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.

The holidays are nearly over, and for gamers that means one thing -- playing all the games we received.

Man, I really love Arcane. The only way this show could be better is if everyone was a dinosaur.

The past year has been pretty rocky, but there have been some things I’ve objectively enjoyed this year. Cyberpunk 2077 was a top tier favorite game for me in 2021, loved that. Arcane was super great, loved watching it. I think Wrath of the Righteous is one of the best CRPG’s ever made and have absolutely loved playing that game. Had a lot of fun playing and running D&D and other TTRPG’s, including a fun homebrew Mass Effect game we did here on the site. And several of Diablo 3‘s Seasons have been great. Plus, all sorts of cool new dinosaur news came out this year, I discovered Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong and kept watching old favorites like Eons.

So yeah, it’s been hard, but there have been some points of light out there.

This is the Queue. It’s the last Wednesday of 2021. I am running on fumes.

This week, we discuss our favorite shows and moments of the year from the podcast, more Sylvanas cinematic analysis, and explore the nature of Magni's diamond form from Battle for Azeroth.

Why do I love Illidan as the bad guy of The Burning Crusade more than almost any other villain in World of Warcraft?

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.

Between holiday weirdness and a general creeping malaise, I literally had no idea that yesterday was Monday until after dinner. Everything in my house is both figuratively and literally a mess. It’s supposed to be a high of 70F with thunderstorms today, in what I think is probably still December. In the distance, sirens.

This is The Queue, where you ask us questions and we definitely answer them on our assigned day.

I know that's assuming you picked any up -- I actually didn't, myself, but I have been playing a lot of games this Holiday season.

Greatfather Winter has been good to us and we’ve all gotten our presents from beneath the trees in Ironforge and Orgrimmar. I like that the Rock n Roll Racers got to pop up again, even if they’re looking like they’ll never get their moment to shine in Heroes of the Storm.

I hope that your real-life presents were excellent and that you were able to have a safe and happy holiday if you were celebrating.

While I try and get back into the mindset of working, it’s time for — The Queue.

As 2021 draws to a close, fans of Blizzard games are left wondering what the next year is going to hold for them.