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MerricB

@MerricB@dice.camp

An Australian role-player, board gamer and computer programmer. Writer of articles about Dungeons & Dragons.

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This is feeling like a very good day with all the D&D news. :)

MerricB,
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@bedirthan I DON'T WANT IT TO BE THAT BIG!!!!

:)

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@bedirthan My aging eyes are grateful! (Though I expect I'll be mostly reading it online!)

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Thoughts on Greyhawk in the DMG...
https://merricb.com/2024/05/15/greyhawk-in-the-new-dmg-yes-please/

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@bedirthan Yep. You want a basic setting.

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@Alphastream 384 pages each in the new core, which means actual new written words and not just increased fonts and art ;)

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@Alphastream @bedirthan Do you remember when 3E first came out - those books were SO MUCH BIGGER than we were used to! Then 3.5E came along, and the DMG was even bigger!

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@bedirthan @Alphastream
AD&D PHB - 128 pages
AD&D 2E PHB - 256 pages
AD&D 3E PHB - 302 pages
AD&D 4E PHB - 320 pages
AD&D 5E PHB - 320 pages
AD&D 50E PHB - 384 pages

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Okay, here's the blog post version: Tier Rankings of the D&D Campaign Adventures
https://merricb.com/2024/04/23/tier-rankings-of-the-dd-campaign-adventures/

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@Tim_Eagon Not having run Rime hurts its rating.

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My review of The Shattered Obelisk: https://merricb.com/2024/04/22/review-the-shattered-obelisk/

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On the current "controversy" about a lack of short adventures...
https://merricb.com/2024/04/21/a-campaign-of-short-published-adventures/

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So Post News is the first post-Twitter casualty, but it won't be the last. I think it's clear that in terms of for profit microblogging, Twitter and Threads are going to be the ones to survive (I have zero confidence in the long term viability of such services as Cohost, Hive Social, Spoutible, and even Blue Sky). While I realize that and the aren't free, they aren't beholden to same market forces as the others and I feel they will continue to endure.

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@Tim_Eagon Yep. I keep finding Blue Sky to have an awful interface (and often takes too long to load). And I don't think Mastodon has anywhere like enough users.

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Left or Right - Choices should matter!
https://merricb.com/2024/02/24/left-or-right/

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Fear the Monsters - some abilities that are especially scary.

https://merricb.com/2024/02/20/fear-the-monsters/

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@Tim_Eagon @CatDad There's always been a split in how players approach D&D. Some want more weight on PC backstories and continuing play, while others are all about defying risk (for a bit, at least) and death is part of the fun.

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I'm back reviewing classic D&D adventures (Basic & Advanced). Posting (mostly) one a week at present. I've gone through most of the adventures published through 1984.

Leaving out a few rarities like the RPGA adventures.

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This list should be most of the classic reviews I've done over the past decade and half. Fewer than I'd like!

But more coming soon.

https://merricb.com/reviews/add-reviews/

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In which the adventure finally reveals that the goblins kidnapped townsfolk, a chapter after it occurred. But there are nice encounters.
https://merricb.com/2024/02/12/the-shattered-obelisk-session-13/

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@Tim_Eagon @MerricB yeah. There’s some terrible oversight here.

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My long-running Greyhawk campaign continues! (Well, the latest instalment of it). Tenth level characters go as far west on the map as we've ever been!

https://merricb.com/2024/02/07/adventures-in-greyhawk-the-plains-of-the-paynims/

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@Alphastream Yes! That's out of the C&C adventure - one of the definitely good bits!

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In which I muse on the current (and future) state of the Dungeons & Dragons game.
https://merricb.com/2024/02/06/the-future-of-dungeons-dragons/

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In which I get very frustrated at some of the writing & editing in The Shattered Obelisk.

https://merricb.com/2024/02/02/the-shattered-obelisk-session-10/

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@Tim_Eagon Very absent.

And given how few books they release, there's no excuse.

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On Sundays, I repost reviews (often revised) that were originally published on other sites onto my blog.

So, today: Descent into the Depths of the Earth!

https://merricb.com/2024/01/21/add-review-descent-into-the-depths-of-the-earth/

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