D&D Archives - Unwinnable

The title text for The Light of Mount Horrid, done in brush strokes and text that appears to be creeping out of the woods

Rolling The Light of Mount Horrid to Life

By Levi Rubeck • April 11th, 2023

From page one the lore of Mount Horrid is spelled out clearly and deliciously, unflinching in welding together escapades and caesura.

I Played It, Like, Twice...

Crop from the box cover for Legend of Drizzt the Adventure Series Board Game, with an angry Drizzt with long hair and fur mantle and flowing cape as he slices through some enemies with his trademark scimitars and his black panther companion and best friend growling in the background

A Maze of Twisty Little Passages, All Alike: Navigating the D&D Adventure System Board Games

By Orrin Grey • April 4th, 2023

Anyone who has been following along here for very long knows that dungeon tiles are one of my very favorite parts of any dungeon crawl game, and the ones for the various D&D Adventure System games have their distinctive pluses.

LJN Dungeons & Dragons Toys

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • August 5th, 2019

We open up Stu’s toy chest and (CAREFULLY) play with his LJN D&D toys. We also talk about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and the D&D Young Adventurers Guides.

Dragon Magazine

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • December 10th, 2018

The guys talk about Dragon Magazine, Khan of Khans and Stu’s now complete Planescape collection.

The Burnt Offering

The Rulebook Tarantella

By Stu Horvath • October 12th, 2018

The mind behind Unearthed Arcana stumbled on a roleplaying publishing paradox: you need rulebooks to make money, but the more rulebooks you publish, the more unwieldy your game.

Planescape

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • September 30th, 2018

Explore the multiverse with Vintage RPG as they dig into Planescape, the classic D&D campaign setting.

D&D: Esport of the Future?

By Michael Tresca • August 29th, 2018

Hasbro’s CEO has been drawing a lot of buzz about what the prototypical RPG could soon become.

When the Pros Take Over

By Michael Tresca • July 18th, 2018

Will the professional polish of Dungeons & Dragons streaming shows create an unexpected hurdle for new players getting into the game?

The Burnt Offering

The New Make-Believe

By Stu Horvath • February 28th, 2018

When most folks have a mid-life crisis, they buy a sports car. Stu Horvath frets about his ability to run tabletop roleplaying games.

Food Issue – Thoughts Recap Part 1 of 3

By Stu Horvath, Matt Marrone and Gavin Craig • June 6th, 2016

Let’s take a look at some defining childhood moments, drinking the day away at a children’s park and not finishing what you start. Those are three separate stories, by the way.