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Apple Review #5: Cortland
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Reviewing apples is a fundamentally silly thing because of course all
things like this are subjective. Further, apples are rarely the same from
apple to ap...
3 hours ago
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Monstrous Mondays: Archangels
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[image: Guido Reni - Michael Defeats Satan]
I was looking for an idea to post today and saw that it was Michaelmas.
Now I am not Catholic (I am not even ...
3 hours ago
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THE PATREON SERIALIZED NOVELLA 'CAPTAIN SCIENCE IN OZ' CONTINUES!
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A prisoner of the Beastmen of Rak, Dorothy Gale plots her escape. Oz's
Rebellion begins anew in an all-new chapter of Bobby Nash's serialized
pulpy ac...
3 hours ago
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Michael Tierney on Critical Blast Talking Wild Stars 8
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Michael Tierney was on with RJ Carter of Critical Blast the other night,
talking about the latest Wild Stars project that’s live on Kickstarter now!
[Corre...
5 hours ago
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Review: Jedediah Smith - Alfred Wallon
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Alfred Wallon is the most prolific and popular German author of Westerns
and historical novels published in the United States. His latest release is
JED...
7 hours ago
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Basic Elements of NPCs
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NPCs in your RPGs come in all shapes, sizes, purposes, abilities, and
reasons. It’s near impossible to enumerate all of the facets of an NPC or
why they ar...
7 hours ago
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Some play Updates
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Did have a great recent mini con i plyed as a rat in a post apoc and Ran my
Planet Psychon game. Streamlined it a bit a...
1 day ago
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The Final Tour Event
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Here in Winston-Salem, NC, where I, Annalee Newitz, Nghi Vo and Maddie
Martinez talked about the state of science fiction and fantasy for an hour
in front ...
1 day ago
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THIRTY YEARS AN EDITOR
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I’m sliding in this special Saturday edition of Fantasy Author’s Handbook
to celebrate an anniversary. On September 27, 1995 I walked into the Lake
Geneva,...
2 days ago
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Bertha Russell (ca. 1910-?)
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*Young Author*
Born Circa 1910
Died ?
There is an extra story in the November 1925 issue of *Weird Tales*. It's
not listed in the table of contents, and it...
2 days ago
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The Excursion Train by Edward Marston (2005)
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*Series: *Railway Detective #2
*About the author:* Edward Marston is a pseudonym of Keith Miles.
*Major characters:*
Inspector Robert Colbeck, Scotl...
4 days ago
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Discipline and Self-Discipline
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We were talking in an earlier post about the choreographer Twyla Tharp and
her book, The Creative Habit. Let’s dig a little deeper into the principles
th...
5 days ago
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Lands of the Heresiarch
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The once-thriving Papal Isthmus is now in a state of corrupt desolation.
Few are seen on the road, flies feed on the remains of untended hogs.
Three items ...
5 days ago
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Dragonsphere – Changes
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Written by Vetinari
Welcome back to Dragonsphere! After a plot twist that my teenage self would
have absolutely adored (and one year before *The Usual Susp...
6 days ago
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Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom: Won! (with Summary and Rating)
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*Dr. Doom cameos to set up the next game.*
*Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom*
France
Silmarils (developer and publisher)
Released 1993 for *DOS*, Amiga,...
1 week ago
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When the Rules Change
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Back when I first started this blog on December 23, 2008 I was trying to
bridge the gap between Christians and folks who played D&D. In that goal, I
thin...
1 week ago
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Free GM Resource: Freep!k Icon Generator
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[image: Free GM Resource: Freep!k Icon Generator]
Last week I mentioned a *secret project* and while I'm not going to divulge
the project yet, I am bringi...
2 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 ...
2 weeks ago
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1333: Well That Sucks
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http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1333.html
2 weeks ago
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The line has been crossed
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I hope all you fuckers enjoyed your Blue Sky. It is coming. You reap what
you sow.The right to free speech is a hill I will die upon.Slight update:
Anyone...
2 weeks 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...
2 weeks ago
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Finishing School by Cary Tennis and Danelle Morton
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FINISHING SCHOOL is a about a program that Tennis developed when he was
creatively blocked, unable to finish his novel. He gathered like-minded
individuals...
4 weeks ago
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How to run a slasher. 1 of 2
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I ran a summer camp slasher game not too long ago. It went pretty well.
Here's some of the stuff I used to make it happen
Plan for one or two sessions t...
5 weeks ago
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A Lovecraft Birthday Post Plus a Couple of Others
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Today is August 20, the birthday of H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). It’s also
my mother-in-law’s birthday, but that’s just a coincidence, I’m sure.
Nothing ne...
5 weeks 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...
1 month ago
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BECMI Battle Cat
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So it’s been awhile. I’ve been constantly working on all sorts of D&D
stuff, but not much that I put into a form I can publish. That changed
yesterday and ...
1 month 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...
2 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...
2 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...
3 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...
3 months ago
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ZOMBICIDE DCEASED CUSTOMS
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Three homebrew custom characters for the DCeased Zombicide game.… Continue
reading ZOMBICIDE DCEASED CUSTOMS
3 months ago
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Getting Back in the (Worm’s) Saddle
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Wow! So, it’s been… (checks notes) …12 years since I last posted here?
That’s as many as four threes. And that’s terrible. During that time I was
heavily i...
4 months ago
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Werewolf By Night
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Custom: Werewolf By Night
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...
7 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...
8 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....
8 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...
8 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 ...
8 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...
8 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,...
9 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 →
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...
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)
...
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...
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...
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 ...
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/
9 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
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