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How to Win

How to Win

September 28, 2026 · Rohan & James
#strategy #combat #action economy #blackjack #beginners

A friend who has never played asked whether a D&D turn is like blackjack: learnable rules, so you never freeze when the table looks at you. It is. Both games compress to one law each. Blackjack: "the dealer has no choices, so play off what their up-card threatens." D&D: "actions are the currency, so spend yours to take away theirs."…

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The Dice

The Dice

September 24, 2026 · James & Arthur D. Master
#dice #d20 #dice notation #beginners

Nine Solids and What They Are For Every die in the set, one at a time. What it is, what it looks like, and the moment at the table it was made for. Dice are written in dX notation, where d means die and X is the number of sides. Nine shapes cover nearly everything D&D asks you to roll.…

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The Psychology of Play: Why D&D Heals

The Psychology of Play: Why D&D Heals

September 23, 2026 · Tia & James
#psychology #theory #inspiration #beginner

Psychologists have a name for the story you tell about yourself: narrative identity, "a person's internalized and evolving life story, integrating the reconstructed past and imagined future to provide life with some degree of unity and purpose" [1]. D&D lets you write a draft of that story with training wheels on. You can try out who you might become and…

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Free D&D Character Sheets: Fillable PDF, Browser Sheet, or Print

Free D&D Character Sheets: Fillable PDF, Browser Sheet, or Print

September 19, 2026 · Arthur D. Master & James
#character sheets #dnd #pdf #free #how to

Every character starts on a sheet. Most people print the official one, lose it, print it again, and end up with three versions of the same fighter in three different bags. Here are the free sheets we make, what each is good at, and when to use which. The one that fills in the browser The character sheet at rpgcreator.net/sheet…

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Guide to Awesome D&D

Guide to Awesome D&D

September 14, 2026 · James & Tia
#dnd #dice #players #dungeon masters #critical hits #wild magic #death saves #random tables

Rolling Dice, Telling Stories, Creating Legends Some rolls are bookkeeping. Others make the whole table stand up. This guide is about the second kind: five rolls players live for, five rolls DMs can use to surprise themselves, and the real odds behind each one, so you know exactly how unlikely your legend was. Rules come from the 2024 rules in…

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