Before really getting into the 5E Dungeons and Dragons adventure modules and running Tomb of Annihilation, I would never have imagined I’d have so much fun running someone else’s content. However, we at House of Bob are historically “home-brewers.” For the better part of our adventuring, we found ourselves in the custom crafted worlds of one or more of our…
by Ian McKenzie This week I did some Bob wrangling to get some of the crew to spill their juicy roleplaying secrets. I've always felt like my characters have been a bit flat, and wanted to hear from the pros how to create a rich, layered, and interesting character. Roleplaying has always been my favorite aspect of a game, but…
by Ian McKenzie I sat down with Alex Hochhausen of Astronomic Audio to discuss how he enhances his D&D campaigns and the House of Bob podcast with music. If you're looking for some tips and tricks on creating a variety of moods in your D&D campaign through music, look no further. This guy is literally a pro at this stuff.…
by Ian McKenzie In this post, I'm going to leave my notes and resources for preparing for a campaign. It's been years since I've participated in a campaign. When I was first Dungeon Master-ing Dungeons and Dragon campaigns, I wasn't perfect. I created campaigns that I would like. Events happened that were interesting to me. I gave my players items…
Friday September 7 2018: We've opened up our Discord server to listeners! Follow the link below to join, and be sure to introduce yourself in the #introductions channel. https://discord.gg/nsB2TsZ
UPDATE: Congratulations to Rob on winning the original artwork! In addition to this fantastic original, Rob also got to choose the name of an upcoming NPC, who will be featured on the show in 2019. Friday August 17th 2018: Give-a-way time! One lucky fan will win this piece of amazing artwork from episode 10 of House of Annihilation. This was…
