Hello all and welcome to a weekend post where I wanted to talk briefly around my thoughts on that I, and maybe we, spend just that little bit too much time focusing on the tabletop.

Now, coming from someone who writes content for a TTRPG daily, pending when I fail to publish it correctly, who is surrounded by four Warhammer armies worth of models and has too many dice all together this may not be a surprise that I spend a lot of time on table top. I have friends who stay up until the early hours of the night, every night, painting miniatures that are beautiful, simply beautiful. I also have players (old and new) who have requested to have weekly TTRPG sessions instead of the normal fortnightly because they can’t quite get enough of the sweet table top, but I generally try and have a hour or two, outside of work and father & husband roles, that I set aside where I do not think about table top.

The reason is quite simple, I love this hobby and I don’t want to get burnt out on it. Now not every night is a dream when I am typing up content for that evening and sometimes what normally flows out of me like fire from a red dragon is more of a dribble, like a mage learning how to shape water for the first time. These nights probably show with content that is, perhaps not as thorough as what I may be used to but for me this project, the adventure a week (well every day there is parts of an adventure), is something that I put to myself to really hone these dungeon master skills that I have been building for many years and to test myself to see if I could write about my DMing approach.

Now, I don’t think saying to yourself ‘I don’t feel like it tonight’ or ‘I’ve got a block, I can’t think of anything’ is a bad thing, not in the tiniest bit but I want to stress that you should be able to say this to your players and peers too. Going to your party “I just need a break for this week/fortnight/month” isn’t a bad thing and your players will understand, like mine have in the past. They know its a lot of effort and a big commitment to play a TTRPG game and even more so if you are the Game Master as you have to prepare the adventure, create the NPCs, the encounters, the puzzles, traps, maps, twists, turns and what ever else goes into your adventure – they understand if you need time.

For some you may feel like you don’t need to pause, no breaks, no half time, nothing. And this is fine too but I would caution to look for the signs that you need to step away from your fantasy or Sci-fi world for a bit and just take a night off. Watch a movie, read a book, go out to dinner or drinks. Play a game tabletop or electronic (a different tabletop game still counts as time off!).

Lately I have been playing online with an old friend of mine, having a few beers and playing or a few hours to just reset the clock, or, exploring a game that my new PC can actually run (unlike my old PC that couldn’t run it…) and strangely enough, some elements of my table top are being influenced by these games, movies and TV shows that I use as my downtime from table top. For me, its just becoming part of the process.

So, after all that’s said and done – I am off to find some legendary Storm drake and build a castle or sit down with my wife and watch a movie we have been putting off for a few weeks now and who knows, if a future adventure involves the harvesting of raw materials to build a fort then you know what inspired that adventure.

So, don’t forget to look after yourself, watch for the signs of hobby fatigue and as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

So something that I am (generally) good at and whether it is tactical gameplay walkthrough through scenarios played out in my mind or study I find that preparation helps my wargaming just as much as it helps my TTRPG sessions.

Some weeks though the cards are stacked against you and they either prevent you from being able to prepare for your next session or your next big match or no matter how many times or how much you prepared you are ill prepared for what lies ahead and you find yourself at a disadvantage.

This being as true for wargaming tabletop as role playing games (or even writing that next blog post or chapter in the story you are working on) doesn’t mean that the way around it is the same.

For wargaming repetition is key. Playing the same ‘list’ repeatedly and learning the ins and outs of a army through repetition can help with those moments your opponent does something unexpected or you’re against a faction you are not familiar with. It wont fully prepare you but knowing what you are against will make a difference.

This is hitting home for me tonight as I prepare an army to face off against a friend and local wargamer tomorrow. Returning to an army I have played for many releases now and have a lot of reps done with, Flesh eater courts.

The same prep and approach can be done for TTRPGs. Once you have used the ruleset enough and had enough sessions the random creative approaches your players spring on you don’t seem as random or you atleast have the understanding and foundation in place for you to to respond and adapt to the new information or change in what was planned.

Even if you have hundreds hours, yup.. hundreds if not close to a thousand hours by now, in the one setting (running d&d adventures and campaigns since advanced dnd), if you don’t spend time to sit down and plan your adventure and do a bit of preparation before the session then you may find yourself struggling with having to wing and adlib every interaction, conversation, puzzle or encounter which can leave yourself and your party feeling underwhelmed.

Hobbies such as what we find ourselves partaking in as part of Brazen Wolfe Tabletop are time consuming to say the least and without that practice and preparation you may quickly become overwhelmed.

So when I look to what I want to experience and experiment with this year before I bring some of those experiments here I will be getting some practice in so I can produce content that is not only valuable but also usable.

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Oh yeah, the list!

• Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
• Subfaction: Blisterskin
• Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
• Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS

Abhorrant Archregent (245)*

• General
• Command trait: Hellish Orator
• Spells: Spectral Host

Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Zombie Dragon (430)*

• Artefacts of Power: Eye of Hysh
• Spells: Deranged Transformation

Crypt Infernal Courtier (130)*

BATTLELINE

6 x Crypt Flayers (360)*
6 x Crypt Flayers (360)*
20 x Crypt Ghouls (170)*

BEHEMOTH

1 x Royal Terrorgheist (305)*

CORE BATTALIONS

*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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This should be a very fast list with large mortal would potential (hopefully) and good rend on the Zombie Dragon. The idea here is high alpha strike potential to take the fight to them without losing too much ground and the objectives.

Well thats thr Saturday night musings, come back tomorrow for some more content and then on Monday I hope to give a battle report on tomorrow night’s game.

And as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,

The Brazen Wolfe

Hello and welcome back to Brazen Wolfe Tabletop.

This year, until I adjust it again I want to focus on the 5 main points for an adventure again but refining it down to a core focus each week. What that means, I hope, is clearer and more concise daily content which adds to the existing catalogue I create here on this blog.

Mondays will be as normal focusing on the plot or story behind the weeks content and drilling down into it.

Tuesdays will be the whos or whats. If there is a something or someone who we want to focus on, normally this was NPC day and for the most part it will continue to be just that.

Wednesdays will be that twist or secondary hook. Most great books or memorable adventure’s I have read or run for my party have that mid adventure spike in the plot/hook. Whether the quest provider is actually the villain or BBEG of the adventure or maybe they learn something new that changes their perspective.

Thursday’s, I’ll admit, became my least favourite of days (mainly due to it being a busy work day). So I will leave thursdays to detailing and adding something more. A refining day if you will. I still hope that this can include maps but having it as an option not a must may relive some pressure I have on that day.

Friday’s or fight-night were for encounters but not every week or TTRPG session has fights. So I will use Friday’s for game mechanics, stat-blocks or things the party need to use their skills and abilities to overcome.

The weekend content may shift slightly too.

Saturdays for me will be a busy day for hobby in the evening with a new season of Warhammer picking up as well as being a day to either post a post-week writeup or some additional content.

Sunday’s will be whichever Saturday didn’t cover, whether it’s a writeup for the week just gone or a battle report for a Warhammer game or two.

I am excited for what this year will bring and hope you can join me once again as we roll the dice to create our own stories.

And as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,

The Brazen Wolfe

Just a quick post to wish all my readers a happy new year, let’s hope this year is better than the last!

I plan on adding a few different varieties of content this year and again, yup again…, Looking at the format. The original adventure a week wasn’t fleshed enough but was time consuming, the write up narrative style was extra time consuming but lost the original intent so I will reel in it back into the intended format and still aim to produce useful and original content daily for use in your tabletop games.

Thanks to my early followers and continuous readers and I hope to see the Brazen Wolfe Tabletop community grow more this year.

This is me signing off with me telling you all to don’t forget to roll with advantage,

The Brazen Wolfe