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Slick Dungeon’s February Challenge Check-in!

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Hello internet people! Welcome to Slick Dungeon’s February Challenge Check-in! In this post I’ll be going through the progress I made on my movie, book, and ttrpg challenges for the year so far. If you’re doing any of the challenges as well, I’d love to hear about it in the comments.

Slick Dungeon’s February Challenge Check in for movies!

Slick Dungeon’s February Challenge Check-in! Movie challenge
Slick Dungeon’s Movie Challenge. Download your copy by clicking the image!

I watched a few movies this month but only one met a challenge requirement. I was recommended I Saw the TV Glow by a friend. And it was a great recommendation. If you didn’t see my review already, check it out here. But I will say, the best film I watched in January was Hereditary. Great movie if you like horror. I also watched Nosferatu which I thought was fine but not groundbreaking. And I watched We’re All Going to the World’s Fair. To me, that one is not worth your time. It does have a decent performance by Anna Cobb though.

Slick Dungeon’s February Challenge Check in for Books!

Slick Dungeon’s February Challenge Check-in! Book challenge
Slick Dungeon’s Book Challenge. Download your copy by clicking the image!

This one is going to be a little bit of a cheat. I read a book of short stories which is not yet released. It is called Four Dark and Stormys and a Hangover by Dan Kaminski. It’s a book of horror novellas but I’m counting it as a book of short stories. My review will come soon so watch for that this month. I think for next month I’ll be reading a fantasy book called Uprooted by Naomi Novik.

Slick Dungeon’s February Challenge Check in for TTRPGs!

Slick Dungeon’s February Challenge Check-in! TTRPG challenge
Slick Dungeon’s TTRPG Challenge. Download your copy by clicking the image!

In January I read the rule books for a TTRPG called Along the Leyline. I’ll be doing a review of it on this blog later this month. And once I’ve gotten a chance to play it, I’ll do a more comprehensive rules breakdown of the game. There are a lot of similarities between this one and Dungeons & Dragons but I will say the rules for Along the Leyline are more streamlined and easier to follow. There are lots of strengths here and a few spots for improvement but I’ll go into detail more on that in a post later this month.

How is your progress going?

Now that I’ve shared my updates with all of you, I would love to know if any of you have taken these challenges. Watched any movies, read any books, or done any of the TTRPG challenges? Please let me know in the comments!

Challengingly yours,

Slick Dungeon

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2025 TTRPG Challenge!

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2025 TTRPG Challenge!

The 2025 TTRPG challenge is a little tricky. Even if you love tabletop role playing games, it’s not always possible to play a game with your friends. Scheduling is a nightmare. Not all of the activities here are playing TTRPGs. But everything is related to them. Just do your best and try to get as many checked off as you can. Get your free copy here or at the image below. And get started on your challenge!

Slick Dungeon’s 2025 TTRPG Challenge!

Here’s how I plan to meet the challenge!

  1. I’m going to play a new system I have been reading called Along the Leyline. It’s a rules lighter form of D&D. I’m excited to give it a shot. I’ll also be reviewing it here.
  2. Check this blog later this year for something I write for a TTRPG. Can’t say what it is yet but I’m excited for it!
  3. I’m going to read the rules for The Walking Dead role playing game.
  4. I’m going to play the Alien role playing game.
  5. I’ll watch a cosmic horror film for this one.
  6. I’m going to read the Pathfinder player manual
  7. I’ll either do Savage Worlds or Pulp Cthulhu or maybe even Achtung Cthulhu for this one.
  8. I can always re-watch E.T. the Extra Terrestrial for this one.
  9. Kobold press has a great monster manual called the Kobold Guide to Monsters. I’ll be reading that.
  10. Call of Cthulhu for this one!
  11. Not sure what kind of handout I will make but once I do, I’ll share it here.
  12. I hear good things about Dungeon Crawl Classics so I’ll go with that one.

I hope you enjoy the challenge! Don’t forget to let me know if you play along and how it goes if you do.

Challengingly yours,

Slick Dungeon

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2025 Book Challenge!

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2025 Book Challenge!

The 2025 book challenge is simple. Pick an item on the list. Find a book that matches. If you are reading a book and realize it fits an item, check it off! Download the list right here or from the image below to get started!

Slick Dungeon's 2025 Book Challenge!
Slick Dungeon’s 2025 Book Challenge!

Here’s how I plan to meet the challenge!

  1. My favorite book is Lord of the Rings.
  2. For a book assigned in High Schools I will re-read 1984.
  3. For a book with a blue cover – I haven’t decided what book to do here. But one of the ones I read in 2025 is bound to have a blue cover.
  4. I’m in the middle of the Mistborn series. Finding a fantasy book should be easy.
  5. For a non-fiction book I’ll either read a biography (probably about a musician) or something about the comic book industry. I love learning more about both of those.
  6. A book you saw someone reading in a movie – This will be a surprise. I’ll just pick the next book someone reads in a movie I am watching.
  7. For a book of short stories I’m reading You Like it Darker by Stephen King.
  8. For a book with an amazing first line – Technically two lines but The Restaurant at the End of the Universe starts like this – “The story so far: in the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” How great is that?
  9. Most people know the end of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It ends with the perfect line – ‘He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.’
  10. For a book that is not on a best seller list, I’ll decide the month I read it. To make sure it’s not on a best seller list. There are plenty to choose!
  11. For a book with only a few characters I will read This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.
  12. I reserve the right to change this one. But I’m planning to read Carrie Fisher’s memoir The Princess Diarist.

Let me know how it goes!

I hope you enjoy the challenge! Don’t forget to let me know if you read along. And how it goes if you do.

Challengingly yours,

Slick Dungeon

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2025 Movie Challenge!

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2025 Movie Challenge!

The 2025 movie challenge is a basic challenge. Watch any move that fits into the requirements on the checklist and then check it off! Download the challenge right here or in the image below.

Here’s how I plan to meet the challenge!

  1. For a movie made more than 10 years ago I’m going to watch a black and white horror film
  2. I need someone to recommend me a movie for the second one. Got any recommendations?
  3. A silent movie – I will probably go with Charlie Chaplin here.
  4. A movie with an alien on the poster – might do Alien for this one!
  5. A guilty pleasure movie – I love horror comedy so probably one of those
  6. The oldest movie on my to be watched list is Scarface (I went by oldest meaning it has been on my list the longest. Feel free to interpret it however you want.)
  7. A movie with no special effects – I’ve been wanting to re-watch Before Sunrise so that’s my pick.
  8. A movie with incredible special effects – it was amazing for the time and I’ll take any excuse to re-watch it so Star Wars is my pick.
  9. A movie from a country you have visited (or always wanted to) – I’ve been lucky enough to visit Japan a couple of times so I will pick a Japanese film but I don’t know which one yet.
  10. A movie with the word yellow in the title – Yellow Submarine
  11. A movie with no romance in it – Not sure what I will pick here but it will likely be in the horror genre.
  12. A movie with all romance – I’ve never seen The Notebook so I’ll give that one a try.

I hope you enjoy the challenge! Don’t forget to let me know if you play along and how it goes if you do.

Challengingly yours,

Slick Dungeon

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Challenge Yourself! Books, Movies and RPGs for 2025

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Hey Everyone, Slick Dungeon here. 2024 had plenty of challenges for most of us, a lot of them not the fun kind. So I decided to bring back my book, movie, and TTRPG challenges. This year I invite you to challenge yourself!

For the next three days come back here to find out what the challenges are and download a copy for yourself.

When I started this blog I used to do a book, movie, and TTRPG challenge every year. That got to be a lot so I took a break but I’m bringing them back. When they are all out you can download not one, not two, but three absolutely free challenge checklists. Whether you love movies, books, tabletop role playing games, or all three, there is something for you.

Each list has 12 challenges. One per month should be doable but if you are an overachiever, feel free to knock these out in 12 days or less. If you do take up any of these challenges let me know how it went. And if you happen to post it on your social media, feel free to tag me so I can follow your progress.

Challenge yourself! The Rules

  1. There are three separate challenges, one for books, one for movies and one for tabletop role playing games. I’ll tell you about each one and give suggestions for how I plan to meet the challenge.
  2. Once I finish a challenge I will check it off and then post about it. This challenge is for you so feel free to post about it or just enjoy it on your own. If you do post somewhere, let’s compare notes!
  3. These can be done in any order. I’m not judging you and there’s no grade here.
  4. If you want to double dip on any of these feel free. I’m not going to do that but it’s your life, do what you want.
  5. This is not a rule but these will be downloadable PDF’s so feel free to download and print them or pass them on to friends, relatives, neighbors, or office mates looking for something to do! Share, share, share!

How can I get these?

Just come back here tomorrow and you’ll see the movie challenge. The next day grab your book challenge. And on 1/5 get your TTRPG challenge. That’s it!

I hope you enjoy the challenges I made. Don’t forget to let me know if you plan to play along and how it goes if you do.

Challengingly yours,

Slick Dungeon

PS. Want to see my challenges from previous years? Check them out here and here.