Eric Heim's Blog, page 7
April 6, 2025
Biggest Differences Between D&D and Deadlands
In recent years I have noticed that more and more DnD players are interested in games such as Deadlands. The wild west experience is, from my perspective, something that will…
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April 2, 2025
Harder Difficulty DnD 5e – A How To Guide
The increasing difficulty in DnD 5e isn’t exactly like in video games, where you just open settings, change the option in a drop-down menu, and finish with it. In DnD,…
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March 30, 2025
Deadlands Setting Explained
Deadlands is a genre-bending alternate history role-playing game that incorporates Western, horror, and steampunk elements. Shane Lacy Hensley wrote it, and Pinnacle Entertainment Group published it. The creators adapted Deadlands…
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March 26, 2025
My Top 7 Upcoming TTRPGs
As we venture into 2025, the tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) landscape is brimming with exciting new titles and editions that have captured my imagination. I’m always eager to try new…
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March 23, 2025
The Game of Fiasco
Jumping into new RPG games can seem quite challenging for some players, which is why they often give up on it. If you are someone who doesn’t tread quickly into…
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March 19, 2025
How to Productively Disagree with DM’s Rulling
As anyone who has ever played a game of DnD knows, it’s a role-playing game of team effort, cooperation, and continuation. And for the game to work as intended, the…
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March 16, 2025
Blades in the Dark Review
Blades in the Dark is a game in which you play as a band of outlaws in the gothic manapunk metropolis of Doskvol. The metropolis is encapsulated in everlasting night,…
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March 12, 2025
What is Railroading in Dungeons&Dragons (DnD)
Railroading in DnD, in short, means that players’ choices in a game are narrowed down for them. Instead of near-complete freedom of choice, you get a storyline that resembles a…
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March 9, 2025
Best Vampire: The Masquerade Video Game
Vampire the Masquerade TTRPG has been around since 1991 and has “bitten” many fans with its fangs in the past 30-plus years. Numerous video game versions have further popularized the…
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March 5, 2025
Understanding Your Character – DnD Advice
Understanding your character and finding a good way to role-play him is one of the more essential things in tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs). For some, it might come naturally, but…
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