The past year and change has been stressful for a lot of us, and of course our timing was excellent as ever when forming a gaming group right before a worldwide pandemic that meant we couldn’t meet in person anymore. Board Game Arena was an early discovery in those dark days that let us meet …
Seems like whether talking about movies, TV shows, or video games we get an endless marching list of sequels and remakes. Some are good or interesting, many more no one asked for. And yet when it comes to video games, often times there is a clear example of an amazing game that did some cool …
The crusher feat comes from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything and is a really interesting addition that many melee fighters will find very interesting and very tempting. It’s also a 5E feat that is absolutely made for the monk. With that said, this is a versatile feat with several moving pieces and worth a deep breakdown …
Chef is a feat that I love from the role playing aspect. How often has a character acted as the grandmother of the group, making each “we take a short rest” or “we take a long rest” delightful with descriptions of mothering over the party, cooking, and old family recipe, and possibly stopping mid-recipe to …
The first feat on the handful of interesting, intriguing, and excellent options brought to us from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, Artificer Initiate is an interesting situational feat for 5th edition D&D that brings some very varied opinions to the table. Some players argue it’s much worse than Magic Initiate, a feat already offered in the …
Skilled might not be a sexy pick for a feat but man can it be effective. The 5E skilled feat is one that still catches the eye of new and veteran players alike because of the instant boost it can provide to a player character. This is the first feat certain classes look at and …
There are certain games that stick out because they are so unique that they clearly belong to a very small, narrowly defined genre. So Mansions of Madness Vs Betrayal at House on the Hill: which game is better? Mansions of Madness is better for a thorough in-depth experience like a TTRPG and is especially good …
In my opinion it’s really hard to argue with the RPG as one of the absolute best genres of games out there. Whether tabletop RPG or as a video game genre there is a whole lot to love about what these games bring to the table. But as much as I love the classics like …