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BOBBY NASH INTERVIEWED AT PULP UNDERGROUND! PART 1 - 4 NOW POSTED!
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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...
4 hours ago
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Character Creation Challenge: Day 17, Aeronwy
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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...
9 hours ago
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Goblins Quest 3 – Up the nostril and into the ear
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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...
11 hours ago
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Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Double Action Western, May 1953
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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...
12 hours ago
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The Charm, Such As It Is, of the Charmera
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Kodak did a brisk business over the holidays with their meme camera, the
Charmera, which is tiny enough to fit on a key chain and takes deeply lofi
photos,...
1 day ago
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Game 566: Tower of Alos (1982)
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*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
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Puffball Hooligan Holidays for Fungi Folk
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Deep underground, fungus folk have weekly games of puffball, where they
gently kick a giant puffball without exploding ...
1 day ago
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Help us republish a very obscure fantasy rpg
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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
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Old Gods Again
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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
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Gnomecast 228 – From LARP to Tabletop with Ericka Skirpan
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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
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration
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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
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An Appreciation of Clark Ashton Smith
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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...
3 days ago
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Governmental Hierarchy of Nellix
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A list of the authorities in Nellix
3 days ago
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WHAT THESE AUTHORS SAID…
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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
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Witch Queen of Perrenland (Audio)
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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
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Njörun’s Altar: Map26.01
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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
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2026 Character Creation Challenge – Grim
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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
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1338: Word For Word
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http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1338.html
1 week ago
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Apple Review #40: Lemonade Apple
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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
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Mighty Sons of Hercules Volume 2 is Live on Kickstarter!
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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
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Free GM (and Player) Resource: Groupfinder
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[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
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On the run
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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
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How to Talk About Writing by Barbara Turner-Vesselago
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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
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The Dead Shall Be Raised by George Bellairs, 1942
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*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
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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 weeks ago
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Two-Player Head-to-Head D&D
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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
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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...
4 weeks ago
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Where I promote a polarizing publisher when I should be talking about my
own books that will be coming out later in 2026
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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
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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...
2 months ago
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Glantri Reunion III: Timeskip Tables After-Action Report
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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
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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 ...
3 months ago
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where are psionics from?
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A kind of crazy in-game explanation for D&D psionics occurred to me. I
haven’t seen it before so I figured I’d share it. The canonical explanation
for psio...
4 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...
6 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...
7 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...
10 months 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...
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...
5 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...
7 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...
8 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 ...
9 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...
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...
10 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...
10 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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