Discussing hype (in more ways than one), and Scormey steps away from “Starfield”, on today’s show! Intro (0:49) – Scormey took a break from gaming (sort of). Tabletop Gaming (14:19) – What happened to the hype for “Tales of the Valiant“? Wrap (40:23) – Nintendo keeps earning the name “Ninten-NO“… “Alchemists Tower” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) […]
Tag: 5e
Raising the Black Flag – Loot Mechanics #313
Dark Suns, Black Flags, and Harry Potter fans never fail to disappoint, on today’s show. Intro (0:49) – WotC confirms why “Dark Sun” setting has not been revived for 5E TTRPG (10:21) – Kobold Press’ have released their first playtest packet for “Project Black Flag”. We discuss. Wrap (30:28) – “Hogwarts Legacy” earns nearly a […]
Pathfinder is great, but not that great – Loot Mechanics #312
Scormey is glad people are stepping aside from D&D to other games, but just slipping over to Pathfinder 2E is – while still acceptable – not even really worth the bother in many ways. Intro (0:49) – Scormey wants to talk about “Cities Without Number“, now up on Kickstarter. Tabletop Roleplaying (10:15) – Sliding over […]
Of Paizo, and the Death of Pathfinder 2e
So Professor DungeonMaster at “Dungeon Craft” recently released a YouTube video, wherein he covered a disturbing change in Paizo’s publishing strategy. Specifically, they have turned away from publishing content for “Pathfinder” 2nd edition, and have started converting their adventure content to work with “Dungeons & Dragons” 5th edition. He had previously predicted that something like […]
Five things I hate about… D&D 5e
So I suppose you are wondering what this is all about? Is Scormey just going to rant on endlessly about something he doesn’t like, as he almost always does? Oh, no, dear reader! I assure you, this series of articles (why yes, I envision this becoming something of a regular feature of the Blog) will […]
Five Years Gone – Loot Mechanics #252
A fun look back at the last five years of this show, from our days as “Pixels & Dice”, through our run (thus far) as “Loot Mechanics”. Intro (0:50) – A few words from Scormus Main Topic (3:57) – 2017: A Gamer Confessional (with Ryleia!) Other Bullshit (27:32) – 2018: Our first impressions of D&D […]