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Sunday, November 9, 2014

D&D: Hoard of the Dragon Queen Episode 3 Actual Play

And so the adventure continues...

Character Creation
Episode 1
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Sunday, November 2, 2014

Tommy's Take on Era: The Consortium

Running a bit late on this one...Era: The Consortium is a new sci-fi RPG that is in its final week on Kickstarter right now.



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