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We ran an entire adventure, from beginning to end, in one session using the v1.2 open beta playtest rules for Daggerheart, the new TTRPG developed by Darrington Press and the team at Critical Role.
GM Phil Ulrich leads a tiny frog merchant (Liz), a construct (Matt), a guardian (Nick), and a fairy (Anne) into the treacherous forest of the Sable Wood where, sur...
2024-05-09 18:11:55 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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This week, we're getting ready to go to back to Pandaria in WoW Remix, which launches next week (May 16). We discuss the best classes to play in ReMists, whether we're getting the new Draenei or Troll Heritage Armor that was added in WoW patch 10.2.7, and contemplate Diablo Immortal's new storm-themed Tempest class — could it also be coming to Diablo...
2024-05-09 15:27:29 +0000 UTC View PostHello supporters! Early access to the latest Tavern Watch Plays now available ad-free on Patreon or from the Soundcloud link below.
The Tavern Watch crew continues its Pathfinder 2e game, based on the classic Rise of the Runelords adventure!
In our latest adventure, GM Matt Rossi watches in amusement (we assume it was amusement) as the party picks a fight with a squirrel an...
2024-05-06 20:57:26 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Loot for everyone! Join us this week as we discuss Diablo 4's latest season theme: Loot Reborn, which seems to skip story to focus entirely on the massive itemization changes arriving with Season 4. (We're a little disappointed.) Plus the trials and tribulations of Dragonflight Season 4, which continues its Awakened raid rotation with a return to A...
2024-05-01 21:25:51 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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This week we explore the Nathrezim's purpose on Azeroth and whether their manipulations had any impact on Sargeras. (Spoiler: probably not.) Plus we recount the whispers of Il'gynoth, what we know about Xal'atath, and just what role the Old Gods might play in the story moving forward.
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Our Pathfinder 2e: Rise of the Runelords campaign begins! GM Matt Rossi sends our adventurers to the town of Sandport, where the party visits the local festival, has a curious encounter with a fortune teller, and fights off a group of angry goblins who descend on the celebrations. Surely that won't have any consequences at all.
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Join us this week as we discuss the recently rolled out Dragonflight Season 4 including its reverse squish dungeon difficulty change. Also our WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria beta experiences, Hearthstone’s quest difficulty identity crisis, and WoW’s return to China.
In our exclusive pre-show, we talk about morality in games and what line yo...
2024-04-26 15:27:06 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Special guest site writer Nick Marino joins us as we discuss the massive amount of news that dropped this week about WoW’s next expansion The War Within. We cover arguably one of the biggest quality of life improvements coming to the game in the form of Warbands as well as the alpha test, dynamic flight, Delves, the new Earthen allied race, new c...
2024-04-19 13:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
We ran an entire adventure, from beginning to end, in one session using the v1.2 open beta playtest rules for Daggerheart, the new TTRPG developed by Darrington Press and the team at Critical Role.
GM Phil Ulrich leads a tiny frog merchant (Liz), a construct (Matt), a guardian (Nick), and a fairy (Anne) into the treacherous forest of the Sable Wood where, surprise, nothing goes as planned.
You can enjoy this episode either through the Patreon a...
2024-04-18 21:17:23 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Join us as we explore an alternate universe where daughter of the sea becomes the master of the Scourge. After all, it’s not as if she hasn’t done horrible things as a human. To quote Matt Rossi “if you need someone to wield power, I’m your girl.”
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Everything’s coming up pandas this week as the World of Warcraft team announces plans to send us — us as in retail WoW players — back to Mists of Pandaria for an alt-leveling, transmog-collecting, achievement-hunting extravaganza. There may have been a few other things happening this week, and more coming next week, but everything has been overshadowed by pandas.
And, as always, Blizzard Watch is your source for news on Mists...
2024-04-15 05:11:47 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Join us as we discuss the smaller delights found in WoW Classic Season of Discovery Phase 3, trying to keep up with all of the seasons/battle pass/limited time event grinds across multiple games, and what recent single player fantasy games (other than Baldur's Gate 3) is equivalent to Cyberpunk 2077’s engaging mix of massive world building, story...
2024-04-12 15:22:19 +0000 UTC View PostWe got too excited and shared the one shot in yesterday's Patreon post when we meant to highlight the character creation chaos session. Well, here it is that one and tomorrow we will roll out the one shot episode, uh, again. Thanks all!
The Tavern Watch crew are back with another TTRPG podcasting adventure! Join us as we jump headfirst into the v1.2 open beta playtests rules for Daggerheart, the new TTRPG developed by Darrington Press and the team at Critical Role.
In this ...
2024-04-10 18:12:24 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Join us as we discuss the new adorable duck reward from this year’s Noblegarden event, Diablo 4’s first PTR, what we’d like to see in the future for WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery, how Overwatch introduced a new hero but without all the extra stories usually surrounding the launch of a character, and we end on a deep discussion about Pir...
2024-04-05 15:21:03 +0000 UTC View PostBlizzard continues with a wild pace of new content releases, and right now it’s all about new seasonal content for a whole lot of games, with PTRs for Dragonflight Season 4 and Diablo 4 Season 4, as well as upcoming launch of Diablo 3 Season 31 and WoW Classic Season of Discovery Phase 3.
Also ducks. We’ll get to that in a minute.
Let’s run down the news from the last week and what you can expect coming up in this first week of Ap...
2024-04-01 16:42:15 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Join us as we discuss the recent Diablo 4 dev chat revealing the many quality of life improvements coming to the gearing system, the massive Dragonflight meta achievement that rewards the goodest of boys, and the new raid content coming to WoW Classic Season of Discovery and Wrath Classic. Plus, the flower-hatted duck that is destined to be our new...
2024-03-28 21:27:19 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Join us this week as we explore if Azerothian Archives should become a replacement for the dated Archaeology profession in WoW, how old you need to be start getting cyber implants, and if Spider-Man and Madame Web had a conversation, what would they talk about? Obviously, not box office numbers…
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What a week! From WoW's new Plunderstorm event to a huge rework of Diablo 4 loot, we've had a lot to write about. And don't forget, we're looking for help with that: Blizzard Watch is hiring a couple of writers, so please send us your apps!
But that out of the way, let's get to what happened this week and what to watch for next week!
New this week
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Join us as we discuss Plunderstorm, the surprise 60-person Battle Royale mode Blizzard just dropped for WoW (but not for WoW, it’s a thing.) We also cover our varying levels of excitement and disappointment over the new Hero specializations revealed for The War Within, wax nostalgic for the new 10th anniversary Hearthstone cards referencing the g...
2024-03-22 00:15:43 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re adding a couple of new writers to the Blizzard Watch team and you may be just the person we’re looking for! We need people who can help us write news and guides that break down complicated topics so everyone can understand what’s going on. Our readers are busy people who may not have time to dig through the patch notes or read every news story: our goal is to break out the information that matters so they can enjoy their favorite games.
And to do that, we could use a few mor...
2024-03-20 22:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Join us this week as we explore which tech-based based stories in WoW could go full Cyberpunk 2077, how each Starcraft faction would fare against their counterpart in Warhammer 40k, and if the war in Warcraft is honing Azeroth into the ultimate weapon (which would be hunter loot, obviously.)
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Here's the latest Tavern Watch episode, our podcast devoted to news and discussion in the world of tabletop role playing games.
In this episode, we discuss the renaissance in TTRPGs since Wizards of the Coast alienated the community with last year’s pricing and royalty shenanigans. Creators are now going in new directions like Critical Role’s d12-based game Daggerheart, romance-driven TTRPGs, and Chaosium’s game design challenge that encourages creators to...
2024-03-19 16:51:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve had a good bit of excitement this week with some DragonflightSeason 4 and War Within previews, as well as news on WoW patch 10.2.6 (pirates??) and the next Diablo 4 Campfire Chat, both coming next week. That’s the summary of Blizzard news, but in Blizzard Watch news, we’re looking for new writers! With Patreon support holding strong we’re looking to grow our staff and increase our post count, and we’re looking for two or three people to help us out. ...
2024-03-17 14:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Join us as we discuss the idea of Diablo 4 making more cosmetics attainable through in-game activities, the Hearthstone 10th anniversary event in WoW along with all the limited-time shinies that it drops, the confusing dungeon difficulty changes coming to Dragonflight Season 4, the irony of the upcoming launch of WoW Classic Cataclysm, and the on-g...
2024-03-14 17:52:50 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Join us this week as we explore an alternate version of Azeroth’s history where Sargeras didn’t betray the Pantheon, but instead became a champion of the Light. From the elves never existing to the Horde never forming to the Dark Portal to Draenor never opening to a massive confrontation with Zorval in the Shadowlands by a Titan-led army of Light, the implications are, needless to say, wild.
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I’d say I’m sorry for making every week’s wrap-up about transmog, but I’m not that sorry. This week on the podcast Joe had to remind Matt and myself that there were other things to talk about, despite the allure of attractive digital hats — so if you’re into that kind of thing, certainly hit up the podcast. WoW players also shouldn’t forget about the March Trading Po...
2024-03-09 01:21:56 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Join us as we discuss the latest Diablo 4 including the good (Vampiric powers!), the bad (more repetitive endgame content!), and the fabulous (dapper feather hats!). We also cover the new March Trading Post rewards, the atrocities we would commit for transmog, and the lack of easily available bags in WoW Classic Hardcore Solo Self-Found mode (say t...
2024-03-07 20:12:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Though there haven't been any huge events this week, there's still a lot going on — particularly with new must-have transmogs in WoW's March Trading Post. (Because as you know, transmog is the primary reason to play.) Here's the breakdown of what happened this week and what's coming soon in the world of Blizzard Entertainment — plus some gaming suggestions if you aren't feeling like picking up WoW this weekend. (Though, really, there's important transmog to collect.)
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Join us as we discuss how slow leveling, complicated itemization, and lack of early game unique drops make for an unfun Diablo 4. We also cover the new Warcraft Rumble Season 4 coming next week, the new Hero specializations revealed for The War Within, and just what in the Carmen San Diego is a self-found mode in WoW Classic Hardcore. Plus somethin...
2024-03-01 00:18:30 +0000 UTC View PostHi there, Patrons!
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Join us this week as we discuss Calia Menethil’s dilemma about her role in the future of Lordaeron, the difference between Wild Gods, Titan Watchers, and Titans in WoW, and who would make a better fixer in Cyberpunk 2077, Joe “I just hope everyone had a good time” Perez or Matt “I don’t play well with others” Rossi.
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