117 – re:play Hot Springs Island 2/

April 25, 2018 / gg no re / Leave a comment

We continue our actual play of Hot Springs Island, using a hacked up version of 5e to be more like the upcoming Pathfinder 2e playtest. This one has us fully exploring a hex and getting sidetracked by film criticism and grits criticism.

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116 – re:play Hot Springs Island 1/

April 19, 2018April 20, 2018 / gg no re / Leave a comment

We start our actual play of Hot Springs Island, using a hacked up version of 5e to be more like the upcoming Pathfinder 2e playtest. This one explains the procedures of the book from the GM and player sides and gives some insight into what actually running the thing is like.

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115 – Pathfinder 2 in D&D 5

April 11, 2018 / gg no re / Leave a comment

We talk about how to hack 5e to use some rules that have been revealed from the upcoming Pathfinder 2e playtest.

Here’s the link to the article that contains a bit more detail about how to hack pf2 into 5e: https://detectmagic.wordpress.com/2018/03/24/pf2-dnd5/.

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Hacking PF2 into 5e

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 / gg no re / Leave a comment

The infamous Pathfinder is undergoing an edition change in the nearish future. Some of the changes are maybe pretty good. Over at his blog, Daniel has written up his thoughts about how you can use some of the more interesting changes in your 5e D&D game.

Link: https://detectmagic.wordpress.com/2018/03/24/pf2-dnd5/

114 – Investigative Horror

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 / gg no re / Leave a comment

We talk about our experience with Cthulhu-style investigative horror gaming, contrast it with D&D, and get into that theory.

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113 – Hexcrawls, Tomb of Annihilation, and Hot Springs Island

March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 / gg no re / Leave a comment

We discuss how hexcrawls can be compelling and how they can fail, exemplified in Tomb of Annihilation and Hot Springs Island.

Correction: Jacob contacted us to clarify that, while he did do all the layout himself, the art was done by Gabriel Hernandez, Eric Quigley, Cecil Howe, Billy Longino, Jason Thompson, Juan Ochoa, and Ron Guyett. And two others helped with the writing: Donnie Garcia and Evan Peterson.

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