Author: kevin

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 9

    I have to admit that I really procrastinated on this evening. I’m not late, but I definitely put this off to be the last thing to do. Why? I think the uncertainty of the process and result. I had plenty of chores that I knew how to do, how long it would take, and what…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 8

    Second post this day. I’m ready to keep rolling with generating game content. Reflecting on the session I ran yesterday evening, I wonder if this is already working to help me through my GM writer’s block. It’s a careful optimization to put the right amount of effort into prep to make for a good session,…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 7

    Well, I missed another day of the Advent of Dungeons, but it’s for good reason: I played Daggerheart last night! Instead of grouping two posts together today (like I did yesterday), I’m aiming to do a double-post today. I figure it’s a better exercise to do two mini-sessions anyways. My Day 7 Content Yesterday’s prompt…

  • Advent of Dungeons: Day 5 & 6

    If I had been better prepared for the Advent of Dungeons, I would have already written for a few days in advance and had the posts scheduled to go out. Then again, if I was prepared, I wouldn’t have started a day late because I would have known I was doing this before December. Anyways,…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 4

    The daily challenge to beat GM’s writer block continues! I will also note that I’m posting the Advent of Dungeons on our new Bluesky account https://bsky.app/profile/delvewithhope.bsky.social My Day 4 content Today’s prompt is TOM CRUISE. I’m a big fan of Tom’s work. The Mission Impossible series is just fun, and the stunts are unreal. For…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 3

    Yesterday, I started the Advent of Dungeons. It’s a set of daily challenges to break out of GM writer’s block and just create game content. Let’s keep going. My Day 3 Content The prompt for Day 3 is FROZEN. Of course, that could mean ice or being cold, but I have young children, so my…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 2

    I love Advent of Code. I say this having only done maybe 2 problems ever. Not 2 years: 2 problems. Okay, let me re-phrase: I love the concept of Advent of Code. There are 25 daily challenges starting on December 1st for participants to work through. The daily, mini-tasks are a great way to try…

  • Armor gives you something to do

    (Author’s Note: this post was written based on the Daggerheart Open Beta v1.5) In 5e, when you get hit, you typically don’t have much say in the matter. You grimace, subtract some hit points, and the DM keeps cycling through the monsters turns. You just have to take it. In Daggerheart, when you get hit,…

  • Daggerheart isn’t finicky

    A few weeks ago, I ran my first in-person Daggerheart session, and it went great. Of course, I ran The Sablewood Messengers again. This time, however, I ran with three players from an old Masks campaign who are all generally well-versed in playing TTRPGs. Afterwards, I was happy with how the session went, but then…

  • Daggerheart Roundup (Oct 2024)

    While I have been napping on the blog for a few weeks, things have still been happening in the Daggerheart community. Rather than a full blog post, here’s a round-up of recent news and content elsewhere. Critical Role News Critical Role announced another Daggerheart live show in Indianapolis next year (in addition to Critmas this…