Nerdarchy on How to Play D&D the Nerdarchy Way — Improv & Reactionary DMing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPYQwpY30D0&ab_channel=Nerdarchy In this 16-minute video on Nerdarchy the YouTube channel Nerdarchists Dave and Ted share their way of running roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons. They give advice on being a Game Master (or Dungeon Master) their way. The conversation begins with Dave and Ted illustrating the...
D&D Ideas — Class
Welcome once again to the weekly newsletter. This week’s topic is class, which we discussed in our weekly live chat. We hangout every Monday evening at 8 p.m. EST at Nerdarchy the YouTube channel talk about D&D, RPGs, gaming, life and whatever nerdy stuff comes up. Speaking of classes our Character Build Guides have been described as essentially custom classes, which we think is a pretty awesome description. We’ve got 70+ modules over at the DM’s Guild, all for pay what you want and including both the player guide and a DM version inspired by the character. You can get Nerdarchy the Newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, along with updates and info on how to game with Nerdarchy plus snag a FREE GIFT by signing up here.
What’s Really Going on With One D&D?
The paradigm shifts once again! Set aside all the crunchy calculations and simultaneous calls of nerfing and power creep. Something else is taking place through Wizards of the Coast’s move towards the One D&D experience. During our recent live chat discussing Unearthed Arcana 2022: Expert Classes we touched on parts of the latest playtest reminiscent of earlier editions of the game. Several people watching along called out stuff bringing to mind third and fourth edition, which for at least one commenter felt exhausting and an oversimplification. In my estimation something deeper than mechanical callbacks seems to be happening and that’s what’s got me fascinated. Let’s get into it.
Nerdarchy on 5 Best Feats for a Gloom Stalker D&D Ranger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_b11DVlrTc In this 9-minute video on Nerdarchy the YouTube channel Nerdarchists Dave and Ted explore the best 5E D&D feats for the Gloom Stalker Ranger Archetype. The conversation begins with Dave and Ted taking a look at the Gloom Stalker to determine what makes them different from...
Tales from the Shadows Dares D&D Adventurers to Tread the Twisting Paths of Shadow
I’m just going to come right out and state Kobold Press is the best third party publisher of material for Dungeons & Dragons. Their brand of D&D fits right in with my own approach to the game and whenever I get my hands on a new title of theirs I always find lots of stuff for my games. Recently I shared my thoughts about their Book of Ebon Tides and in this post I’m looking at its companion title Tales from the Shadows. The former already had me feeling excited to explore the Shadow Realm (what I call the Dreaming World) in my own games and the latter makes it even easier with 14 adventures playable separately or in sequence. Let’s get into it.
Attention! The Stars are Right to Start Playing Achtung! Cthulhu with a FREE Misssion
Despite discovering the works of H.P. Lovecraft as an adolescent in the 1980s during the same period I became an RPG enthusiast it’s been that long since actually playing a game inspired by those stories. I don’t remember too much about Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu RPG other than evocative investigators like Antiquarians. Today I came across a reminder it’s been far too long since playing a Lovecraftian RPG when I saw how Modiphius Entertainment released a free mission for their Achtung! Cthulhu game.
Nerdarchy on DM Tips: This Doesn’t Make You a Bad Dungeon Master
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNq8jpcjXu4 In this 16-minute video on Nerdarchy the YouTube channel Nerdarchists Dave and Ted explore the idea of taking an intermission while being the Dungeon Master of a game of D&D. The conversation begins with Dave and Ted sharing the inspiration for this video. Game designer Anthony...
Creating a PbtA Playbook — Driver for Zoo Mafia RPG
Welcome to the Zoo. Today I’m creating the Driver — another Playbook for Nerdarchy’s first roleplaying game, Zoo Mafia RPG. Our Zoo Mafia RPG Quick Start is now live and available for free through the Zoo Mafia Newsletter. The Quick Start includes four Playbooks for the Button, Grifter, Lookout and Safecracker. We’ve also posted another Playbook here on the website we’ve renamed the Goon. We’ll continue to develop new Playbooks here and then add them for our Patreon supporters in addition to the regular rewards over there. You can become a Patreon supporter and snag the Goon Playbook here.
Making D&D Memes and GIFs Round-Up Vol. 8
Time for D&D and RPG memes and GIFs. You can go back and check out Round-Up 7 here. We did a better job of creating memes for other TTRPGs. I might have gone a little crazy with Zoo Mafia RPG memes. Sorry not sorry! I've...
D&D Ideas — Races
Welcome once again to the weekly newsletter. This week’s topic is races, which we discussed in our weekly live chat. We hangout every Monday evening at 8 p.m. EST at Nerdarchy the YouTube channel talk about D&D, RPGs, gaming, life and whatever nerdy stuff comes up. Speaking of races we put together a collection of five racing teams, two backgrounds and semi-sentient vehicles with guidelines for incorporating arcanotechnological vehicles along with a high-octane race straight from Nerdarchist Dave’s Under the Dome campaign. You can get Nerdarchy the Newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, along with updates and info on how to game with Nerdarchy plus snag a FREE GIFT by signing up here.
