC wasn't making a ton before this was all proposed. Why try and kill your golden goose?
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    WotC Ex D&D Beyond Staffers Criticize Relationship With WotC

    Andrew is a stand up guy. We've had a number of conversations, most recently at PAXU, and he's always been a straight shooter in my book. I thank him for being so honest and straight forward with all of us regarding a situation that sounds more like the rosy red apple called WOTC is actually...
  14. Phil Wert

    The OGL -- Just What's Going On?

    I'm a high school teacher who runs a 30+ member D&D Club. I know we'll be having a long discussion about this topic at our next meeting. If young people start to put WOTC in the same category as Facebook, they're done. Nearly all of my kids get their news from TikTok and with a few good vids...
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    D&D General I know it's not Christmas yet, but this D&D advent calendar...

    Well, I didn't pay for it either. I thought about it for a few hours after ordering and had a feeling it was phony, so I quickly disputed the charge and was reimbursed, since the contact info from the site was awfully dubious. The credit card company didn't even try and contact the seller. Lo...
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    D&D General I know it's not Christmas yet, but this D&D advent calendar...

    This is a total scam. I ordered one of these last year. You get none of what's shown in the picture. It's literally second-hand toys and minis directly from someone's bin in an old fishing tackle box onto where they've glued a print of a D&D book. Do not order one of these.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do you have a 5e YouTube channel? Please share the link

    I'm going to assume you know about Matt Colville. Other YouTube channels I enjoy are Jorphan, Sly Flourish, The Alexandrian, Taking20, Dicebreakers and Alphastream. I could also recommend a bevy of podcasts and blogs as well, but that might not be your thing, since you only referenced YouTube...
  18. Phil Wert

    I’m crushing your head 😂

    First two episodes were pretty good. Same odd zaniness and dead pan humor. Totally worth checking out.
  19. Phil Wert

    D&D 5E (2014) Hasbro Acquires D&D Beyond For $146M

    Sounds like Todd Kenreck has come full-circle.
  20. Phil Wert

    HeroQuest! I Finally My Mythic Set!

    Woot! Yeah, thanks, I saw this the other day as well. Looks like it's just the base set though, which is fine for now. Hopefully they'll also offer the expansions. It took me all of five seconds to pull the trigger on this one.
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