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The subtitle to this post could just be and why is it Arcane because Arcane is one of, if not the, best video game tie-in stories I've ever seen Yes, even better than The Last Guardian, my previous favorite. The Last Guardian is one of the best novels ever set in a game world, which may not be a surprise as it features characters like Medivh and Khadgar and is written by Jeff Grubb, longtime AD&D designer and author of the Azure Bonds tie-in novel, which introduced Dragonbait the Saurial and yes I admit it I loved that book because it made dinosaur people canon in D&D.

It's the dawn of a new year, a time of renewed perspectives and expectations.

Sometimes our games -- the ones we play, that become part of our lives -- can actually get under our skin.

It's a Beholder, isn't it?

What kind of year would it be if we didn't close out with our collective Game of the Year (GOTY) choices?

There are a lot of games in the world, and nobody is going to know about all of them.

It's time to boot 2021 out the door and kick off 2022.

It's been a rough year.

When you're planning to write your own unique Dungeons & Dragons campaign rather than a pre-made, fully-realized campaign -- also referred to as homebrew -- it can be incredibly fun to go hog wild on the worldbuilding.

We've talked about house rules before, and they are a big part of a DM's journey through learning how to run D&D games.