Candela Obscura has quickly become an RPG favorite among fans of Tabletop Roleplaying Games. For those who favor Cthulhu style beasts, horror/mystery storylines, turn of […]
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If you have been hanging around the Variant Ventures page for a while, you will know I am the history guy. I like history, I
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How much backstory is too much backstory for a TTRPG character? To be frank, I am not sure if there is a clear line to
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Greetings again Variants, and welcome to another Meet Your Makers! We have another interview with the wonderful CobblePath Games of Locus fame to share with you.
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Hello Variants! I am sure you were expecting Berry for our Meet Your Makers, but today we have the honor of following up with a
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Welcome back to the next Enhance Ability Histories! Today we will be covering the Battle of Raphia from the wars of succession of Alexander the
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Welcome Variants, to a new series for the site, Enhance Ability Histories! Here we are going to be discussing historical battles, and how the outcomes
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Welcome Variants, to a new series I like to call “Enhance Ability Histories.” In this series, we will analyze a historical battle and see how
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I am sure it will come as no surprise to my fellow Variants that I really enjoy the combat in Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition.
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At the heart of Variant Ventures is the desire to “break down the gates that bar entry to the TTRPG hobby.” From this goal, Port
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My son turned 8 this November (how time flies!) and his birthday request was to play a real game of Dungeons and Dragons. Berry had
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