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Shadowrunners Don’t Worry About Ammo | Duelist
Shadowrunners Don’t Worry About Ammo | Duelist
Duelist: A System-Neutral Combat Add-On + Shadowrun: Anarchy
Oscar
Mar 13, 2022
Magical Thinking: Dominaria
Magical Thinking: Dominaria
Dominaria! Weatherlight! Mirari! Urza! All the great stuff you remember from the old days! Let’s put on our nostalgia goggles and jump in.
Jessie Staffler
Jan 18, 2022
Magical Thinking: Unstable
Magical Thinking: Unstable
Everything is made up and the points don’t matter.
Jessie Staffler
Jan 4, 2022
Magical Thinking: Ixalan
Magical Thinking: Ixalan
A Magic: The Gathering set that literally frames colonialists as vampires.
Jessie Staffler
Dec 28, 2021
Magical Thinking: Hour of Devastation
Magical Thinking: Hour of Devastation
Nicol Bolas is back in Amonkhet, and it turns out his promised afterlife is just an excuse to build an army of slick blue lacquered…
Jessie Staffler
Dec 21, 2021
Magical Thinking: Amonkhet
Magical Thinking: Amonkhet
Amonkhet is a plane ruled by Nicol Bolas, where warriors train their whole lives for a place in the afterlife as one of the worthy dead.
Jessie Staffler
Dec 14, 2021
Magical Thinking: Aether Revolt
Magical Thinking: Aether Revolt
More magitech goodness!
Jessie Staffler
Dec 7, 2021
What is the Lowest Armor Class in 5e D&D?
What is the Lowest Armor Class in 5e D&D?
An exercise in making the WORST character in a very specific way.
Rachael Arsenault
Nov 5, 2021
Magical Thinking: Kaladesh
Magical Thinking: Kaladesh
Chandra comes home.
Jessie Staffler
Nov 2, 2021
Magical Thinking: Eldritch Moon
Magical Thinking: Eldritch Moon
Emrakul is on Innistrad, and she’s corrupting everything she can. And Jace has brought in the Gatewatch to fight back against her.
Jessie Staffler
Oct 26, 2021
Magical Thinking: Shadows over Innistrad
Magical Thinking: Shadows over Innistrad
Emrakul is on Innistrad, and the Gatewatch are hot on her heels. Will they be able to save Innistrad in time for Halloween?
Jessie Staffler
Oct 19, 2021
Magical Thinking: Oath of the Gatewatch
Magical Thinking: Oath of the Gatewatch
And there came a day unlike any other, when four planeswalkers came together to protect the multiverse from the Eldrazi.
Jessie Staffler
Oct 12, 2021
Magical Thinking: Battle for Zendikar
Magical Thinking: Battle for Zendikar
The Eldrazi are running rampant across the Zendikar, devouring and corrupting everything in their path!
Jessie Staffler
Oct 5, 2021
Climate Disasters are the New Dragons | Cortex Prime
Climate Disasters are the New Dragons | Cortex Prime
‘Hammerheads’ is a Gritty Homage to ‘Thunderbirds’
Oscar
Sep 30, 2021
Magical Thinking: Dragons of Tarkir
Magical Thinking: Dragons of Tarkir
In this new timeline, the dragons never went extinct, and have in fact conquered Tarkir and rule over the other races.
Jessie Staffler
Sep 28, 2021
Magical Thinking: Fate Reforged
Magical Thinking: Fate Reforged
Planeswalker and dragon fan Sarkhan has traveled back in time 1,280 years into the past to restore dragons to Tarkir.
Jessie Staffler
Sep 21, 2021
Magical Thinking: Khans of Tarkir
Magical Thinking: Khans of Tarkir
Although dragons are long extinct on this plane, the five major factions of the plane all honor the extinct beasts.
Jessie Staffler
Sep 14, 2021
Magical Thinking: Journey into Nyx
Magical Thinking: Journey into Nyx
With Xenagos as a god, things have gone crazy. Monsters roaming the lands. Gods vs. mortals. Mortals vs each other.
Jessie Staffler
Sep 7, 2021
F is for Failing Forward
F is for Failing Forward
From the Dictionary of Fearless Gaming
MadJay Zero
Apr 8, 2021
Magical Thinking: Born of the Gods
Magical Thinking: Born of the Gods
The celebration of Elspeth’s victory against Mogis is used by Xenagos to kickstart his ascension to godhood!
Jessie Staffler
Aug 31, 2021
Magical Thinking: Theros
Magical Thinking: Theros
Theros is based on Greek myth, where gods walk among mortals.
Jessie Staffler
Aug 24, 2021
Magical Thinking: Dragon’s Maze
Magical Thinking: Dragon’s Maze
Finish the maze. Win the prize. Become the Living Guildpact.
Jessie Staffler
Aug 17, 2021
Magical Thinking: Gatecrash
Magical Thinking: Gatecrash
Ravnica is full of super-cops, evil spies, ghost capitalists, and guys who are gonna turn you into a giant space toad.
Jessie Staffler
Aug 10, 2021
Magical Thinking: Return to Ravnica
Magical Thinking: Return to Ravnica
Goblins with flamethrowers.
Jessie Staffler
Aug 3, 2021
Magical Thinking: Avacyn Restored
Magical Thinking: Avacyn Restored
It’s a knock-down drag-out fight for the soul of Innistrad!
Jessie Staffler
Jul 27, 2021
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