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Tim Bannock writes reviews (and creates video reviews) for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, Cortex, and other RPGs. See the latest here!

Magic Item Card Catalog Collection
Magic Item Card Catalog Collection

Magic Item Card Catalog Collection for D&D 5E by Inkwell Ideas – Unboxing

04/29/2019 / / 0 Comments

Quick video for you folks today: the unboxing of the Magic Item Card Catalog Collection by Inkwell Ideas! This set of 9 themed decks of magic item cards captures every item in the SRD, gives you multiples of some of the most commonly used magic items (healing potions! But also a lot more than that), and gives you blank cards and customizable items for writing in your own special effects.

Highly recommended! You can pick up the Magic Item Card Catalog Collection here at Amazon, or pick them up here at Inkwell Ideas’ store in either or both physical and PDF form in case you want to print out extras of the most used items!

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Live to Tell the Tale – An Introduction to Combat Tactics for Dungeons & Dragons Players
Live to Tell the Tale – An Introduction to Combat Tactics for Dungeons & Dragons Players

Live to Tell the Tale – An Introduction to Combat Tactics for Dungeons & Dragons Players 1st Edition Review

04/26/2019 / / 0 Comments

NOTE! This review was originally posted to neurophaser.com on 5/30/2017, and looks at the First Edition of Live to Tell the Tale – An Introduction to Combat Tactics for Dungeons & Dragons Players. I’m posting it here because I plan to review the Second Edition very, very soon!

Live to Tell the Tale – An Introduction to Combat Tactics for Dungeons & Dragons Players by Keith Ammann — creator of the blog The Monsters Know What They’re Doing — is an in-depth study of the combat system of D&D, as well as the class- and ability-related features of characters and how they can optimize their tactics (rather than their stats) to fight smart and work as a team while still playing the characters they want. This isn’t about building a “perfect” character so much as it’s about how to play smart and have fun doing it with whatever character you roll up, build, or are handed as a pregen. It is a necessary read for understanding the consequences and permutations of the D&D 5th edition rules, and can strengthen the game of every player and DM!

Rating: Content 5/5 and Form 4/5.

Buy the PDF at Spy & Owl <– ED. – This link now points to the Second Edition.

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Rolled & Told #7 (March 2019)
Rolled & Told #7 (March 2019)

Rolled & Told Issue #7 (March 2019) Review

04/24/2019 / / 0 Comments

Sporting the comic book format I love oh so much, Rolled & Told returns in March 2019 with two strong adventures, and a few articles that are worth a read, even when they aren’t touching on directly game-able material for you to use in D&D 5th edition. Overall, it’s another solid issue, but it does have a few minor formatting issues that I’d love to see rectified in future issues.

Rating: Content 4/5 and Form 3/5

Buy it here!

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Dungeons & Dragons Stranger Things Starter Set

Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set Review

04/22/2019 / / 0 Comments

This review originally appeared at dndloremaster.com and is reprinted here with permission.

The Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set takes the idea of the original D&D Starter Set (2014) and applies a pretty slick tie-in to the Stranger Things by including demogorgon minis and an “adventure by Mike Wheeler.” Unfortunately, a few of these conceits end up working against the set. While it still provides everything you need to jump into D&D, the adventure has a couple minor hiccups that compare poorly to the (admittedly exceptional) Lost Mine of Phandelver that anchored the original Starter Set.

Rating: Content 3/5 and Form 4/5

Find out where to buy it here.

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The Wizard of Zo by JVC Parry
The Wizard of Zo by JVC Parry

The Wizard of Zo Dungeon Masters Guild Review

04/08/2019 / / 0 Comments

JVC Parry brings the Dungeon Masters Guild something on a completely other level with the release of The Wizard of Zo. Oozing with flavor, evocatively tied to the Tomb of Annihilation campaign, and filled with cheeky (but not tone-breaking) references to The Wizard of Oz, this adventure also excels at providing fun encounters across the gamut of the three pillars of play. It’s hard to find this level of consistent quality.

Rating: Content 5/5 and Form 4/5

Buy The Wizard of Zo by JVC Parry at the Dungeon Masters Guild.

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