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BECAUSE ROLEPLAYING IS SOCIAL, CREATIVE, FUN… AND KINDA COOL! * About * What is D&D? * Player Tips * DM’s Tips * 5e Adventures * About * What is D&D? * Player Tips * DM’s Tips * 5e Adventures HOW TO RUN AN EPIC GLADIATORIAL ADVENTURE By duncan On March 31, 2024 In Adventure Design, DMs Tips, Running The Game The other day I saw that Sly Flourish answered a question on his RPG talk show about running gladiatorial arenas in D&D. Given that I dedicated 1.5 years of my life writing an epic 300-page arena adventure, I figured this is probably a topic I should also address on my own media! Especially since writing […] HEALING POTIONS THAT SCALE & ARE EASY TO REMEMBER By duncan On February 20, 2024 In Homebrew, House Rules I was thinking about healing potions the other day (as any 40-something responsible adult does), and I believe I came up with a pretty good solution to the two big issues that healing potions suffer from in 5e D&D. The first problem is, famously, that they don’t scale at all, and your humble, standard issue, […] ZONE OF TEDIUM… THE TRUTH ABOUT ZOT! By duncan On February 17, 2024 In DMs Tips, Running The Game Recently, I have run two big trial scenes in two separate D&D campaigns. The first led to one of the most dramatic sessions I have ever run (or so the players who took part told me!), full of twists, turns, revelations and surprises. The second was full of prevaricating, repetitions, belligerent brow-beating and farcical pretence. […] HOW I FIXED “TOO MUCH GOLD AND NOTHING TO SPEND IT ON”… By duncan On February 2, 2024 In DMs Tips, Running The Game It’s a common lament in 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons that players accrue bags and bags of cash, but have very little to spend it on. Inquisitive players start to wonder why they bother delving into dungeons, or accept life threatening missions, to amass more and more gold, when they can’t even spend the coin […] DIRTY JOBS: AN URBAN ‘WEST MARCHES’ CAMPAIGN By duncan On December 27, 2023 In Adventure Design, DMs Tips, Running The Game If you’ve been playing Dungeons & Dragons for any reasonable length of time, you may well have heard the enigmatic phrase ‘West Marches Campaign’ dropped into your D&D discourse. What is a West Marches Campaign? West Marches was the solution of Dungeon Master (and game designer) Ben Robbins to the age-old issue of RPG scheduling […] DESIGNING & RUNNING HEISTS IN 5E D&D By duncan On December 3, 2023 In Adventure Design, DMs Tips, Running The Game “Heists don’t work in D&D!” retorted my friend and fellow Dungeon Master, when I announced I was excited to get my hands on Keys from the Golden Vault. 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Now, given that our favourite tales of horror are often rooted in helplessness […] KEYS FROM THE GOLDEN VAULT: REVIEWS OF ALL 13 HEISTS! By duncan On October 8, 2023 In Adventures, Keys from the Golden Vault Dust off your crowbar, polish your lock picks and put on your padded slippers, because your expert handler, Hipsters & Dragons, is about to mission debrief you on a series of 13 sensational heists from the D&D multiverse. Yes, a mere 7.5 months after its release (I have a day job you know!) I’ve finally […] THE INCREDIBLE BALLOON BAMBOOZLE: A HIGH JINKS AERIAL HEIST! By duncan On October 5, 2023 In Adventures, Keys from the Golden Vault Earlier this year I bought Keys from the Golden Vault, and I effin loved it… my next Hipsters & Dragons post will be a 10,000 word review of the anthology, complete with rankings, and remixes to make the adventures even better. Naturally, delving into this fun and fast-paced anthology made me want to write my […] Page 1 of 13 Next → Hi, I'm Duncan. 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A MURDER MYSTERY IN CANDLEKEEP When the Keeper of Tomes is murdered, and his body mutilated, on Deadwinter’s Eve, all of the Great Readers become suspects in this heinous crime. As the players get embroiled in the library’s tangled web of politics and personal enmities, dark forces are at work trying to uncover Candlekeep’s fabled Vault of Secrets. Snap up this epic adventure on the DMs Guild for just $10. “I love the murder mystery set up here… the roleplaying notes for all the NPCs are very well handled… I LOVE the Flying Iron Owlbear and the Avowed and library generators are superb. I LOVE THIS ADVENTURE!” Ed Greenwood, creator of Candlekeep and the Forgotten Realms. WELCOME TO DRRAGONBOOWWWL!!!!!! Don’t miss Faerûn’s action-packed sporting extravaganza in the bowels of Mount Waterdeep – where the booze and the blood flow in equal measure! Aside from taking on up to 16 gladiatorial teams in Dragonbowl Arena, there are 30+ festival locations to visit, scores of side plots to unravel and (if the players win) a confrontation with the Games Master himself at the Breakfast of Champions. This 300-page epic also works as a sequel to Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Check out the reviews on the DMs Guild. “One of the best adventures I have ever run!” “If you took American Gladiators, the Colosseum, and the Quidditch World Cup and then mashed them all together I imagine you’d end up with something like Dragonbowl. More than just a combat-focused adventure, Dragonbowl is a Bacchanalian-style festival with its own economy and ecology.” VIDEO REVIEW OF DRAGONBOWL NEW ON THE BLOG * How To Run An Epic Gladiatorial Adventure March 31, 2024 * Healing Potions That Scale & Are Easy to Remember February 20, 2024 * Zone of Tedium… The Truth About ZoT! 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