Author: the Goblins

Queen City Anime Con! 5 August – 7 August, 2021 Sheraton Charlotte Hotel, 555 South McDowell Street, Charlotte, NC, USA Queen City Anime Convention is an annual event in Charlotte, NC. Once again, Goblins and Growlers is excited to be running games, panels, and a main stage event – but if you can’t catch us [...]

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I’ve got no follow-through. Whenever I start a project, it takes every single ounce of my self-discipline to get me to finish it.  It’s always a slog. I think that’s why I gravitated toward writing one-page dungeons so much.  In this more condensed adventure format, you can take a single idea or gimmick and exploit [...]

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I’ve discovered something dangerous.  A while back I was poking around online to see if I could find an original boxed set of “Dark Sun” for Second Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.  I love Dark Sun but, beyond that, I have huge nostalgia for campaign settings that come in boxed sets. It use to be [...]

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Power Rangers RPG from Renegade Games Studios Episode Introduction Brandon pretty much goes full nerd in this one. He doesn't get a ton of opportunities to talk about Power Rangers and Super Sentai, though, so give him a break. This week he and Josh review Renegade Games Studios' new "Power Rangers Roleplaying Game" which, if [...]

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GalaxyCon Richmond 2022 MARCH 18-20, 2022 – RICHMOND, VA https://galaxycon.com/pages/richmond-schedule  Super Stage (b21 C) Friday, March 18, 2022 7:00 PM Join the adventure as Guest Voice Actors Ian Sinclair, Jason Liebrecht, Jason Marsden, and Lindsay Seidel embark on a GalaxyCon exclusive live play Dungeons & Dragons quest with @TheDungeonMeowster of RVA local TTRPG collective Goblins [...]

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Push It Real Good  | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast Episode Introduction Josh and Brandon’re here and we’re in effect. It’s been a while since it was just us on the show. They catch up on some personal news, as well as talking about Brandon’s latest TTRPG product selection, and some basic Twitter drama. Relatedly [...]

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Episode Introduction Happy Valentine's Day. Brandon + Gabe = Review of episodes 7-9 of "The Legend of Vox Machina" from Critical Role and Prime Video. We're in the stride. Everything feels cohesive (except for Pike's story) and our episode notes are suffering from us being engrossed in the plot. By the end of this batch [...]

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Episode Introduction Brandon and Gabe are back with a review of episodes 4-6 of "The Legend of Vox Machina" from Critical Role and Prime Video. This batch of episodes feels so much more cohesive than episodes 1, 2 and 3. The story gets rolling kept us engaged through all three 24-minute installments. After the somewhat-bumpy [...]

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  Episode Introduction Noah Downs (he's a lawyer, but he's a cool lawyer) returns this week to talk with us about amnesia campaigns. How fun is it when your players have no idea who they are or what they're doing. If you're not as old as me, you can Google "Admiral Stockdale debate" to see [...]

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Episode Introduction Josh was busy this weekend, so Brandon and Gabe hijacked the podcast to do a review of the new “Critical Role” animated series, “The Legend of Vox Machina.” Gabe is a casual fan of “Critical Role” who fell out of regular listening because of the episode length. Brandon actually has never seen or [...]

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