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Storm King’s Thunder–D&D Encounters S23 S5

So during D&D Encounters, UCI Librarian to the stars John Sisson stopped by to inform us that he was in the IMAX ad for Doctor Strange! Such solid nerd brag! I have been working a lot + listening to a lot of Phish. Likely not spending enough time in D&D Preparation and this week was a…
Storm King’s Thunder–D&D Encounters S23 S4

D&D Encounters at Alakazam Comics is now a WPN sanctioned! we had another solid turn out–my kids were not there–but we did have Rajan a new player! The mini game was a lot better this week–I had prepared some mini’s for the Dripping Cave encounters & the players came through with some great pieces as…
Actual Play Storm King’s Thunder–D&D Encounters S23 S4
Storm King’s Thunder–D&D Encounters S23 S3
Actual Play Storm King’s Thunder–D&D Encounters S23 S3
12. No

Another story of dying children–very dark and not very helpful for a morning read. The gardener, the assisted living, the commonality of most of this is really amazing. The forgotten past, the memories, the photographs, the loss of time and of memory. there is a ton in this one but I would prefer a more…
11. Arrangement

This one is very dark and depressing. Much more so then a lot of the previous ones & largely made me want to give up and stop reading. The date cannot be moved. The probable cause dates are movable, but this one is not. The daughters death — a three year old–caused by being suffocated…
Actual Play Curse of Strahd–D&D Encounters S22 S21
Curse of Strahd–D&D Encounters S22 S21

It is hard to say farewell to this group! A lot has recently been written about the current popularity of Dungeons & Dragons in some fairly popular mainstream outlets but for me the current success is almost entirely based on Chris Perkin’s work and the fact that the current stories are so great–they are connected…
Actual Play Storm King’s Thunder–D&D Encounters S23 S2