Rivals of Ixalan Pre-Release

I got the best parking spot at the Pre-release which is something.

I did not know any of the cars, but Marco gave us plenty of time to build decks--read that to mean jack spent 30 minutes making me a black/white deck that I did not use.

The shop was well attended.

I went 2-2 which is not very good

Jack had a much better day then I did.

Also, Ryan drew this fantastic sketch

Actual Play Tomb of Annihilation > D&D Encounters S24 S04

Tomb of Annihilation > D&D Encounters S24 S04

Another great night of D&D Encounters at Alakazam comics.

The Nine's are still exploring Chult--this week we finished up the River Encounter and headed into the jungle in pursuit of the Grate Ape. I  ran the Ataaz Muhah encounter from the Tomb of Annihilation. 

Getting them from the river into the jungle was a little railroady--but the kids were struggling to stay focused and the role play I had planed with the rest of the caravan did not really pan out--several of the kids just want to kill everything!

We had a large crew this week--Cody, Josh, Josiah, Henry, Coco, Henry, Nick--a seven players table is not the biggest table I have ever DM'd, but when all the kids are under 10 it can get a little unfocused, if you know what I mean (and I know that you do)!

The kids are still really enjoying exploring the comic shop, which is wonderful to see

we did find another die after the game this week!

Actual Play Tomb of Annihilation > D&D Encounters S24 S03

Tomb of Annihilation > D&D Encounters S24 S03

I am running Tomb of Annihilation for 5 kids under 10 years old at Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA.

My DM kit, which I will update in more detail in a separate post is basically the Adventure Book and a Field Note Brand Journal.

I am also rolling video of the adventure if you are interested--the camera I am using is very very old.

The evening started with the kids having combat with a scorpion mini from Cody's box--they may have been fighting with each other as well. It was nuts.

Once that settled down and we did a recap we took a break for Pizza. Pizza break is more important then most people realize when playing D&D with kids under 10.

After slices, we were back in Chult where the party was ambushed while traveling upriver to find out what is going on at Camp Vengence.

In the photo below please note Cody's tiny character sheets because I had the printer still set to the 4x6 paper size to print the Christmas Card Envelopes--kid did not know how to reset the printer. Also, note my amazing map--the blue is the flowing river & the green lumps are 45-foot jungle trees.

The party was traveling up a river in canoes lead by two Tortles. My Tortle minis from the first Reaper Bones Kickstarter were painted.

A four-armed ape, GIRALLON,  was hurling rocks at the canoes--22 points was enough to sink a canoe.

Crazed Giant Boars were drinking water from the shore--the boys could not help but attack them!

There were two crits, but I did not capture them.

Henry left his Tens on the table & I hope to return it to him next week.