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Throwback Thursday: My First Game of Shadowdark
08/13/2026 Happy Thursday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! It’s funny looking back at where things started. Back in April 2024, I mentioned in a Weekly Update that I had just run my first game of Shadowdark. It was a first-level one-shot I wrote for my wife, daughter, and her boyfriend. The whole adventure only took a couple of hours. I also managed to kill two of the three original…
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Back at the Hobby Table: Goblins, Ruins, and More Terrain
08/09/2026 Happy Sunday and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! It has been a busy few weeks, and I haven’t had nearly as much time as I would have liked to work on—or write about—my crafting hobby. That doesn’t mean nothing has been happening at the hobby table, though! I’ve managed to squeeze in a little painting and crafting here and there, and today I finally have some progress to…
Reaction Rolls Can Write the Adventure for You
08/07/2026 Happy Thursday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! One of the easiest traps to fall into as a DM is assuming that every monster encounter begins with: “Roll for initiative.” The characters open a door and find six goblins. Roll initiative. A troll wanders into camp. Roll initiative. A group of strange creatures appears at the end of a dungeon corridor. Roll initiative. But…
Turn Forgotten Miniatures into Unforgettable Monsters
08/06/2026 Happy Thursday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! One of my favorite ways to keep encounters exciting is to start with a miniature. We all have those odd miniatures sitting on a shelf or tucked away in a box—the ones that don’t quite fit any monster in the rulebook. Instead of trying to find a stat block that matches, use that miniature as inspiration to create something…
Busy Week, Big Plans
08/02/2026 Happy Sunday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! It’s been one of those weeks where hobby time had to take a back seat. Work has been keeping me busy, and we’ve also been spending time shopping for a second car. Between comparing vehicles, taking test drives, and trying to fit everything else into the schedule, there hasn’t been much time left for painting or writing. I did…
Don't Hide Important Clues Behind a Single Die Roll
07/31/2026 Happy Friday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! One of the easiest ways to accidentally bring an adventure to a standstill is by hiding an important clue—or the only way forward—behind a single die roll. Imagine the party reaches an old iron door deep beneath an abandoned keep. They know the villain escaped this way. The rogue kneels down, pulls out their thieves’ tools,…
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July 2026 Thursday Drop-in: The Dragon's Vacation
07/30/2026 Happy Thursday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! Not every dragon encounter has to end in combat. The local farmers insist one of their cows has been acting… strangely. It breathes smoke on cool mornings, snores loud enough to wake the neighbors, and seems to have developed an unusual taste for berry pies. The truth? That “cow” is actually a young copper dragon hiding from…
Finding My Hobby Spark Again
07/26/2026 Happy Sunday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! Life has still been keeping me pretty busy lately, but I did manage to make some progress at the hobby desk this week. Sometimes that’s all you can ask for. The biggest surprise came from an unexpected burst of inspiration. I was watching the latest YouTube video from Junk Drawer Studios, where Betsy was showing off some of the…
Running on Empty
07/19/2026 Happy Sunday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! This has been one of those weeks where real life simply wins. The only hobby project I managed to finish was printing the new Deathbringer miniatures from Westfalia Miniatures. They’re printed and ready to go, but that’s about as far as I got. I haven’t even cleaned them up or put them on bases yet. I did manage to sit down and…
Thursday Throwback: Let Your Players Build the World With You
07/16/2026 One of the biggest misconceptions about being a Dungeon Master is that you have to create every detail of your campaign world yourself. Whether you’re running a completely homebrew setting or a published adventure, it’s easy to fall into the trap of believing every city, religion, custom, and historical event has to come from your notes. In reality, some of the most memorable parts of…
Rumors Should Be Unreliable
07/15/2026 Happy Wednesday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! One of the easiest ways to make your world feel more believable is to stop treating rumors as objective facts. In the real world, information spreads from person to person. Details are forgotten, exaggerated, misunderstood, or simply made up. Your fantasy world should work the same way. Instead of every rumor pointing directly…
Plan Problems, Not Plots
07/10/2026 Happy Friday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! “No plan survives first contact with the players.” Every Game Master has experienced it. You spend hours crafting an exciting story, carefully planning each scene, only to watch your players ignore the obvious clues, ally with the villain, or decide they’d rather explore an abandoned watchtower than rescue the kidnapped…
New Print, Paint, and Play is Live!
07/09/2026 Happy Tuesday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! The latest Print, Paint, and Play episode is now available! First, I announce the winner of June’s giveaway. Congratulations to ZHB1989, who will be receiving the painted Giant Eagle miniature! Then it’s time to pick July’s painting project. Vote in the comments for the miniature you’d like to see painted: 🧜 Mermaid Water…
The Underdark Really Rocks
07/05/2026 Happy Sunday, and welcome back to Taletop Thoughts!The Fourth of July holiday made for a busy week, so hobby time was a little more limited than usual. Even so, I managed to get quite a bit accomplished by focusing on something my gaming table has been needing for a long time—more Underdark scatter terrain. Everything this week was printed on my trusty Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro using…
Every Adventure Needs a Clock—Every Campaign Needs a Calendar
07/01/2026 Happy Wednesday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! Most adventures begin with a problem. Bandits are raiding caravans. A cult has kidnapped villagers. A dragon has taken up residence in the mountains. But too often, that’s where the adventure stops. The problem simply waits for the heroes to solve it. Whether the party arrives tomorrow or six months from now, everything is the…
My Thoughts on the Western Reaches Player's Guide
06/29/2026 Happy Monday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! When I first received my PDF copy of the Western Reaches Player’s Guide, I was genuinely excited. I had been busy and hadn’t looked through the download yet, so I was expecting something that would significantly expand Shadowdark. After spending some time reading through it, though, I have to admit I was a little…
From Giant Eagles to Battlefields
06/28/2026 Happy Sunday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! The past couple of weeks have been a little slower than I had hoped when it comes to hobby time. Between work and a handful of personal commitments, I haven’t been able to spend nearly as much time at the crafting table as I normally would. Sometimes life just gets in the way, and the hobby has to take a back seat for a…