RPG guide
The complete mage build for Emberhold
Stat spreads, spell rotations and the two side-quests that trivialise the final act.
London gaming journal
Dungeon-deep writing on the games worth your evenings.
Storm Dungeon Heroes is a Spitalfields writing studio covering RPGs, roguelikes and tabletop-inspired play — long-form guides, honest hardware notes, and the indie releases the big sites skip.
Fresh long-reads every Tuesday & Friday · 22 Hanbury Street, London
About the studio
A quiet room, a green wall, and far too many save files.
We started in 2016 as a two-person zine passed around East London game nights. Today a small team plays, breaks and writes about games from a plant-filled loft off Brick Lane — no clickbait, no review embargoes we won't disclose.
Every guide is written from a finished playthrough. Every hardware verdict comes after at least two weeks of daily use. If we didn't enjoy it, we say so.
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From first boot to published guide
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Play it fully
We finish the campaign or log 30+ hours before a single line is drafted. No verdicts from trailers.
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Notes & captures
Builds, boss patterns and settings get logged live, with our own screenshots — never stock press kits.
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Write & fact-check
A second editor replays the tricky sections to confirm every step, price and stat before it ships.
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Guides are revisited after major patches so the advice still holds months after launch day.
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Openings, punish windows and the fights worth practising before the endgame.
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Hardware
Handhelds for long RPGs, tested
Battery life, screen and comfort across a 40-hour save — which one lasted the campaign.
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"The Emberhold mage guide got me through a wall I'd been stuck on for a week. Clear, honest, no fluff."
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Hackney, London · March 2026
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