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Solo d6 Fantasy: Session 1
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Mort & Vin enter the village of Bramblgulf. In a chance encounter they met
Pollard a local merchant who gives them a quest. I used the Solo d6 system
as i...
1 hour ago
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Review: John Standon of Texas - Johnston McCulley
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Johnston McCulley is mostly remembered, and rightly so, as the creator of
Zorro, but he wrote all sorts of pulp yarns, including a five-part serial
call...
1 hour ago
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Two Writers Lost
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I promised to write about two recent real-world developments. The first was
the advent on October 27, 2025, of a machine-man's machine-o-pedia. (Say
what...
2 hours ago
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In Which I Eat The Food Crime Known As Kraft Apple Pie Mac & Cheese
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You may have heard the news — and if not, you may have felt it in your
bones, a paroxysm of worry squirming in your marrow like worms — that Kraft
put out ...
19 hours ago
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Alone in the Dark 2 - Final Rating
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Written by Andy Panthro
I started this game knowing that the first one is a classic of the genre,
and helped define what we would later call “survival ho...
22 hours ago
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Excelsior: Onward and Downward
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*Dungeons are teeming with enemies, items, doors, and clues.*
We return to Chester the sexless golem paladin, circling the roads of the
land Excelsio...
1 day ago
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Gnome Muderdomes
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So while plotting gnome eco domes possibilities, i came across this
terrible idea.
I did play a session where players where given ...
1 day ago
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View From a Hotel Window, 11/7/25: Austin, TX
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No parking lot, but look! Men at work! Good for them. Dudes in high-viz is
part of what makes America great. I’m in town for the Texas Book Festival,
and I...
2 days ago
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Witchcraft Wednesday: Witches, Warlocks, and The Wicce
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I have been spending a lot of time going back to my roots and
re-evaluating and even re-writing things I have done in the past. Case in
point, my first ...
4 days ago
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Gnomecast 224 – Tabletop Safety Toolkit Interview
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https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GC_224_Safety-toolkit-list-Final.mp3
Join Jared as he interviews Kienna Shaw and Lauren Bryant-Monk, the fo...
5 days ago
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My Own Version of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Deal
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I was in a production meeting at Warner Bros. for the second Steven Seagal
movie, Hard to Kill. It was called Seven Year Storm at that time. The
director...
5 days ago
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BOOKS FOR FANTASY AUTHORS XLIX: STEERING THE CRAFT, PART 7
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From time to time I’ll recommend—not review, mind you, but recommend, and
yes, there is a difference—books that I think authors should have on their
shelve...
5 days ago
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“By the Pricking of my Thumbs…”
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... Something wicked this way comes.… Continue reading “By the Pricking of
my Thumbs…”
6 days ago
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Cirsova 2026 Lineup Announced!
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We are finally ready to announce the 2026 lineup! As of right now, we are
looking at 3 issues, a Spring and Fall issue as well as a Summer Special.
As you ...
6 days 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...
1 week ago
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Free GM Resource: HexLands Web App
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[image: Free GM Resource: HexLands Web App]
I haven't done a Free GM Resource in a while, and I almost missed this one (*despite
several emails on the sub...
1 week ago
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AT-01 An Ancient Evil – Free PDF of Published Version
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I introduced the It’s About Time Campaign arc here in May 2024 when I
posted AT-01 An Ancient Evil. I haven’t finished writing these adventures.
The last o...
1 week ago
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1335: A Righteous Mushroom
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http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1335.html
1 week ago
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The Artisan Author by Johnny B. Truant
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Truant is the co-author of one of self-publishing’s early bibles, WRITE,
PUBLISH, REPEAT. Many authors took his advice far too literally, thinking
they had...
1 week ago
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DANTE REBORN! VALHALLA BOOKS UNEARTH'S DANTE'S REBIRTH! NOW ON SALE!
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DANTE REBORN!
Get ready for a rebirth! Valhalla Books’ Dante’s Rebirth is now available
in paperback and ebook. Dante’s Rebirth is the fourth book in ...
1 week ago
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Nebulith and Red & Pleasant Land Are Now Available in the US, Happy
Halloween
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Here is the Nebulith in the US webstore.
And Red & Pleasant Land is here.
1 week ago
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BECMI Psychic Infiltrator
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So Fred did it to me again. Last week he hosted another stream where he
worked on building a Shadowdark version of the 5e classes and sub-classes.
This tim...
3 weeks 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 weeks ago
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I Have not Forgotten the Blog
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This update is way overdue. I have not forgotten the blog. This semester
has gotten off to a really rocky start. The department chair has been out
on medic...
4 weeks ago
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O is for Outlaw bu Sue Grafton (1999)
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Image only - no review
4 weeks ago
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Samson of Mars now available
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My novel Samson of mars is now available on Amazon.
You can buy a copy or you can read it for free if you have Kindle Unlimited
account.
Next week I ...
5 weeks ago
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Another Hommlet Podcast
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A Hommcast? Anyway, the latest is from the folks over at Mighty Deeds,
which is, I believe, a DCC actual play podcast. Season 3 of which sees our
heroes ...
1 month ago
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Pergamino Barocco
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Great news! The Lost Pages just launched a Kickstarter to release a
hardcover edition of Pergamino Barocco, Roger G.S.‘s weird scroll of new
spells for D&D...
1 month 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...
2 months ago
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5 Tropes that Make Exciting Stories But Ruin D&D Games
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Stories like those in movies and books thrive on setbacks. Everyone
relishes a tale where disaster complicates the heroes’ predicament, leaving
them facing...
3 months ago
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The Crypt of Atan-Thu
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I was one of the first backers for this adventure. It looks so promising!
Kickstarter ends on 26th August. Check it out at the following link:
htt...
3 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...
4 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...
4 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...
8 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...
9 months 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....
9 months 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...
10 months 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 ...
10 months 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...
10 months 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,...
11 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 ...
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...
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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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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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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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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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...
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/
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...
10 years ago
The Sympanomancer
Download the PDF here.
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