The Seventh Level

Setting the stage You are investigating the Seventh Level of Moria, searching for the Chamber of Records and any sign of Balin's colony. In the heavy twilight of a hall, a bulky tome is discovered in the grip of a Dwarf skeleton. You carefully take posession of the book. Perhaps it will give you some …

Shoring up Weaknesses in Archetypes

My post on Nightmare The Seventh Level is still in the works, but this past week I accidentally found myself ruminating on a slightly different topic that wanted to get out of my head first: shoring up weaknesses in archetypes. This subject started tumbling around in my mind after I listened to last week's episode of The Grey Company Podcast. …

Into the Pit

Setting the stage You have been sent by the White Council to Moria, to deliver a message to Balin and his Dwarven colony. No one has heard from him in a while. The premise behind the first quest of Khazad-Dûm, Into the Pit, is shaky at best. I find it difficult to imagine what sort of message the …

Play Report: A Journey to Rhosgobel

Reader Francois Germain posted in the comments of A Journey to Rhosgobel that he was having trouble getting the deck to work, so I decided to record a turn by turn account so you could all get a feel for how the deck is supposed to work. It took me three tries to get a win (darn …

Nightmares in Khazad-Dûm

Set mostly among the pillared halls of long-abandoned Moria, the Khazad-Dûm deluxe and its accompanying cycle Dwarrowdelf explore the long lost home of the Dwarves. Dark, maze-like, and filled to the brim with Goblins, the overall mood and set dressing of this cycle stand in stark contrast against last cycle's forests and wide open spaces. With a new cycle …