Thursday, June 28, 2012

D&D Encounters Podcast: Web of the Spider Queen, Session 6 - Tests of Lolth



This is a weekly recap of the events happening every week at the sessions of D&D Encounters at my FLGS in Elliot Lake at Sights&Sounds Music Store.

This week and for the remainder of this season, I will be posting weekly recaps in the form of a podcast, to see how it takes off.  The feedback has been good so far and let's see how it goes until the end of the season.

Following the success the characters had in defeating the drow and defending the patrons of the Old Skull Inn, the characters receive a message from an important individual in town which bids them on to bigger and better things.

Rushing to the tower of Ashaba, tracks of the remaining drow lead them to the cellar under the tower. They encounter a dead-end, discover a secret entrance and battle an ambush party of Drow.  The party learns of Valan Jaelre. Having survived the ambush, the characters are put to the test before their grand entrance to the Underdark.

Once again, we have a special guest this week.  Derek Myers from Dungeon's Master joins me on the podcast to talk about stuff that happened at his table.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

D&D Encounters Podcast: Web of the Spider Queen, Session 5 - Valan Fights Back


This is a weekly recap of the events happening every week at the sessions of D&D Encounters at my FLGS in Elliot Lake at Sights&Sounds Music Store.

This week and for the remainder of this season, I will be posting weekly recaps in the form of a podcast, to see how it takes off.  The feedback has been good so far and let's see how it goes until the end of the season.

Following the success the characters had in defeating the drow and defending the patrons of the Old Skull Inn, the characters receive a message from an important individual in town which bids them on to bigger and better things.

Rushing to the tower of Ashaba, tracks of the remaining drow lead them to the cellar under the tower. They encounter a dead-end, discover a secret entrance and battle an ambush party of Drow.  The party learns of Valan Jaelre. The characters in this session get to meet Valan when they are ambushed by his croonies.

Once again, we have a special guest this week.  Derek Myers from Dungeon's Master joins me on the podcast to talk about stuff that happened at his table.

Follow us on to the podcast of D&D Encounters Web of the Spider Queen, Session 5 - Valan Fights Back

Thursday, June 14, 2012

D&D Encounters Podcast: Web of the Spider Queen, Session 4 - Into the Underdark


This is a weekly recap of the events happening every week at the sessions of D&D Encounters at my FLGS in Elliot Lake at Sights&Sounds Music Store.

This week and for the remainder of this season, I will be posting weekly recaps in the form of a podcast, to see how it takes off.  The feedback has been good so far and let's see how it goes until the end of the season.

Following the success the characters had in defeating the drow and defending the patrons of the Old Skull Inn, the characters receive a message from an important individual in town which bids them on to bigger and better things.

Rushing to the tower of Ashaba, tracks of the remaining drow lead them to the cellar under the tower. They encounter a dead-end, discover a secret entrance and battle an ambush party of Drow.  The party learns of Valan Jaelre.

We have a special guest this week.  Derek Myers from Dungeon's Master joins me on the podcast to talk about stuff that happened at his table.

Follow us on to the podcast of D&D Encounters Web of the Spider Queen, Session 4 - Into the Underdark.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Taverns 411!!! (Part 2)


Are you stuck during game play? Can't think of any names to fill that tavern space at your table.  Having trouble coming up with NPC names.  Look no further.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

D&D Encounters Podcast: Web of the Spider Queen, Session 3 - Below the Tower


This is a weekly recap of the events happening every week at the sessions of D&D Encounters at my FLGS in Elliot Lake at Sights&Sounds Music Store.

This week and for the remainder of this season, I will be posting weekly recaps in the form of a podcast, to see how it takes off.  The feedback has been good so far and let's see how it goes until the end of the season.

Following the success the characters had in defeating the drow and defending the patrons of the Old Skull Inn, the characters receive a message from an important individual in town which bids them on to bigger and better things. Rusing to the tower of Ashaba, the characters encounter the drow andcleanse the tower of the invader, and the tracks of the remaining drow lead them to the cellar under the tower.

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

The Gecken: Socially-Impaired, Obsessive and Overly Intellectual

We have all probably heard the terms geek and nerd thrown our ways when we were lower level humans. Some of us may have gotten the daily wedgie, a swirly, bullied, pushed around and even excluded from many facets of the "sane" childhood.

The fact that pop culture in the 70s-80s was a horrible time for the "odd" group.  Movies like "Revenge of the Nerds(1984)", "Short Circuit(1986)", were awesome but you could not admit for fear of being "even more nerdy or geeky".

You had to cater to the "tough-guy" movies, like "Deathwish(1974)" or "Platoon(1986)", where the men were macho and good looking and the all loved them in the movies.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

D&D Encounters Podcast: Web of the Spider Queen, Session 2 - The Tower of Ashaba

This is a weekly recap of the events happening every week at the sessions of D&D Encounters at my FLGS in Elliot Lake at Sights&Sounds Music Store.

This week and for the remainder of this season, I will be posting weekly recaps in the form of a podcast, to see how it takes off.  The feedback has been good so far and let's see how it goes until the end of the season.

Following the success the characters had in defeating the drow and defending the patrons of the Old Skull Inn, the characters receive a message from an important individual in town which bids them on to bigger and better things.

Follow us on to the podcast of D&D Encounters Web of the Spider Queen, Session 2 - The Tower of Ashaba.