Welcome travelers! Today we bring you news of some other travelers, as Wizards of the Coast has put out a brand new Unearthed Arcana release featuring races from the classic D&D settings Spell Jammer and Star Frontiers! We had a lot of fun digging into these races and talking about what makes them so awesome,…
Series: Gaming Book Reviews
A list of episodes containing previews and reviews of books by WotC and other game developers
Episode 38 – The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Good morning everyone, we are stoked to be talking today about the new Fey-wild inspired book just released by Wizards of the Coast for DND Fifth Edition. Glen, Lewanika, and Josh sat down Thursday night to talk about The Wild Beyond the Witchlight! Join in the discussion, what were your favorite parts of the new…
Sidequest 32 – The Fat Magic Kickstarter
Welcome to today’s Sidequest! Lewanika and Josh sit down today with Hannah and Shane from the Fat Magic Kickstarter. This module for D&D 5e sounds AMAZING, and you should definitely check it out! You can find it directly at this link. Want more from Tabletop Journeys? Patreon subscribers get early access to the show! You…
Episode 29 – The Mages of Strixhaven UA
Today’s episode represents a departure of sorts for the crew here at Tabletop Journeys. For the first time, we are discussing content from the Magic: The Gathering crossovers into D&D Fifth Edition. In anticipation of the new Planeswalker book coming out in November, WotC has put out an Unearthed Arcana article for the Mages of…
Episode 26 – Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, Part 2
Welcome Travelers! We are continuing our journey into the depths of the new Ravenloft book from WotC! Today, we are talking about the chapters aimed at the storytellers. Chapters 2 and 4 walk through crafting the environment for your game and running horror campaigns. These are exceptionally useful chapters, and we strongly recommend reading them…
Episode 25 – Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, Part 1
Welcome to the Demi-Plane of Dread, everyone! We are cracking open the new Ravenloft book in the first of three episodes about the content. Today, we are starting with the introductory chapters that deal with setting the tone for your players, including great new backgrounds, subclasses, and Ravenloft-specific mechanics to bring the sense of dread…
Episode 20 – Review of The Candlekeep Mysteries
Welcome Travelers! Today we start to unravel the new book by Wizards of the Coast for D&D Fifth Edition, The Candlekeep Mysteries! This is a mostly spoiler-free episode where we talk about the layout of the book, how it matched our expectations from the preview, and what we think is going to be the most…
Episode 15 – Preview of the Guide to Ravenloft
Welcome Travelers! With the announcement of the new Guide to Ravenloft due out later this year, we wanted to take some time and talk about what we hope is going to be in it, and some larger thoughts on how WotC is proceeding, and where it might be going. Don’t forget to check out our…
Side Quest 11 – Preview of the Candlekeep Mysteries
With the announcement of the 17 adventure anthology due out in March, 2021, we sat down to talk through what we think might be in there, some hopes about where the current releases are trending, and some ideas about what we might see for the rest of the year. You should definitely check out the…
Episode 10 – Gothic Lineages Unearthed Arcana
Today we are tackling the new “Gothic Lineages” Unearthed Arcana put out by Wizards of the Coast. Lots of interesting discussion on the rules and some interesting takes on how to use each of them in our own games! Be sure to check out this UA here: https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/gothic-lineages, and the survey can be accessed at…