01/29/2026 Happy Thursday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! This week’s Thursday Drop-In adventure is The Trembling Earth — a short, atmospheric encounter designed for low-level parties… Read more “The Trembling Earth”
Category: Encounters
Not All Holiday Traditions Should Survive
12/25/2025 Merry Christmas, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! Happy Thursday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! This week’s Thursday Drop-In is a dark little holiday nightmare… Read more “Not All Holiday Traditions Should Survive”
Thursday Drop-In: The Lantern of Hollowmere
10/30/2025 Happy Thursday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! This week’s Drop-In is perfect for those of you ready to lean into the fog and shadows —… Read more “Thursday Drop-In: The Lantern of Hollowmere”
Thursday Drop-In: The Hollow Grove
09/25/2025 Happy Thursday, and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! Today, we are releasing the Thursday Drop-in for September, titled ‘The Hollow Grove’. Travelers speak in hushed tones… Read more “Thursday Drop-In: The Hollow Grove”
Drop-In Encounter: The Hunger Below for Shadowdark Campaigns
07/03/2025 Happy Thursday and welcome back to Tabletop Thoughts! This week, I am starting a series that I am calling Thursday Drop-in. It will be a sort… Read more “Drop-In Encounter: The Hunger Below for Shadowdark Campaigns”
Random Encounter: The Enchanted Pool of the Emerald Grove
09/09/2024 Welcome back for another random encounter. This series is about working with ChatGPT to create a random encounter and then seeing if I can make that… Read more “Random Encounter: The Enchanted Pool of the Emerald Grove”
I got to play Shadowdark: How it went
04/22/2024 Earlier this month, I got a chance to run a game of Shadowdark for my wife, my daughter, and her boyfriend. We went through a dungeon… Read more “I got to play Shadowdark: How it went”
Lost Mine – Goblin Ambush!
10/17/2023 Happy Tuesday and welcome to the 1st encounter of the Lost Mine of Phandelver. If you have not played this adventure, you might want to stop… Read more “Lost Mine – Goblin Ambush!”
Lost Mine of Phandelver Project
10/13/2023 I am thinking of starting to go through the Lost Mine of Phandelver and building it out on the table using my models and terrain. I… Read more “Lost Mine of Phandelver Project”
Random Encounter – The Enchanted Grove
08/23/2023 Here is another encounter generated by Chat GPT: Description: As your party continues through the mystical forest, you stumble upon a serene grove bathed in soft,… Read more “Random Encounter – The Enchanted Grove”
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