GenCon 2012: D&D Championship, Fourthcore Team Deathmatch, and so much other coolness!

What constitutes the ultimate gaming high known to humankind?  I'll give you a hint: it has 93 hours, 2 tournaments, umpteen seminars, and a lot of cool people.  It's called GenCon, and this is the first year I have attended it and I can tell you it was the absolute best days of gaming I have ever had in my life.  My schedule was busy from start to finish and I came home absolutely exhausted. I will go over some of the things that I did over the course of the weekend and show some of the stuff I managed to pick up.

D&D Encounters Podcast: Web of the Spider Queen, Recap.

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.

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. The characters pass the tests of Lolth and enter into the Underdark proper and encounter an elite strike force of Jaelre. The characters storm the Demonspur trading post and manage to outwit two idiot Ogres.  Last week the players found Tharinel and ended up at the torture theater. Having defeated the two torturers and their minions, the characters rescue Khara in the slave pits. The heroes return to Shadowdale and are confronted by Valan in the finale to this awesome season of D&D Encounters.

Derek Myers from Dungeon's Master joins me again this week to talk about what he liked, disliked, and things that could have been changed for this season's recap.

Follow us on this week's recap podcast of D&D Encounters Web of the Spider Queen

D&D Encounters Podcast: Web of the Spider Queen, Session 13 - Return to Shadowdale

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. The characters pass the tests of Lolth and enter into the Underdark proper and encounter an elite strike force of Jaelre. The characters storm the Demonspur trading post and manage to outwit two idiot Ogres.  Last week the players found Tharinel and ended up at the torture theater. Having defeated the two torturers and their minions, the characters rescue Khara in the slave pits. The heroes return to Shadowdale and are confronted by Valan in the finale to this awesome season of D&D Encounters.

Derek Myers from Dungeon's Master joins me again this week to talk about stuff that happened at his table at Hairy T North.

Follow us on this week's podcast of D&D Encounters Web of the Spider Queen the finale, Session 13 - Return to Shadowdale.

D&D Encounters Podcast: Web of the Spider Queen, Session 12 - Slave Pits

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. The characters pass the tests of Lolth and enter into the Underdark proper and encounter an elite strike force of Jaelre. The characters storm the Demonspur trading post and manage to outwit two idiot Ogres.  Last week the players found Tharinel and ended up at the torture theater. Having defeated the two torturers and their minions, the characters are introduced to the slave pits.

Derek Myers from Dungeon's Master joins me again this week to talk about stuff that happened at his table at Hairy T North.

Follow us on this week's podcast of D&D Encounters Web of the Spider Queen, Session 12 - Slave Pits

D&D Encounters Podcast: Web of the Spider Queen, Session 11 - Torture Theatre

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. The characters pass the tests of Lolth and enter into the Underdark proper and encounter an elite strike force of Jaelre. The characters storm the Demonspur trading post and manage to outwit two idiot Ogres. Last week the players found Tharinel and ended up at the torture theatre. This week the players confront the great torturers of the drow city.

Derek Myers from Dungeon's Master joins me again this week to talk about stuff that happened at his table at Hairy T North.

Follow us on this week's podcast of D&D Encounters Web of the Spider Queen, Session 11 - Torture Theatre.