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4/21/24 Hello dearest readers.  My health is finally back to a good level and last weekend I took advantage of sun and fresh air to work outside on articles. I'm almost to the point where I am released from training at work, hopefully within the next month meaning that we're almost to the finish line and will have the time to work on articles back during the week! Flabbergasted article is almost done- and I hope to have it out this week. Today we are up at The Gamers Den for our April paint day with the Yuan-ti Abomination. I have definitely started to feel a bit more at home with my new job and am surrounded by nerds. Me and my cubical partner both play D&D and last Thursday we were random encountered as someone put Lizard folk Wiz kids minis on each of our desks. I'm bringing that mini  along to class today as well to try go get some paint on it and then he'll return to my desk when he's finished. Working over mental blocks to start dusting off unfinished articles and starting to make a plan to come back to the castle and Dungeon as I have missed all of you. Thank you for patience and understanding. I do feel the best I have in over a year now that I am not around children and have a chance to fully get better. Do I miss teaching and the kids? Definitely, but I do not miss the sickness and dealing with RSV & Pneumonia with 2 months of meds trying to get it in control I think this was really what was best for the Fox. 

As we are doing the Yuan-ti Abomination I have added the painting directions to the Wizkid's paint kit article. The Owl Bear and Oni directions are about both half way completed and will be added soon as well. Hope to be back soon with more updates and more articles. Until next time-take care of yourselves out there. 

2/23/24 Happy Friday dear dungoneers. This past week we had a great time painting the Death Tyrant at the Gamers Den, thank you to everyone who made it out to our painting class. If you missed the class or if you would like a set of the paint kit directions that I create you can find the full list of Paint Kit directions here. I try to keep it updated with the directions that I create. The March class will be held March 24th and it will be the Yeth Hound, but the directions are already uploaded to the blog page in case you want to paint it at home, or see if it is a mini you would be interested in. 

2/16/24 *emerges from under blanket fort* oh hello there. It's been a month! Literally and figuratively. As I was excited to tell you all that I got a new job- the children of my classroom cursed me goodbye by gifting me RSV and pneumonia proving once again that Constitution is my dump stat. The lungs are getting to the point where I am hoping that they are well enough to get strong and this be the last time they get so sick. It also means that all the productivity and hope I had at the beginning of January got put on hold due to health. I will say that my new job has been so amazing when it comes to making sure that it's employees take care of themselves and I was able to do some trainings at home hybrid style so I could rest and take care of myself. 

This coming Tuesday is the Death Tyrant paint night at the Gamers Den and in March we are switching from Tuesdays to Sunday for class- allowing for more class time and painting variety. March's class will be the Yeth Hound and when we get a date in the calendar I will let you all know. All of the Time to Paint brochures that I have created are now up for download on the Ko-fi page. 

1/14/24 Happy 2024 dear readers. It has been a wild ride.  There is so much news to share with all of you so bare with me as this entry is bound to be a bit of a longer one. First things first after doing some online classes and expanding my learning I have successfully gotten a new job. After a decade in various classrooms I will no long be teaching. What this means is after my initial trainings are done I will be working in a hybrid position (no more 2 hours of commuting every day) and it will mean more time for things like Dungeon Fox Chronicles. It ultimately (and what I most hope for) is that I won't be so sick. 2023 was not a pretty year when it came to physical or mental health mostly because my lungs like to give up on me months at a time. It is my hope that with me being healthier I can devote more time to this passion project of mine. I love seeing our community grow and know that you all are here in our Dungeon reading away. As I leave the classroom it also means that the classroom pet Guinea Pig - renamed Potato- has retired to our Dungeon home. As we give her some end of life & comfort care you may see some piggie pictures hanging out with our usual cat familiar. Molly Moo is very interested in having this small pet of her own and so far has been a good baby. 

The second piece is streaming. I am working hard on being able to get streaming back up and running. Part of that is when I get excited I get loud. As Sleepy and I still live with others (also hoping to change that with new job) my desk is out in a common space and as we were getting to the point again where we were doing multiple streams I was too noisy for a common space. I do have a decibel meter now on my desk and Sleepy and I are working on making it where I will be hopefully able to stream again. I miss our community game nights and Party of Two still is on to eventually play Neverwinter Nights and Baldur's Gate 3. 

Another exciting thing for those who are local is the Gamers Den has extended my contract for Painting Night Kits!  I owe y'all some paint night kit direction uploads. I have also finished the touch ups on all of the "Time to Paint" pamphlets; once I am done making the printer friendly version of the documents I will have them all up free to download on the Ko-fi page. Those who are here for painting things, the Owlbear is the most requested mini that people want directions to. As there is no Paint Night box kit I painted an owlbear and am about half way through typing up the directions for you all. I have specific paints that I am reusing from other paint night kits but you will be able to mix and match with paints that you may have already at home. I hope that there is more painting tutorials, streams and articles added to the blog in 2024. Sleepy has already got big plans for his Hellwasp and turning it into Hel colors that I really hope to show you all. Remember, when you paint it is your creature and you can feel free to let your imagination run wild. 

ARTICLES! Oh man do I have a back log of articles so as always thank you for your patience. The first article that is in progress of being typed out and edited is Flabbergasted. I am still as excited to introduce you all to the 1920's a fantastic TTRPG written by sisters Fleur & Chelsea Sciortino of The Wander’s Tome. If you are looking for a fun roleplay heavy game I hope you will check out the article and their game. 

As I start my new work from home job unfortunately I did have to pack away a lot of ttrpg pieces to make space and to just generally give my very open common space "office" the more business vibe. It was very hard to pack away things but don't you worry one day I will have them back out, but for now Edge of the Empire, Avatar Legends, all of the D&D that isn't 5e and some Pathfinder 1E all got packed. I am keeping One Ring out and my independent ttrpg peeps out of storage so you may see more updates on those fronts. 

Most of my personal tables have been on hiatus due to my health, the switching of jobs, life events and just the time of the year. Hopefully as February hits you will get some occasional updates from stories from my tables. Sleepy and I also started the Dragon Isle starter box with the nephew who over winter break saw us painting and got intrested. He picked out the dragonborn mini below and Auntie Fox painted it and the boy seemed to enjoy the first session. We will see if we can continue the family tradition of getting this family interested in D&D when they're 8 (which is when Sleepy started AD&D with his folks). 

You have made it to the end of this update! Thank you for reading and for being one of our Dungeoneers. I hope your holiday season went well and that you are staying healthy out there. Until next time be good to each other and remember, Adventure Awaits!

Articles are being written an on their way. This newest group of students that I got this fall has been the hardest class I have ever had in my 8+ years of teaching. My lunch breaks have been caffeine refueling and naps; but I do hope that at some point they will calm down, learn routines & rules so I can get back to blog writing on my break. Next week is also my last week of strange scheduling meaning that in October you will get more early morning streams from me before work. This is where I'll do some daily tarot readings, some video games and some blog work done on Twitch before I start out on the commute. Hope you all are staying healthy and safe out there!

5/13/23 Happy Saturday! We made it to the weekend, Huzzah! This weekend I am excited to introduce you all to the website Albyon Absey's Geographical Almanac. This website has fabulous pre-made locations that you can add into your ttrpg campaigns. Its a great tool if you need a new location fast with minimal to no prep work.  Read the article and see if Albyon will be a great resource for your table as well. 

Dm Bork and I are off to Canada this coming week for a wedding, meaning I'll either get a ton done  in the 16 hours in the car or nothing at all. Quasar, a free "swashbuckling space opera" is currently in que and being read/reviewed. After that I am eager to introduce you all to Flabbergasted and then also give another review to our friends at D20 Tales. There are always an unlimited amount of things I want to review on my personal list as well but I want to make sure that these fabulous folks in my waiting list get done first. With May and June being so busy with travel and personal events we are hoping to get a July date back onto the calendaer for our streams, community game night and our Call of Cthulhu-Paper Chase rescheduled. Keep a look out for those dates!   

Love being able to pull things from their own pasts. Now they are murdering enough lizard and snakes to make some impressive boots. Mar'ksss our party kobold has been using his boots of spider climb to sneak through caverns effectively from walls and ceilings.  We are also also having fun playing around with homebrew magical tattoos, specifically one for our barbarian that looks like the aurora borealis on her skin and comes to life and light when raging. 

My saltmarsh crew had a fabulous time invading the Guild Hall of The Gamer's Den and I was able to play on a fancy Wyrmwood table. We had tons of snacks and made our way through a nice long gaming session enjoying being at a gaming location. It was also fun for me to see people peeking into the window and smiling as they saw my crew having a good laugh. The crew got more time playing with our ship. They fought a water elemental that washed up onto deck,  saw an island that has some stranded navel officers and after mending their dingy and giving them supplies continued on knowing that a cultist will come to call on them they prepared. The party  set up a trap and easily destroyed the kraken cultist and then beat up the kraken.  

This coming weekend you will get the article on Albion Absey’s Geographical Almanac website. I'm excited to also be in the process of writing a review of the sci-fi space ttrpg called Quasar. 

4/22/23 CONFRENCES ARE DONE!!! And the article writing has begun. May and June are packed with lots of real life events, including a trip to Canada for a wedding but now that conferences are done expect a few articles here and there. 

4/13/23 Hello dungeoneers. Having a hard brain week here as I'm trying to push through conferences prep and getting burnt out at work. Hoping in 2 weeks when conferences are done I will have more time to dedicate to y'all and bring you more articles. You all are beautiful; wishing you peace and lucky dice in your adventures.

4/9/23  Hello lovely Dungeoneers! Hope you’re doing well and having great adventures out there. Don’t worry, I’m still here in the background dealing with real life while my head and heart are still in our little ttrpg world. 

 Three months and 3 docs later I found out that sprained finger from New Years was actually broken so dealing with Physical Therapy and strengthening that hand back up. The doc says I still have a 1-2 month more in recovery. 

      Also working on putting me back through some training and certificate classes as I am try to switch from teaching to technology as a career. Teaching will always be part of my passion, which is why I love being a Gm so much but it is time to grow and expand into new realms.

 So what is on the docket for the blog? I have 4 articles currently on the in presses/coming next list. These include an article about the tour D20 Tales (D20 Collective) is doing, a review of Flabbergasted the amazing ttrpg written by The Wander’s Tome, a review of Albion Absey’s Geographical Almanac and a review of Quasar Tales. These four pieces will be coming out as they get finished and I will continue to work on bringing ya’ll more ttrpg content that I hope you enjoy and may experience for yourselves if you think you may like them as well. 

 I miss streaming with y’all and I do hope to bring Twitch content back as well but the truth is that consistent streaming probably won’t happen until Wolf and I have a place of our own. 

Whelp I think that is it for this update. Happy Egg day to those who are celebrating a holiday today. Until next time, be kind to each other out there and remember, Adventure Awaits. 

-Fox 🦊

3/5/23 Hello Dungeoneers. I hope where ever you are in your adventuring you are doing well. Today's publication is a special article reviewing Gelatinous Cubicles' Kickstarter for their book Tales from the Firelit Gathering. There is only a few days left in their Kickstarter campaign, so read the article and see if this new 5e book may be right for your table. 

Real life has been keeping us busy but we are working on the rescheduling of games and soon will get back to streaming. There are lots more minis to paint, more content to write and more rats to slay in video games as well. We hope that you continue to join us on our side quests and adventures. 

2/26/23  We survived a snow storm! Both sleepy and I had unprecedented snow days on Thursday and got to enjoy a relaxing day together. This week's article is about the creations by Shouting Crow Press. A variety of ttrpgs and a crowdfunding game still in the works, there are many choices to find a game that is right for you. 

There are a variety more of ttrpgs on the upcoming list as we dive into some more independent creations and a Kickstarter game. Streams are still a hit or miss, we did try to get Sleepy's stream set up done as well so you can see him on his own channel now and not just a voice in the background of mine. We are just starting to bring back ttrpgs, as yesterday was a very laid back session zero for a space campaign that Sleepy will be running and we will have our Tues D&D back this week now that we have had two weeks to heal. Our Sunday this coming week will be completing Labyrinth of Thorns. 

2/18/23 This has been a week from the darkest place of the abyss. From the loss of a familiar, to a loss of a friend, and an injury at work with no staff to support it felt as if I was clawing my way to Friday. I have kept the original post below as well. Monday started the week with hope so I shall continue into this post for hope for the next week. All of my games were cancelled this past week, this weekend and are tentitive for the following week. When the grieving has lessened and we can go back on stream a post will be made. I am hoping that we can play with you all next Sunday, or at least get back to painting on stream. For now, enjoy some articles about painting and know that some more will be posted in the near future. 

This evening the steam game stream will just be a "chatting" stream as I get working through the Shouting Crow Press article. 

1/16/23 We have made it to Monday. Happy Appreciate a Dragon Day! We’re celebrating in my class today and it made me smile that 2 children came in full dragon costumes (and another in a pikachu; I won’t judge). 

Yesterday was a fantastic session with my Crew and it was lovingly titled “Session 30: Trauma.” Two of my four players got to resolve some family trauma in the game and there was lots of sad music playing over the Bluetooth. It was a vibe. 

The castle here is under siege of plague and very slow recoveries. Your foxy dungeon mistress is working as fast as my paws and brain can handle. It is still my goal to have an article up this weekend. After some retail therapy Friday night I have picked up “One Ring” ttrpg and man is the art beautiful. I do want to share that review with you all in the near future as well. Stay healthy out there. Take some time to care for yourself if you’re fighting some dragons of your own. 

1/13/23 Happy Friday the 13th dear Dungeoneers. I hope you are hanging in there. It has been a week. 

Let’s talk OGL for a moment as that is the big news of the ttrpg world. Today about 3 hours ago from when I was currently typing this at work, an official update was made via the D&D Beyond blog. 

If you were to go to google (as I have) and typed in Wizards of the Coast you would see many articles such as The Guardian’s covering the revolt of fans leaving the game or Polygon’s covering Paizo’s new Open RPG not to mention the smaller news articles, the hundreds of angry people on the “Popular on Twitter” feed that you scroll past before even getting to the Wizards website. You will not find the OGL there, as if you scroll down to the “News from Wizards and beyond” you do not find any of that and neither on the “Latest Features & Announcements” on the Dungeons & Dragons specific page. The only place to find it is in D&D Beyond itself, Tweeted out by the official Wizards Twitter account and then re-tweeted by D&D Beyond.

The statement was made and it hurt my heart to read through it. First statement to break down “First, we wanted the ability to prevent the use of D&D content from being included in hateful and discriminatory products.” Well I would like to believe that but we all saw what distastefully happened with SpellJammer. But yes, nobody wants to see their work go towards hateful things. I can see where they’re coming from with their second & third parts, as we do not support NFTs and as a business I can see how Wizards/Hasbro are salty that Paizo used the OGL to create a popular and commercialized competitor game. 

Here comes the head shaking and the feelings of distrust. Them coming forward saying that the leaked document was a draft is insulting to the community. If it was a draft they wouldn’t have waited 8 days to say something. Stating that “it’s clear from the reaction that we rolled a 1” is an understatement. With so much open backlash from the community and then to say that they (WotC) also won proves that the company still sees D&D as a us vs. them situation.  “We won’t let you down.” is how they ended the article, but they already have. Last night both Bork and I got rid of our Dnd Beyond subscriptions. I have no intention of going to “One D&D” or purchasing any WoTC items due to this OGL catastrophe. I wish that perhaps in the future things will get better, but with only more leaks and no OGL 2.0 changes at the moment I will not be holding my breath. What I typed in as the reasoning for my subscription still stands: “The fact that the company has shown no remorse for the OGL change and is killing the community that has worked hard on building this game has made me wish to break all ties with Hasbro and WoTC. Unsubscribing for anti-consumer practices. Long live the small creators who do this with passion and love.”

1/11/23   We made it to hump day. The fox has been sick this week so things at the dungeon have been a bit slow as we’re trying to recover.  This means you can expect an article next weekend as the typing is just starting to happen. Fingers are now out of their braces but the ring finger is still a bit stiff so the left side of keyboard letters are challenging (but no longer impossible). The ttrpg community has been bonding together over all that has happened in the last week. Kobold Press came out with big news that they are creating their own system, there is an open community game system in the works and so much more happening as people band together. I have given my tables the choice of whether or not that they continue with 5e or not and I have one group left to have that discussion with. Most are wanting to finish the campaigns that we are on considering I use mostly homebrew or add my own fox flair to everything but all tables that I have talked with understand and share my feeling of #OpenDnd. 

Are you yourself looking to change things up? There have been many ttrpgs I have looked at and many more to come as we change things up here. 

D10’s: Call of Cthulhu

D6’s: Shadow Run, Avatar Legends, Weirdspace, Veil of the Void, The One Ring (d6 and d12), Alien the Roleplaying Game, Tales from the Loop, Vaesen, Fate Core

Variety of Dice: World of Wyldvir, Forbidden lands

D20 Systems:  Pathfinder

D4 (Caltrop Core): Trash Pals, Domesticat

I will continue to update the list as we go. Adventure Awaits!

1/8/2023 It is with great respect for our community and hope for the future that I have taken down a section of articles this morning. If the future brightens and the legal nightmare that the community is collectively bracing for doesn't come I will happily hit the republish button but for now I have redistributed some of the articles I could to Chronicles, community made content and the bookshelf. 

Yesterday I went through all of our social posts, vids  and accounts and changed over to GM Wolfsfox. I am still going through and editing the blog here. In all the rage I realized that I forgot to add the alt text to the images of this weekends posts. A big foxy face palm and a large I'm sorry on that one. Will go through and add them in as well. 

I'm off to go play with my Tuesday group in person today.  Our first in person game in 2 years so I'm excited to sit down at the table with this group of friends and relax through our love of gaming. Wishing you all peace and relaxation with your adventures this week!

1/7/23 Hope the first week of the New Year has treated you well. We got 14 inches of snow thanks to the big storms that blew through and now below freezing temps.  Wishing warm hearths and hobbit snacks to those dealign with the cold. The first article of the year is  Tips for Enjoying the Ren Fest Near You.  The advice is that which I have personally given to friends visiting us at the Renaissance Festival when we worked there. I love attending the Renaissance Festival and consider it a home away from home. I also have added The Dungeon Fox Chronicles Story to share how this got started and the path down the TTRPGs rabbit hole that I fell into. 

What we WILL Do: continue supporting the amazing ttrpg creators and stream their games & Call of Cthulhu instead. We here have many systems that we have grown to love and my tables will keep playing games. Table top role playing games are a huge part of my life and I will continue to share my passion for games. I am a solo blog writer here and am doing everything here for free in my spare time. I will continue working on bringing honest reviews from your Foxy GM and hope to help you all find great adventures of your own in ttrpg land.

Also on a side note, with the threat of the OGL getting changed all of our socials will need to be changed as well to GM Wolfsfox, your Foxy Dungeon Mistress. Changes to the blog are in progress, there are a lot of pages to search through and make changes on but overhauls and changes are coming. New year, new blog look and more adventures to come. 

1/4/2023 Driving to work in a blizzard and I see a mini van from Florida. Bet they regret this weather. Blasted Broadway as I made it to work and hopeful that not too many kids come to school today. MN friends stay safe out there if you have to leave your castle to slay some dragons. Everyone is at a disadvantage for perception checks. 

Last night's game went fairly well. Adjusting to the temporary left-handed life. Had to borrow dice from Bork/Sleepy and they rolled me 3 nat 20s in battle against my players. Thankfully the barbarian was raging so the damage was survivable.

This weekend  will have the Renaissance festival article uploaded for your reading pleasure.

1/2/2023 Here we go, 2023. To start off the year I have two sprained fingers. I guess Throw Throw Burrito is too much of a competition game for me (I did win). What a way to kick off this year one handed, but that won't stop me from bringing content to you all. This week we have a double feature of our Tues D&D group going through Tyranny of Dragons with online tomorrow and our first in person meeting in years this coming Sunday as we finish the first half of the campaign "Hoard of the Dragon Queen."

12/26/22 Today we had a fantastic time playing Call of Cthulhu: Dead Man Stomp. You will start to see some changes on the website as I get ready for a restart with the new year. I added some of our updated homebrew rules as well for some of the other cosmetic changes that happened today. What to expect for the new year: more articles for the big ttrpgs (Call of Cthulhu, 5e & Pathfinder 1e), some more reviews of independent & itch.io ttrpgs, updates on the DFC games in the chronicles, more LARP, livestreams and community games. As always Adventure Awaits. This will be the last post of 2022 as Weirdspace will be up next weekend and we will ring in the new year with lots of hope for the New Year. 

12/9/22 What is going on behind the scenes with Dungeon Fox Chronicles? 

- Gaming: Had Dnd Tuesday this week getting into the last chapter of Hoard of the Dragon Queen. They are infiltrating the sky castle and started in the top tower. When the wizard opened the hatch mid battle with ogres he found that the BBEG is in the floor below and not happy that his castle is under attack. They will get to deal with the angry cloud giant in 2 weeks). I will have a double header this weekend with a long day session of Pathfinder 1E on Saturday (they completed a labyrinth dungeon last time and get to see what’s at the end tomorrow) and 4 hours of Spell Jammer Dnd on Sunday (they escaped a doomed planet last session, took down a rival spell jammer ship and just made port elsewhere). 

- The Blog: I am continuing to work on Weirdspace ttrpg. I ended up scrapping what I had originally wrote and am trying a second attempt, re -reading everything to make it less technical and more of my usual style. I’m bound and determined to have it out by the end of the year as it has been on the docket for a year and a half. 

The blog is something that I still love and want to continue with. My brain has been struggling to keep up and has had the “Stuck” feeling because there are so many things I want to write about and I feel like I shouldn’t until Weird space is done. So the fox has been in a funk and I’m trying to get the groove back. I’m not gone, and the blog shall continue, I just need my brain to cooperate with me.

-LARP: We introduced the crew to LARPing on our last session and got them hooked. Be prepared for more LARP stuff in the new year. I’m excited after such a long hiatus to be able to get back into LARP and share that passion with y’all

- Work: Not going to lie, most of the articles that were written for the blog were written during my student’s nap time. Work has been hectic, crazy and no free time/prep. It has been one of the causations of the brain funk as I get home from a long day (have been in perpetual overtime as we are too short staffed) and I just want to go to bed. Like I said, the blog isn’t dead, but I’m trying to find ways to get more time to focus and work on things as my original time to work during my breaks at work has become non-existent. 

VIDEO GAMING:

 We love that our last community game night was a success and we love that we got to play on the 2 year anniversary with friends such as Tasty and Lycan & Kitty. We will have another community game night the evening of Friday the 16th.

LIVE STREAM GAMING:

 Our next live streamed game will be a community game of Call of Cthulhu with some of our DFC friends (Arcane Dice Podcast, Dm Bork and Ravenace). We will be working out the stream time but we will live stream Dead Man Stomp on Monday December 26th.

Sorry this was a long post but thank you for hanging in there with us. Remember, Adventure Awaits dear dungeoneers. We will continue to find it. 

- Wolfsfox

11/20/22- Good morning lovely Dungeoneers. There is a longer update here so grab a snack and hang on. 

1. We're almost 2 years old. Next week (the 27th) Dungeon Fox Chronicles turns 2. This past year had a ton of bumps and a lot of learning and growing was learned.  Thank you to everyone who has been here for this journey and the crazy adventures we have gone through together. Here is to a productive and more adventure filled year 3. We will be doing a Community Game night on Nov 28th on top of our usual stream night on the 27th. It is a goal that this next year you will see alot more added to this blog site. 

2. In the world of TTRPGs online a lot of things happened this week. The magazine Draogn+ was essentially taken down and not archived making articles nearly impossible for the public to get to. The news came from D&D Beyond and the fact that the articles were not transferred over. This on top of rumors that One D&D is getting rid of 3rd paty things I for one am getting a bit more nervous about the future of our ttrpg world. Part of the next week or so is going through DMs Guild/ Drive Thru RPG and down loading all of the pdfs to a external hard drive just in case. 

3. The bird app is having some issues, so for now I will be using Instagram and Facebook as the main ways to be able to see what is going on here at Dungeon Fox Chronicles. That will also mean more little blurps on this particular part of the blog as well. I am working hard at searching for all of the community members from Twitter on other social medias. 

10/30/22 Happy Halloween weekend to you all. It's time to expect a little more from the Fox. The Weird Space article is almost done!  Will be working on the backlog of articles after that. 

8/28/22 *large long fox screams* It's been a hot minute. Hello Dungeoneers! I've missed you! Sorry that it's been so long. Even though I haven't posted on here for a bit I have still been thinking about you all. I hope you are doing well. There is a blog update today! 

Today I am presenting Eldritch: The Book of Madness to you! This is a 5e supplemental book to bring dark eldritch rules and entities to your 5th edition D&D game. It is currently a book going to the printers for a Kickstarter. I was lucky enough to get a preview direct from the author: Stewie Black. 

Life has been happening here and constitution will continue to be my dump stat. As the start of the school year is coming, I am hoping to get some more time to work on blog stuff again in the next few weeks as my old class leaves off to kindergarten and I get new kids. Weirdspace is coming!

7/16/22 Hello lovely Dungeoneers. There is not a finished article this week. I am almost done with both the Weird Space and Eldritch reviews but neither got quite finished this week. Social media may be a bit slow for me atm. Last night our extended family lost three family members in a auto accident and I am spending time with Bork and our cousins grieving over this tragic loss. Depending on how this coming week goes I should have both articles uploaded for you guys soon. 

7/3/22 Welcome back Dungeoneers!!!! It was a good hiatus and a lot of things were able to happen here behind the scenes. You may notice that there have been a few changes to the navigation and some things have been moved around. I hope that it makes things more organized and accessible for you all. The Community Characters to celebrate 1.3 k followers has also been uploaded for your use. 

This first of our updates will be of Goth Hoblin's Trash Pals! A fun Caltrop Core game that lets you live your best trash filled life as street animals. This was the ttrpg featured in July 2nd's stream with our Dungeon Fox Crew on Twitch. 

Under accessories you can read my review of Cantrip Candles. There has also been an update to some of the Dice Goblin information, where I talk about UV shifting dice as a dice type and have added information about my personal dice hoard. 

I have started yet another summer session of TTRPG with my classroom, creating an article “TTRPG with Kids” to highlight some of the things that I have learned in case  you too are considering introducing young ones to the massive world of TTRPGs. 

The much awaited review of Veil of the Void is also featured in this week’s uploads. Dive into the first Space themed TTRPG that we’ve reviewed.  It was a blast learning about this space themed ttrpg and hope you enjoy it as well. 

6/26/22 Our hiatus is almost at an end. Next Saturday come and join us on Twitch for our live stream of Goth Hobblin's Trash Pals Caltrop Core system. Sunday you will get to see the new Blog updates as well! Hope you join us for our next adventures. 

5/31/22 Happy end of May! There has been a bunch of things happening and I appreciate all of the patience and support. Thank you to everyone who came to the Stream on Sunday as we did A Night of Masks and Monsters. It was a lot of fun playing D&D with those who came. 

5/5/22 I'm gonna go on hiatus I said... here's an article update *fox face palm* I'm addicted to ttrpgs. We know that. There is an updated about D20 Tales (formally Spawn of Chaos) and NOW I'll be on digital upload hiatus. Off screen there has already been some writing progress and I say that it has been a lot more relaxing writing at my own pace instead of the DEADLINES COMING pace. Glad to see positive changes in the writing process, making it even more exciting for you all to see the changes coming in July!

5/4/22

Dearest Dungeoneers,

Real talk time. I know that May and June are super busy on the reality side of the dungeon. I want to bring you all quality when it comes to Dungeon Fox Chronicles and am currently working on rebranding the Twitch stream and figured that it’s time to do that for the blog as well. What does that mean?

 1. We will be going on an upload “hiatus” meaning that I will work on writing blog articles (WeirdSpace, Veil of the Void and a few others) that are larger projects that I cannot fully dedicate to when time restraints of a full time job are around. I want to spread the love to large and small creators/TTRPGS/podcasts/etc alike. All uploads will resume in July where you guys will see a lot of those “Coming Soon” pieces actually become full articles. 

2. Don’ t worry: Twitch streams and social media are still going to be going live and maybe even more active. I know that my Instagram/Facebook/Ko-fi have not been getting the same love as the Twitter account. Expect more posts on all the social media and for our Twitch streams to keep going on Sundays and in between. 

There will still be monthly steam and ttrpg community game nights and those can be found updated through my social media accounts as I will not be doing many or any public publication changes to the blog until July hits. 

3. You will get teasers of the articles that are being worked on and will see some progress on the #Work in Progress Wednesday posts. I will keep myself accountable and I do truly want to know what you all are up to as well. 

I will always be open with what I am working on (or not) and be transparent of what’s happening in the Dungeon. The me you see on screen whether on social media or on Twitch is very much the true me and if you ever have any questions/comments/concerns always feel free to reach out to me in a message. We hope that you stick around and that you enjoy the changes that are coming. Until we meet again, may your dice roll well and remember that adventure awaits!

Your Foxy Dungeon Mistress,

Wolfsfox 

Happy May Day/ Beltane  

5/1/22  We're waiting for the weather to cooperate as it has been super cold and wet this spring so far. We've been enjoying listening the the rain here at the Dungeon but are ready for spring planting weather. In the land of TTRPGs however I have enjoyed listening to podcasts on the drives to work. Here we go with a review of Zach Katz's Fantasize Me as I have very much enjoyed hearing his character building for some beloved characters. I hope you will read the article and consider giving him a listen. There is also a small update to How not to DM podcast's article as I have been enjoying catching up on Season 2. 

The fox has taken becoming a Twitch Affiliate to heart and you will notice some more "professional" looking changes coming to the channel as I am improving some digital skills with Canva to make new panel art and some improvements on some of the digital pieces you see on our social medias. I'm also trying to be better about scheduling a once a month community ttrpg game as well!  I do not have enough time to run full campaigns on stream at the moment but I want to make sure that there are at least one shots for your viewing pleasures after so many people enjoyed Barnaby's Birthday in April. 

There are still some things in progress happening behind the scenes as well. I have fallen down the Caltrop Core hole and have absolutely fallen in love with GothHobblin's "Trash Pals" and I was planning on releasing an article this week about it BUT the Dungeon Crew will be doing a live stream of it as well. We are in the "making schedules work" phase and once I get a date for that stream I will post it on the socials and here. We are looking forward to being cute trash animals for you all. 

And now for a little confession time. When it comes to this blog I do feel bad that I am not able to give it more attention. Table top is my passion and I have enjoyed so much bringing this blog to life to you all. I wish that there was more time in the day that I could give to this and the Twitch stream. Personally I feel behind as I know that I am still working on Weirdspace and Veil of the Void reviews for you all and all of the other articles that have been "coming soon" on the website. I do appreciate all the patience you have given. When it comes to looking at a whole new system I like to make sure that I fully understand it and run a game or two before I write the review to make sure that I am giving it it's most fair depiction. Podcasts and live plays are "easier" because its something I can do within the 2 hours I'm in a car a day while commuting to and from work, which is why sometimes those types of articles pop up before the other "coming soon" pieces.  

4/17/22  Happy Egg day to those who celebrate it, and happy holidays to those who had a celebration this weekend. It's a relatively relaxing day over here in the Dungeon Fox Dungeon, though the weather isn't the best. There are some great pieces for you to check out this week. Who doesn't love Hobbits and Halflings? This week we are looking at Hearth and Hillside Home a random table document created by Into the Weird Blue Yonder. We also look at Caltrop Core by Titanomachy RPG. There were also a few more entries of mine to the Worldbuilder's Journal. 

4/14/22 So much has happened! Thank you to everyone who has helped support with making us a Twitch Affiliate! We're working on some more articles for this Sunday's uploads and just wanted to let you know that we greatly appreciate all the support. Wishing you all a good end to your weeks. 

3/6/22  Here is March like a mad beast my friends. Here we are starting off March with a massive rain, ice and snow storm so I hope wherever you are it is safe, warm and happy. Bork has taken to playing video games to keep me company as I sew. Thank you to everyone who joined us on the Community Game Night this past Monday. Today's article upload has to do with Call of Cthulhu: Character Building. I am a big fan of Call of Cthulhu and had a great time this week helping run small "boot camps" on how to build a character and the many way s that this can be achieved. Unfortunately my players backed out so there will NOT be a stream on March 19th of my Muppets Cthulhu game. It has been undecided by the fox whether or not it will be rescheduled for the future or just appear in an article. Expect a few more how to basic articles about Cthulhu including mechanics to come next as I have been bitten by a cosmic horror bug that only COC can fill. 

At work we are approaching the "In Your Imagination" unit which is when I traditionally introduce TTRPGs to my class during nap times. The first that we will be completing together will be Midlife Dice's "Domesticat" game. I have played the first round of this game and I absolutely love it. Keep your eyes open for our next upload date, as there will be more information on Domesticat and other ttrpg pieces. There are so many "larger" ttrpgs that I am looking at as well and will bring you reviews of including Weirdspace, Brancalonia and Veil of the Void but as they are full ttrpgs I want to make sure that I give them full attention before releasing their articles. 

This week's article I am happy to talk to you about "Murder at the Three Swords Inn" created by our friend Ennio on Twitter. It was an absolute pleasure to run this  game and share this mystery game with you all. If you like mystery games and role play I recommend checking out this piece. 

1/23/22  It's Sunday again Dungeoneers! In our article today I am excited to introduce you to Curious Goblin. Curious Goblin is a shop based out of Portugal. Curious Goblin is a studio/shop that emphasizes building your own creativity. I have had a lot of fun with one of their puzzles and their Goblin Postcard. There is also a small update on the The Worldbuilder's Journal with another entry. I have also added an update to Skald of Shenanigans for your viewing pleasure. 

This week I got to run the fun adventure "Murder at the Three Swords Inn" by our TTRPG family member Ennio. I did not get a chance to finish the full article this week, but the VOD of our play through is available on our Youtube or Twitch channel. I very much enjoyed myself running this murder mystery game for a table of 4 great players. The article for this should be up this coming week or on our 2/6 upload date. 

Tonight I get to be apart of the Creator Clash on Spawn of Chaos's Twitch Stream. Come and join us as we play with level one characters in a battle arena style game. Next week we will be back on our channel with our Sunday Shenanigans. 

Lots of exciting things happening behind the scenes as I am going through an interview for a  career change. The crafting projects are also starting to come to life, currently working on Bork and my Nightmare Before Christmas masquerade outfits. 

Today you all get to peek at what has been my passion project for the last few weeks. Yesterday we play tested through my Muppet Mystery in New Orleans game. I love Call of Cthulhu and it was so great being back behind the Keeper screen while we ran through my first ever Call of Cthulhu creation. This was a milestone piece for me and I'm glad that I can finally show you a bit of what has been happening. The next step with it will be going over the 4.5 hrs of audacity recordings and notes to polish up a few things before running a second game for the public. 

1/5/22 It's been three days since I've checked in with you last, and there has been lots of productivity behind the scenes and I'm ready to make 2022 a great year for all of us Dungeoneers.  Hope you're staying warm on this Winter week. This week has this fox feeling like an inhabitant of Ten Towns, but we're staying bundled up and playing. Tuesday was our Tues D&D game and was the first gaming of the year. We were down one player due to sickness but it was great to come out of the Dec hiatus and back into some caravan mayhem. May your dice roll well at your own tables. I'm looking forward to sharing more goodies with you on Sunday. 

1/2/22 Happy New Year dear Dungeoneers. It has been a crazy end of 2021 and I am glad that it is done. I am hopeful for 2022 so let's see what happens. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things here as real life has been...well we're not going to dwell in the past. Here we are in a new year and one of my resolutions is trying to be better at balancing this whole blog/ TTRPG games/ work and life thing that I know I haven't balanced the greatest. For all of you who have been a part of this crazy train the last year, thank you for being part of the experience. If you are new, welcome!  

Social media update: Yes I still have the Instagram and Facebook but it seems that Twitter has become the social media spot that fits best for me and DFC. Gonna try and be better for the other two social accounts but I will admit if you are trying to connect via social media: Twitter will have the  fastest response.

Gaming stuff: I am pulling back on the amount of games I personally run in hopes to give me a better balance and to help prevent DM burnout. I know that the chronicles page is a bit of a mess on here and I plan on doing some cleaning up to it. 

Now onto the first article of the year!!!!! I have fallen in love with listening to TTRPG podcasts on my commute to work. If you haven't heard of How Not to Dm Podcast, then I highly recommend reading our review article! Derrick has created a fantastic podcast that has a great variety of DM's on for interviews. I am so very excited for his second season to be releasing on January 12th. Check out the article and get the link to where to find How Not To DM Podcast to start listening for yourself today!

8/31/21 Today is the end of August and the end of #RPGaDay2021. I may have not kept up on Twitter as much as I should have as my fox brain doesn't keep up with schedules super well but I am working on updating and filling in the rest of the entries for this great writing exercise. 

8/30/21 The lungs are still making progress but my voice and cough still can't do my proper DM duties so this week will be strange as my evening games this week have been canceled as I try to do some self-care and more healing. 

Tonight there is an update under the Dungeon Chronicles pages starting with The Lost Mine of Phandelver being updated with what has happened our last two sessions. I am working on getting the other Dungeon Chronicles pages up to date as well for your reading pleasure. 

8/28/21 The lungs are slowly improving. It's only day two of meds and I have seen a bit of an improvement, but I'm still a ways from being fine again. The good news is the plague test came back negative so that was a silver lining.  

It may be almost midnight here but it's not going to stop me from uploading another bonus blog upload tonight as I have finished the review of the Epic Encounters Lair of the Red Dragon. This was the piece that our Ko-fi donations funded for our reviewing. I am ever so thankful for the opportunity to get this box and provide a review for you all. 

8/27/21 Today has been a very rough day, my lungs decided that they wanted to quit working on me properly so after a doctor visit I  got some steroids in me so it's hard to breath but doesn't hurt to breathe. As I am waiting on some test results I get to sit here in bed and get some blog writing time as I recover. I am to stubborn of  a person to just lay in bed and do nothing. DM Bork has been an amazing counter part taking care of me as we monitor my lungs and a fever. 

Introducing a new part of the blog: The Bookshelf where you can find some books that may be TTRPG inspired or in the realms of fantasy. Some of these are DM manuals while some are just for fun books that I read in my “free time.” These will be books that do not necessarily fit into one TTRPG category as well. There are two articles currently up: Düngeonmeister: A Drink Master's Guide and Realms. 

8/22/21 Happy blog update Sunday. The first matter of business: I got things sorted out with PayPal and Ko-fi and I am very excited to say that we made our first goal! Thank you to Mchamm3r, Botticelli, Ryan, Prophet of Stars and Syrin380Auto for making our first goal happen. I am very excited that I can go get the Epic Encounters: Lair of The Red Dragon box and review it all for you.  It was a blast last Sunday streaming for you all on Twitch. Having audience participation was quite fun. I enjoyed putting in the Gazer into our last encounter of the evening thanks to Botticelli's generous donation. Our players had lots of advantage (and disadvantage) and it made for fun for me as a DM and for our players.  Donations stack and will still carry over. Toka and the DM still have one more advantage roll, and one of my creatures still has a natural 20 and advantage to come into play next game. I look forward to seeing how those come into play next Sunday. I was so surprised, humbled and extremely thankful to everyone who came (40 unique viewers) and for all of the generous donations that were given towards our ttrpg goals. Our next Ko-fi goal is to raise funds to get Gloomhaven to review and possibly stream a Gloomhaven game from our table.  

I also got the PDF copies of the documents from the Call of Cthulhu Classics Kickstarter that finished earlier this month. I backed this Kickstarter in order to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of this fantastic rpg. It is one of my favorite ttrpgs and I'm excited for the 2" and 1" physical boxes that will be coming. Going through the pdf collection has been such a great blast to the past as it is a collection of true Chaosium classic Call of Cthulu products from the 1980's.  Seeing some of the product ads in the magazine made my heart so happy. The products are 2nd edition Call of Cthulhu but it should be quite an easy conversion into 7th edition (the current edition) or an easy enough change at the table to run 2nd Edition.  There have already been plenty of updates and communication from Chaosium, including the fact that there were some editing errors that they are working on fixing and going to make sure are fixed before a printed copy come.

On the topic of Kickstarters I present to you an article about Avatar Legends an RPG. I had a good time learning about this up coming TTRPG by Magpie games. I went through the Quickstart guide and I enjoyed learning about the new game. I have backed the Kickstarter and  a link to the Kickstarter in the article if you want to check it out as well.  The #RPGaDay2021 article has also been updated with at least one of the prompts for each day. It is my goal to have a response to all 4 of the daily prompts by the time this is over at the end of the month. 

2/14/21 Happy Valentines Day. Today for your reading pleasure I have Starting at the very Beginning  Some things to look forward to next week include my updated Tales from the Fox's Table. All my groups have been sorted and reconfigured so I will be changing all the pages to match the right PC's and adding the updated stories. 

2/12/21 Dm Bork made us delicious made one of the delicious recipes from the Hero's Feast cook book: the Traveler's Stew. It had both of our thumbs of approval. Only change was he put red wine inside of Beer into the stew. Will definitely will be made again for our ttrpg group. 

2/10/21 M is for monsters. This week I got to teach my pre-k kids about "monsters" using the young adventurer's guide books "Monsters and Creatures" and "Beasts and Behemoths". Some favorites as we went through included of course the Unicorn, Pegasus and Dragons but some others were the lycanthropes and flumph.

2/7/21  May you have a pleasant Sunday. Today for your reading pleasure I bring to you another addition to the 4th Edition Upcycling: Heroes of the Feywild. I also talk about the 5th Edition Dungeon Master Screen and what things I use behind the screen to make sure my games run smoothly. 

2/6/21 Today marks my third time this week that I have been able to run a game. A new group starts their journey on their way to Phandelver, and some party members from groups on hiatus have joined active campaigns. It has been a great week of gaming and I look forward to updating you all. Thank you for those who continue to support Dungeon Fox Chronicles on Instagram where I  try to do daily postings of our various gaming related madness. 

1/31/21 Sunday has come concluding a very busy week. Here we go with another day of uploads for your ttrpg pleasure. Doom Comes from the DM Notebook talks about the numerous journals I keep and where I get some of my homebrew and DMing inspirations from. May you have a great last day of January. There are also more answers in the Ask A Fox for those who have posed questions. 

1/24/21 This week I look at building maps for  your in person games. There are a lot of accessories and tools that I use to make a visual playing field for my players. Read more about how I use tools in Mapping the Scenes. 

1/21/21 This weekend's blog article will be about physical maps and how to make the scene using pre-made items.  Hope everyone's work week is going well. Hold on, we're almost to the weekend. 

1/17/21 Another week through meaning it is time for a new blog article. This comes to you in two pieces: Playing with Younger Generation and a review on The Young Adventurer's Collection.  Added a few more accessories to my list as well.  

There is a bit of clean up that I did to the website in regards to my current games. Tales From the Fox's Tables has currently be unlinked to their pages until I catch up with the stories and figure out the new group  configurations to make sure that the story chronicles stay together.  I also fixed the link to Dysfunctional Dice. Thank you for patience as I make sure that the blog is the best it can be for you dear readers. 

1/14/21 Pulled out some of the old Dragon Magazines to look at what I would like to update for the Upcycling page. There is so many good pieces from the past that I want to work on. So many blog ideas, not an equal amount of time to type. As always, stay tuned for more. 

1/13/21  This weekend's article will be focusing on young players and resources such as The Young Adventure's Collection. These books helped spark the interest in the children of my previous daycare center. Miss that group and their pure child imagination. 

1/10/21 Really big article today, didn't realize how long it was until after it was done. For your reading pleasure I present The Essentials Kit vs. The Starters Kit. I have been approached a few times in the last week by individuals who have purchased the boxes but not sure where to start. This article will tell you what are in them, and DM Wolfsfox's opinion on  each of the materials. 

1/9/20 Hey, we made it to the weekend! I have been feeling a bit under the weather but I am working on making sure that at least one new blog article makes it up for tomorrow morning's deadline. I want to say thank you. We've been up for a little over a month now and we are at 59 followers with 51 posts and the Facebook has gone up to 23 likes. All the support has been amazing and greatly appreciated. When I started a month ago I never expected to have some "top fans" let alone this many people interested in my work. Here's to 2021 and hopefully a lot more works to come. 

1/5/21 It's that time again for Tues D&D or T&D for Tyranny of Dragons. Let's see what little gemstones of quotes they give us tonight. 

1/4/21 Hope everyone is having  a fantastic Mimic Monday. Already missing all the extra writing time. This week I am focusing on writing about the Starter Set vs. the Essentials Kit. I also hope to write more for those who are interested in starting down their path as a DM. One day down and 4 more to go till the weekend. We got this! May your dice roll high and you all make the saving throws needed to make it through the week. 

1/3/21 Lots of fun things for you all to enjoy with today's uploads. Lots of topics have some uploads. For your Cthulhu reading pleasure I present: Finding Inspiration in Unique Places, and Pick a Card. Surprise! It's Human Combustion. There is also the first entry in Dysfunctional Dice and an addition in our Dungeon Mayhem called Monster Madness. In response to some online gaming questions I present to you How to Get Playing- Finding a Group and Running a Digital Game. Both of these articles have a lot of resources that I use. 

1/1/21 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Hope you all are ready for a fresh start. DM Bork and my New Year had a lot of Dungeon Mayhem and Monster Madness playtime time. Love me some Hoots McGoots. Getting lots of great questions and lots of motivations to write today. 

12/15/20  For your viewing pleasure a special unboxing! My Father-in-law has a special collection of miniatures one being the original miniature still in the original box.  On the minis page see the 5001 Dungeon Explorers box of miniatures. 

12/13/20 The blog articles today are to help those interested in the table top rpg game known as Call of Cthulhu. The dark cosmic horror set in time periods such as the 1920's makes my inner historian heart just glow in delight. Come and learn a bit more about one of my favorite games to run. 

For your reading pleasure I present: What is Call of Cthulhu, Starting Down the Path of Madness, and Keeping the Secrets: Tools of the Trade

12/12/20 Today a new section was added to Thoughts From Behind the Screen, called "Ask a Fox".  Here you can find questions that I have been asked along with quick rulings that I have made. These will be things that I don't feel need full blog articles written about but is information some of you may like to know. 

12/11/20 This Sunday's  blog posts are What is Call of  Cthulhu for the uninitiated and my thoughts on the Starter Set for Cthulhu 7th Edition.  

12/8/20 It is Tues D&D tonight. Wish my players luck as we head to the Raider's Camp in the Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Our group is a Kobold, Air Genasi, War Forged, Kenku, Leonin and Tabaxi. Stories of their heroics to follow. 

12/6/20 Welcome to the Dungeon! Today is the official public launch of Dungeon Fox Chronicles, run by yours truly: DM Wolfsfox. This is a blog that writes about table top gaming on topics that run from D&D 5th Edition, Call of Cthulhu to lesser know table top games. It is my hope to have at least one new thing uploaded for your pleasure every Sunday Morning.  This announcements feed will be used as a type of Table of Contents to what I have written and can be used to see what has been most recently published. 

With today's launch I thought it was best that you get to know me and how I run my games. For your morning reading I present: Rules of Engagement and The Fox's House Rules.  

12/5/20 Hope you are all staying safe on this Krampus Nacht 2020. Keep your eyes peeled for our official launch tomorrow morning at 10 am Central time. 

12/4/20 Happy International Dice Day! To all fellow dice goblins out there with big hoard, and to those just starting down their RPG paths: Happy International Dice Day!  May you roll at least one natural 20 in your next game; or for my Cthulhu lovers: may your push rolls be pleasant and your sanity high.

In honor of International Dice Day here is a couple dice reviews: Buck-a-Box Role Playing Dice; and Kraken Click-Clacks. 

12/03/20 It is my hope that Sunday 12/6/2020 will be the official launch of Dungeon Fox Chronicles to the public. I look forward to sharing with you all. 

12/02/20- Most of the photos I want have been taken and there are now place- holders for some of the blog articles in process. Feel free to explore the pages to see what is coming soon! Have a question or something you would like to see? Feel free to contact me at dungeonfoxchronicles@gmail.com 

12/01/20- The first blog article The Motion and Commotion of Dungeon Mayhem has been published for your viewing pleasure. 

11/29/20- The website is now bare-bones "complete" for viewing. Over the next few weeks I hope to have at least one blog article if not more in each of the categories listed on the side navigation tabs. I am excited to start this blogging journey with you all. Please visit the "About the Fox" page to find out more about me, DM Wolfsfox, and how to stay connected.