"Dear JB" Mailbag #39
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*Dear JB:*
*When discussing rolling stats and how I wanted the characters to use the
point buy system suggested on the D&D Next website. Players really d...
The Best Boots a Monk can have
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So one of my players started his first DnD campaign not long after I put
the group together in the late summer of last year (actually I am in two of
m...
Mounted on a Pin (Aclas Dungeon)
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The central dungeon of Those Fragile Bridges, my funnel hexcrawl for
Locheil's Aclas.
The Panopticon is shaped like its namesake - a 3-floor tower of 30 ...
Road Hogs (Tricube Tales)
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Last month's Tricube Tales one-pager was *Road Hogs*. This one was actually
inspired by the artwork -- I knew I wanted to turn it into a micro-setting
th...
Drugs
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I use a fair number of magical drugs and substances in my games, and
out of the goodness of my heart and my universal love of all mankind I will
share ...
The Dark Veil
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The second Star Trek: Picard novel is more successful as a story, but this
is at the price of it being less successful as a prequel. For those who
kept up ...
Ex-RPGNet Review: Knightmare Chess 2
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“More chaos on the chessboard.” A sequel to the classic Knightmare Chess,
Knightmare Chess 2 can be used independently of the original or as an
expansion. ...
[Teaser] Tomb Robbery for Blood-of-Pangea
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Currently, I am writing a mini adventure for Blood of Pangea: a piece of
tomb robbery, to be set in a place like the kingdom of Brooma or Nemia (or
any oth...
the Hexploration Kit
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Inkwell Ideas’ Hexploration Kit showed up in the mail today. Absolutely
awesome and fits right in with what I was …
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Black Pudding Play Book
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The Play Book is now live! Go forth and dice.
PDF is PWYW (pay what you want). Get if free if you ain't got no money.
It's all good.
You can get the har...
#RPGaDay2025 Day 31 Reward
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What is *reward*, really?
Is it gold? XP? Magic items? The thrill of leveling up and unlocking that
next power, that new spell, that coveted domain?
Sur...
Miskatonic Monday #369: Operation Werewolf
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Much like the Jonstown Compendium for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha
and The Companions of Arthur for material set in Greg Stafford’s
masterpiece of...
RPGaDay 2025: Day 31
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*31. Reward*
Role-playing is its own reward. This is true of most hobbies, but the
role-playing game is also the quintessential example of the game that...
RPGaDay 2025: Day 31
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*31. Reward*
Role-playing is its own reward. This is true of most hobbies, but the
role-playing game is also the quintessential example of the game that...
RPGaDay 31: Reward
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It’s the final day of #RPGaDay2025, Hannah and myself are rewarding
ourselves by cracking open a couple of cold ones and talking about what we
find to be t...
One of Us
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As we draw *The Shadow over August* to a close, I'd like to end this series
with a moment of reflection. Celebrating H.P. Lovecraft is, for many, a
compl...
Try A Tourist Campagn Pointcrawl
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Tourism is a thing of the past, and this is about how to incorporate it
into a game. The last post on aqueducts is a mu...
Sale - DragonLance Chronicles Hardcover $18.51
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For many of those from my generation, the *DragonLance Chronicles* was the
first true crossover piece of fiction read by D&D players and our "normal"
fr...
Third Issue of the Lantern Coming Along
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Two days until I provide the advanced copy of October's issue of The
Lantern, which includes the follow up story to that which appeared in the
September ...
Blood Magic: Vile Spells
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Blood Magic: Vile SpellsObviously, Book of Vile Darkness had some spells
that are appropriate to blood mages. Thus, here's a quick conversion of
them for t...
[New Magic Spell] Bogfoot
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What a difference a letter makes… Bogfoot ‘Why me?’ asked Thoz as he looked
back at the trail of muck behind him.‘They must have figured that you were
the ...
OSS Report on the Holy Alliance
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Now available on DriveThruRPG is *OSS Report on the Holy Alliance*.
This supplement, for use with the *Savage Worlds* RPG and *Treasure
Hunter Advent...
Brink of Calamity
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By Trent SmithStorm Fetish Productions1eLevels 1-6 The town of Warnell,
straddling a trade route that crosses two great forests, seems at first
like any ot...
Teoriakatsaus #229
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- [Liquid] Well, I just rolled the dice for show, keskustelun
aloittajana Frank Tarcikowski, herättää kysymyksen siitä, miksi perinteinen
roo...
Rock Troll #4 (and last, probably)
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Yet another 3d printed Rock Troll, this time painted red.
This will probably be the last one, unless I develop a pressing need for
more, which is unlik...
Random Links & Notes for 8/29/2025
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- 9 and 30 Kingdoms talks a bit about mapping. I'm okay with players
mapping or not mapping. It's up to them, as long as their characters can do
it. If the...
Holmes1to3 [general guidelines]
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Notes on playing a D&D campaign using only the Holmes Basic set of rules
with level 1 to 3 being the only levels achievable by Player Characters.
1st...
Product of Your Imagination
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I was reminded, when digging out the D&D Expert rulebook, that TSR had
possibly the best slogan of any RPG company.
Products of YOUR Imagination. It follow...
Romanizing Cthulhu 3: Breakthrough
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- Part 1
- Part 2
Back on this again, but now with something to actually show for it. Dump
the previous two posts out the window, I've cooked u...
Frightful Fridays! Ouroborooze
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Hello and welcome back for another Frightful Fridays! It’s ooze time again,
and this week’s monster concept struck me out of nowhere. Fortunately, it
didn’...
On Two in one Day!
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Free quickstart, has everything you need to get a group up and playing in
10 minutes. Contains *everything *you need to play.
drivethrurpg.com/en/produ...
COLOURED GAS BEING
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COLOURED GAS BEING
"He had learned much of the Other Gods in distant parts of space,
especially in that region where form does not exist, and coloured gase...
TTRPG Online SummerCon has Begun
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The TTRPG in Korea SummerCon has begun already. I'm obviously not playing
in any games right now (Friday night) but I've got a weekend chock full of
gam...
Random Appendix N Campaign Concept Generator
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Need a campaign idea or at least a prompt to develop your own? Just roll on
the following table based on the AD&D "Appendix N" and fill in the blanks!
*...
Post Game Debrief
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Last month, I started a new way to manage the information for my campaigns,
and I have been excited about it. Excited enough, that I started doing
somethin...
Canaries in a lunar mine
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At one point in *Cthulhu 2050: Whispers Beyond The Stars*, the protagonist
(that's you) might need to travel to the Moon. There are extensive lunar
colon...
2025-08-28 Online safety, maybe
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2025-08-28 Online safety, maybe
The longer I provide web services to strangers, the more I feel that data
is toxic. I used to think I only had to worry ab...
New Cirsova Merch!
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The new Cirsova Merch is up in our TeePublic merch store! First up, we have
this awesome Otis Stein shirt that spoofs the magazine cover. This art by
Carlo...
Shadowdark: Narrative Hirelings
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Currently, hirelings are not part of Shadowdark. They can shift the
spotlight away from the heroes and too easily become little more than
cannon fodder. ...
Bridge War! (Adventure Location)
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Inspired by the history of Milwaukee, this is a small adventure location
with competing factions and easy connections to other underground lairs. It
is a...
Up Your Game with Rubber Stamps
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[image: Up Your Game with Rubber Stamps]
This isn't a Free GM Resource, but a product, well company really, that I
think is a useful resource for the prep...
Let's Read the 4e Dark Sun Creature Catalog: Kirre
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A kirre, looking like a horned green tiger with eight legs. Copyright 2010
Wizards of the Coast.
This post is part of a series! Click here to see the res...
[Review] Fight On #4; Roots
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Fight On! Magazine represents a perfect cross-section of the golden age of
the OSR and going through the articles, hopefully, some sort of insight
will res...
Take Stock of my Stock Art :)
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Sorry for the really bad pun. OK, not really. Anyway, I just wanted to say
that I've got things up and running with both my Ko-fi and DriveThruRPG
shop...
Marvel Multiverse RPG Random Character Generation
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After spending the last couple of months exploring deeply through the
Palladium Wilderness, our main protagonist side-trekked once again to the
Marvel Mu...
A Return to Venture-Gossip Briefings!
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A Return to Venture-Gossip Briefings!
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
HELLO, PATHFINDERS!
Oh, my *gods*, besties, it’s been so long since I’ve been able to w...
Greyhawkery Comics: Saga of Valkaun Dain #15
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Welcome in, readers! This is the continuation of the *Saga of Valkaun Dain*,
the greatest hero of all my *2E* Monty Haul campaign. To read about his
prev...
Halflings (ODD Race)
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I discovered a handful of recent stripped down D&D hacks online this last
week. One immediately jumped out at me, probably because of the old school
aesthe...
Wednesday Action Log 08-27-25
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I’ve been once again busy. I played more Rainbow Six Siege. Not much there.
Just getting killed a lot. I’m also still playing the heroin of roguelikes.
Bal...
Relationship Complications
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There's a really good post by Elmcat about prepping settlement-based
adventures by designing neighborhood blocks and representing buildings
(etc.) as peo...
Tuesday Magic Item – Cultic Mask
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Gollaon and Voddick paused on the edge of the marketplace. “Where did they
go?” asked Voddick. “We were right behind them,” said Gollaon casting about
for ...
Mythic Rivers
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Not *The *River, of course.
A typical *Mythic Bastionland* realm, following the procedure in the book,
has a navigable river. It’s an extremely fast way t...
Auto-update and the RPG
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A rant about Auto-updating software leads into a discussion about how
updates to source material and game systems impacts RPGs at various levels.
I hate Au...
No Dungeon Mapping Required!
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Recently, someone in a forum was curious how many GMs make (require) the
players to map the dungeon, and I replied that I don’t require players to
map, b...
Tomb of the Blind and Deaf Dead
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So the cat is out of the bag thanks to Tobias Schulte-Krumpen, who posted
the above image to the Lamentations of the Flame Princess facebook group. I
...
Bathtub Review: Tales From the Road
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Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely.
I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of
my o...
Track Turns the Shadowdark Way
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The awesome Shadowdark RPG has lots of ways to get things moving and keep
up the pace during the game. Real-world one-hour torch timers ensure
players don'...
K Monsters at the Opera
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A B C D Demon Dragon E F G1 G2 G3 H I Jackalwere K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
X Y Z
Credit: Richard Whitters
K monsters are all plundered from various culture...
Zodiac Ring, 20 Years Later
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Twenty years ago today I released Zodiac Ring, my very first publication.
Which means this is also the 20th anniversary of Lame Mage Productions.
There’s n...
Spider-Verse x Street Fighter Art
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I've shared some of Monster_Wolf's anime/Spider-Verse crossover art. Check
out this awesome Street Fighter/Spider-Verse art.
#TTRPG – MOTSP – The Hot Take
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Congratulations on your purchase/rental of the:Shurok Mivshikvik Shunvik
Mivsha – Sha-Rashmivvikruk(CTF INDEPENDENT TRADER – The Hot Take)from
Corman Ship ...
AMC Hut BFRPG Package #3
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Here is a recording of the actual exchange as it happened at the AMC Hut at
Lonesome Lake today. It is a project of my own devising and I will link to
th...
Setting: Manny Perez
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Formerly one of many rank and file employees working at Infinite
Possibility Foundation, Manny Perez was the definition of a paper pusher.
He couldn't tel...
XML Workflow: Variations. So Many Variations
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Still not giving up on the A-Z Challenge! Just going really slowly this
year. I utterly failed on time, but will complete the series! I’ve been
trying to w...
The MN Gathering 2025
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The MN Gathering 2025 is the annual meetup of Minnesota Gamers, including
several of the original Blackmoor Bunch.This year the event took place last
...
YouTube – some actual plays | Mausritter & AD&D 1e
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You might not know, but I have a YouTube channel. It’s nothing to shout
about, but it is there. Here are some actual plays if you are interested in
that ki...
How to run a slasher. 1 of 2
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I ran a summer camp slasher game not too long ago. It went pretty well.
Here's some of the stuff I used to make it happen
Plan for one or two sessions t...
Eyes of Idola, Part 2
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This is Part 2. Here is Part 1.
*Concept 1: Entering the Dungeon*
Descending the stairs into B1, the party reach rooms that are dark,
crowded, flooded, a...
The Danse Macabre and the Hounds of Velun
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Below are two factions in Krevborna. The first was inspired by one of my
player's riffs from his own game in the setting. The second has been around
in t...
Deadlands: Dark Ages Crowdfunding in September
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So they have been talking about this one for a while now but Pinnacle made
it official this week: the next setting for Deadlands is coming next month. ...
Card Game Update
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The long awaited publication of my card game is nearing the final stretch!
I have contracted with the artist Michael Perrotta for card art that is
more in ...
STRANGE AEONS - SHANGHAI
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The final set of Strange Aeons adventures, at least for now.
An alchemist’s shop in the Old City of Shanghai. Uncle Ho wants to create
the Pill of Immor...
Tuesday Terrors: Xenomorph for Shadowdark
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Xenomporph for Shadowdark
*"Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its
hostility."**-- Ash, regarding The Alien (from Alien)*...
How to Win the Dawn War: 20 Wanderers
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From Etrian OdysseyNever much been good at NPCs. Trying to change that.
1.
*Kayven *Race, class, level: Human Commoner 0
Description: Balding...
where are psionics from?
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A kind of crazy in-game explanation for D&D psionics occurred to me. I
haven’t seen it before so I figured I’d share it. The canonical explanation
for psio...
Cup of Crimson Wonder
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I got into *Dungeons & Dragons* in the late 70s at college. At that time, I
was listening to a lot of progressive rock, which was a broad category
which ...
Accept No Imitations: Red Sonja
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Alex Ross's Red Sonja is my favourite
When it comes to the matter of Red Sonya & her cousin Red Sonja, I find two
wolves barking at one another in my min...
Roll on Adventure - Immortal Reckoning review
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Hello gamebookers. I don't normally do reviews here, but my lovely tutor
group bought me this book, so I thought I would review it.
The Roll on Adve...
An Offering For The Goat-Mother - Play Report
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Per Weird Writers "Just Run It" advice, I decided to run a little
horror-investigation scenario I had written up a while back.
CW: abuse, suicide
WW pla...
d100 - Side Effects from Bargain Basement Potions
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In most of my Campaign Settings, I try to emphasize that Magic is a rather
Rare and Wonderous thing. You’ll seldom find Arcane Artifacts for Sale in
Mark...
Cloak-and-Sword Économiste
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Économiste
A cloak-and-sword class. Any early modern French milieu needs its John Law,
or its John Blunt, or perhaps an enterprising florist.
Begin with a...
The Smith Family quilt
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So, a hundred and fifty years ago, at a place known as The Hollow (later
renamed Ararat), a group of women got together and created a quilt for Rev.
Ne...
Linguistic Archaeology: Rivers of Iceland
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*Rivers of Iceland*
1. Hvítá
2. Krossá
3. Kúthafljót
4. Markarfljót
5. Mustafl
6. Ölfusá (the Icelandic river with the greatest flow)
7. Rangá [ˈrauŋkˌauː...
I Got a Drone, part 1: Unboxing & Goals
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I heard regular people can just buy, and then remotely pilot, small flying
robots with exquisite cameras. I figure these things have to have some
utility i...
The 'I Want' PC
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Readers who do not live in the dank earth beneath rocks with only woodlice
and earthworms for company will no doubt have heard of something called *K-Pop
D...
Hacking x in D6 Skill Systems
-
Hang around me enough and you will learn that love messing around with
rules. I know I’ve done a lot of hacks on this before so here’s another
one. I reall...
WWII Aviation Industry Part 4
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This article has been more of a whopper after having had a look at French
and British wartime industries (click here for *France* or *Britain*). I
posted...
More Star Wars/Traveller ship scale
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Today’s contribution to I Made It So I Might As Well Share It. Might be
interesting or useful to someone else as well. A selection of some of the
most icon...
800th post
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Fifteen years. Eight hundred posts.
Okay, technically sixteen years including Terminal Space blog. Still,
36-38% of my entire life (I could count it base...
New LotFP Books Out Now!
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I keep forgetting this blog exists. So might as well give the latest news
while I'm here!
Nebulith, Altar of Madness, The Music of Ericha Zann, and th...
Cold War, Fever Dreams
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The looming, biomechanical, Freudian image of the *Alien* franchise may not
immediately hint at the Cold War. Certainly, the first few films were made
du...
Fantasy RPG Video Game Project
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Long time, no blog!
Life treated me poorly, and life treated me well. I went dark on YouTube
and most certainly here due to the fact that, put simply, I...
[BLOG] News on the March! Episode X.
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This post continues the series of brief play reports I have been posting on
Discord. This does not cover every single session (sometimes, recon and
setup...
WFRP-like RPGs
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The role-playing side of Warhammer Fantasy (WFRP) has seen a number of
distinct editions over the decades. We've had everything from
one-book-to-rule-the...
Mist part ways once more…
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Keep an eye out for an expansion to The Broken Cog Cluster in Quoth the
Raven #32. The mists will reveal all at the end of October.
GM Companion for Shadowdark
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Let's talk about Mr. Chubby Funster. Greg. If you go on RPG DriveThru and
check out the Shadowdark section you'll see he had three books in the top
ten....
July ‘25 In Review
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Only one month of summer to go, but I'm so ready for fall. We've had
multiple sets of near 100 degrees days, and I'm over it. Even with my cool
basement ...
Angstone: A Magical Substance
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I came up with this magical substance for one of my homebrewed settings,
and maybe you can use it in a game.
Angstone Recipe:
Every cubic yard of the s...
TF2 Mercenary Generator
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In this episode of "I thought I wrote this blogpost like 5 times over the
past decade this blog has been around", I could have sworn I made this
before. ...
The Thing From Another World in Mothership
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I don't think anyone has done this exactly, but I think it's time to do a
series on adopting various famous monsters to the Mothership rules. Let's
start...
Defiance Of Darkness Campaign Journal I
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DEFIANCE OF DARKNESS SESSION 17/12/25 @ Mythic Games Santa Cruz Our
Heroes:Sylvia, Half-Elf Female CLR-1 / RNG-1 (Brandon)Kale, Human Male
MNK-1 (Brandon)T...
Rulings, Not Rules: A Foundation, Not an Oversight
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There's been a lot of discussion over the years about how Original Dungeons
& Dragons handled (or didn't handle) the common situations you'd expect in
a ...
52 Pages at Canterbury (UK) Gaming Con
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For my followers who can easily get to Canterbury in the southern UK on
August 8-10, the local game shop is hosting a convention on the University
of Ke...
ONE HUNDREDTH POST ON SAVE VS WORM !!!!!!!!
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This is the *100th POST on SAVE vs. WORM !!!!*
(I've been holding off on posting anything else until I make this post so
that the timing works out exact...
Class: Gnome
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Gnomes are an artificial race created by Dark Lady Ta-tiki-tekh-uata, the
Witch Mother, to serve as her attendants, spies and enforcers. Some sources
sugge...
Barrier March, Session 124 (Back to the Redoubt)
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On July 31st, having offloaded the treasures from their last visit to the
the redoubt of Kalibad the Theurgist, the adventurers at Wetdell calling
themselv...
Alma Mater / OSR Mash-Up
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I recently ran a one-shot games day for a group of friends I rarely get to
game with in person anymore. After a friend’s initial suggestion I’ve been
think...
Farsight Games - hold, please
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Hi - This Farsight Games page is on hold at the moment while I decide what
to do with it. There's more than 15 years of stuff on here so I don't want
to...
Dungeon Crawling Basics: How does combat work?
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This is how the order of combat actions is explained in D&D, Labyrinth
Lord, and similar games: In practice, this means an intense action scene.
Here’s an ...
Flatiron Building Map as Dungeon Level
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Turned a map from the Flatiron Building in a single-level dungeon with 30
rooms (so I could add a d30 table or two to go with it—to come in a future
pos...
Quietly reading and playing
-
One of the joys of having no posting schedule and, let’s be honest, a very
small audience, is that I don’t feel any pressure to post. Usually when
Yore is ...
My Little Slice of the OTU
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I think I found my new favorite Official Traveller Universe (OTU) "milieu":
the *Galaxiad*. Situated in 1902 Imperial (the 7th millennium CE!) and
relate...
Ashes Without Number!!
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Happy I backed the latest Kevin Crawford release: Ashes Without
Number!
Those who have followed my blog for a while know that I am a big fan...
Musing on Superman
-
The new Superman movie is coming out, and given some of the hullbaloo
surrounding it, I thought I’d give my two cents about one of my favorite
comic book...
Undead and a construct for Frostgrave
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I've got some games of Frostgrave scheduled for the later summer and
autumn. We also has a domestic run-through of the second-edition rules on
Saturday...
Bayou of Feathers 6: What’s Where?
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Earlier this week, I whipped out Atelier Clandestin‘s Sandbox Generator and
went hex-by-hex to determine the main feature in each hex. (Nota Bene: That
pro...
A Wraithblade to Bind a Murderer’s Soul
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Wraiths are the restless souls of brutal murderers. They cannot find rest
in death, and keep on tormenting the living, leaving behind a long trail of
pain....
Shadowdark torch timer that lives in your URL bar
-
Oh boy, another bookmarklet.
This one puts a timer in the URL bar, at the end of it, and counts down,
then alerts you when torches are going out.
Visu...
Namesakes: A Setting (Part 1)
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There are six Namesakes on The Continent. Namesakes are the physical
titanic creatures that resemble animals and warp the land and societies
around them....
Third-Party Support: Playing with a Full(er) Deck
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The deck of many things was a classic staple of Dungeons & Dragons long
before the d20 System was invented. With its random effects and
oftentimes-severe c...
How I prep my games
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Weird Writer suggested this as a topic/challenge for a post, and I think
it’s a good idea, so here we go.
Preparing a Campaign
I’ve run three short (~a doz...
How (Not) To Play D&D 4th Edition in 2025
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In the last few months I really got excited about D&D 4th Edition again. I
actually wrote a post about this a couple of weeks ago. After not having
run any...
Curses
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Curses are a thing I haven't have a proper table for, for some time. So I
came up with some, stole others from across the internet, and here we go.
Each ...
Ruined Tower of Zenopus Goes Mithral!
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*Find it here*
I haven't had much free time lately, hence the dearth of posts, but here's
a quick update on *the Ruined Tower of Zenopus* 5E conversion...
Roll Windows
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These days I mostly post on my Substack, but I thought I’d share this one
here. Three months ago I ran a poll over at Questing Beast looking how GMs
actu...
A Second Summer LEGO RPG Jam!
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Last summer, I invited everyone to participate in a Summer LEGO RPG Setting
Jam. It was a lot of fun! And nineteen people created Lego-themed settings,
adv...
OSR: Spectacle Fighter
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This is a new variant of my Fighting Man class. It is designed to be the
anarchic sister to the Free-Form Wizard, to lend that same air of gleeful
unpredi...
Brief Thoughts on Fantasy Monotheism
-
It had not been my intention to leave the blog fallow for almost six months
after its five year anniversary. However, heading into my graduate degree,
job ...
Getting Back in the (Worm’s) Saddle
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Wow! So, it’s been… (checks notes) …12 years since I last posted here?
That’s as many as four threes. And that’s terrible. During that time I was
heavily i...
Beggars
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One piece of feedback I got on Burgs & Bailiffs Trinity was that I gave
clerics reasons to go on pilgrimages but not so much for other classes. The
upcomin...
Observations on Onboarding
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The few chances I had to crack open the dusty ol' tomes and partake in
adventure gaming has been on the refereeing side of the table. Normally
with some ...
Pulp: Adventure Location: Trindade & Martim Vaz
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History is fractally interesting. Start examine any event, or following any
citation, and interesting facts emerge. But some places, for whatever
reason,...
Mydwanderings, Session 11
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Day 1, 3rd week of early spring, in the town of Bree. Beck and Lugan spend
the day resting their wounds. Felix avails himself of the refreshments at
the De...
Planet Karus – Session 31
-
“Let’s return to that farmers’ guild hall, bullshit our way in, and
continue to explore that dungeon underneath it” said my players at the
start of this se...
The Mygnskerö Unleashed!
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Out latest set of paper minis - The Attack of the Mygnskerö - three
fearsome Fungoid invaders, alongside three craft working defenders,
hand-drawn in old s...
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
-
Time for a few high-powered updates from your humble interlocutor:
*OSRIC 3.0 CROWDFUNDING*
The original retroclone! Rising from the ashes of the OGL de...
Playing at the World 2E V2 Arrives
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With the release of its second volume, the second edition of *Playing at
the World *is finally complete. The two books combined total well over
1,000 ...
NOT TODAY, ASTAROTH
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Negative thought patterns, expectations, comparisons, self-doubt &
self-criticism…
You will overcome them eventually,
so *any time or energy spent on the...
I Want Magic Weapons to Matter
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There’s part of me that wants to put monsters that can only be hit by +1,
+2 or even +3 weapons back into the game. And you’re wondering, “Why do you
hat...
THE WOUND LOGIC
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THE WOUND LOGIC
These are not commandments. They are fault lines. Pressure responses.
Sacred malfunctions. Each one is a site of tension, and some are ...
Real History: The Nuragic Civilisation
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A look at a Bronze Age civilisation that many people might not know about.
The Nuragic civilisation of the island of Sardinia.
Blogs on Tape season 6 has begun!
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Hi everybody! Its been a minute. How are you? Everything is awful all the
time? Horrors never cease? You’re being driven mad by the weight of the
unfathoma...
Secluded Cloister
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*For a PDF version of this adventure, click HERE*
Regarding doors:
• A door marked with the letter *S* is Secret.
• A door marked with the letter *L* is ...
Giants of the Middle West
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When summer comes, and the heat hangs in the air, the giants appear low on
the horizon matching ponderously from some distant sea.
Chimes hang over man...
Directions in an Empty Place
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a d20 table of information sources in the trackless nowhere Hydramwt and
Pele-Peq came upon a lonely crossroad. Behind, the Pianure of pale-blown
weed and...
Chatbot and the Demiurge for Solo Play
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I have been playing around with my solo protocols, the d6 demiurge (
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/347048/the-d6-demiurge-protocols-for-solo-pl...
City of 100 Gods 4/10: The Last Ladders
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These are the final wards of The Ladders, the City of a Hundred Gods'
warren of slums lying beyond its perimeter walls. Movement through the
district is ...
Recent Illustration – Tomb of the Claw
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acrylic on paper, March 2025 When I was working as a commercial
photographer and grip, we would often use colored gels to color different
light sources in ...
Happy St. Cuthbert's Day!
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Today is the saint's day of the original cuddy, St. Cuthbert of the Cudgel!
Although the real world Cuthbert seems not to have used a cudgel at all; in
t...
Thoughts on conworld calendars
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Yes, we’re still playing and yes, I have to get a lot of logs up. Those are
as much for me to have a reference as anything else, and I feel lazy.
But th...
Vampire: The Masquerade 1st Edition, Year Two
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Some years ago, I read through all of Vampire: The Masquerade 1st Edition.
I covered the products from 1991 in a pair of posts and then kept up the
posting...
Process Book
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The Brief For this assignment my brief was to design a Process Book, and
have it printed. This book shows my process, from initial ideas, through
research,...
Another Underclock
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I've been using Arnold's Underclock since about 5 minutes after that blog
post dropped. It's great!
Trouble is I do miss the "oh shit there's something her...
Wizard Tricks (OSE)
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"Do not mistake me for some conjurer of cheap tricks!" - Gandalf the Gray"A
trick is something a hooker does for money... or candy." - Gob Bluth"What
can m...
The New Game: Completed
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With huge apologies to anyone out there who has been waiting for this, I'd
like to bring to a close the *TenStones* Glass Bead Game that I started in *Dec...
Why Did Natural 20's Become Automatic Hits?
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Here's an observation I just made, that came up from a friend's question
about the 1E AD&D rules for a big project they're working on. Ultimately
this hi...
Table This Discussion
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Roll a d6 to see which table to roll on:
Table 1 (roll d8): Why does this dragon hoard treasure?
1. In debt to a loan shark - possibly a literal shark,...
STILL ALIVE BITCHES
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Well. Here we are again.
It's been a while of sickness, needing a wheelchair, and being mostly
bed-ridden. SO I do have time for games when I'm not too ...
Digital Art Practice
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So every winter, my brain goes haywire trying to get relief from the awful
cold.I picked up a legit copy of Clip Studio Paint (I think it's like 55$)
and ...
Against 2d6
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The players from my Classic Traveller one-shot last week started asking
whether there would be more adventures for those characters. I felt a
certain un...
Appendix Probi of the OSSR
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Sandbox, not Any Box
Roll Tables, not Story Beats
Rumors, not Hooks
Character Progression, not Character Development
Scenario Generation, not Plot W...
Nate Hack
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Here's the basic idea for Nate Hack:
Base rules are AD&D
Ability scores, classes, advancement, spells, and experience gain are AD&D,
except classes go ...
Alignment in O.G.R.E.S. Addendum
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Additional Thoughts on Alignment
In case you all haven't seen it, Tim Brannan has been doing a super fun
exercise with the O.G.R.E.S. games over on his Th...
DM Style Questionnaire: What are you playing like?
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*Hey folks. Quick little post here since I had a discussion with a good
friend about the different types of rpg out there and what that means
(please tra...
Forever unto the breach, dear friends...
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Sorry, I haven't been around. But it's for all the right reasons. My
roleplaying card is constantly filled, these days.
I started Once More Unto the Brea...
Reminder: We have MOVED!
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Just a quick reminder, folks! The official Elf Lair Games blog has merged
with my Wasted Lands fantasy blog. If you're following us, we can now be
found...
Strange Days
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a secret organization of villains… I mean An open grouping of well known
oligarchs are taking over… Your mission is to overthrow… I mean survive.
The three...
2024 Kickstarters
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My annual update of the status of the Kickstarters I have backed. No new
additions to the wall of shame and "Lady Ingrade" actually posted a draft
in No...
Articulations
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Creating house rules, custom rules specific to a local group or campaign,
has been common throughout the history of D&D. What makes an effective
house rule...
Dicey Tales: A Rock & Roll Fable
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Wherein your humble scribe uses Dicey Tales (with a smattering of
Barbarians of Lemuria, Everywhen, and other related games) to stat up the
main cast of 19...
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Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year from ABC! What better
than to mention a seasonal being? Below are a depiction of the
Callicantzari by Ja...
The Tarot of Pips
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Somewhere in your dice collection is a die like this one, the humblest of
dice. Although you don't know it, this small white die carries with it a
secr...
Kanoodle as In-Game Puzzle - Part 1
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For a very long time, I've been interested in integrating real puzzles into
my tabletop games. I know that some folks prefer to keep character skills
separ...
Alternative Experience Awards and Advancement
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Alternative Experience Awards and Advancement
(I started thinking about this as a way to make XP awards in 5e come from
all three “Pillars of Adventure” r...
Pirates and Necromancers, a Play Report
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Over the Thanksgiving weekend we did a lot of gaming ranging from
“off-table” domain level stuff to some solo adventures to spell and magic
item rese...
Zombie Survival Escape USA
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Prepare yourself for a thrilling adventure as you navigate through a city
overrun by the undead in Zombie Survival Escape USA. In this heart-pounding
game,...
Four facts a wizard might tell you
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*Most of this is me trying to take this old post and rewrite it as in-world
lore, but Fact #1 is an all-new idea.*
*I.*
Everyone knows that magic spells ...
Inspectres in Grifton
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On November 8, we played a one-off Inspectres game set with the
Starkweather monster hunter tradition, based in Grifton. My Setup I quickly
pulled out and ...
Keuntungan Memilih Situs Casino Online ALEXIS500
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Ada cukup banyak rekomendasi situs judi casino online ketika kita
menjelajahi internet. Semua orang bebas memilih situs yang mana sesuai
dengan kehendak ...
D100+ Terrible Trolls
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Trolls come in many shapes and sizes but are united by a ravenous hunger,
exceptional healing capacities, a dislike of thunder/bells/fire, and a
tendency t...
Knave 2e Alternate Attributes
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Sometimes, I'm exactly in the mood for the classic simplicity of defining
characters entirely by D&D's six attributes, as Knave does. But sometimes,
I want...
Exploring the Wilderness - Life with Rocs
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*More solo play with post background after the jump. Next time they should
be at the tomb.*
Vineyard’s Bounty, 8th Rising. On the Old South Road in the ...
OBSCURE RPG – Free A4 character sheet
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I recently made an A4 character sheet for the OBSCURE roleplaying game by
Tommy Sunzenauer. If you feel like using it – download it here for free.
What i...
Consequence
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*Monster and Knight - Angelina Zhogina*
This game features a small amount of "perma-death". Each player is allowed
to create one *Apprentice* character, ...
It's been a bit
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Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well! I've had a lot going on and
haven't had much time to blog lately. Heres a recap of gaming events and
other st...
When did the OSR begin? 2008.
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I was looking through a box of some of my old gaming stuff and I ran across
a bunch of old OSR zines and DIY supplements from 15+ years ago. I thought,
w...
Dragons: The Great Victims of Worldbuilding
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I'm not a fan of Wizards of the Coast dragons.
I don't really feel like this should be that controversial. The
organization of dragons based on the colo...
The Sun Lich
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This is a campaign setting idea I've had for years but never got to use.
Perhaps you can have fun with it?
Edge of Darkness by Ben J
Long ago, a wor...
The Time Bandits
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Six boisterous dwarves, who, until recently, were employed by the *Supreme
Being* to fix holes in the space-time continuum. Then they had a
brainstorm: W...
A Bevy of Beyond the Supernatural Sheets
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I don't know if anyone out there is still playing *Beyond the Supernatural*
("BtS"), Palladium's fun* little game of proto-super heroes hunting the
para...
Last move - to self-hosting!
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As my vote regarding Substack in the “marketplace of ideas”, I’m moving to
self-hosting.
I’m now at (and hopefully staying for a long time at)
Blog: ht...
Gwenevere (2023)
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Poster by Sarah McIntyreBanished from Camelot, Queen Gwenevere (Laura
Frances Martin) must travel across wild country to the abbey where she is
to live out...
Of Urbanity in Troika!
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This was sparked by someone asking about Orbital Intelligence's crapland.
which is about crappy suburbian.I jokingly call it a crappy suburb of
Troika! (t...
On Play-Style
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Welcome to the third post wherein I lay the groundwork for this blog's
future direction. Today, I want to discuss the concept of *play-style* as
it perta...
d66 Classless Kobolds Linktree (of sorts)
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Hello!
As of Summer this year, I have changed jobs to work as a middle- and
high-school Humanities teacher for a classical Christian school. As such, I ...
This Blog Has Moved!
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The new blog: samsorensen.blot.im!
Hello!
This blog, Caput Caprae, is old and deprecated. If you're looking for the
latest, freshest, hottest, coolest new...
Falkrest Abbey Review
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Hello All – It has been quite some time since we talked. There was this
little pandemic that happened, and life got all crazy. I played a hell of a
lot o...
Angels, Demons and Subtle Bodies
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It’s delightful when D&D-isms sometimes converge with ancient wisdom, even
accidentally. I was watching a video from Jonathan Pageau earlier today
concerni...
SORCERER (Afterword)
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Hi there. I'm sure you, astute reader, have noticed that this blog isn't
very active anymore. That's because I don't quite have the inspiration for
it. N...
Eberron for Savage Worlds Revised!
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Eberron for Savage Worlds has been republished with updates and expanded
content and is now available in print and PDF through DriveThruRPG.com!
There Were Dice
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I started my Spelljammer game last weekend. It was my first time DMing
since December 2021. I wasn't as rusty as I thought I was going to be, but
I *was ...
Mad Max custom figure
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This amazing custom was posted on ebay at the beginning of 2023. The
seller's account was listed as Old Colony Hobbies. It looks like there are
a lo...
Moving to Markdown
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In one sense, it's a no-brainer to move away from Blogger. The interface is
archaic and unpredictable, the platform is limited in capability, and as a
fr...
Beneath the Cliffs - part 4
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This week, I've finished up two more sections of the Ruined Monastery of St
Amruss. I wrote the last descriptions of the kitchen area and wrote up the
th...
Notes on a semi-successful skill system
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When I finished my Team Tsathogga campaign back in 2019, one of the things
that I noted afterwards was the extent to which fighters had struggled to
keep...
2e Character Sheet
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One of the most popular posts on this site over the years has been the 2nd
Edition AD&D character sheet I cooked up for our game in the early 90s. I
cleane...
Knock! Issue 3
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Knock! Issue 3
Hey all! I'm a contributor to the OSR zine Knock! I wrote up 12 Sword Saint
techniques specifically for your Fighter character!
Click the ...
What’s in the Wizard’s Mug?
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Mmmm smells good! Just a sip… 1d8 1- A potent shrinking potion. You are now
swimming in the cup alongside a drenched wizard. 2- Hot Green Slime. That’s
w...
Announcing: Book of Extinction
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We're working with a good friend of ours, Lucas Zellers (@SparkOtter), to
craft a new book that gives life to extinct animals through Dungeons and
Dragons:...
Abiørn's Satchel
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This weathered leather satchel is tooled in nautical designs and is full of
rose-colored salt. Rubbing the salt on a sea creature will dry it out and
sh...
It's 2021 and the Dream is Dead
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So reads the cover caption of Mayfair's *Underground*, published in 1993.
Taking place in 2021, *Underground* is unusual in terms of genre; perhaps
“dys...
My FREE RPG 12v12 Is Out Now!!!!
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I hope everyone is well. I am very excited to be able to share a little
game I have been working on for a while. 12v12 is a D12-based multi-genre
RPG, an...
"Things to Find" tables and Velonia
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So in my Lost Carcosa supplement something I did was have an encounter
table as well as a "Things To Find" table for each region. I initially
assumed th...
Short Shelf of Picks - Vol. III
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Blood in the Roots
This is a packed little half fold pamphlet. Evocative in a way that I
appreciate. I am aware of Trollish Delver Games (Scott Malthous...
The Visitor Royal Telepath
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I have taken a little break from blogging to set up the Ravens Purge
campaign for Forbidden Lands for my friends on Discord for a bit of a
change of pace. ...
The Spine of Night Premiering at SXSW Tonight!
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*The Spine of Night* will be premiering tonight at *SXSW*. I am extremely
excited about this one! If the past output from Morgan King/Gorgonaut has
been ...
Troubleshooting Detachments and Forts
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I'm running custom Detachment rules which are a mash-up of *Into the Odd's* company
rules and *Apocalypse World's* gang-sizes so that ship crews in my pi...
A new beginning
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I've been blogging here for a while now, but I think it's time to move on
to a new blog with a new title. There's a lot of dragons and flagons and
flago...
Context-Sensitive Encounter Tables
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The goal of these encounter tables is to provide dynamic, context-dependent
encounters with as little additional work as possible pushed onto the
referee. ...
The Why of a Blog?
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Because Writing Helps You Learn
Journeys of discovery are not something you start doing, but something you
gradually stop doing. — Erling Kagge, Walking: ...
New OSR Products at DTRPG — November 26th, 2020
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This is the first Thanksgiving in years that I have not worked. Kinda
strange.
Adventures
A Misplaced Prince - Featuring "piranhakeets", which I thin...
City of Heroes / City of Villains roster
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Mid September I’ve returned to a game I’ve played for a while a long time
ago. At the time, I didn’t focus on the mechanics, or the story: I just
wanted to...
Time Management and the Role of Caller
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Last week was the first session of my Wednesday night Roll20/Discord
group’s new B/X campaign (a continuation of a long-running AD&D campaign
that went o...
Owl Con Live Blog 2.2
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Who knew that in the bowels of the Humanities building...
...Professor Norm offered a course on the Caves of Chaos???
Meanwhile, behind the screen...
And....
Nightmoor Abbey Level 1 Saturday Night Specials
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Using the Megadungeon - Random Area Name Generator, the area names from the
Diablo games, and game reports from In Places Deep as inspiration below are
the...
Using the Rainy City with Risus: The Anything RPG
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S. John Ross's *Risus: The Anything RPG* can do anything. It says so right
on the tin.
And, if it is anything, the Rainy City is certainly something!
But ...
TV update
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Sony doesn't rush with updates, this is Android 7 to 8.
They have also changed their custom GUI. The 'Discover' button on the wheel
which used to do not a ...
eXPerience
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The following are some alternative ways I want to try out in my home LotFP
game. I already use Session Attendance & Carousing but I want to try the
othe...
The Kickstarter has Funded!
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Our first Kickstarter has funded in the first day. Pretty pumped! Some of
you reading this have already received some version of these accessories in
the...
Old-School Essentials Online Tools and SRD
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My 2nd favorite incarnation, OSE, of my favorite D&D rule set, B/X. [My
1st favorite is Necrotic Gnome's previous, B/X Essentials, cause it was
soft backe...
Ptolus returning in new Kickstarter campaign
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Sometimes, you spot an impressive gamebook on a friend’s shelf, and wish
you could take it home with you because it’s out of print, and you’ll never
get yo...
High INT Bonus - "Floating" Spell Slots
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*Bonus Slots per Day*
*INT 13-15 +1*
*INT 16-17 +2*
*INT 18 +3 *
High INT Sorcerers gain “Floating” Spell Slot(s), each equivalent to One
Spell Level.
At...
Four GLoG Houserules
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*Four Houserules* *This is based on Skerple's hack of GLoG.*
*1. Fleeing* To run from combat you need to roll under 8 + your amount of
unoccupied item slot...
Spoils of the Gorgon Coast: The Degenerate Heir
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As the kickstarter for the Zinequest Quartet winds down, I find myself in
awe of the amount of folks who seem interested in my project; especially
given t...
Caverns of Thracia session log: February 2, 2019
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System: B/BX.
Players: Niku and Loretta (Les and Myrtle) and Emily (Bagira.)
*If you're playing in my game, please do not read the following. You may
reque...
Reevaluating My RPG Gamer (NON) Life
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CAUTION LANGUAGE!
*After the 4E Apocalypse and the OSR*
Well my old group from back in 2006-2009, well some of the people started
to suck and make it n...
Blank space and mechanical fluff
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Perhaps my favorite part of any character sheet is the 'appearance'
section, especially if it has an area for drawing a character portrait.
People should b...
Review: Cockamania!
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Cockamania! is a 30-page mini-setting based in Filipino culture and
folklore. Cockfighting is the main theme of the text, but it also includes
mythologic...
Mold lines are the bane of my existence
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This afternoon I was putting some models together, cleaning mold lines, and
doing some basing. Mold lines are a long-running antagonist for my hobby
activi...
Prinny Dood!
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Prinnies are the souls of the dead who are working off their lives of sin
either in the heavenly or infernal realms before they are able to
reincarnate...
Carwyn & The Revelthanes Of The Feywild - I
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"ARGH!" - The cry of Carwyn was not of pleasure anymore, but it went
unheard, absorbed by the densely misty night as if the Feywild itself would
have want...
session recap, 1/5/2020
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CAST
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Pai Mei the Wu-Jen (7)
Biff the Fighter (6)
Clint the Duelist (4)
Assorted Henchpersons / Temporary PCs: JoJo the Healer (5), Phil the
Healer ...
Finders Keepers - Background and Sources
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Credit Konstantin Vavilov
For the rules and character generator, see here. This is likely to be a
long and boring post, go make some funky weirdos instead...
Winter's Daughter Play Report and Review
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*"Delve into the **fairy-haunted **forest of **Dolmenwood"*
*"The tomb of an ancient hero, lost in the tangled depths of the woods. A
ring of standing ston...
Graded success for roll-under d20
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This is a sort of half-baked add-on inspired by Call of Cthulhu 7e's graded
difficulty system for roll-under d100 resolution. It assumes 3d6-based
ability ...
Squarehex 2019 Review and 2020 Plans
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2019 was a good year for the business. The two highlights for me were
getting *The Black Hack Second Edition* rewards sent out to our Kickstarter
backers ...
Garm Bays Loudly
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I'm happy to announce the release of a new scenario for my old Norse magic
trpg: Beyond the Fence, Below the Grave. Garm Bays Loudly focuses on a
Norse ...
The Nightmares Underneath 2nd Edition
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I don’t use this blog much anymore, but since I don’t have a new website
set up yet, I should announce this here: The second edition revision of The
Nightm...
Encumbrance rules
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If buying equipment at char-gen is often a waste of time, keeping track of
the weight of each item is often too much even for the fanatic OSR player.
Numbe...
What the hell have you done to Stonehell?
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I thought I'd increase the difficulty of running Stonehell slightly by
reconfiguring the maps slightly. This is the test layout of the first level
of the...
death stranding review'd: to love supply
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*Snaps and buckles, backpacks and belts.* The game ends in a signature
Kojima-annoying fashion; two hour cutscene including two separate credit
rolls, th...
Dark Crystal TV Show
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*Edit: I have changed my mind drastically about this show. I plan on
writing a follow-up sometime soon, but after watching the rest of episode
1, I watched...
Markwald
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I have no intention of abandoning *Lukomorye* any time soon, but my goal
was always expand into other historical-fantasy settings - a Central
European-flav...
The Howling Caverns (5e)
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The hunched beast prowls the forest, sniffing at the still air. The roiling
sky flashes and thunder breaks the silence. The time is near and the beast
sens...
City Map System & Making a Spooky City
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This is a system to quickly and easily create unique cities that are
detailed during play, using randomization and simple procedures. Content is
provided b...
Someone Has Been Here
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It is rare that a group of adventurers are the first to have plumbed the
depths of a perilous dungeon. Others have doubtless tried, possibly
succeeded. Wic...
Nuts & Bolts #161 - Gotta Get Away
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*So, last week over on his blog Andrew posited some ideas for GMs looking
into introduce a big bad and enable their escape from the players. (you'll
wan...
Them Bones of Adventuring - XXV: Stealth Revisited
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*An ongoing exposition on table procedures for common exploration feats and
rules, which began here with part one*.
*Introduction*
Though for the most tr...
Mine Playset Finished
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Boy, it feels good to see a project through to completion. The color
scheme looks really good. It was a good first run, especially in getting
an idea...
Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule
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*As you know, I run public classic Dungeons & Dragons games at **The Loaded
Die**/Metro Detroit Game Night's Board Game Nigh at **Dragonmead**, in
Warren...
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*In this installment, we learn that you can make a percentile system really
complicated if you keep adding special results and that DQ doesn't stand
for "D...
TFH&P Release Notification Signup
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Dear Friends, This game is very near to completion, and there has been a
flattering amount of interest in the game since the kickstarter campaign
ended. So...
2019 RPGaDay 21: Vast
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Vast
The potential experiences available to RPG-players is vast. When one
considers the number of genres, sub-genres, character-types, races,
classes, gen...
Knights and their Towers
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Knight's towers were fortified self-standing buildings, several-stories
high, most often erected on a plan similar to a square. They contained both
livi...
Echoes of Prohibition
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Prohibition is a nearly forgotten time in Maryland history, despite the
still-visible paint on the side of a Fell’s Point building urging residents
to “Vot...
Elsai Overview
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Elsai is a small planet and the only inhabited one orbiting its star. From
its spaceport—nothing more than a flattened chunk of rock used by stellar
scum—E...
Tomb of the Serpent Kings: Session 1
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Finally got around to running a session using my in-development Yoon-Suin
Lamentations of the Flame Princess hack. I decided on using Skerples' Tomb
of the...
Can't Stop Thinking About Weapons
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Predictably enough, when I set down to whittle the 5e rules down to
something that I'm interested in running, one of the first things that I
take a look at...
This is only for followers ...with thanks!
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Thank you for following and here are a few newer [ish] pieces which I do
hope you enjoy.
They are in no particular order and if some appear to be 'older' i...
New Website!
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Sorry I haven't been posting, have been adjusting to a new job and dealing
with personal things. Now I get to show you one of the things I've been
working...
Friendly Advice: Finding Inspiration
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This past week I spent my days in the verdant mountains of Pennsylvania
near a small town called Bedford. It was a farm that went by Fort Royal
where a mus...
Another way for Udemy to screw things up
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Udemy now expires all free coupons older than 30 days. This is to prevent
"coupon abuse", though they don't say what that actually is. It's in
Udemy's inte...
100 curious thing for a setting.
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As your genial host let me welcome to lovely "insert place holder name"
world. It is a wonderful place to have a vacation during this part of the
aeon. As ...
And Now the News Draft Download on Patreon
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It's self-styled Throwback Thursday and *having just released the 34-page
draft booklet of Hill Cantons news to my Patreon backers* I am going to
indulge m...
The Mythology of Moog
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*Mythology of Moog*
*The following is a long-accepted translation from the Codex Incarnaeum
which describes the birth of the world. The views expressed...
Hearts of Wulin Kickstarter
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*Hearts of Wulin*,* an RPG of wuxia melodrama, funded in less than an hour.*
Driven by the characters’ duties, desires, and entanglements with other
chara...
FROSTCRAWL AVAILABLE NOW
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DOWNLOAD FROSTCRAWL HERE Frostcrawl is a hexcrawl for use with Heroes &
Other Worlds or Blades & Black Magic. The map coves 441 hexes to explore
and I p...
Two Thieves
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Jeff Easley's BECMI Thief I’ve recently decided to run an OD&D game. This,
of course, brings with it the age-old question of which version of OD&D
(3LBBs...
James's Celebration of Life
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We could not have asked for a prettier day for James's service. It was a
bit chilly and windy but gorgeous. A heartfelt thank you to all that joined
us tod...
2017 and 2018 Anime
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If you haven't watched the 1997 series of Berserk, do yourself a favour and
check it out. The most 90's anime ever, from the grunge soundtrack to the
ultra...
The Mutant Insurrectionist: Talking about zines
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Okay, here's an awesome new thing I made for Gathox - it's a zine. I'm
gonna post the link first, so you can go get a copy, and then I'm going to
talk abou...
Dick Dale
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I'm sad today because one of my personal heroes has passed away today. Dick
Dale was 81, and to me that's too young for a man who was such a giant
talen...
The G+ Apocalypse
-
This is where to find me after the fall of the G+ empire. Facebook
https://m.facebook.com/brett.slocum Blog Https://joyfulsitting.blogspot.com
The Tekumel ...
Human Infravision
-
Gizmodo reports "By injecting nanoparticles into the eyes of mice,
scientists gave them the ability to see near-infrared light—a wavelength
not normally vi...
FLINTLOCK FANTASY: Episode II Play Report!
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The second session kicked off with the aftermath of the Machetza showdown
and monstrous attack at the Welcome Arms *(which you can read about HERE)*.
The p...
BACK AT IT AGAIN
-
OKAY………….. WHERE HAVE I BEEN???!? AGOOD QUESTION FOR ANSWERING BUT I WILL
ONLY SAY THIS: THE MOVIE TRON IS A TRUE STROY AND IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU
TOO!! ANYW...
Removing Support from Zak Smith
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[UPDATE February 14th, 2019: Zak has issued a statement responding here. I
am not convinced to change my position below, but it introduces some doubt.
I m...
Regarding Zak
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https://www.facebook.com/amandapatricianagy/posts/10215845527064252
I hope that Zak engages with some sort of accountability process, takes
responsibility ...
A Sojourn Among Antediluvian Archæotheria
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This started with nomenclature, as so many things do. I started writing a
response to Scrap Princess's post about Dinosaur naming conventions in the
fantas...
Profane and Profound Prep Part 2
-
This is part 2 of my work to edit my magic items for a DMsGuild release,
along with adding cursed items along the way. Here is part 1. Bone of a
Saint 8000...
Prisoners of the Gelatinous Dome DCC Conversion
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*This is a DCC conversion for Jeff Call's excellent one-page dungeon
Prisoners of the Gelatinous Dome! Get it here: gelatinousdome.tumblr.com
(direct link...
SWADE Update!
-
The Adventure Edition Update for Accursed is now freely available for
download from DriveThruRPG. This is just a bare-bones document, to help
players who w...
Frightful Fridays! Opportunistic Griffons
-
Hello and welcome back to the first post of 2019. I hope the new year has
started well for you. I'm making up for lost time with five monsters for
you this...
Please, I don't do paid advertisements - don't ask.
-
A little note since people have asked me about this. My video channel's
*not* an advertising platform, so I'm not available for hire if you want to
promote...
Please Update Your Link!
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If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is
out of date.
Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com (RSS feed is
h...
Stocking the Dungeon is now on MeWe!
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I never did a lot of RPG stuff on Google+, for some reason the interface
and spam I'd run into there just kept me from getting that into it. I was a
bit sa...
Worldbuilding Through Shops
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'Arms Dealer in Cairo' by Jean-Leon Gerome
In the classic module B2: Keep on the Borderlands, Gary Gygax suggests
allowing the players to begin interacti...
Total Sales for WB:FMAG
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Hi Folks,
It's been a long time since I provided an update for the sales of White
Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game.
*LULU*
Print: 396
PDF: 433
*OBS*...
How can We Destroy this Campaign World?
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d12
1. You must trick a bard into strumming the *Chords of Fate* on the *Lute
of Annihilation*
2. Legends tell of thermonuclear weapons beneath megadunge...
The Ergonomic 3 Mile Hex
-
So if my blog numbers are correct, everybody loves the six mile hex. It has
the top number of posts with the most comments. All in all the 6 mile hex
is ...
Make your own days
-
How about you make some backgrounds? Call it a competition.
I'll send whichever one or ones makes me go "*fuck, I wish wrote that and
now I have to conscio...
The West is Dying: Book 1 Fall of the First World
-
The West is Dying
Book 1 Fall of the First World
Written by David C. Smith
$2,99 Kindle
$19.99 Paperback
I read a few of David C. Smith's books back in...
Goodbye and Good Luck
-
Well some of you may have noticed this blog has been down, restricting
access for some time. For various reasons I've decided to step away from
the OSR...
Crouching and Screaming
-
Wonderful 1978 illustrations by Outi Markkanen (Finland, b.1951) on Kuriosas.
Visit the link for many more illustrations from *Kurnau ja Kamaluu*.
New blog
-
Ok, people, time to update your bookmarks. I'm moving this blog to another
domain, so this is my last post here.
You may find the new blog at http://letra...
Game Pitch Outline: Night Train
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*Game Pitch Outline: Night Train*
*High Concept:* Ravenloft modern with undertones of Kult’s Metropolis
meets *Mission Impossible*
*The Pitch*
What ...
the MOONS of KOS
-
Kos has five moons.
1. the White Huntress
Largest of the moons. Unwavering and constant, crowding the horizon. She
lightens the seaward prow, bathes t...
Hirelings for my Barrowmaze campaign
-
I have been creating a random generation spreadsheet for hirelings for my
new Barrowmaze campaign, which is set in my Japan-like setting called
Oyashima. ...
Thouls
-
Thouls are undead abominations. Patchwork creatures, they possess a
strangely refined version of the canibal cravings of ghouls. They will chew
off a part ...
Regarding ACKS and Autarch LLC
-
One of the few RPG products that carries my name in the credits is the core *Adventurer
Conqueror King* rulebook. I helped out with editing and proofreading...
Comertul online si lenjeriile de pat
-
Avand in vedere amploarea pe care a luat-o comertul electronic in ultimii
ani in tara noastra, putem intalni pe intreg internetul magazine online
care ofer...
Hinterverse, a Glossary
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Antikytheron, the
Core prognostication device of the Great Machine, origin unknown.
Arcturean Arm
A minor spiral arm of the Hinterverse.
Argos
The birth...
On Absolute Evil
-
When Henry James wrote *The Turn of the Screw*, he was careful to leave the
actions of the ghosts Quint and Jessel unspoken. Their relation to young
Miles ...
Clue: The Great Museum Caper
-
Clue: The Great Museum Caper is a game from my nerdly youth that, sadly, I
never got to play truly.[1] I admired its place of honor on a shelf for
years, a...
2018: I Yam What I Yam And I Don't Give A Damn
-
Time for another year-end beatdown.Time to roll another one out. This past
holiday season I resolved to be more mellow than previous years, which I
met w...
DUNGEON#3:TOTALT JAVLA MORKER
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PDF here
It's a simple 13 room dungeon I've ran for new players to figure out how
OSR is played. The dungeon can be easily adapted for your purposes b...
New Free PDF Module: The Hyqueous Vaults
-
A new dungeon module—written in celebration of OSRIC's 10th Birthday—by
Rebecca Dettmann, Allan T. Grohe, Jr., Jimm Johnson, Matthew Riedel, Alex
Zisch, a...
Numenera - The Devil's Spine - Session 12
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Once Upon a Time in the Ninth World
Welcome to our group's campaign log for *The Devil's Spine*, a
mega-adventure by +Monte Cook for the *Numenera* cam...
Behold Beyond Dread Portals now has a cover!
-
Our upcoming release of Paul Mitchener's Dimension Hopping Fantasy
Adventure game, Beyond Dread Portals, now has a cover courtesy of Jon
Hodgson. Continue ...
10 More Zombie Survival Intro Scenarios
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Last year I shared a list of 10 Random Zombie Survival Intro Scenarios
based on my ad-hoc zombie survival/horror game (which is kinda like a DCC
Funnel b...
Dolmenwood: The Book of Monsters So Far
-
Since the announcement of the work on the Dolmenwood book of monsters in
*Wormskin* issue seven, I've been meaning to write a quick blog post about
it.
Fi...
Puerto Rico and Caribbean Hurricane Relief Bundle
-
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/220574/Puerto-Rico-Hurricane-Relief-Bundle-BUNDLE
“Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria a few short weeks ...
More Kesmai Corporation Isle of Kesmai images
-
Sorry it's been so long since I've blogged here guys. Here's some more fun
Isle of Kesmai images showing the various stages of creating the Isle of
Kesmai...
-
Three days left and it's getting close! C'mon, gamer friends...jump aboard!
Even if you're Old School, there's still a lot of great inspiration
here...cr...
Adventure Lookup
-
This looks like a handy resource : AdventureLookup.com
Looks like more than 200 1e/B/x/osr adventures in the database so far.
Should come in handy next tim...
(Video) Game Review: Crawl
-
So my gaming group all hang out together and one of us had this new video
game, Crawl from Powerhoof We got so distracted we didn't even play out
sched...
Happy Gygax Day!
-
July 27th was Gary Gygax's birthday, and now it's Gary Gygax Day. I think
that's a worthy thing for the RPG community; Gary didn't create RPGs but he
wa...
Eurafrika Attacks! [Campaign Idea]
-
Around about 1929, a German architect by the name of Herman Sörgel came
with an idea he called Atlantropa. The idea was simple (no, not really) -
he was go...
Moving Day!
-
I’ve decided to start blogging on Blogger. I’ve written a more detailed
post over there. For now everything I have previously written will be
archived here...
A Goblin Wedding
-
*Sometimes*, goblin weddings. (Lots of inspiration from Arnold K and Zak S,
shhh)
Yes, I have a Goblin King. I guess he's David Bowie.
*The wedding takes...
It's hard to do horror in D&D
-
I love the Ravenloft setting, but I have to admit that it is really hard to
pull off horror games with Dungeons & Dragons. The biggest issue is
clerics. Th...
New Adventure for AZ on the Way
-
So, Adventure Locale #1: White Star Trailer Park is coming soon! It's a
location based adventure for my zombie apocalypse game, AZ: After Zombies.
When it'...
The Big Time, by Fritz Leiber
-
The Big Time was originally serialized in Galaxy Magazine in 1958 (A
two-parter featured in the March and April issues). Gutenberg
link: http://www.gutenbe...
The King Arthur Pendragon RPG is free to download
-
Hop on over to the nice people at DriveThruRPG and you’ll find the classic
1st Edition of the King Arthur Pendragon RPG by Greg Stafford available as
a fre...
-
I'm very pleased to announce that I've received the outline and readied the
cover for the first Battleaxes & Beasties adventure that is not written by
me. ...
I Missed the LL Box Set News
-
Now I know I’ve been out of the RPG circles for quite some time, but how
did I not hear of a freakin’ *Labyrinth Lord BOX SET*…and when can I *get*
one (m...
Notes from the Nystul campaign
-
In pursuit of further knowledge of the Restenford realm, I was wandering
around over at the Dragonsfoot Archives the other day and found this old
issue of ...
Daily Monster Art- Anhkheg
-
Again, I don`t think I`ve ever used these in a game.They are pretty gross
gribbly beasts. Spitting acid and chomping and such. They kind of make me
think...
Mapping doors
-
Doors are driving me a bit batty.
I should explain.
Architecturally, one of the things old-school dungeon mapping has gotten
right, I tend to think almost...
How-to: Under-bed Play Board
-
Happy Holidays everyone! This year, for Christmas, I undertook my first *real
*woodworking project- meaning one that starts with boards and ends up with
...
Still Out There, a Short Update
-
I'm not gaming right now and not working on anything GURPS or OSR related
Reason is pretty simple, I'm mostly interested in GMing and while I'm
willing to...
DM Lessons: Mea Culpa
-
I play a fairly house-ruled version of D&D 5e with lots of more old-school
elements to it. One of the most noticeable elements is my Modified XP and
Levell...
Grammaton training (Savage worlds)
-
The character is trained in quickly calculating shooting angles and
committing rigorous gun kata to muscle memory. The character is an expert
in snap shoo...
-
Oh, for crap's sake, it's been nearly a year and a half since my last post.
In the meantime, my wife and I bought a house, I had a huge pile of
projects at...
6 Years
-
Today, August 10th, marks the 6th year anniversary of Purple Duck Games and
our 6th year at the OBS (Rpgnow/DTRPG) set of stores. Starting off with a
sub...
Thanks, Evlyn Moreau
-
UPDATE: Evlyn is back! Cool. I hear Evlyn Moreau is taking a break. That's
OK; I hope she feels better soon.
But I've really enjoyed her work, and I feel...
Giambattista's Megadungeon
-
Doing some organizing in my D&D folder on my computer today I came across
this incredible megadungeon map drawn by Giambattista Nolli in 1748. I
think I c...
Dog Food Coupons and Promo Codes
-
Over the years it seems as if Pet Food have been get more expensive. There
has definitely been an increase in people looking for Dog Food Coupons,
probably...
Encounter Inspiration #16 - Beware the Back Alleys
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Be cautious at night traveler, for the darkness brings a life of its own.
Murderers and thieves prowl the inky black alleys of Ravendale seeking
victims...
The curious anger against The Forge
-
I read a post earlier this week that was one of those that makes you wonder
what world the poster lives in. The thrust of the argument was that The
Forge h...
More Little Treasures
-
Well. My tentative plans to actually post this year were well and truly
derailed over the last few months by everything from surprise renovations
(ongoing...
Appendix N: May 2016 Edition
-
I've been looking for some decent bookcases for about four years.
I finally came across the bookcases, above, which a used bookstore were
getting rid ...
House Rule Updates for my OD&D Game
-
Back in February, I presented my players with some updates to my house
rules. I handed them a paper at the start of a session and asked everyone
to read ...
AD&D Troll Sculpt WIP
-
Troll sculpt nearing completion, I've done some more
detail work since taking these photo's. He just needs
his right arm/hand completed. 50mm to top of...
Another d66 Item Chart
-
For TOON or whatever gonzo thing you're into...
11. Sword
12. Laser Gun
13. Can of Fart Spray
14. Net
15. Pet
16. Guitar
21. Candy Bar
22. Fire Extinguisher...
In Memory of Steve
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This is Steve's wife Jenn. I am sorry to say that Steve passed away on
December 21. My love for him will live on, as will his art. Steve's art can
be seen...
[DIY] Faux-parchment
-
Have you ever thought about doing old looking paper for fancy handouts or
for kids’ scavenger hunts, for example, but felt like its too much work? Me
too! ...
The Ramparts of Tharrenton Deep -- Almost There
-
My Kickstarter campaign was a success! In the next 4-5 months, I will
officially become an 'author' with a novel available on Amazon. And a few
short mon...
Review: Otherworld Fantasy Skirmish
-
Since the untimely demise this year of the Warhammer Fantasy setting, and
thus the three decades of games that it spawned, one might have expected
the edi...
The Horus Supremacy
-
*It is the 41st Millenium. For ten thousand years, the Emperor has led his
grear war-fleets from the Silver Throne of Luna. He is the master of
mankind by...
In Search of the Unknown: How the Party Gathers
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[image: B1: The party gathers by David Sutherland]
B1: The party gathers by David Sutherland In a classic D&D adventure,
characters in search of adventur...
Picking Up Where I Left Off
-
It's been a bit since I have posted to The Sandbox of Doom. In the
intervening time, a lot of things have changed, most of them good.
- I have been ga...
MONSTERPARTS ADVENTURE/IN THE WOODS
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IN THE WOODS
In The Woods is a Monsterparts adventure.
The PDF is for sale here.
It has all the rules you'll need to run the game.
Is designed to make ...
Poker Tables For Sale
-
Last night, March 15, on an all new "Comic Book Men" on AMC, "Star Wars"
actor Billy Dee Williams of The Stash with the rest of the crew and they
take a ...
A new rpg blog
-
https://ropeblogi.wordpress.com/ This one is old and feels cluttered.
Rather than try resurrecting this I decided to start a new rpg blog. Some
content is ...
Current Portfolio
-
If you’re looking my current portfolio, please head over
to www.chrishuth.com. If you’re looking for gaming-related writing or
updates on some other gaming...
Back from the Dead! - Yet Again!
-
I have never stopped playing RPGs but I have been extremely slack about
updating this blog. No posts for over three years? Uggh... I am running a
campaign ...
Giant squid + giant squid
-
So much is happening that it's hard to write about any of it. My drafts
folder is littered with abandoned proto-ideas, each dropped when the next
came into...
Mage the Awakening: No Mean City
-
Way, way back in 2011 I spoke about starting a Werewolf: The Forsaken Game
chronicile in Glasgow. It kind of fell through, but I've about to start
DMing a...
Twenty Questions for the Sewers of San Draso
-
Jeff’s twenty campaign questions for my Sewers of San Draso campaign, part
one.
1. What is the deal with my cleric's religion?
You’re probably a p...
-
Not going to be maintaining the FF blog on Google anymore. Mainly because
of this which seems to be the thin end of the wedge.
http://www.theguardian.co...
Fin. With an update
-
*Updated 2/24/15* - So when I wrote this over three years ago, I had a huge
life project come upon me, it was time to put my energy into something
else. I ...
Episode 30: The Conclusion
-
‘The Conclusion’ is the 30th episode of a Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG actual
play podcast. Additional information can be found
at http://irontavern.com/po...
Deep Carbon Observatory: The Flooded Land
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This is pretty accurate...
http://youtu.be/icVt30uiagw
*CATEGORY*
Adventure
*WHAT*
The always provocative and endearingly arcane Patrick Stuart at Fal...
Exploring the BigDungeon
-
I haven't been making much use of this blog lately. Plans come and go. I've
been playing with programming some of my own tools lately as I mentioned a
whil...
Mad Wizards and Demented Godlings
-
*Achaierai:* "Though the foul motives which caused these loathsome birds to
be first summoned from the infernal depths are now lost from memory,
remnants ...
New supplement plus thinking out loud.
-
Go get it
Tons of options for your characters and scenarios in FiveCore games.
Balancing on ledges, pick pocketing and taming wild animals, we got you
cove...
TrollsZine! #8 Is Waiting For You!
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[image:
http://www.rpgnow.com/product/137077/TrollsZine-8?filters=0_0_0_0&manufacturers_id=2238]
*TrollsZine!* #8 is waiting for you!
The eighth issue o...
Fiction: A Disruption
-
*Another fiction post everyone. Same character as before.*
I lay on the chaise in my long formal dress I wore to a few events in the
late '20s. I have no...
New Campaign 2014 Update
-
We've been playing 11 session now into the new campaign. The players had
some hairy encounters with Proud, Spider-eye Goblins and Quill Wolves
(along with ...
Team Adventure - Fun and Fungus
-
Alagon dived into the pool, using his ability to breathe underwater that he
had acquired in the Tomb of the Holy Avenger. Alurax joined him and they
invest...
Support My Friend's Patreon Page Cause He's Awesome
-
Hey guys, if you like supporting independent artists / musicians and
creative types then please check out my friend Mike TV of the band Get Set
Go's Patreo...
Point Buy Calculator for D&D Next (5e)
-
Figure out the point buy value of your character for the Dungeons & Dragons
5th edition role playing game with this calculator.
STR 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ...
DC Gameday XIV: Casino Karnstein
-
DC Gameday XIV is coming up on the weekend of March 29th-March 30th and
player registration is already open. After a grueling couple of months of
real-worl...
North Texas RPG Con 2014 Lineup
-
Well it's time for the 6th Annual North Texas RPG Convention! The NTRPG Con
focuses on old-school Dungeons & Dragons gaming (mainly OD&D, 1E, 2E, or
Bas...
Prepping for Success
-
Last week, I wrote about working with success. By leaning into the players'
success, you make your campaign more engaging and exciting. When you put
your g...
Happy New Year!
-
First of all, I hope everyone had a great Christmas, and a happy New Year's
Eve celebration. Mine was okay, and I'm kind of glad it's all finally over.
T...
Still alive and more useless crap
-
I wonder if anyone still reads this blog. Anyway, things have been changing
at the speed of light in the last few months so I feel like a little update
is ...
Check It Out...
-
And speaking of building new worlds...I've been a regular reader of Rob
Conley's Bat In the Attic blog for a while now. He's a dedicated gamer with
an ext...
Megadungeon Bindings!
-
When I used to game all the time, most of my GMing took place in Waterdeep
and Undermountain in the forgotten Realms. In order to keep everything
organize...
Meet the Party
-
I'm back in Poland for a few days. Which means it's time to move my D&D
campaign a bit. I have little time left to the session, so just take a look
at the...
The Perfect Answer to All the Financial Problems
-
Today loans are playing an integral part in the normal lives of people.
Gone were the days where availing loan of any kind was considered to be a
taboo. ...
[Article] Dwarves
-
A notably prominent demi-human race in *Dungeons & Dragons*, dwarves no
doubt owe their popularity to the success and mythology of Middle Earth.
Whilst ...
I should call this blog 2d6 h-town
-
Just got dungeon world.Liquid awesome on a stick. Waiting to play before
making any final conclusions but this what I have been waiting for. I still
dig me...
Lets Read Mythus pt 25
-
*Mythus* spell lists: my face when.
Last section of the *Advanced Mythus* spell lists sample castings, which so
far have been boring enough to make a Ch...
RIP Druid
-
Back in late autumn I began running a Dungeon World game with some friends.
They've been ever so patient with me over the past two years - we played Labyrin...
Charging Wands in Dungeons & Dragons
-
Looking through the rules in original D&D, wands and staves can apparently
only be made by Wizards (Magic-Users of 11th level) or higher. It also says
that...
The Wilderlands
-
Four Dwarves seeking adventure and excitement crawled from there hole into
the grander world. There first two days away from the humble mines that
there fo...
ACKS Half Value Spellcasting
-
The Strategic Review and 1E Ranger (I don't recall a Basic DND Ranger?)
would gain spellcasting in later levels as both a Cleric and a Magic User
(Druid an...
Murderous Menagerie: The Hounds of Skaith
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*I am Flay.*
He was big. The ridge of his spine would have reached Stark's shoulder. His
withers were high and powerful. The thick neck drooped with the we...
Guest Post: Setting Out for the Lost City
-
Originally posted on Jeffro's Space Gaming Blog:
Earlburt is my closest gaming friend, and has done more than any other
person to help bring the games I’ve ...
New Website & Blog Live
-
Finally the pieces start to come together. The new website is up (not much
on the front page to look at yet) and the blog is located on the second tab
at t...
Rental Equipment As a Business Strategy
-
During stock tracking, you might normally want to sell off rarely used and
even underused equipment. Turn these obligations into resources instead.
Create ...
New Site
-
I won't be using my Livejournal much more, I'm afraid. All of my new blog
posts can now be found at montecook.com. Hope to see you there!
Thanks!
Your Money or your Life!
-
The Lamentations of the Flame Princess adventure campaigns at Indiegogo are
now live! 19 adventures by really famous RPG blokes, such as Vincent Baker,
Mon...
Review: John Carter
-
This weekend I undertook a trek to the cinema to catch John Carter. I
understand there was a lot of derision aimed at this film when it was
announced some...
The End
-
...and so, we arrive at the last page in this story! Ironic as it may be,
it will also be the first personal post. And last, of course.
I've been thinking ...
-
Terminal Space blog is closed. Time has showed that I am unable to maintain
two blogs at the same time, so I decided to move all creative content from
here...
Closing Today
-
The Underdark Gazette will go Down, sometime after 11:00 PM, Central Time,
this evening. Please, if you would be so kind, update your links to my new
blog ...
The Iron Court
-
So, to celebrate the TPK-related end of the first (shortish) Zu campaign,
here's the map AND the key to the Iron Courts, the place where the party
has met ...
After-action report: Tomorrow's War
-
After a supply ship was brought down by Neo-Soviet recon elements on the
desert world Fornacis V, the decision was made to send in a retrieval squad
from ...
Dark Dungeons has Moved!
-
Dark Dungeons is no longer alone. It now has a sister game – Darker
Dungeons – and another one on the way. Because of this expansion, I’m
moving from this ...
Review #14: Farman
-
Jason Farman is an Assistant Professor at University of Maryland, who has
used Pervasive Games as material on his courses. He has published an
academic rev...
Quick comic recommendations and reviews
-
There are a lot of really great comics out there and with the changes at
Marvel & DC there is a lot to be excited about for comic book fans.
Here are a few ...
Blog Has Moved !
-
I have reboot and moved my blog. In all reality it is a new blog, but I
will explain that shortly. The new address is:
http://sylvaeon.blogspot.com/ The ...
Khurasan down! Suggest a 15mm force for me??
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Image (cc) revoincubus
Just heard that Khurasan minis has closed down until the autumn ... so much
for the Vespulids for our homebrew wargaming rules then...
Elminster's Jock
-
Yeah, this will drive traffic to the site.
Well, you can blame Brian, the creative genius over at d20monkey for this
one. He posted THIS COMIC, and I could...
Interesting Places: Tomb of Yekelil
-
Today's map is dedicated to all my Internet friends who hate blue maps.
This map revisits last year's map of the Tomb of Yekelil, one of the many
levels w...
Under-rated items of adventuring equipage.
-
*Never dungeoneer without your oily rag. *
Among the many uses of this inexpensive and over looked, but vital piece of
equipment are;
The oily rag is an...
Dungeon Magazine Indexes
-
So the other day I was thinking to myself about how it would be good to
have the various Dungeon Adventures organized not only by level, but also
by topic,...
Finding My Way
-
As mentioned in my last post I will continue blogging and I'll expand the
scope to include other facets to my life and interests. So it is with great
pleas...
Fables of Camelot – Beta
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Fables of Camelot is a roleplaying game I wrote with Sami Koponen this last
summer; Sami had been thinking of the problem of introducing roleplaying to
new...
Fables of Camelot – Beta
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Fables of Camelot is a roleplaying game I wrote with Sami Koponen this last
summer; Sami had been thinking of the problem of introducing roleplaying to
new...
Pallas Cat
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I am fascinated with the Pallas cat. If you notice, the pupil of their
eyes are round, not slit-like other cats.
Since it is Monday, here is a random beh...
In the Land of Ooo
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As a Dad I get to watch plenty of cartoons created for kids. I have been
enjoying Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog and The Marvelous
Misadven...
New Game and System
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I've recently discovered Microlite20, a "stripped down" version of 3.5
Dungeons and Dragons. To give an idea, the core rules- including character
creatio...
D&D was a Wargame
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I have been giving this one some thought recently. I was first introduced
to wargames, and it was only afterwards that I started into D&D. The
concept of t...
This Is The End…My Only Friend, The End
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This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end
Well folks, this is the very last post on this particular web
address. Everything...
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