Category Archives: The Blog

Dear Readers, I have told you about several of my games: My Tuesday Ingrates, my Sunday Adventurers League (currently running Spelljammer; lots of fun there!), my Monthly in-person game (this Wednesday, actually), my monthly Roll20 game, and lastly, my weekly Discord game. Whew! With all of those games, two are online and the rest areContinue reading “Online or In-Person?”

Dear Readers, particularly my DM/GM readers, we’ve all been there before. You look at your schedule and there it is, in black and white: your upcoming session. And you haven’t done squat to prepare. Worry not, as I have some things to help you! First, identify how much time you do have to prepare! IsContinue reading “How to DM: Last-Minute Planning for a Session”

Check out this latest installment of the Ingrates, where they find themselves embroiled in mystery after mystery! Will they find their way through! Find out now!

The Ingrates find themselves in a sticky situation returning to the infamous Luniaraysk! How will they end up dealing with that horrid town?

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Dear readers, here we are again with another painting update! Today, I got some highlighting done as well as painting his claws and nails. I’ll sign it up. Doing a little bit of touch-up work on his hands and fingers as I found spots that I missed. I did the teeth in what I canContinue reading “Painting Update: Red Slaad and Famine”

Dear Readers, it goes without saying that a party’s effectiveness relies on effective party leadership. Trying to not give anything away, the following statement was said at last night’s game (the Ingrates): “Dammit! _________’s been gone for not even one whole session and everything is already falling apart!” Or something to that effect. The partyContinue reading “When Party Cohesion is at Risk”

Here we are with another installment of the Inglorious Ingrates! Enjoy!

Dear Readers, I know that it’s been…awhile…since I have done a painting update of any kind. Why? Well, after that Elven Spelljammer Ship and the associated tree dock, I was worn out with painting! But that is now past and I need to do some more painting and get back in the saddle, so toContinue reading “Painting Update: Red Slaad”

The Ingrates find themselves embroiled in what seems to be several political situations! Find out how they navigate it in this episode!

Shenanigans ensue when the Ingrates come across a strange town in some sort of time loop! How will they deal with it? Find out now!

Dear Readers, with the exception of a post here and there, you may have noticed my continued absences and sporadic posts. There’s a reason for this: my mental health. I’ve really been struggling lately, and I appreciate your continued love and patience. That said, I’m going to try and post more often. I’m SO behindContinue reading “A Short Break”

Dear Readers, I have been truly blessed with several things while running this blog. I get some exposure on other blogs, I get to post articles from other blogs, and I sometimes get asked to review a product or, in this case, adventure for folks. Now. I want to put a disclaimer on this today:Continue reading “New Favorite Halloween Adventure!”

Dear Readers, today (without too much context, as I haven’t caught you all up on the Ingrates’ shenanigans) I will show you all what the board looked like prior to the fight. Here it is, in all its glory, with all of the terrain: That’s just the terrain. Here is when we added the monstersContinue reading “It Was Awesome!”

Well, Dear Readers, today is the day! Today is the day that I get to finally showcase that ship that you all have been seeing. Today is the day it finally makes an appearance on my game table! TODAY!!! I am so very excited. I don’t want to give things away, but the Ingrates areContinue reading “Today’s the Day!”

See the evolution of the Ingrates as they tackle this episode’s problem!

The party found themselves looking at a pirate base, with two ships docked, one inside the cave complex, and one in the cove. Deciding to assault the base, the party sniped the lookouts, and then entered the base. Seeing that most of the pirates were in the tavern inside the cave complex, the party blockedContinue reading “A DM’s Perspective: More Ingrates Quick Catch Up”

So, I saw the streams that many of you all also have seen. If you haven’t, here they are: Okay, so it seems that they are not doing editions any longer. They are going to call it just “D&D.” They seem to be wanting to keep 5th edition as a base, and are now codifyingContinue reading “Let’s Talk One D&D!”

Dear Readers, I appreciate your patience with me and my sporadic posting schedule. My healing has been going well from my surgery, but I have a significant number of life-changes as a result. I am still dedicated to bringing you quality content and bringing it regularly. This month has just been a beast. And forContinue reading “New Posts”

The Ingrates are back at it again! Enjoy!

Dear Readers, I just finished reading the first two books (Astral Adventurer’s Guide and Boo’s Astral Menagerie), as well as the first two chapters of the included adventure, Light of Xsryxis. And let me tell you all something: I am more than impressed, yet a little disappointed. Let me go over what I love first.Continue reading “Product Review – dndbeyond.com Spelljammer: Adventures in Space”

That’s it, Dear Readers, that’s what I have come to say. My surgery went well, with zero complications. I am now in recovery and recuperation mode. Hopefully, I will be back to a regular posting schedule come this next week, as I come off my meds, as I am generally too hazy on them toContinue reading “I Survived!”

Sorry, Dear Readers, there won’t be any significant posts for the week. My family and I are making preparations for my surgery on two days time and I am, go figure, caught in the middle of it. I’m glad I could finish up the ship for all of you to see before it’s big debut.Continue reading “No Post Today”

Dear Readers, I sent ahead and put in the final touches on the ship and it’s complete! See for yourself: If you haven’t noticed, I also painted the base/stand white. I was thinking about it being the color of the sky/clouds. Still working on the tree… Here it is so far… Here’s the progress onContinue reading “Painting Update: Elven Spelljammer Ship – IT’S DONE!!”

Welcome back to the Ingrates! Enjoy!

Dear Readers, I know it’s been a minute since I’ve updated, but I was doing a lot to prepare for my surgery that was supposed to be today. It got rescheduled last minute due to some stupid insurance reasons and will now be on the 3rd of August. All that said, I have not beenContinue reading “It’s Been a Minute, I Know…”

Dear Readers, I know I said I was going to give a Kids on Bikes update, but apparently, I’m caught up! So instead, I will release another edition of The Inglorious Ingrates. Enjoy! P.S. – I’d like to remind everyone (and I’ll do it again throughout the week as to make sure everyone gets theContinue reading “The Inglorious Ingrates: Episode 5”

Dear Readers, as I write this, I am in pain. Not a lot, but my hand is cramping! From what? We’ll, all the painting I got accomplished today! With no further ado, here is the Ranger, with basing done! And just in time, too! We are scheduled to play our monthly game the day afterContinue reading “Painting Update: Elven Spelljammer Ship & Dragonborn Ranger”

Welcome 🙂  Allow me to speak on behalf of the entire Dungeons and Dragons community when I say we are glad to have you! Dungeons and Dragons is a social game, through and through, and we are always excited when someone is interested in joining in on the fun!  But with your first D&D sessionContinue reading “The D&D Beginner’s Easy 14 Steps for Interesting First Characters”

Here we are with another installment of the Inglorious Ingrates!

Dear Readers, guess what? My editor is back in action!! This is great news for all of you Premium Subscribers who want to get caught up with all of the Ingrates’ shenanigans. In the mean time, while my editor is still working on episodes, here’s Episode 4!

To my American readers, happy 4th of July!

Dear Readers, it is that time of year again. That time of year when the bangs, pops, booms, and other sorts of noises begin making me more than a little twitchy. For those unaware, I am a combat vet, having served in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I despise 4th of July for that reason. AsContinue reading “It’s That Time of Year Again”

Dear Readers, you cannot imagine how ridiculously hot it is in the room where I paint. To say that it’s hot. It’s putting it mildly as the relative humidity is also high. It feels like a hundred million degrees in here. That said, I promise to do some more painting updates for you. I justContinue reading “Painting Update in the Stupid Heat”

Hello, Dear Readers, I know it’s been a minute since I’ve given an update. So here’s the deal: I have skunk living under my house. The place where I do my painting smells like skunk and is 100°. If we turn on our air conditioning, the skunk smell comes back worse andin force. It isContinue reading “Skunk Problem”

A very happy Father’s Day to all of you dads and dad-like father figures out there! My hat is off to you for all you do. Sincerely, The Daily Dungeon Master

I wanted to give you all an update before we hit the weekend, on my progress with the Dragonborn Ranger. Here she is: I just got some guidance as to what her hair will be colored: purple with red highlights. I’ll be working on that later on. Not sure how I am going to doContinue reading “Short Update”

Just a quick picture update for you, Dear Readers! Enjoy! She’s looking pretty rough, ATM, but she’ll clean up well in the end, I think. Until next time, Dear Readers…

Here is the next installment of the Inglorious Ingrates!

Dear Readers, I am so sorry for the exorbitantly large number of painting updates, but things have been hectic and myself care needs have increased, so what do I do? I paint! That’s my activity that I use to relax and calm down. So recently, one of my players for my monthly campaign asked meContinue reading “Projects Update”

Dear Readers, I know how behind I am with these posts, so here is an attempt to quickly catch everyone up, so here it goes…And sorry for the wall of text that this will result in… When last we left the Ingrates, they were being watched by an invisible figure that ran away after heContinue reading “A DMs Perspective: A Quick Summary to Catch You Up”