Tori Fica (Level 1 Geek) Curating November Monthly Box
Tori Fica, founder of Level 1 Geek, is the guest curator for our November Monthly Box of Awesome. Tori and her team at Level 1 Geek are an up-and-coming contributor to the D&D/Geek/TTRPG community. Tori was introduced to TTRPGs by her friends in 2015 and has been obsessively playing ever since! We think our monthly box subscribers will love every item that Tori has placed in their November box! Each item is a great reflection of the style she brings to the community. Level 1 Geek has a great website that you should check out. Also, her team are on Twitch...
Chessex Announces Revamped Borealis Dice Lineup
On Wednesday, October 21, Chessex publicly announced they were retiring all of their existing Chessex Borealis Dice in favor of a revamped lineup of Borealis Dice. The revamped series will contain their proprietary Luminary glitter. Luminary is the trademarked name for their exclusive glow-in-the-dark glitter the company launched in 2019. What the announcement means going forward Chessex will sell all of their current inventory of Borealis dice. However, once they are gone, they will be gone for good. On November 20th, the company will make available the new sets which will completely replace their existing sets. Although the new sets will have new SKU numbers,...
What dice are needed for D&D?
Many people new to D&D have questions about what dice are needed for D&D. To play Dungeons & Dragons, you will need a D&D Dice otherwise known as a 7-Dice Set. In fact, the 7-dice set is the standard because of D&D. Here are the dice that make up the 7-dice set: The d4 Die The d4, the dice that resembles a pyramid, is used in several spells found in Dungeons and Dragons. It is also used as the hit die when your character is wielding smaller weapons like clubs and daggers. As an example, if you make an attack with a dagger...
How do you read a d4 die?
RPG newcomers are sometimes confused as to how to read d4 dice. This is especially true if they encounter an "old-school" d4 die with the numbers at the base of the tetrahedron. Reading a newer d4 is easy, just look at the number that lands "up" or at the top of the die. However, on older-style d4s–and on some newer gemstone d4s, you'll actually take the number at the base of the die. How to read a d4 with numbers at the points It is straight-forward to read a d4 when the numbers are at the points of the die. Simply look at...
Meet Gabe, our June Monthly Box Curator
Hello! So I'm Gabe, cosplayer, game designer, and big player of tabletop games in general. You can find me playing Dungeons and Dragons, Tales from the Loop, Gurps, Vampire the Masquerade, and plenty of different other systems because you can tell fantastic stories with all kinds. I designed games with my group Mythic Grove and also make fantasy and cyberpunk supplements for people to use in their own home games. One of the things I love most though about tabletop RPGs is magic. If a system has magic I'll want to use it at least once. That's why I picked...
Managing Expectations (Why Session 0 is Important)
Special thanks to our friends at Arcane Eye for helping out with this post! Making sure you are on the same page as your players is an incredibly important practice that enables your campaign to be built on a solid foundation. Session 0 is where you get together with your players, not to play, but to set expectations for your table and campaign. There are a number of ways to run a Session 0; here is a tried and true template we have used on numerous campaigns: Your Table Making sure everybody at the table respects each other’s time and...