How many Prancing Pony taverns can one world have?

Another Prancing Pony

As you and your players jam though the campaign world finding another tavern called, “The Prancing Pony” “Green Dragon” or some other over-used cliche joint, the name can pull away from the believability and uniqueness of the world. Do you cringe when the players…

Holy water batman! Are you doing it wrong?

Holy Water

Holy Water If you think holy water requires a priest, some water, and a ‘bless’ – think again. Holy water as been in tabletop gaming from the beginning and has been house-ruled many times. It’s a powerful weapon against undead, evil items, and the…

Identify – Are you doing it wrong?

If you are like me, and possibly many other 1E / OSRIC gamers, you are using the Identify spell completely wrong! Part of my expectations for the spell came from my Commodore 64 days where most information regarding a magic item could be gleaned by…

Ansel Elgort, Dungeons & Dragons, please don’t screw this up!

How do you feel about Ansel Elgort in the new D&D movie… who IS he? Is there a reason this is a FAIL Squad Games article? Here is the fella in question talking with Jimmy Fallon about Bruce Willis, his mom and some other…

Fail Squad Games Adventures pt2

The Remake of Bogey of Swindle (Spoiler alert) Our heroes Lia (I had spelled it wrong previously) and Holg made it to Swindle. It suddenly became clear that they should have asked more questions back in Whisper when the tavern owner told them not…

Fail Squad Adventures – pt1

The Bogey of Swindle Remake: During the first round of Bogey of Swindle session aimed at a revamp, the party (Leah the Wood Elf Druid, Paired with Holg the Half-Orc Barbarian) were approached in Whisper at the tavern to undertake the journey to Swindle to…