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How Playing D&D Builds Better Teams

Back in 2019 I had the opportunity to speak at a work conference; Litmus Live London. This time around I spoke on something a bit different. To be frank, it wasn’t a serious speaking proposal – I’d put in other topics as well, but the conference team came back asking for this one. So I […]

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Systems Check: HEDGE

In which we played and discussed HEDGE by A Couple of Drakes (29/6/2023).

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Systems Check: Solemn Vale

In which we played and discussed Solemn Vale by Dirty Vortex (11/7/2023).

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Vampire: The Masquerade

The following are offered by a few GMs on an ongoing basis, but they don’t have sole ownership over the system: If you’re interested in running some Vampire: the Masquerade, reach out to the organisers and we’ll get you set up! You are a vampire, struggling for survival, supremacy, and your own fading humanity—afraid of […]

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Nuno’s Session Theory

One of our (once) resident Game Masters, Nuno Teixera, developed this simple formula for plotting out a 3-hour game session — it’s his not-so-secret to running games! Although it was originally created for Kantas games, it is generic and universal enough to suit most RPG systems, with or without combat. So, let’s get to it: […]

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The Secrets of Dolan Springs

Dolan Springs is a small town in Northern Maine. It has a thriving main street, a quaint little inn, and more secrets than citizens. All is shrouded by the expansive Nipaset Forest. Throughout the years, mysterious things have happened: workers entering the silver mine never to return, singing from the forest that may drive you […]

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Hubris

Legend states that Hubris was created from the fetid corpse of a long-dead god. Hubris is a land of terrible creatures, grand inequality, strange and cruel gods, dangerous magic, opulent nobility, destitute commoners, people that have become corrupted and turned to savage beasts, constant wars, and worse. The kingdoms are not kind or benevolent: In […]

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D&D Theros

The caprice of the gods. The destiny of heroes. Great journeys into monster-infested wilds, and mythic odysseys to the edge of the world and back. The roots of Theros lie in the myths of ancient Greece, tales dominated by gods, heroes, and monsters. These elements of adventure fill the realms of Theros, Dungeons & Dragons […]

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Unfinished Tales in Middle-earth

Unfinished Tales is a series of independent short campaigns that explore Middle-earth beyond the the War of the Ring. The campaigns use the 5e rules, a customised take on generic D&D 5e rules. Individual campaigns are closed with fellowships of characters formed before their start. The East Wind Rises In the South, King Minardil lies […]

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Call of Cthulhu

Journeys into the strange and terrifying, where many are left broken and torn upon the road to glimpsing the true face of what lies beyond the veil of our mundane reality. Your characters are expendable; their sanity fragile; their foes vast beyond the mind’s ability to grasp. Will they be able to face unknowable horrors, […]