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A Photo of Johnscalzi, No, Not Me, the Minor Planet - It comes courtesy of the Cline Observatory at Guilford College (I have used Photoshop here to lower the noise in the image and to raise the relative bright...
2 hours ago
ALL PULP

BOBBY NASH INTERVIEWED AT PULP UNDERGROUND! PART 1 - 4 NOW POSTED! - I was interviewed by Grace Ximenez at Pulp Underground. We had a fun discussion. The first four installments of the interview are live now at https://pul...
9 hours ago
The Other Side blog

Character Creation Challenge: Day 17, Aeronwy - What if one of my normally good witches turned evil? That is the question I asked when I sat down to work on this witch. She isn't one of my witches tur...
14 hours ago
The Adventure Gamer

Goblins Quest 3 – Up the nostril and into the ear - By Ilmari So there I was flying… *What was that?* *Oh fu…* Despite the fall, Blount was not reduced to a puddle of guts. No, it was time to begin a new lev...
16 hours ago
Rough Edges

Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Double Action Western, May 1953 - This is a pulp that I own and read recently. That’s my copy in the scan. A hat that big has to have been painted by A. Leslie Ross. I don’t have any con...
17 hours ago
The CRPG Addict

Game 566: Tower of Alos (1982) - *A pointless game begins.* *Tower of Alos* United Kingdom Independently developed; published by A&F Software Released 1982 for *BBC Micro* *Date St...
1 day ago
Elfmaids & Octopi

Puffball Hooligan Holidays for Fungi Folk - Deep underground, fungus folk have weekly games of puffball, where they gently kick a giant puffball without exploding ...
1 day ago
Mesmerized by sirens

Help us republish a very obscure fantasy rpg - On X, author *Colin Glassey* is considering republishing his alternative version on early Dungeons & Dragons rules that he wrote in 1978. You can rea...
1 day ago
Tellers of Weird Tales

Old Gods Again - For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the s...
2 days ago
Gnome Stew

Gnomecast 228 – From LARP to Tabletop with Ericka Skirpan - https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GC_229_from-larp-to-tabletop-with-Ericka-Skirpan_Final_a.mp3 Join Senda with Erika Skirpan as they have a c...
3 days ago
Steven Pressfield

Pericles’ Funeral Oration - One of the great works of world literature is Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, the comprehensive account, compiled in the moment, of the twe...
3 days ago
Adventures Fantastic

An Appreciation of Clark Ashton Smith - As I mentioned in my previous post, today (January 13) is the birthday of Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961). I’m not sure what I can say about Smith that hasn...
4 days ago
KEEP ROLLIN' SIXES

Governmental Hierarchy of Nellix - A list of the authorities in Nellix
4 days ago
Fantasy Author's Handbook

WHAT THESE AUTHORS SAID… - Join our group on GoodReads! Fantasy Author’s Handbook is also on YouTube! Did this post make you want to Buy Me A Coffee… Send me a book from my Amazon Wi...
4 days ago
MEASURELESS EONS

Witch Queen of Perrenland (Audio) - In which is related the rise of Iggwilv, her conquest of Perrenland, and her war against the Knights of the Hart, her fall from power, and the rise of her ...
5 days ago
. . lapsus calumni . .

Njörun’s Altar: Map26.01 - Njörun's Altar is a small temple facility hidden in the foothills. This unique temple is dedicated to the goddess of dreams, multiple rooms are said to be ...
6 days ago
Jasper's Rantings

2026 Character Creation Challenge – Grim - This is is going to be a fun one. Today we have Grim, my son’s custom class character based on a creature he created from Totally Accurate Battle Simulator...
1 week ago
Order of the Stick

1338: Word For Word - http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1338.html
1 week ago
terribleminds: chuck wendig

Apple Review #40: Lemonade Apple - It is the new year, and the apple reviews persist. What, did you think they would stop? THE APPLE REVIEWS CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES. Anyway, today, my...
1 week ago
Cirsova

Mighty Sons of Hercules Volume 2 is Live on Kickstarter! - Mighty Sons of Hercules Volume 2 is live for pre-order! Back, Bigger, Better, and Stronger! Long ago, in ages past (2023), Cirsova Publishing released a tr...
1 week ago
Frugal GM

Free GM (and Player) Resource: Groupfinder - [image: Free GM (and Player) Resource: Groupfinder] I got a Blogger message notification a couple days ago from the folks over at Groupfinder, asking if I...
1 week ago
Cave of the Dice Chucker

On the run - I've taken shelter for the night in a cave on the lee side of a mountain ridge. The wind and rain are howling outside, not even the Demons of Blogger OCD...
2 weeks ago
Writing Slices

How to Talk About Writing by Barbara Turner-Vesselago - Writers and critique groups naturally go together. Every writer I know has tried a critique group at least once, and all of them cherish their trusted beta...
2 weeks ago
The Mystillery blog

The Dead Shall Be Raised by George Bellairs, 1942 - *Series:* This is Inspector Thomas Littlejohn #4, also published as *Murder Will Speak* *About the author:* George Bellairs is the pseudonym of Ha...
3 weeks ago
DMDavid

RPG Design: How a Roleplaying Game like D&D Could Make Rounds Play Better - Since D&D dropped the declaration phase in favor of cyclic initiative, it has let one round blur into the next without any phases that trigger between roun...
3 weeks ago
Playing D&D With Porn Stars

Two-Player Head-to-Head D&D - Unfortunately for my wizard, Game 1 ended exactly the way this looks *1. Both players generate a 1st-level magic-user in any system.* -You each get a sin...
4 weeks ago
Metal Earth

Review: Cthulhu by Gaslight, Keeper’s Guide - Review: Cthulhu by Gaslight, Keeper’s Guide As anyone who spends ten minutes in my presence knows- I love CoC and I am fascinated with 19th century Lon...
4 weeks ago
Swords & Dorkery

Where I promote a polarizing publisher when I should be talking about my own books that will be coming out later in 2026 - Lamentations of the Flame Princess, if you haven’t heard, is at a bit of a critical junction. I was pretty sure the owner had taken leave of social media ...
4 weeks ago
Sorcery & Super Science!

Mutants and Wizards - Heya folks, long time no see. I've just started working on something new called Mutants and Wizards. It's going to be an OSE/OSR post-apocalyptic game t...
2 months ago
The Mule Abides

Glantri Reunion III: Timeskip Tables After-Action Report - We had our first Glantri reunion session, and it was largely successful! After 10 years of war and political shenanigans, the Company of Crossed Swords (ou...
2 months ago
Blood of Prokopius

Fr. Peter Heers and the Satanic Panic - A reader of my blog recently reached out to me. He shared a video of Fr. Peter Heers, an influential Orthodox Christian YouTuber, answering the question ...
3 months ago
Blog of Holding

where are psionics from? - 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...
4 months ago
THE STORY GRID

How Creative Writing Constraints Unlock Better Stories - Ever stared at a blank page, unsure where to start your story? You’re not alone. The possibilities feel endless—and that can be the problem. Here’s a sur...
6 months ago
The RPGPundit

Critical Role Hires Two Worst D&D Designers of All Time - The Critical Role / Daggerheart people have hired the two men most responsible for the least successful edition of D&D. What a lot of people have missed...
7 months ago
Bernie the Flumph

Wizard Tricks (OSE) - "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...
10 months ago
Fairies and Fairy Tales

How do fairies fly? + Do fairies have wings? - Perhaps some of the most common questions on the internet involve fairy flight, such as do fairies have wings? can fairies fly? how do fairies fly? et...
1 year ago
Dispatches From Kickassistan

The Player Agenda in Hide & Seek - I think one of the hardest things to impart to a reader of any ttrpg is what playing the game should feel like, but yet nothing more useful you can say....
1 year ago
Castelli & Chimere - Castles & Chimeras

Almost Vancian - One of the typical elements of old school games, especially clones or evolutions of the original D&D, are magic rules where wizards memorize spells and w...
1 year ago
Really Bad Eggs

And Now For Something Completely Different - I'm participating in another blogging challenge this month, the 31 Day Character Creation Challenge - I opted to make a classic *Traveller* character each ...
1 year ago
Necropraxis

Articulations - 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...
1 year ago
Places to Go, People to Be

Zombie Survival Escape USA - 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,...
1 year ago
Howard Andrew Jones

Con Schedules 2024 - There may be tumbleweeds blowing through my web site, but I’ve been very busy. Book 3 of the Hanuvar series has long since been turned over, and the final ...
1 year ago
ChicagoWiz's Games

Last move - to self-hosting! - 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...
2 years ago
HeroPress

Gwenevere (2023) - 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...
2 years ago
PulpRev

Stand by for SAGA OF THE SWORDBREAKER: INVINCIBLE UNDER HEAVEN! - Li Ming was once a small-town boy with big dreams. Propelled by dreams of immortality, he entered the jianghu as a biaohang, intent on delivering justice...
2 years ago
TENTACLII :: H.P. Lovecraft blog

Magazine Of Horror #05 - New to Archive.org, the pre-Halloween Magazine Of Horror #05 (September 1964), with Whitehead’s “Cassius” and also Prout’s “The House of … Continue reading →
4 years ago
Thoul's Paradise

It's 2021 and the Dream is Dead - 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...
4 years ago
Fantastic Maps

Map of a Pirate’s Lair - I’ve been a little light on inspiration recently – so I asked a friend for a challenge. He proposed a map on a theme of a Pirate Treasure Map, with the f...
5 years ago
On An Underwood No. 5

Farnsworth Wright’s Favorite Weird Tales by Bobby Derie - Julius Schwartz In 1932, teenage fan Julius Schwartz became involved with the *Science Fiction Digest*, a high-end fanzine (which in 1934 would become *Fa...
5 years ago
Halfling's Luck

Strange, Dangerous, and Inhuman: The Fey and Fairie - When I was a boy I loved fairy tales. Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss in Boots, Rumpelstiltskin - I devoured all of it. My fascination that there was a strang...
6 years ago
Gamers & Grognards

Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule - *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...
6 years ago
OEF

Dungeoneering Blog - This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
6 years ago
The Clash of Spear on Shield

Ravensburg Reboot: Streamlined City Map - I mentioned in my last post how I was tweaking and reworking parts of my Ravensburg setting. Today I streamlined the city map. The old map had lots of redu...
6 years ago
Interesting Thing of the Day

ITotD on Summer Break - [image: Sunflowers]PixabayMy attempts at building a time machine having failed thus far, I find myself with too few hours in the day. So ITotD will be on a...
6 years ago
Castle Triskelion

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 158 STAIRS. - 158 STAIRS. These stairs descend thirty feet to Area 79 on Level 6.
7 years ago
The Dungeon Dozen

How can We Destroy this Campaign World? - 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...
7 years ago
Dungeon of Signs

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...
7 years ago
SFWA is a Terrorist Organization – mishaburnett

Poetry For Fiction Writers, Part III: Anatomy Of The Sonnet - In the first part of this series I defined limits. In the second part I discussed meter. Now I am going to be examining the sonnet, because it is the workh...
7 years ago
The Warlock's Home Brew

Session XCIII: One Pissed Off Dragon! - Our ongoing Swords and Wizardry sandbox campaign... *Current Player Characters:* *Thenus* (Ranger) *Wang Du* (Monk) *Wolfheir* (Viking) *Arg* (Half-orc) ...
8 years ago
Elliott's Ale House

Exploring the Temple of Elemental Evil's Dungeon Level 2 (pt. 3) - *This is another play report for my ongoing Roll20-based B/X D&D campaign, and spoilers for dungeon module T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil follow. Anyone...
8 years ago
Semper Initiativus Unum

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...
8 years ago
forum – Holly's Writing Classes Blog

ROUNDUP: What Writers Want to Know Right Now… - Multi-published author and head moderator Cat Gerlach asked a bunch of writers on the forums what their toughest writings were. Here are their questions an...
8 years ago
Roleplaying Tips

A Secret Society Of Character-Hunters For Your Campaign - This month’s RPG Blog Carnival is about Occult Mysteries and Magic. To celebrate that theme, here is a quick and adversarial secret society idea for your...
8 years ago
Studio Denmark

Deviant Art - I've had a DeviantArt account since 2009, but haven't done much with it until recently. I didn't really take DA that seriously, thinking of it as mostly fo...
8 years ago
Dungeons Deep & Caverns Old

Four Frightening Games to Play on Halloween - Happy Halloween, boys and ghouls! It's that terror-rific time of the year when the air gets colder, the leaves start to change colors, and people embrace t...
9 years ago
百物語怪談会 Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai | Translated Japanese Ghost Stories and Tales of the Weird and the Strange

History of Ghost Taxis of Japan - Translated and Sourced from Shigeru Mizuki’s Mujara, Japanese Ghost Stories: Spirits, Hauntings, and Paranormal Phenomena, and Other Sources To learn more ...
9 years ago
How To Think Sideways Blog

Winds of Change are Blowing - The more things change, the more things stay the same. Hmmm…. That’s an annoying cliche. How about, when one door closes, another one opens. I don’t real...
9 years ago
The Aspiring Lich

Dynamic Grappling - Before I say another word, let me direct the reader to Douglas Cole and Peter V. Dell'Orto's article on grappling in *The Manor*, issue #8 ( http://www.rpgn...
10 years ago
Random Wizard

Moved - The Random Wizard Blog has moved to https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
10 years ago
Secrets of the Shadowend

Monster/Adventure: Apisastes [S&W] [5e] - I'm experimenting with dual-stat blocks for monsters. This is a first draft, so expect changes and feedback is strongly desired. *Update: Revised stat block...
10 years ago
OneBlogShelf

Community Created Content for Tabletop Games - Over a year ago, I posted about the coming revolution in card games (and board games) based upon the ability to print any content on any single card. I lai...
10 years ago
No School Like The Old School

(SW) Fearsome Critters: Cake Walk - *Savage Worlds* is the role-playing game that bills itself on being "Fast, Furious, and Fun." Over the years I've played elvish warriors, pulp adventurer...
11 years ago

Sunday, April 4, 2010

The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

I cannot get this out of my head!

Posted by JasperAK at 09:14

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Dungeons & Dragons Blogs

B/X BLACKRAZOR

ASC Review: The Hypogean Oracle - *The Hypogean Oracle (Michael and Brooke Strauss)* ACKSII adventure (no level range given) *I am reviewing these in the order they were submitted. For my re...
10 hours ago
Gothridge Manor

Map Attack #2 & Secret Doors - Here is the second level of the dungeon map. This time I just drew it with pencil while watch The Blacklist. Then went back over everything with Micro...
12 hours ago
A character for every game

Cyberstyle 2.0 - These are quicker to produce than most of my work, lots of solid black, fun to draw and stylish. “Edje”Digital … Continue reading →
12 hours ago
Leicester's Ramble

Foxtail Grotto, revised - After last week's shenanigans, I gave Foxtail Grotto a revision to (hopefully) improve usability and play. I revised descriptions to clarify placement of...
12 hours ago
Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets-The Old School Revolution is weird

[New Magic Item] Voracious Sling Stone - Voracious Sling Stone Darsh the druid woke up face down in the forest, pockets empty, yet still had his staff.Halfling bandits that lurked about the edges ...
12 hours ago
Tenkar's Tavern

Here's Something You Won't Read Often: Thank You Ken Whitman - [image: Here's Something You Won't Read Often: Thank You Ken Whitman] Hello Tavern Patrons, long time no read. Christopher Stogdill (Frugal GM) here with ...
1 day ago
GROGNARDIA

The Voice of Clark Ashton Smith - Even though he lived until 1961, there is not, so far as I am aware, any film footage of Clark Ashton Smith. There is, however, a recording of his voice, m...
1 day ago
Tower of the Archmage

Stonehell: Death of the Giant King - Session 297 was played on 08/17/25 Morgana, wizard 10 (Rob) Borumar, Triton Thief 11 (Josh) Blotto, Goblin Fighter 8 (Lanse) Nick, Fighter 8 (Me) Koltic,...
1 day ago
From the Sorcerer's Skull

Gifts of the Magi - In the Latter Age of Earth, magi are those few born with the Mark, a quirk or atavism of their genetic code, that supports full activation of the nanote...
1 day ago
The Alexandrian

Untested: Open Table Headlines - I love using headlines as a GM. In my campaign status document, these are short descriptions – usually only one or two sentences long – of current events, ...
2 days ago
Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

Maximus (Mix for January 2026) - One thing I'm gonna try to do in 2026 is make at least one "mix tape" per month. Forget Spotify playlists; this is the art we must keep alive. Below is t...
3 days ago
Bat in the Attic

Heading out to PAGE - Packing up and heading to the Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo. I’ll be running Scourge of the Demon Wolf and The Deceits of the Russet Lord on Friday and S...
4 days ago
The Monsters Know What They’re Doing

Azorius NPC Tactics - The Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica (I’ve been miswriting “Guildmaster” in the title as singular; it’s actually plural) is rich in monster and nonplayer c...
4 days ago
Barking Up The Wrong Tree

How To Stop Being Lazy And Get More Done: 6 Secrets To Motivation - Most people see motivation like a fairy godmother: she magically appears, taps your forehead with a wand, and suddenly you’re the kind of person who does...
1 week ago
Forgotten Runes

2025 Kickstarters - My Annual update on the Kickstarters I have signed up for. Note that for some, which I have marked (pdf), I have received the final pdf although the fin...
1 week ago
The Retired Adventurer

2025 Gaming Summary and 2026 Plans - I didn't blog at all in 2025 because I was too busy gaming. I was playing in two weekly 5e (2014) campaigns and running a weekly Imperium Maledictum camp...
2 weeks ago
Hack & Slash

On a Happy New Year - We are about to experience the most social upheaval since industrialization. What will that look like in sixty years? Sinless is starting it's third yea...
2 weeks ago
Akratic Wizardry

May the Dice be Kind to You in 2026 - Me, when some of my graduate students tell me that they are into role-playing games: Me, when it becomes clear that by "role-playing games" they mean ex...
2 weeks ago
Greyhawk Grognard

Happy New Year! -
2 weeks ago
Sword+1

I have joined the cool kids on substack - So you can now follow me on substack if you are so inclined.
3 weeks ago
Bugbears for Breakfast

Taking the Next Two Weeks Off - I'm taking the next two weeks off, so no blog posts until the first full week of January 2026. Enjoy the end of the year and see everyone in the new year!
3 weeks ago
Jeff's Gameblog

jimbo update -
5 weeks ago
Roles, Rules, and Rolls

TSR's "A" series of adventures in unusually unruly strongholds: Introduction - Illustration from Slave Pits of the Undercity (1980) by David S. LaForce D&D was born in the castle. The Castle and Crusade Society of wargamers brought G...
1 month ago
Stonewerks's Blog

My Shadowdark Character Sheet - I created this sheet last year, finally getting around to posting it. Our group loves Shadowdark these days, we have a multi-DM Shadowdark campaign running...
2 months ago
The Hydra's Grotto

Watch the Skies - That which is not dead can eternal lie...
2 months ago
ZENOPUS ARCHIVES

Metal Minis based on the Holmes Basic Set Cover are Forthcoming - *"Computer-generated" mockup from the Sirius Miniatures website.* Enworld reports that a set of metal miniatures based on *David Sutherland*'s cover for t...
2 months ago
Hill Cantons

Ten Friggin Hill Cantons Wizards - 10 Wizards of the Hill Cantons # Name Description 1 Magister Dobromil the Cauterizer Specializes in magical “cleaning” of reality leaks. Wears fou...
2 months ago
Save Vs. Dragon

Defining Full Telepathy vs. Limited Telepathy - I've been working on a pretty significant new d30-related book—well, really books... plural (more to come in future posts). And I realized I was assignin...
3 months ago
Smoldering Wizard

Musings on the OSR Blogosphere and Forums - Link to discussion There are some posts on the historical OSR blog scene that I’ve read recently from the Grumpy … Continue reading →
3 months ago
The Smoldering Wizard

Musings on the OSR Blogosphere and Forums - Link to discussion There are some posts on the historical OSR blog scene that I’ve read recently from the Grumpy … Continue reading →
3 months ago
Dreams in the Lich House

B5 Horror on the Hill - Finished! - After what feels like an inordinate amount of time, we finally finished Adventure *B5: Horror on the Hill.* We started this one back in the fall of 2024....
4 months ago
Aeons & Augauries

Holmes1to3 [general guidelines] - 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...
4 months ago
Echoes from the Geekcave

Why Magic Users Suck at Fighting - [image: Rincewind in colour by holepunch on DeviantArt] Often I find myself thinking about common critiques of classic D&D and trying to formulate response...
5 months ago
The Pulp Archivist

The Resnick/Malzberg Dialogues #11: Influences (Bad) - *NOTE: this article first appeared in the pages of SFWA Bulletin 151, Fall, 2001. Since this got disappeared in part because of SFWA politics and, in gre...
6 months ago
In Places Deep

Cringe Ye Be Lest Cringe Ye Become: A Nightwick Miscelany - Here's some random stuff from the long running Nightwick campaigns that doesn't really fit in the book and doesn't really have a coherent enough theme...
8 months ago
Roll Stats

C2: Ghost Tower of Inverness — Review - Hey, Stat Rollers! Bill with Roll Stats here, and today, I’m diving into one of the most iconic tournament modules ever published for Dungeons & Dragons....
9 months ago
Delta's D&D Hotspot

Why Did Natural 20's Become Automatic Hits? - 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...
11 months ago
Carjacked Seraphim

Kanoodle as In-Game Puzzle - Part 1 - 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...
1 year ago
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...

A Bevy of Beyond the Supernatural Sheets - 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...
1 year ago
Land of Nod

Angels, Demons and Subtle Bodies - 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...
2 years ago
Destination Unknown

Legends of Gath #69; Two Skellies Under a Fig Tree - There's a lot to be said for finding a vine or fig tree to sit under with your guitar.
3 years ago
Telecanter's Receding Rules

Abiørn's Satchel - 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...
4 years ago
The Bogeyman's Cave

"Things to Find" tables and Velonia - 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...
4 years ago
You are (probably) doing it wrong: Hit points, literature, and D&D. – The Frisky Pagan

Everything is social III - If the previous posts dealt more with individuals and how we deal with the social media environment, here I will focus more on the groups themselves that h...
4 years ago
Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings

Classic Rock Artists as D&D Character Classes and Tropes - Which classes would various classic rock artists be? Inspired by a podcast over on Gothridge Manor by Tim and Ivy called "Three Chickens and a Whisk." ...
4 years ago
moltensulfur

Folkloric Villains - Folklore is full of villains and antagonists. By a striking coincidence, so are RPG campaigns! Here are four villains drawn from folklore: a Russian singer...
5 years ago
Henchman Abuse

session recap, 1/5/2020 - CAST ------- 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 ...
5 years ago
The Grumpy Old Troll

Dark Crystal TV Show - *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...
6 years ago
Tankards & Broadswords

Wargaming Wednesday: The Pure Insanity of Warhammer 40,000 - NOTE: Cross-posting this from my Post Modern Pulps Blog, going to post one of these a day until I get caught up, and then I'm going to cross-post Wargaming...
6 years ago
SWORD & SHIELD

FROSTCRAWL AVAILABLE NOW - 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...
6 years ago
Saturday Night Sandbox

Helgacon 12 - Stay Frosty - The second game I was in for the Premium segment of this recent Helgacon was "Stay Frosty" run by Paul. This apparently was an adaptation of James Raggi...
6 years ago
Dungeons and Digressions

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...
6 years ago
Mythmere's Blog

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...
7 years ago
Greyhawk Grognard

Please Update Your Link! - 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...
7 years ago
RetroRoleplaying: The Blog

FREE Version of Microlite20 Comprehensive Edition Now Available - The Pay What You Want/Free (no art) version of the *Microlite20 Comphrensive Edition* is now available. *Microlite20* is a tiny version of 3.x designed to ...
7 years ago
Beyond the Black Gate

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...
8 years ago
THE LAND OF NOD

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...
8 years ago
Gorgonmilk

Abject Shillery, Ladies and Gentlemen -
8 years ago
The City of Iron

Dolmenwood: d30 Encounter Tables - I wrote a few posts with ideas about Dolmenwood encounter tables ages ago. I wasn't really satisfied with those big d100 tables, though, so the topic which...
8 years ago
Wielding a Bohemian Ear Spoon

Cave Magic Web Comic 1-114: Shaman Returns to Chaos - Shaman returns from inspecting the cave paintings on spirit Island to find his cave lion has been injured, and Toktoe’s spear tip is still embedded under t...
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Howling Tower

Cardtography 2: A Simple Dungeon - The second installment of Cardtography is up at Kobold Press. We didn’t choose cards as our randomizers because they’re somewhat room-shaped. That’s a h...
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Crypt Of Rabies

[Patreon] Dwarven Stronghold + Bandits + Wizard Tower of Toerd + Alia(k) of Wizard Tower - Thanks to my Patrons, here is new content for you to enjoy! If you like stuff like this, you can support me to create more, and more, and more! *DWARVEN S...
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Blue Boxer Rebellion

Dungeonteller: Beyond the Core Books - FYI for all of you who snagged free copies of Dungeonteller Fantasy RPG during the "Happy Birthday '2' Dungeonteller" giveaway a few weeks back: add to you...
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The Weirdlands of Xhuul

5E Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh Conversion File Finished. - I finally got this done. Here is the link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_fdDsNnLe_LRVRpb2ZTS2xGbzg Enjoy!
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Discourse and Dragons

Eureka! Password Recovered - Gee, that only took forever. First, I would like to apologize from my prolonged absence from this blog. There are several reasons. I had some major life up...
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People them with Monsters

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...
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Carto Cacography

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...
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The Sandbox of Doom

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...
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The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope

Stonehell Dungeon: Into the Heart of Hell On Sale Now - *The day many undoubtedly believed would never arrived is finally here! The sequel to the original *Stonehell Dungeon: Down Night-Haunted Halls* is availa...
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A Pack of Gnolls

Back in the Saddle! - This Pack of Gnolls has finally begun a new Dungeons and Dragons game! I was gifted a Fifth Edition Player’s Handbook and Monster Manual for Christmas thi...
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The Moldy Vale

Keindahan Gunung Prau (Foto dan Catatan Perjalanan) - Keindahan Gunung Prau Keindahan Gunung Prau (Foto dan Catatan Perjalanan) - Gunung Prau atau Prahu memang pendek, kadang hanya dilirik sebelah mata oleh...
10 years ago

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