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Here’s A Banger Song To Help You Get Through This Work Week
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When I was a sophomore in college, there was one song in particular that I
had on constantly. I mean this song was on repeat for months on end. When I
thin...
5 hours ago
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kirbsday: reprise
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By Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, published December 20, 1940. This is the
official position of the Mule.
11 hours ago
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Here’s What I Think You Do Today, January 20th, 2025
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It’s gonna be a stupid, horrible day. We all know that. It’s going to be
full of what passes for pomp and circumstance amongst the set of rich tacky
dickhe...
12 hours ago
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Dungeon 25: week 3
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A weird water level this week. In play, I feel the waterholder would be a
blast.
14 hours ago
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Review: Trouble Percolates in Coffee City - James J. Griffin
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James J. Griffin’s latest Western novel featuring Texas Rangers Will
Kirkpatrick and Jonas Peterson, TROUBLE PERCOLATES IN COFFEE CITY
(available in e-b...
16 hours ago
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The Clathran Menace: Behind Every Great Man
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*My final map of the galaxy.*
I'll return to a slightly more chronological narrative to recount this
particular debacle, which put the number o...
23 hours ago
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Honoring Poe
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Today, January 19, is the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). One of
the forerunners of gothic, weird, and horror fiction, Poe also wrote early
detect...
1 day ago
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FGM Review: How to Draw Fantasy Art & RPG Maps
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[image: FGM Review: How to Draw Fantasy Art & RPG Maps]
I've had my eye on this one book for a while now and I was hesitant to pick
up *How to Draw Fantas...
1 day ago
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d100 Hex Crawl Landmarks for Chagrinspire
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*Just stuff to add detail to a hex and are places to use and landmarks or
avoidedd12 Landmark Additions*1 Garbage mounds
2 Road or rail or garbage-fille...
1 day ago
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Francis Hard (1888-1940)
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*Pseudonym of Farnsworth Wright*
*Author, Editor, Poet, Journalist, Translator, Soldier*
Born July 29, 1888, Santa Barbara, California
Died June 12, 1940, ...
2 days ago
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The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton, 1914
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dustjackets.com
*About the author: *Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936) was an English
author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary a...
3 days ago
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Character Creation Challenge: The Ravenloft Weekend
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[image: Characters from the The Ravenloft Weekend]
Back in 1991, Grenda and I ran a weekend-long game of Ravenloft. We ran it
as the "Dreams of Barovia" var...
3 days ago
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1317: Rescued
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http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1317.html
3 days ago
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THE PATREON SERIALIZED NOVELLA SECRET AGENT X "THE TENTH CIRCLE" DEBUTS!
READ THE OPENING CHAPTER NOW FOR FREE!
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Pulp hero, Secret Agent X returns in an all-new serialized novella
releasing weekly-ish at http://www.patreon.com/bobbynash
Read the opening chapter f...
3 days ago
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Companions of Xanth – Won!
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By Ilmari
Last time, I had just arrived at the gates of the castle of Good Magician
Humfrey. I asked Jenny, my new companion, how to get in, and she sugges...
3 days ago
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Because David Lynch Died
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*This is an old post which I'm re-posting because David Lynch died. A stray
observation here--that his work frequently nailed the distinctive spot
where ...
4 days ago
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How do fairies fly? + Do fairies have wings?
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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...
5 days ago
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The Player Agenda in Hide & Seek
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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....
5 days ago
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Adrian Cole’s The Dream Lords Out Now
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The 50th Anniversary Edition of Adrian Cole’s The Dream Lords is Out Now on
Amazon! Mankind and its empire spanning the Nine Worlds are ruled by a
powerful...
5 days ago
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Gnomecast 204 – Running vs. Playing
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https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CG_204_runningVSplaying_finalV01.mp3
Join Ang, JT, and guest Alex Thomas as they talk about the difference ...
5 days ago
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Chuck D. Tells It Like It Is
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Here is Charles Dickens, rejecting an invitation from a friend. “‘It is
only half an hour’–’It is only an afternoon’–’It is only an evening,’
people say ...
5 days ago
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STANDARD NOTES, PART TWO: SHOW, DON’T TELL
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There are four issues that run through an overwhelming majority of the
books I work on with newer authors. These issues are so common, in fact,
that I have...
6 days ago
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Book Updates
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Hello friends! I’ve spent the last few months updating my books, and I have
three announcements for you. 1. The Big-Picture Revision Checklist has a
new co...
1 week ago
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Almost Vancian
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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 week ago
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Unofficial D&D 2024 Style Guide (Your Capitalization Questions Answered!)
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When I’m writing rules for D&D 2024, it annoys me not to have an official
style guide. In its absence, I made my own style guide so I can quickly
answer my...
1 week ago
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For Years AD&D Rounds Lasted Six Times Longer Than D&D Rounds and Only Gary
Gygax Thought It Made Sense
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When gamers imagine an attack in a game like Dungeons & Dragons, they
picture a wind up and sword swing, perhaps one second of motion. So two
combatants on...
1 week ago
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And Now For Something Completely Different
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I'm participating in another blogging challenge this month, the 31 Day
Character Creation Challenge - I opted to make a classic *Traveller*
character each ...
2 weeks ago
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Of ghouls and ghuls
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I haven’t been blogging much for some time. Mainly it’s being busy with
work and family, but it’s also just that I’m devoting a lot of free time to
Advance...
2 weeks ago
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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...
2 weeks ago
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THE BUNK HOUSE
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The Bunk House is the headquarters of the Golden Age SFL troupe.… Continue
reading THE BUNK HOUSE
2 weeks ago
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On Unearthed Arcana and other 80s Atrocities
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One fateful night in the summer of 1985 I made a momentous trip to the mall
with a pocketful of cash from my first paycheck. Sure, I'd mowed lawns,
washe...
2 weeks ago
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The Problem With D&D Magic
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DnD magic is just fine, if you're playing in "D&D world". For any other
world, it is a barrier to emulation. OSR TTRPGs with settings/genres
different f...
3 weeks ago
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Christ is Born!
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He whom nothing can contain has been contained in a womb. He is in the
Father’s bosom and His Mother’s embrace. How can this be, but as He knows
and w...
3 weeks ago
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WOYW Fantasy
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I am a big fan of what I have taken to calling “The World Outside Your
Window” Speculative Fiction. What I mean by that is that if the reader of
the story ...
5 weeks ago
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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,...
1 month ago
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Character Descriptions: 50+ Examples and Techniques for Writers
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One of the most powerful tools in a writer’s arsenal is the ability to
create vivid, memorable characters through description. Whether it’s the
first imp...
2 months ago
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Rich’s Take on: Web’s Edge (Eve of Ruin)
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This is my take on Web’s Edge from Vecna: Eve of Ruin Rich’s Take on: Web’s
Edge (Eve of Ruin)
3 months ago
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Con Schedules 2024
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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 ...
8 months ago
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So do I only post on this blog to promote Kickstarters anymore? It seems
like that may be the case. Anyway… Fantastical Classes: Blobs vs. BladesNow
on Ki...
11 months ago
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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...
1 year ago
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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...
1 year ago
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The State of the Metal Earth and What's to Come.
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To begin with, I'm still here and still doing stuff.
The good news, I suppose is I have had a change in the way I approach game
design.
In the past I...
1 year ago
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Pulp legend J. Manfred Weichsel Interviewed by Blasters and Blades
Podcast!!!
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Breaking news! J. Manfred Weichsel just sat down with the Blasters and
Blades podcast for his second interview with them, talking about Warrior
Soul &...
1 year ago
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Magazine Of Horror #05
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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 →
3 years ago
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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...
3 years ago
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Map of a Pirate’s Lair
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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...
4 years ago
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Farnsworth Wright’s Favorite Weird Tales by Bobby Derie
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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...
4 years ago
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More Arden Vul Art
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Another great piece from Del, this one's the Forum of Set: a place that the
PCs may spend quite a bit of time within.
4 years ago
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Strange, Dangerous, and Inhuman: The Fey and Fairie
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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...
5 years ago
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PARCHMENTS FROM THE CATACOMB!
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My new project is hosted at the following *LINK*
5 years ago
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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...
5 years ago
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Dungeoneering Blog
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This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
5 years ago
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Ravensburg Reboot: Streamlined City Map
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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...
5 years ago
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ITotD on Summer Break
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[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...
5 years ago
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Feeding fans starving 4 Action around da World!
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Despite what I said a few weeks ago, I never really retired, just
semi-retired. I regularly check this site and love that it still gets
traffic. So keep it...
5 years ago
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MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 158 STAIRS.
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158 STAIRS. These stairs descend thirty feet to Area 79 on Level 6.
6 years ago
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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...
6 years ago
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Goodbye and Good Luck
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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...
6 years ago
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Session XCIII: One Pissed Off Dragon!
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Our ongoing Swords and Wizardry sandbox campaign...
*Current Player Characters:*
*Thenus* (Ranger)
*Wang Du* (Monk)
*Wolfheir* (Viking)
*Arg* (Half-orc)
...
7 years ago
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Exploring the Temple of Elemental Evil's Dungeon Level 2 (pt. 3)
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*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...
7 years ago
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Happy Gygax Day!
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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...
7 years ago
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ROUNDUP: What Writers Want to Know Right Now…
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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...
7 years ago
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A Secret Society Of Character-Hunters For Your Campaign
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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...
7 years ago
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Looking forward
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For reasons apparent to anyone that follows this blog, or checks my posting
schedule, I'm very wary of making any future commitments, statements, or
pretty...
7 years ago
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Deviant Art
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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...
7 years ago
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Four Frightening Games to Play on Halloween
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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...
8 years ago
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History of Ghost Taxis of Japan
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Translated and Sourced from Shigeru Mizuki’s Mujara, Japanese Ghost
Stories: Spirits, Hauntings, and Paranormal Phenomena, and Other Sources To
learn more ...
8 years ago
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Winds of Change are Blowing
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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
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Dynamic Grappling
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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...
9 years ago
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Moved
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The Random Wizard Blog has moved to
https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
9 years ago
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Community Created Content for Tabletop Games
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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...
9 years ago
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(SW) Fearsome Critters: Cake Walk
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*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...
10 years ago
The Sympanomancer
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