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Grimwall Keep...?
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Whatcha think? Looks like a suitably horrible place to exist.A terrible
fortification out on the far edges of the frontier, a place only desperate
men (bea...
2 hours ago
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Companions of Xanth – Roc and a Hard Place
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By Ilmari
Last time, I had just arrived in the magical world of Xanth. Without any
idea what I am supposed to do, I ask my companion Nada Naga for advice.
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3 hours ago
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Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Street & Smith's Wild West Weekly, January
8, 1938
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This is a pulp that I own and read recently. That’s my somewhat battered
copy in the scan. The cover art is by H.W. Scott, and it’s an excellent
depicti...
4 hours ago
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"Mozaika" by Nancy Kilpatrick
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Though born in Philadelphia (on May 6, 1946), *Nancy Kilpatrick* is
considered a Canadian author. She has written short stories, novels, and
non-fiction....
14 hours ago
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BLOOD OF KINGS
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The hard-hitting, high-flying spectacle known as Blood of Kings is based in
Nellix. This group specializes in a unique style of sports fighting that is
pur...
18 hours ago
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Thoughts On “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim”
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When I first saw a trailer for the newest Lord of the Rings movie, I was
incredibly excited because it was an animated movie. I could hardly believe
they w...
20 hours ago
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Game 535: Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace (1989)
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*Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace*
United States
Masterplay (developer and publisher)
Released 1989 for *DOS*
*Date Started:* 7 December 20...
23 hours ago
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Tales of the Valiant Monster Vault Review
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An interesting side effect of having multiple iterations of D&D 5th edition
based on the 5e SRD is that some content allows publishers to produce
content t...
1 day ago
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This Old Dragon: Issue #115
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[image: Dragon Magazine #115]
I think I have enough time left in this year to do another one of these. My
box of old Dragons, though, is getting a little li...
2 days ago
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Bester, Lanier, Moorcock, and Haldeman
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December 18, as I write this. There are four birthdays I want to mention
today. Alfred Bester (1913-1987), Sterling E. Lanier (1927-2007), Michael
Moorcok...
2 days ago
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Hide & Seek RPG: The Neighborhood
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As the players build their characters, pay attention to any locations that
get named or even specifically mentioned, such as Safe Places or places
mentio...
2 days ago
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Frequently Asked Questions About The Compendium
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So lots of people have questions about the Compendium! Here's a newer
flip-thru video:
Here's the details of its contents.
Apparently many people are ...
2 days ago
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My Brain Is Goldfish (But Here Are Some Things I Liked In 2024)
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I think my brain is not okay. I don’t mean to suggest I’ve got actual worms
up in there, but the Current Era combined with Holidaytimes has really just
tur...
3 days ago
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Resistance Always Lies
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Here’s another way we can use our own Resistance, jiu-jitsu style, and turn
it in our favor. Remember, Resistance is always lying. Every statement it
pre...
3 days ago
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THE TEN BOOKS THAT MADE ME
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I’ve been seeing this out there on social media, “the ten books that made
me” thing, and it got me thinking. Over the course of my life, and I’m not
young ...
3 days ago
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Cirsova Winter Issue 2024 Issue is Out Now!
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Featuring an exciting cover story from Owen G. Tabard + the conclusion of
Michael Tierney’s The Superior Griefs, the winter issue is out now! ebook:
https:...
4 days ago
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Fifth-Edition D&D’s Original Lead Designer Calls Out the Game’s “Secret
Error” That Remains Today
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In fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons, characters and monsters calculate the
difficulty class (DC) number needed to save against their spells and powers
usin...
4 days 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 ...
4 days ago
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Il Signore dei Labirinti la traduzione italiana di Labyrinth Lord e
Advanced Labyrinth Lord
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*Il Signore dei Labirinti*
Uno dei primi retrocloni (2007) e forse il primo ad essere tradotto in
italiano (2009) grazie alla meritoria opera di *Tito Le...
5 days ago
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The RPGPundit Encounter Ep4 - The Evil DM
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This Sunday, 9pm Eastern time, its Ep4 of "The RPGPundit Encounter"!
This time I'll be interviewing The Evil DM, a long-time blogger, youtuber
and podca...
6 days ago
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BOBBY NASH GUESTS ON FREEWHEELING FRIDAY!
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If you missed it live last night, author Bobby Nash was the guest on Ryan
Permison's first episode as host of Freewheeling Friday on the Madness
Comic...
6 days ago
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Chagrinspire Adventure Seeds by Tier
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*Blogger not showing many any other ppls blogs - just kill it with fire and
a few others from 9 years ago - this stu...
1 week ago
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Drury Lane's Last Case by Barnaby Ross (Ellery Queen), 1933
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dustjackets.com
*A**bout the author/series:* Barnaby Ross is a pseudonym of Ellery Queen.
There are four books in the Drury Lane series:
- The Tra...
2 weeks ago
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a quick peek at 2024 Monster Manual math
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As a monster designer, I’m interested in seeing where the 2024 Monster
Manual takes monster design. How compatible are 2014 and 2024 monsters?
What are the...
2 weeks ago
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Writing Your Story’s Theme by K.M. Weiland
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Theme is what your story is really about. It’s the meaning that readers
take with them, long after they’ve forgotten the plot and the characters.
Weiland p...
2 weeks ago
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Cozy TTRPG System
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I am expanding my two most popular books on itch.io, and turning them into
a single comprehensive guide.
*Cozy Oracle System*
This book provides you...
5 weeks ago
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High Trust
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Okay, read this first.
Now look this over:
Are you with me so far?
This reminds me of a systemless adventure published in issue 10 - 'The
Cowboy Issue' -...
5 weeks ago
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Quick Convention Report: LongCon 2024
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[image: Quick Convention Report: LongCon 2024]
Last weekend I was able to attend LongCon in Longview, TX. I had a work
trip to the Nashville area that en...
5 weeks 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...
1 month ago
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Rogues Gallery: Grimslade and Valerius, Saren and Indel
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Back in late '81/early '82, TSR ran a series of full page ads in the back
of comic books--remember when comic books had ads? These ads were in the
form o...
1 month 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)
2 months ago
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1311: Take a Moment
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http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1311.html
2 months ago
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Gamer ADD: Suleiman Subsector Gazetteer Part 2
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1110 Quaver C111469-B
Prior to the Civil War, Quaver was a major trade hub overseen by an
opportunistic dictatorship. Seen as a possible disruptive force i...
2 months ago
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Miracles and the Law
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I’ve been working on revising and expanding my book on pilgrimage and
related matters for DnD and part of that has been expanding the coverage to
some othe...
3 months ago
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D&D Player’s Handbook 2024
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Being an incomplete, visual review of the 2024 Player’s Handbook. I got a
copy of this almost entirely on the strength of the new cover art: (This is
the “...
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 ...
7 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...
10 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...
11 months 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...
11 months 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...
4 years ago
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PARCHMENTS FROM THE CATACOMB!
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My new project is hosted at the following *LINK*
4 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.
5 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...
8 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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This is Phase World…It’s Nothing Like Regular Rifts, Honest
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Tonight was character generation for the Phase World Game: Mary, a 10′
bipedal dinosaur (Seljuk) mercenary with a grenade launcher, a power
halberd, a comb...
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...
9 years ago
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0-Level ACKS Alices
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Introductory Complaining If I’m running a low-power game, I like 0-level
play: It sets the tone, establishes more of the character at the table, and
introd...
9 years ago
The Sympanomancer
Download the PDF here.
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