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A Simple Rules Change for Faster Dungeons & Dragons Sessions

Steve Alvesteffer
October 24, 2025

In DnD, combat tends to take up most of the game time, and my players hate that. To make it more fun for my players, I came up with a few simple rules changes to drastically shorten combat encounters by reducing the number of dice rolls required to bring combat to its conclusion.

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Last Year’s Top Baseball Prospects

Steve Alvesteffer
October 6, 2025

I recently went through the baseball prospect selection process I developed and streamlined it. I’m waiting until USA Today picks their Minor League Player of the Year award before selecting my top 2025 prospects. In the meantime, here are the current reigning top nine baseball prospects from 2024.

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Why Do You Collect What You Collect?

The All-Topps Era Baseball Mega All-Star Team

Eighteen Days in Taiwan

Building Relationships and the Abundance of Life

Greatest Hits: Metallica

This is How We Fix the United States Postal Service

The 2025 Future Hall of Famers Baseball Team

Dungeons & Dragons Visual Aids

Greyhawk-style Name Generators

Chinese to English Translator (code only)

Dice Roller

NameGen: a Random Name Generator for Writers

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