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Here is a week in review of all things I’ve been doing here on my website, YouTube, Podcast and Patreon.

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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1e

Feather Fall: The Spell That Keeps Your Party Alive

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A Player Told Me “That Monster Can’t Do That”

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Spells for AD&D Warlocks...

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AD&D Map: The Drowned Counting Hall

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Running Planar Adventures Without Killing Your Campaign | Manual of the Planes Part 2

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AD&D Monster Spotlight: Half-Ogres, did you use them?

Half-ogres stomp into the realm of AD&D with raw strength and brutal charm, but are they the ultimate power fantasy or a one-way ticket to a broken…

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Just Thinking… Stepping Away…

Stepping back from videos, to focus on my podcasting and my Solo Roleplay channel.

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My Portable Compact Dice Rolling Box..

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When Comic Continuity Meant Something...

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A Player Told Me “That Monster Can’t Do That”

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Just Thinking… Chained Sorcerer

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The World of Caeldor, My Campaign Website.

Some folks have asked to see the campaign website I use for my Basic Fantasy Actual play podcast, called the World of Caeldor. Well here it is, on a…

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The Torch Check, When “One More Room” Goes Bad

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a D8 Anywhere System Adventure.

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Solo Adventure #2: Kargan Blacktusk

Play Report while testing my d8 simple system.

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Solo Adventure #1: Kargan Blacktusk

Today I am testing out my own system, called D8 anywhere, it’s a very simple system that uses d8 dice.

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Ronin, Shin's Vow Continues!

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Punisher S1E8 - Meeting on Bridge, Season Finale?

Legacy Bridge and the narrowing path

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Punisher Takes On Gotham S1E5 - Who is Cassandra, what Secrets does she hold?

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Punisher in Gotham - Ep 4 - Ambush at Monk’s Coffee Shop

Some nights, you roll the dice and the city rolls them right back at you.

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