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You don’t have to know how to knit with needles to learn to table knit! And the Bernat Table Knit Plush Blanket is a great first choice. The yarn gives it a trendy look with incredible stitch definition – which makes it even easier to master. Watch and learn how to make your own Table...

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The Ghost Squish is a cuddly, squishy, and just a little spooky free crochet pattern on Moogly! Featuring Bernat Blanket and part of the 2022 Halloween Crochet Along, you’ll be busting out this crochet ghost in no time! Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links; materials provided by Yarnspirations. Part of the 2022 Halloween CAL on...

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Los Angeles’ longest-running, most celebrated variety show announces Bienvenido a la Twilight Zone (Welcome to the Twilight Zone) Featuring world-class Mexican masked wrestling, burlesque, comedy, music, and more Thursday, October…

Discover a Brand New Adventure From Hugo Award-Nominated Author Victor LaValle in October 2022 LOS ANGELES, CA (September 21, 2022) –  BOOM! Studios revealed today a first look at EVE: CHILDREN OF…

FIRST TITLE WHOLLY PUBLISHED BY SANCHEZ’ OWN “EVIL INK” BRAND SERIES BASED AFTER SANCHEZ’ SOLO PROJECT PRIZE FIGHTER INFERNO’S DEBUT ALBUM CO-WRITTEN WITH HORROR COMIC LEGEND STEVE NILES September 21, 2022–  The Amory…

Dark Horse has been our valued partner for close to thirty years and we are pleased that Diamond remains a key source for Dark Horse comics and graphic novels to…

New York, NY, (September 21, 2022)—Dark Horse Comics, an industry-leading publisher of comic books, graphic novels, and manga, and Penguin Random House Publisher Services (PRHPS), a division of Penguin Random…

Quatermain: Omnibus Release Date: 10/5/2022 Writer: Scott Davis Artist: Marcelo Henrique Santana The literary classic Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard’s 1885 novel King Solomon’s Mines and…

Have you been working on your Brick Row Shawl – the Moogly Fall 2022 Crochet Along? Featuring Caron Simply Soft O’Go, this section adds two more skeins! Here is Part 2 of the pattern – be sure to scroll to the bottom of the written pattern to see the video tutorial! Disclaimer: This post includes...

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 "After I finished H.P. Lovecraft´s story “At the Mountains of Madness” the GM in me dreamed about an adventure that would be take place in some (other) subterranean ruins of the Elder Beings. Another city or outpost, perhaps smaller, or just the caverns that would lead to its entrance. An adventure about the strange creatures that could have developed there, based on some breeding stock the Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0

Daredevil: Season One (2012) Writer: Antony Johnston Penciller: Wellington Alves Inker: Nelson Pereira Colorist: Bruno Hang Letterer: Clayton Cowles Rating: This week, I’m getting myself psyched for DD’s appearance in…

History comics are a mixed bag usually. Sometimes they tend to be dry, as we’re recounting events over say telling a story of events. Sometimes we tell stories about the…

wYou can see the change of seasons in The Loop Scoop 46! It’s clearly time to get cozy and settle in for a more organized and crochet-filled autumn. After you check out the featured designs, be sure to also take a peek at the new patterns and links at the bottom, to help determine what...

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 “The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age. ”― H.P. LovecraftIf you've been following ourNeedleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0

Discover the First Original Comic Book Series From ‘Fear Street’ & ‘Goosebumps’ Author in October 2022 LOS ANGELES, CA (September 20, 2022) – BOOM! Studios revealed today that STUFF OF NIGHTMARES…

Check out Marvel’s variant covers for this year’s LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY, available to all retailers on November 23   New York, NY— September 20, 2022 —Local Comic Shop Day…

Tuesday, YOU are the star! We curate our favourites from the previous week’s comments on lfg.co and Facebook and remind you how clever you are. Here are your top comments for Looking For Group pages 1639 – 1640. Looking For […]

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Today is the day! They are announcing all the fabulous details for the annual Yarnspirations and JOANN Fall 2022 Stitch Along, Bernat Make It Home! Read below to get a little sneak peek and see how Moogly will be a part of the fun! Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by JOANN and Yarnspirations.  What’s Happening?...

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If I had run Expedition to the Barrier Peaks when it reached me in 1980, the first session might have ended in frustration. Barrier Peaks includes lots of empty rooms. Of the 100 or so rooms on the first level, fewer than 20 contain anything of interest. I would have dutifully let the players poke through 80 rooms of “jumbled furniture and rotting goods,” gaining “only bits of rag or odd pieces of junk.” Two hours into that grind, my players would suddenly remember that their moms wanted them home.

Level 1 of Expedition to the Barrier Peaks

In 1980, we ran every dungeon room at the same speed: The pace where players describe their movement and actions in careful detail because if they fail to look under the bed, they might overlook the coins, and if they never mention checking the door, they die in its trap.

Some dungeon masters then and a few now would say that dutifully running level 1 as a room-by-room crawl builds tension. Besides, Barrier Peaks includes wandering monsters to add excitement. Then as now, the pacing of dungeon exploration depends on players. Some enjoy a more methodical pace while others grow impatient for action. But even players who favor careful play will appreciate skipping the slow parts. After the players poke through three or four rooms full of rubbish, dungeon masters can summarize groups of similar rooms by saying they hold nothing of interest.

Even though modern adventures seldom contain sprawls of empty rooms, they often include locations best summarized. For example, Dragon of Icespire peak includes Butterskull Ranch, a 10 location manor occupied by orcs. Once my players defeated the orcs and nothing threatened them, I summarized their characters’ search of the house instead of forcing a room-by-room waste of play time. When players defeat the main threat in a dungeon and erase most of the peril, they lose patience for careful exploration. You can just summarize the loot and discoveries that remain.

Any site that merits numbered locations can mix areas that deserve different paces of play from square-by-square attention to cutting to the next scene.

As you pace the game at such a site, choose between methodical exploration and a summary based on the novelty, peril, and choices ahead of the players. When players first enter a dungeon, they face all three elements. A new dungeon starts with novelty because players know little about the threats and discoveries ahead. Even with all those empty rooms, the crashed spaceship at Barrier Peaks starts with unprecedented novelty. If a dungeon lacks peril, then its just an archaeological site; summarize the discoveries. Dungeons tend to start with key choices over marching order, light, and strategy. Does the party plan to explore carefully or rush ahead to stop the midnight ritual? Will they listen at doors or check for traps? Does someone scout?

Once these choices set a pattern and the dungeon starts to seem familiar, DMs can summarize the exploration until the situation changes.

Especially when you run a big dungeon like Barrier Peaks, you can switch your pace between methodical exploration and summary many times during a session. In the areas with nothing new to discover and no threats to face, take the shortcut of summarizing. Then when the players encounter something new, slow to a pace that lets them account for every action. “What do you want to do?”