Last year was outstanding! I got a new job working at a university
bookstore which means better pay, better benefits, and a lot more free time to
spend writing and gaming. I also found
two great RPG groups and run D&D 5E twice a week. I know.
I know. I’m a CWoD fanboy, but
D&D always draws me back in with a new edition, especially an edition as
good as Fifth. If you haven’t had a
chance to play it yet, I highly recommend it.
I do have one regret from last year, and that is that I was not able to properly thank the podcasters at Midnight Express Podcast for mentioning me in their episode. I had every intention of writing an article on them, but time sort of slipped away. I hope that you guys will forgive me. I love your podcast and I'm always looking forward to new episodes! If you aren't listening to Midnight Express already, please go over give them a try!
My Sunday group includes my
girlfriend and friends that I’ve made since I moved to Virginia. I’ve been running Hoard of the Dragon Queen for them
and we have had a great time. We are all
looking forward to picking up the game again in the new year and finishing out
the adventure before we move on to something else. I have some ideas about upgrading Planescape
for 5E, and thankfully 5E’s cosmology is an updated version of Planescape. I can’t wait to shift this group from a
pre-published adventure to the more story and character driven games that I
enjoy.
My Wednesday group is an Adventurer’sLeague group who were strangers, but after several months of gaming, they have
become dear friends as well. I always
leave that table reinvigorated and excited about the next adventure. Originally, we started as an Encounters group,
but since they want to continue the Hoard of the Dragon Queen adventure, I have
every intention of completing the whole series for them including the sequel
Rise of Tiamat.
As you can tell, I’ve been playing a
lot of D&D, and that means that the focus of this blog is going to change
slightly. I’ll be discussing D&D
some and offering some new resources for people who play D&D 5E. That does not mean that I will be abandoning
my articles covering elements and themes from the Classic World of Darkness. As I mentioned several times last year, I
will be reviewing the Revised Clanbook series as part of my ongoing Late
Reviews Articles. I hope that I can
finish that series within the year along with the follow up article to
summarize the series. Next I’ll be
focusing on newly released books from the Onyx Path as I purchase them. I’m currently behind on those books, but I’ll
be reading and reviewing them as quickly as I can. I hope that I can get out ahead of the
release schedule, especially with Vampire the Masquerade and Werewolf the
Apocalypse.
Finally, as my twitter followers may
know, I have been hired as a freelancer writer to work on a chapter of a book
for Werewolf: The Apocalypse. It’s my first real job as a writer and I can’t
share much here until the book is published, but once the book is out, I will
be sharing my thoughts on writing for publication. Spoiler:
It was a harrowing but rewarding experience.
Yet, that bit of good fortune (Thanks for the opportunity, Stew! And thanks
to other authors for your support!), I will be working on articles for other
gaming publications and submitting articles for publication at some
websites. 2015 will be the year of
resume building for me. I have a stable
job, a supportive girlfriend, and enough free time to really try to make a run
at being a freelance writer.
Nevertheless, I will do everything
that I can to continue to provide consistent reviews and articles for my
readers over the next year. My goal will
be one article every two weeks, and I hope that I can release more than
that! This is going to be a big year for
Read The Damn Book, and I appreciate all the support that you’ve given to me
and my blog over the last year, despite my intermittent update schedule.
On a final note: Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition’s Kickstarter campaign
is entering its final days, I hope that all of you will support the rebirth of
one of White Wolf’s most amazing games!
Happy New Year!
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