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Fridays at the Tavern: Dancing Fey Cocktail Recipe

Welcome to Fridays at the Tavern! Settle in and get cozy. Here’s where you go to get recipes for cocktails, appetizers, side snacks, and main dishes to make RPG sessions at your place the stuff of legend. Read on to see how to make a Dancing Fey (cinnamon rosemary Old Fashioned).

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Unboxing August 2024 Dungeon Crate

this post is a walk through of the August 2024 Dungeon Crate, which celebrates the dog days of summer with an original adventure, plenty of TTRPG loot, and creative essentials all tabletop gamers need.

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Unboxing June 2024 Dungeon Crate

Wondering what kinds of items come in a Dungeon Crate? This post walks you through what we added into the June 2024 crates and why. Please give us a try!

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Lvl 1 Tips: Running RPGs for Kids

There are many things you can do to set the stage for a smooth running adventure with young players. It’s important to make things as easy and understandable as possible, as these players will be new and or very inexperienced when it comes to things like rolling up characters, knowing the dice, and understanding just how to roleplay.

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Level One Tips: Polyhedral Dice Details for New RPG Players

Polyhedral dice are an essential tool for most tabletop role-playing games, adding an element of chance and excitement to every adventure. These unique dice are not the traditional six-sided cubes we're accustomed to from standard board games. In fact, polyhedral dice come in a variety of specific shapes, each designated for specific purposes within an RPG (role-playing game).

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Unboxing March 2024 Dungeon Crate

Huzzah, adventurer! Read on to discover just what RPG loot we loaded into the March 2024 Dungeon Crates. It includes an exclusive D20 shot glass of our design plus a sack ‘o gold, mega D20, original one-shot and random room encounters and more!

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Unboxing Dungeon Crate February 2024

The February Dungeon Crate was a sweetheart of an RPG loot crate filled with goodies like a mystery set of dice, quality enamel pin, multiple minis for game play, original 1-shot encounters & more.

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Unboxing January 2024 Dungeon Crate

We were so excited to start 2024, which just happens to be the Year of the Dragon and the year of our 8th birthday! Inspired by the Chinese New Year, we filled our January Dungeon Crates with fierce dragon-inspired RPG goodies plus a fun plot twist DnD 5E one-shot. Keep reading to find out what’s included in our January 2024 Dungeon Crate.

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Unboxing December 2023 Dungeon Crate

December had us decking our dungeon halls to be prepped and ready for merry adventures. We stuffed the December crates with plenty of RPG goodies, including a full-length Pathfinder 2E / D&D 5E adventure! Read on to find out what we included in the December 2023 Dungeon Crates.

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Unboxing November 2023 Dungeon Crate

We’re especially thankful for our Dungeon Crate members during November because they let us curate a box of RPG loot just for them! If you’re thinking of becoming a member or giving a Dungeon Crate loot box subscription as a gift, you probably want to know what comes in a crate. Part of the fun is not knowing exactly what you’ll get but let’s walk you through what we piled onto our plates (and into the boxes) for this month’s Dungeon Crates. There’s a tasty one-shot, heavy duty metal D20, handy notepad, minis, and more. Bon appetit, adventurer!

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Unboxing October 2023 Dungeon Crate

Lets’ walk you through what we included in each October 2023 Dungeon Crate. Not only did everyone get what is shown, we loaded up this month with a bunch of extra RPG treats, including stickers, 1-shots, little tokens, and more that aren’t pictured. You always get the goods from Dungeon Crate!

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Unboxing August 2023 Dungeon Crate

virtual walk-through of what we included in August 2023’s Dungeon Crate. Great way for curious folks to find out what kind of items we put in each month’s crate.

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