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Vrekais Is a New DM: Making a “Bandit Camp” Map

A “Bandit Camp” in Copia Wildwood The Backstory So the premise for this map is that the militia movements and war in the nation to the North of the woods have made some smuggling and thievery of the southern Menagari Coast...

Turn Order: Vrekais is a New DM – Designing the Encounter at Halen House

For the next few weeks at Turn Order, we'll be featuring dispatches from our very own Vrekais as he feels his way through running tabletop games for his own local playgroup. The Encounter at Halen’s House I am not a “random...

Dungeon Saga Origins – The Goonhammer Review

This week we're gathering a party of brave adventures to check out Mantic's latest co-operative dungeon crawler, Dungeon Saga Origins.

Turn Order’s DM Tools & Tricks

  So, you’ve found your first group of players, you’ve decided on a system that works for everyone involved, and now your head is reeling with the manifold possibilities and responsibilities wrapped up in managing this experience for everyone. You...

Turn Order’s Your First System

Hey, you came back! That’s great! Maybe you didn’t, and the SEO gods are just really workin’ for this little article today, or you just like clicking links. Either way, welcome back to the third entry in a series...

Pathfinder Second Edition Remastered: ORCs and Elves

Pathfinder Second Edition Remastered is a bit of a curious thing. In the TTRPG space while the term remaster itself has not appeared so regularly over the years it has in function through different labels: Revised editions or Reprinted...

Turn Order’s Building Your Table

So you’ve decided to dip your feet into the ttrpg hobby! That’s great! I’m certain you already have great ideas for systems you want to try, characters you want to build, and thrilling adventures you want to get lost...

Ur: The Royal Game – What was the Game of Ur?

This is part of a two-part article series on the Royal Game of Ur sponsored by Spartan Development With the Spartan Games Ur: The Royal Game around the corner, we've donned our best Archaeology hats, brushed up on our cuneiform...

Turn Order’s Introduction to Tabletop Role-Playing Games

We talk a lot about wargames here on Goonhammer dot com, but did you know that there's a whole other hobby that originated from wargames back in the 1960's? Emerging from the military simulation community, the first ever roleplaying...

Ur: The Royal Game: The Goonhammer Review

We take a deep dive into the world's oldest board game, talking about what it is and how Spartan Development have updated it and turned into a modern game worth playing.