We’ve finally gotten over our post-Gen Con hangover, and we have lots to talk about from the con. Several of Crit For Brains’ correspondents hit the event and came back […]
Tabletop Tales: Crits everywhere!
Tabletop Tales is regular feature telling of epic battle, epic failures and all-around good times at the gaming table. Submit your own Tabletop Tale here. Game: Pathfinder – Carrion Crown Adventure Path The Tale: In the […]
Character Building Exercise: Kleeck, aarakocra ranger
Welcome to Character Building Exercise, a feature about building characters for your RPGs. We’ll walk through how we created a particular character and solicit your thoughts on the build. This […]
Review: New spells, races in D&D’s Elemental Evil free PDF
“You can do a lot of things with fire, but almost all of them are bad ideas.” Well said. That’s part the disclaimer from the new free Player’s Companion for D&D’s […]
Behind the DM Screen: Crafting an original D&D adventure
I’ve played a lot of Dungeons & Dragons’ 5th edition: I playtested D&D Next, participated in some Adventurer’s League and began DMing the Starter Set box’s adventure, “The Lost Mine […]
Douglas & Dragons, Ep. 33: Fizzgig Nosejob Overdrive
Join the Douglas & Dragons crew as O’Shea runs into a basketball teammate who’s been running with a bad crowd and a drunk Quoven gets more than he bargained for. […]
Review: D&D’s new Dungeon Master Screen
Thraxata the Flamefiend takes on five iconic heroes on one side. On the other side, helpful tables and charts are there to help you play D&D. It’s the Dungeon Master Screen […]
Behind the DM Screen: Death in the Desert?
Editor’s Note: Our intrepid Dungeon Master, Wooly Toots, runs a Pathfinder game for the adventurers of the Shining Scorpion, a group of friends that rolls weekly. He takes us behind his DM […]
Dungeons & Dragons announces ‘Elemental Evil’ storyline
Oh man. Dungeons & Dragons has announced its next storyline for the 5th edition of the RPG: “Elemental Evil.” Beginning in March, players will battle secret cults harnessing the elements […]
The six best Christmas-themed tabletop RPG adventures
Our gaming group often goes on pause during the holiday season to focus on family, but if we were meeting, we’d likely be playing some kind of Christmas or holiday-themed adventure. […]