Household gadgets for the nerd household

We nerds often make a strange impression on other people. After all, in our free time we hack at monsters with swords or sit with our friends in fr...

To survive in battle, you need the right equipment. Knights and soldiers in the Middle Ages knew this too. They often carried a sword in one hand t...

Anyone who thinks that all nerds are the same has never witnessed a heated debate about whether D&D or Shadowrun is the better pen & paper role-pla...

Anyone who enjoys classic role-playing games knows how dependent you can sometimes feel on the luck of the dice. But you are not completely at the ...

Let's be honest, in most role-playing games, style over substance is the name of the game. From Dark "Fashion" Souls all the way to MMO juggernaut ...

A weapon can decide a battle. But a weapon is not always a sword, a bow or even a pistol. In pen and paper role-playing games, for instance, the im...

If you’ve ever played a pen-and-paper RPG or a good fantasy video game, you’ll have developed a healthy distrust of chests. Because it’s impossible...

When certain death could be lurking around every corner, it is important to be able to open possible last drinks quickly. The Dungeons & Dragons To...

The D20 – i.e. the 20-sided die – is a symbol for roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons, but also other game genres such as tabletops. Not s...

In many video games and collector card games, you need Mana for everything magic. Since Mana is your spiritual energy, i.e. the resource of your ma...

Sometimes all it takes to get the day off to a good start is the right attitude or a strong coffee. On other days, neither seems to help. Why is th...

Mimics are mean: Before you even realise what’s happening, these malicious monsters are already using their goo to keep you in place and render you...

We all have to fight our little daily battles, starting with the internal battle when you have to get out of bed and to school, uni or work in the ...

Dice play a big role in pen & paper. They decide the fate of your character like nothing else. Not even the Game Master has power over them. With t...

The Warhammer 40K universe is known for its iconic, often martial weapons. The most famous are probably the bolter rifles and chainswords of the (C...

Most of us nerds have a naturally vivid imagination. This is especially true for the Dungeon Masters among us. Even during the grey of everyday lif...

The pen & paper role-playing game “Dungeons & Dragons” has been around since 1975 – back in the day a completely new invention that paved the way f...

There is no pen & paper session without a Game Master or Dungeon Master. With all the organisational talent and the imagination a DM needs to pract...

Let's get one thing right out of the way… Yes, nerds can actually play sports. Just because we don't like running after a ball with 21 other player...

You don't need much for pen & paper role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons As the name suggests, pen, paper and a little imagination are all y...

As is well known, there are different types of players in pen & paper games: those who just want to have fun, those for whom role-playing is most i...

The fights that your character has to carry out for you in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons might not be real – but the mental effort you have to...