Tabletop Articles

How to Run Red Hand of Doom Part 2: Through Vraath Keep

Last time, I introduced us to one of the greatest adventures of all time: Red Hand of Doom, a 3e D&D campaign module. Today, I’ll take us through the first half of Part 1 of the adventure. These are some jam-packed Parts, and it’s worth giving each some room to breathe. I’m going section-by-section; as…

Five Tips to Set the Stage for Theater of the Mind Combat

A true confession: I’ve only played with miniatures a few times in my life. Most of the time, my buddies and I do D&D over google hangouts, using no visuals (other than occasional screen-sharing). While playing my budget version of D&D, I’ve picked up a couple tricks for making theater of the mind combat smooth…

Dragon Mag’s Instant Adventures

The April 1981 issue of Dragon Magazine included an article with a tantalizing premise: INSTANT ADVENTURES. “Here are the ideas!” the magazine promises; ” – just add imagination!” The premise of the article was to provide a handy list of adventure ideas, described only in the broadest terms, along with a classification system for how…

How to Run Red Hand of Doom: Part 1

It’s an absolute classic. Maybe it doesn’t have the brand power of “Tomb of Horrors” or “Temple of Elemental Evil,” but it’s a constant presence on top Dungeons & Dragons adventure module lists. That’s right: it’s RED HAND OF DOOM. Red Hand of Doom (RHOD, from here on out) was published in 2006 for third…

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