https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/critical-thoughts/what-my-failures-in-d-d-taught-me-about-life 2025-01-24T19:26:05-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/criticalthoughts-012525_a8e86435-98c5-47b8-91d6-6ed313723895.jpg?v=1737768365 What My Failures in D&D Taught Me About Life Two adventurers help their fallen friend in a dark and dangerous dungeon https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/critical-thoughts/the-true-power-of-a-wizard-in-storytelling-and-life 2025-02-01T11:15:21-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/criticalthoughts-020125.jpg?v=1738430121 The True Power of a Wizard—In Storytelling and Life https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/critical-thoughts/the-dungeon-was-built-around-you 2025-02-08T12:59:09-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/criticalthoughts-020825_1fe4f539-673f-40a9-9c38-cc08c95ed038.jpg?v=1739041149 The Dungeon Was Built Around You https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/critical-thoughts/not-all-treasure-is-worth-keeping 2025-02-15T12:37:38-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/criticalthoughts-021525.jpg?v=1739644658 Not All Treasure is Worth Keeping https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/critical-thoughts/use-your-enemies-as-assets 2025-02-22T16:40:58-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/criticalthoughts-022225.jpg?v=1740264058 Use Your Enemies as Assets https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/critical-thoughts/luck-is-a-lie-roll-high-or-die-trying 2025-03-01T23:49:40-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/criticalthoughts-030125_8f28b562-b32d-4e68-b1ec-ef5871357f27.jpg?v=1740894580 Luck is a Lie. Roll High or Die Trying. https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/tar/neon-gaze-part-1-the-somberdrenched-ruins 2025-03-06T14:43:08-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/NeonGaze_part_1_19985142-8471-41db-8208-771dc5c42366.jpg?v=1741293788 Neon Gaze Part 1: The Somberdrenched Ruins https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/tar/neon-gaze-part-2-frozen 2025-03-07T00:39:47-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/NeonGaze_part_2.jpg?v=1741329587 Neon Gaze Part 2: Frozen https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/tar/neon-gaze-part-3-escape-the-loop 2025-03-07T17:57:36-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/NeonGaze_part_3_0198f323-c9e0-43fe-9d1e-03ee3f626953.jpg?v=1741391856 Neon Gaze Part 3: Escape the Loop https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/tar/the-hollow-prism-part-1-run-from-the-past 2025-03-14T23:21:03-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/HollowPrism_pt1_b5d7cccc-7a7b-4871-8da9-26c00b605256.jpg?v=1742012463 The Hollow Prism Part 1: Run From the Past Three Adventurers Race Across a Synthwave Grid Toward a Floating City on Bikes that Trail Neon Light https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/tar/the-hollow-prism-part-2-the-hollow-king-s-game 2025-03-15T00:32:37-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/HollowPrism_pt2_930365ed-2f9f-42dc-b7e2-75ab41eefec0.jpg?v=1742016757 The Hollow Prism Part 2: The Hollow King’s Game Three Adventurers in a Synthwave Floating City face the High Arcanist https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/tar/the-hollow-prism-part-3-the-hollow-rewrite 2025-03-15T01:15:20-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/HollowPrism_pt3.jpg?v=1742019320 The Hollow Prism Part 3: The Hollow Rewrite https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/critical-thoughts/theres-always-another-linchpin-ready-to-pop-out 2025-04-05T22:36:04-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/criticalthoughts-032225_6d331f5c-9050-45bc-a747-03ef9b84f2ce.jpg?v=1743910564 There's always another linchpin ready to pop out 3 adventurers falling through a trap door in a dungeon https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/tar/the-fractured-reflection-part-1-the-eye-inside-the-blade 2025-03-26T14:36:06-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/Fractured_Reflection_Pt1.jpg?v=1743017766 The Fractured Reflection Part 1: The Eye Inside the Blade https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/critical-thoughts/magic-never-left-we-just-forgot-how-to-see-it 2025-03-29T15:57:07-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/criticalthoughts-032925_4b45e449-ae2a-454e-97ee-504926154c97.jpg?v=1743281827 Magic never left, we just forgot how to see it Three adventurers have recovered from a fall, now enjoy a meal by the fire https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/critical-thoughts/the-alchemy-of-asking-questions-to-shape-reality 2025-04-05T22:33:52-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/criticalthoughts-040525.jpg?v=1743910432 The alchemy of asking questions to shape reality Three adventurers check their map while lost by an underground river https://www.tsaurus.com/blogs/critical-thoughts/you-didnt-quit-because-you-lost-you-quit-because-you-lost-hope 2025-04-12T23:06:46-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0790/4123/3193/articles/criticalthoughts-041225_2c7e7b96-9bc6-45f6-8455-1441097b2f6a.jpg?v=1744517206 You didn't quit because you lost, you quit because you lost hope Three adventurers in an underground river. 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