Mar 26

Ben decided to give you some food for thought at your next D&D game. Let’s explore he how typically feeds the troops.
We can most certainly all agree that the simple act of gathering around a big ol’ table with good friends is half the game night fun. But did you realize your menu can play a real role in upping the fun. Choose wisely and you can save some extra expendable gp for more important things (including more game gear).
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Mar 24

BensRPGPile.com truly does love a good birthday song. And no one sang it better than Farmer Ted. So imagine our glee when we discovered our little ol’ blog is now two fun-filled years old.
Ben justs want to extend a simple thank you. Thank you for…
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Mar 19

“Five characters walk into a bar and the bartender says…” Oh no, not that line again. Thankfully, the Oracles of Eight – the Octagons of Fate kit fills in the role playing blanks.
Translated from the French fortune telling game, “Evening of Readings”, the premise is rather simple. Roll three different eight-sided jumbo dice. Then calculate a numeric result: The blue color represents the first number, purple becomes the second and black signifies the third.
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Mar 12

Pre-painted, ready-to-use water terrain can be a DM god-send, especially when it’s in the treacherous swampy variety. Ben slips on his +1 protective waders and explores some of War Torn World’s water offerings.
Ben will tell you first hand that making water terrain from scratch is a (dire) bear. It’s painstakingly slow, messy and pricey. And those bubbles – the darn bubbles can ruin a piece. Sure this technique may come natural to the pros, but Ben is common craft folk. He can’t go all Pixar Studios on his tabletop creations.
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Mar 05

Who knew that Wizards’ historic miniatures line could actually be re-supplied by Wizards’ old Dreamblade line? Ben shows you the ins and outs of re-basing these twisted miniatures for your next 4E d20 game.
Operation Re-base was originally inspired by Mage Knight. However, Ben caught a brief Youtube video from Terrainaholic that finally pushed him to give Dreamblade a whirl.
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