Dungeons & Tangents

This Episode we continue our Halloween Special: A D&D 5th edition monster vs monster tournament.

This Episode we start our Halloween Special: A D&D 5th edition monster vs monster tournament.

It's a helpful review of the monster manual, and a good way to see your favorite Halloween themed monsters in action.

In Episode 16 of of this podcast we talked about the process of creating a Character's Backstory. But once you have that backstory, what do you do with it?

Sometimes, when the mics are on, we start talking about some odd things.

This episode started as a couple of off hand comments from Ben. What resulted was a very dark conversation about the horrors of Universe that Surrounds Pokemon.

Follow us down a Massive Tangent, this week on Dungeons & Tangents

Role-playing games have had a difficult time getting along with religion, and specifically American Christians.

The term "Murder Hobo" is a recently popularized term. It is, however, a surprisingly accurate description of the tendency for some D&D players to use killing as their primary problem solving tool.

There have been loopholes in nearly every editions of D&D. Those loopholes are often the target of "Munchkins", or players who will exploit any and every advantage in a rule-set.

Dungeons & Dragons was first published in 1974. But the game has changed a lot in the last 4 decades. There have been 8 official versions released in that time. Some with small, incremental changes. Some that fundamentally transformed the feel and mechanics of the game.

We all have friends, family and coworkers who've never played a role-playing game.

If a player wants to write the back-story for their character's home village. That's cool, right?