Dungeons & Dragons has long had an intimate relationship with video games. It’s influence on the medium is undeniable, but the ties between the two run much deeper. Every version of the Dungeons & Dragons rules released has had a video game interpretation, all the way back to the original 1974 booklets. I remember growing [...]

We reached the mine after a four hour walk. So much for being right outside of town. A wooden building sat off to the east, looking like a warehouse, or maybe an office. The door was unlocked, so I led everyone in, where we were confronted by three snarling mutts. They leaped at us, but [...]

The heroes took a short rest and continued their cleansing of the Chamber of the Forge. They found an old, unused bath chamber with a statue of a half-naked female dwarf standing in murky water. Moving on, they approached the set of double doors at the end of the wide, central hall, and were sniped [...]

Wizards of the Coast released a “D&D 4 Kids” game last week. It’s similar in concept to what I did with Fantastic Adventures Basic Edition, though the adventure reads more like the training arena scenes from How To Tame A Dragon than any of the scenarios I ran for my son and his friends. There [...]

Rendil led the heroes to the Seven-Pillared Hall. As they approached the customhouse, the halfling explained about Brugg and the Mages. No sooner did he finish than a seven-foot-tall humanoid with greasy hair and a low brow emerge from the building and stop them. The ogre enforcer asked them if they were here to trade [...]

My current gaming group starts playing an hour or so before my kids go to bed, so my 6-year-old son often hovers around the table soaking in the action. He’s enjoyed playing with my plastic minis for a while now, and was interested in seeing how the “adults” use them. I imagine (and am really [...]