Hobby and more D&D Blogs
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The Big Idea: Eleanor Lerman
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Pets are more than just roommates we feed and scoop poop for, they’re often
a source of emotional support and comfort in our complicated, lengthy
lives. Au...
7 hours ago
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A Rough Edges Rerun Review: The Backwoods - Edward Lee
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I was in the mood to read a horror novel, and having heard good things
about Edward Lee’s work, I decided to try one of his. I knew his books have
a rep...
12 hours ago
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Tales from Jackson, IL: Shadows of the Night (Denise & Candy)
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We are going back to Jackson, IL, and 1985 to see how the characters are
doing.
*Game Play notes:* I will be using the Heroic Touchstones introduced in ...
14 hours ago
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6-Room Dungeon 7: Underland Cavern
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1 Redbrick
2 Goblin Mine
3 Gothic Tomb
4 Magic Mansion
5 Glacial Chasm
6 Jungle Shrine
7 Underland Cavern
8 Auldwood Gro...
1 day ago
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King’s Quest VII - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
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Written by Michael
Seriously?
Part 2 of our post-Halloween post. Or pre-Halloween post, depending on
your level of optimism, I suppose.
When we last ...
1 day ago
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Off the Beaten Star Trail
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Star Trail *provokes an existential crisis.*
It would be worth recapping at this point the long road that led us here:
- At the beginning of t...
2 days ago
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What Stories Haven’t Been Reprinted That Should Be?
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So yesterday’s post about Henry Kuttner got me thinking about something
that crosses my mind a lot. What stories have fallen through the cracks and
haven’t...
2 days ago
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Gnomecast 234 – Positioning the Narrative
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https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GC_234_Fictional-Positioning_finals.mp3
Join Ang along with Chris and JT as they talk about Narrative Posit...
2 days ago
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Weird Again
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In 2017, when I wrote my forthcoming series on the so-called "New Weird," I
was less skeptical than I am now about the whole thing. I think I was more
wi...
2 days ago
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Resistance Attacks Us at the End
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I’m going to tell you a very sad story. You can probably guess it already.
I had a dear friend who had written the Major Work of his life. He had
spent y...
2 days ago
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YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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I promise you I will improve; I will no longer, as has ever been my habit,
continue to ruminate on every petty vexation which fortune may dispense; I
will ...
3 days ago
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The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown by E. Phillips Oppenheim, 1896
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AbeBooks
This title, also published as* The New Tenant,* is available for download
from this page at FadedPage.com. It was made into a movie in 192...
4 days ago
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Free GM Resource: Flail Ruleset (old-school fantasy brawler)
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[image: Free GM Resource: Flail Ruleset (old-school fantasy brawler)]
This week I'd like to introduce you to a small RPG publisher and their new
game comi...
5 days ago
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Make Items Like This
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"Here, in an alcove in the wall of the arch, had once hung the notorious
Gabelline Oracle, sought out and yet dreaded by all who entered or left the
city...
1 week ago
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I’m working at MCDM!
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If I’ve been quiet on this blog for a while, it’s because I’ve been filling
my hours with a lot of RPG design: D&D, A5E, Pathfinder, and, increasingly,
Dra...
1 week ago
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HAROLD GOLDBERG: FIVE THINGS I LEARNED WHILE WRITING THE SKINNY
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Stan Kaminski, a down-on-his-luck Polish immigrant, tries to scratch out an
existence in 1990s New York City while avoiding the colorful, nefarious
charact...
1 week ago
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Newsletter: NASH NEWS FOR APRIL 2026 NOW AVAILABLE!
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No foolin'! April's Nash News was just emailed to subscriber's inboxes
today! Have you subscribed to my FREE monthly newsletter? Try it free
without s...
1 week ago
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My Hardcover Copy of THE MIGHTY SONS OF HERCULES Volume 2 (Cirsova
Publishing) Has Arrived!
1 week ago
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Gesture by Lauren Gawne
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Humans communicate with body language as much as they do with voice.
However, most books about body language are focused on what humans do
unconsciously. G...
1 week ago
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1341: Also Fully Biodegradable
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http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1341.html
2 weeks ago
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Fairy Food
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You are wondering far from home when you encounter a fairy which offers
you a simple meal of bread and butter. Should you accept it?
Many would say ...
2 weeks ago
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Session 0 & 1
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I have started playing a little White Box game during my lunches and
whatever free time I can muster during the week (which is not much due to
idiotic coll...
2 weeks ago
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Wheel…of…fortunes!
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Fontaine’s Golden Wheel Fortune-Teller, and Dream Book (published by Dick &
Fitzgerald, in 1862 and 1866) claims to reproduce a list of 100 fortunes
associ...
3 weeks ago
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(RPG PDF Spotlight) Cohors Cthulhu RPG Laurium Adventures
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Laurium Adventures Cohors Cthulhu RPG Supplement by Modiphius Entertainment
Laurium, Gateway to the Hidden Wars One remote town is uniquely situated on
the...
4 weeks ago
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Eve of Ruin: Stranger Things Remix
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Eve of Ruin Remix 2026
5 weeks ago
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Underkeep: a new game reminiscent of Dungeon master
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*Underkeep* is a game which is currently in development, it is reminiscent
of the old "Dungeon Master" which many of us used to play on Amiga 500 back
i...
2 months ago
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Classic Railroad Adventuring: How to Roll Dice on a Train
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After many days in the wilderness, hounded relentlessly by the vociferous
demons of Blogger OCD, I came across a railroad track and managed to hop on
a p...
2 months ago
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Addendum to the official policy of the Mule
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[image: Hanging around with Benito.]
2 months ago
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2026 Character Creation Challenge – Lalibo the Red Mage
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So I have gone back and forth on posting this character for the longest
time. This is the infamous Lalibo from my home game built as a Red Mage
custom clas...
2 months ago
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RPG Design: How a Roleplaying Game like D&D Could Make Rounds Play Better
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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 months ago
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Review: Cthulhu by Gaslight, Keeper’s Guide
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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...
3 months ago
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Mutants and Wizards
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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...
4 months ago
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Fr. Peter Heers and the Satanic Panic
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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 ...
5 months ago
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How Creative Writing Constraints Unlock Better Stories
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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...
9 months ago
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Critical Role Hires Two Worst D&D Designers of All Time
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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...
9 months ago
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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...
1 year 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....
1 year 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 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
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Stand by for SAGA OF THE SWORDBREAKER: INVINCIBLE UNDER HEAVEN!
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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
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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 →
4 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...
4 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...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 years ago
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Dungeoneering Blog
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This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
6 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...
6 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...
6 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.
7 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...
7 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...
7 years ago
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Poetry For Fiction Writers, Part III: Anatomy Of The Sonnet
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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...
8 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)
...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
9 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...
9 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 ...
10 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...
10 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...
10 years ago
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Moved
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The Random Wizard Blog has moved to
https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
10 years ago
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Monster/Adventure: Apisastes [S&W] [5e]
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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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 years ago
The Sympanomancer
Download the PDF here.
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