Category Archives: The Blog

So, I meant to put up the post about yesterday’s game, but ended up getting caught up in doing errands literally all day. As a result, I have nothing but this to post. As a result, I’ll post Tuesday’s Game synopsis on Friday, and save the story I had planned for Friday for next Friday!Continue reading “Grrr….”

Yeah…so if you are seeing this for the first time, you can see that I accidentally posted Thursday’s post today. Sorry to get your hopes up, but you’ll see it in a few days, if that is any consolation. Onward to discussing miniatures! This week, as you could tell, I’ve been working on basecoating someContinue reading “Mini Painting Spotlight: 13 October, 2020”

Our heroes left off chasing after some goblins after finding the dead dwarf, killed by a yeti. The party saw the wagon hitched to two angry polar bears. The ranger, thinking he could, sneaked up to the polar bears and calmed them, as well as releasing them. He then fired an arrow into the GoblinContinue reading “Sunday Game: Rime of the Frostmaiden; Onward to Bremen”

Last time we focused on the supplies one needs to paint miniatures. This time, we are going to discuss base coating. Why basecoating? For two reasons: to get paint to better stick to your mini, and to prevent future issues with chipping and flaking paint. Base coating is a multi-step process, and your process reallyContinue reading “How to Paint Minis: Base Coating”

It’s been a tough week, folks. Not gonna lie. That said, I did get some downtime and finished painting one mini and began/finished another. I don’t have any commissions at the moment, so if you would like one done, contact me if you know me, or email me at ldcadventurersleaguedm@gmail.com and we can arrange something.Continue reading “Uhg.”

Still really busy preparing for Rime of the Frost Maiden! That said, here is the progress I’ve made on some of my projects. And here are some my sons are working on: Hope you enjoyed!

So I know my posting schedule has been a little… Erratic. I understand that some of you may be wondering if my blog is going to continue. The short answer is that it is. With that let me explain. At this current time, my Dungeons & Dragons games are in a state of flux andContinue reading “Posting Schedule”

So frankly, I didn’t get a whole lot accomplished this week. Sue me it’s been a busy week. That said, I did get a couple of notable miniatures finished painted. As you all may remember I had to deal with this monstrosity: Well, I finished him. Here he is: There he is. On another note,Continue reading “Mini-Painting”

So last time I told the story of how I am the “Forever” DM. which is mostly true. I have had sometimes where I’ve been allowed to play on rare occasions. They were really only a few times in recent history when I’ve been able to play instead of running a game: one time duringContinue reading “Rare Times I Have Gotten to Play”

So today my post is going to be about works in progress. I am going to highlight several of the works that I have not finished. At the end I will show you my most recent finished miniature so that you can see something that is done. Our first contestant is an unfinished human druidContinue reading “Miniature Painting Spotlight”

Sorry for the late post! I scheduled the post and forgot to change the time. That said, enjoy! So the party was light this week due to Labor Day, and consisted only of the goliath bloodhunter/sorcerer, the half-elf monk, the goblin ranger , and the tiefling fighter/wizard, all 9th level. Heading now to the nextContinue reading “Sunday Adventures: Into Muiral’s Lair”

So I’ve decided to do a slightly more detailed recap of my Tuesday game, as much of it won’t make sense on why they are doing what they are doing. The party began the standard Mines of Phandelvin questline, eventually going to Old Owl Well to deal with rumors of undead. Of course, for anyContinue reading “Tuesday, the Prequel”

Last time, I wrote about running games as the best way to learn how to DM. And while that is true, you will eventually want to turn one of your cool ideas into an adventure or an ongoing campaign. Let me clarify some definitions for you: Adventure: a one or more session story with aContinue reading “How to DM: Adventure Writing”

Due to a family emergency, I was unable to run my table as normal this week, so I have an alternative post. Enjoy! I’ve realized that I’ve done a considerable amount of describing this and that without talking about the individual players. This is mostly on purpose, as I value my players’ privacy. That said,Continue reading “The Tuesday Chacters”

Okay, folks, I can’t make this stuff up… Everything started pretty normal, right? They continued from the strange room with the illusionary walls, behind one of which was a secret door that the kenku rogue found. Travelling further, they see a set of stairs going down. Deciding that they had gone far enough and neededContinue reading “Sunday League”

Yeah, that’s me, the Forever DM. I rarely get to play at a table, and that’s okay. Recently, I had a brief conversation with one of my players after our game session: Of course, Bubby is his character. His other character, Vaxis is in my monthly game and has the luck of a lodestone. ButContinue reading “Why I Am the Forever DM”

So many a DM has shared their processes and tips for this, so I am going to share my own. Really, it boils down to one thing: run games. Sure it seems that there is more to it than that, but for new and/or aspiring DMs, my biggest “tip” for you is to actually runContinue reading “DM Tip: How to DM”