‘Supposed-to-lose’ fights have been a staple of games for as long as I’ve been playing them. If done well they allow the players to experience the desperation of a last stand, or hammer home the fact that their foe is operating on a different level to them – for now, at least.
Category: Blogs
Adventure – A Most Potent Brew
Enter the world of Dungeons & Dragons without spending a penny!
Poly(hedron)amory – The Love of Dice
Once you’ve got a few campaigns under your belt I guarantee that you’ll find yourself in an odd position when it comes to dice. On the one hand, you clearly have too many – all those poly sets are pretty identical, after all – but on the other you know that you always need more.
Dice and Dark Souls – Previewing the Board Game
On the surface, the idea of making a tabletop edition of Dark Souls seems like utter madness.
Con Artist – D&D at the UK Games Expo
For three days in early June the Birmingham NEC played host to the 2016 UK Games Expo. A vast hall was packed to the gills with people chattering about dice, hex-grids and action points, while the nearby Hilton Hotel teemed with tables dedicated to gaming of all sorts.
Adventure – The Low Crater
We’re proud to announce that we’ve just published a brand new adventure – The Low Crater!
Monster – Kobold Spellcasters
We really cannot think of any iconic D&D creature as beloved as the humble Kobold.
D&D vs The Olympics
This summer thousands of us will spend countless hours watching the world’s very best athletes swim, jump and run really rather fast. When I tune in, however, I always find myself pondering the same question – how would a max-level D&D character fare if they were dropped into the games and told to get cracking?
Preview – A Call for Heroes
For some time now Winghorn Press has been working on not just one new adventure but a whole book of them.
Monster – Possessed Reaper
Have you ever felt the need to make your party fight an evil, demonic combine harvester?
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