I do not update this blog anymore. It's sole use is to follow the nearly one hundred blogs that I follow. If blogspot gave some space to upload some stuff, I might consider using it as my primary blog, but if you go to my blog on WordPress, you would see I have uploaded some things that I think fellow role-players might find useful.
If you are interested in my current thoughts, you can follow this link Jasper's Rantings on WordPress to my new blog.
If there are any blogs I have missed that anyone would like to see on this blog roll, just leave me a note in the comments and I will look into adding it.
Hobby and more D&D Blogs
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Cirsova on Rollin’ Bones! - Was on Rollin’ Bones last night, talking about Brozer, how fiction shaped RPGs, and how RPGs have shaped fiction! Reminder! Brozer is FREE on Drivethru and...7 hours ago
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May she forever fly - I am fortunate to have been born in the best country on the planet and happy to have served my fellow citizens. May we forever be a beacon of liberty and ...9 hours ago
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This Is A Doom Post - There are bluebirds in our apple tree this morning and I am sad for them. Sad for the tree, too. The tree is a crabapple tree, technically. It’s an old tre...9 hours ago
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Review: Up the China Sea - H. Bedford-Jones - When I reviewed Edmond Hamilton’s “The World With a Thousand Moons”, I mentioned that it reminded me of some of the nautical adventure yarns written by ...12 hours ago
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Gnomecast 200 – Why We Do This - https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GC_200_Whywedothis_final.mp3 Join us for our 200th episode of the Gnomecast, as we talk about why we do th...12 hours ago
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"Night Fishing" by Caitlín R. Kiernan-Part One - *Caitlín R. Kiernan* was born on May 26, 1964, in Dublin, Ireland, and came to the United States as a child with his mother and sister. I believe his is ...12 hours ago
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Don’t WIP It - I’ll get notes sometimes from young writers, in which they’ll refer to their “WIP,” i.e. their work-in-progress. My blood runs cold when I see that phras...14 hours ago
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Well, Fuck. - I have little to say at the moment other than it would take a miracle for Trump not to win this, and I’m not exactly confident the miracle is coming. It’s ...14 hours ago
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d12 Oops I overcooked this encounter - So your players got lucky streak and did some clever things and creamed some baddies and now its the big boss and you w...16 hours ago
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Dracula, The Hunters' Journals: 5 November; Van Helsing's Memorandum and Dr. Seward's Diary - More updates from Van Helsing and Dr. Seward [image: Dracula - The Hunters' Journals] *Memorandum by Abraham Van Helsing (cont).* *5 November, morning.*—...21 hours ago
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FANTASY AUTHOR’S HANDBOOK OFFICIALLY ENDORSES KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - Well, hell, if the Washington Post can’t do it, I can, so for this Election Day Special Edition, I would like to formally announce that Fantasy Author’s Ha...1 day ago
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Game 531: The Great Ultizurkian Underland (1993) - *At this point, he might as well have gone with Wingdings.* *The Great Ultizurkian Underland* United States Independently developed and publishe...1 day ago
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SKETCH MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS COMIC CREATOR BOBBY NASH! - I was interviewed by Sketch Magazine for Bill Nichols' Prescription Comics - 10ccs of the Process with Bobby Nash. You can read it HERE! Thanks, Bill...2 days ago
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The Case of the One-Eyed Witness by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1950 - dustjackets.com *About the author: *Erle Stanley Gardner (1889 – 1970) was an American lawyer and author. He is best known for the Perry Mason series ...2 days ago
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Police Quest: Open Season: Welcome to the Jungle - By Alex Exciting police action! I spent three hours playing, and did a lot of *questioning witnesses* and *gathering evidence* and *taking notes*. I mean, l...2 days ago
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It Came From The Trailer Park Volume IV - The latest installment in Three Ravens Publishing‘s popular It Came From The Trailer Park series is out, and it contains a story from me. Readers of my wor...3 days ago
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Merritt’s The Ship of Ishtar: A Guest Post by John Bullard - The Ship of Ishtar: 100 Years of a An Influential Fantasy Masterpiece A Guest Post by John Bullard, with assistance from Deuce Richardson. If you have neve...4 days ago
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Bastions: And How to Make Them Pay – Maximizing Profits for Bastions in the 5e 2024 DMG - ANOTHER RORY GUEST POST! With the release of the 5e 2025 Dungeon Masters Guide, Bastions are official and can be easily acquired at 5th level for any DM wh...6 days ago
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Hide & Seek is Available Now! - *Hide & Seek is now available as Pay-What-You-Want PDF! * It's been so long since I've released any FINISHED gaming material that I swear I've been try...1 week ago
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Pardon the Interruption - So, after blogging more between April and June than I did in the previous nine years combined, and then doubling that amount with a blogging challenge in A...1 week ago
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Character Descriptions: 50+ Examples and Techniques for Writers - 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...2 weeks ago
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Rogues Gallery: Grimslade and Valerius, Saren and Indel - 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...2 weeks ago
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Awful Green Things In The Dungeon - After many months of being like Oh man I gotta do that, my friend recently dug up the copy of *Awful Green Things From Outer Space *that he first played...2 weeks ago
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Why do witch’s fly on Broomsticks? - In the modern world the notion that witches ride on broomsticks is so iconic we perhaps only occasionally think how odd it is. For once witches could fly...2 weeks ago
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The New D&D PHB: Hit or Flop? - Some recent reports claim the 2024 D&D PHB has sold more than the 5e PHB. Others are claiming the book has barely sold! But hardly anyone noticed how gam...4 weeks ago
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Midpoint Magic by H.R. D’Costa - I enjoyed D’Costa’s other books, and I was eager to dive into this one, especially since I love writing (and reading) the midpoint beats of novels. MIDPOIN...5 weeks ago
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Rich’s Take on: Web’s Edge (Eve of Ruin) - This is my take on Web’s Edge from Vecna: Eve of Ruin Rich’s Take on: Web’s Edge (Eve of Ruin)5 weeks ago
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Gamer ADD: Suleiman Subsector Gazetteer Part 2 - 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...1 month ago
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Miracles and the Law - 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...1 month ago
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D&D Player’s Handbook 2024 - 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 “...2 months ago
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Ducks an OSR racial class and advanced race - Castles & Chimeras will take a look at Dungeons & Ducks the first feathered rpg (that had a lot of international translations, in Italy it had a rough hi...2 months ago
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Got my Summer Art Acquisitions Framed - [image: Got my Summer Art Acquisitions Framed] This weekend was a bit of a catch-up/housekeeping period as I have gotten around to purchasing more frame p...2 months ago
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BECMI Ranger and some rambling - Well here we go. After posting my version of the Barbarian class suitable for play at my table, I couldn’t just stop there. This is my version of the first...3 months ago
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Some Clark Ashton Smith obscure stuff (not in english!) - Those who read this blog know that i am a follower of the aesthetics conjured by Clark Ashton Smith. I am not just a "fan", or a "huge fan", that woul...3 months ago
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A Bargain at Any Price: Unfathomable Bundle in Progress - This impecunious Underworld Otter knows a good deal when he smells it. If you crave* deep*, almost ridiculous discounts for your RPG materials, look no fu...4 months ago
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Con Schedules 2024 - 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 ...5 months ago
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Never Have Monsters Make Checks—Just Let the Players Roll - Dungeons & Dragons started with slightly different rules for monsters and player characters. In the dungeon, doors that players left open always swung shut...6 months ago
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Wait... I have a gaming blog, don't I? - It's been awhile, and my muse and I are back on speaking terms, so it's time to dust off the blog and get to writing again. Even though it seems that blo...6 months ago
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Convert 5e monsters to OSR standards - I can't remember what group I was in, but someone asked about converting 5e monsters to OSR/BFRPG. This is how -I- would do it. I usually work with S&W s...8 months ago
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Last move - to self-hosting! - 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...9 months ago
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Gwenevere (2023) - 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...10 months ago
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Moving On... - So, my D&D 5e experiment has blown up the lab in a puff of green smoke leaving my face blackened like Wile E. Coyote after a failed roadrunner Acme trap...1 year ago
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The State of the Metal Earth and What's to Come. - 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!!! - 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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Master Treasure Seeker: A Dungeon23 MegaDungeon - Introduction - Sean McCoy, author of Mothership, posted an article on his substack titled Dungeon23 and it's taken the indie RPG scene by storm. So, I'm throwing my hat...1 year ago
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The Brave Art of Running Away - In last night's game, on two separate occasions the player characters decided that discretion is often the better part of valor, and decided not to fight...2 years ago
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Magazine Of Horror #05 - 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 - 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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The Washington Post Mentions Renegades and Rogues - Michael Dirda, acclaimed book reviewer and critic for the Washington Post recently wrote an article about Robert E. Howard. The title of Dirda's article...3 years ago
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Revised Prison of the Hated Pretender Release - A revised, updated, edited, illustrated and annotated version of my 2012 Prison of the Hated Pretender is now available for purchase and download at Dr...4 years ago
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Guhin – The Dog Guest - If you are walking through the forest and hear mysterious laughter or the sound of crashing trees, take caution. You may have stumbled into the territory o...4 years ago
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Map of a Pirate’s Lair - 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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Nyepi - On the day designated as the beginning of the new year in Bali, residents celebrate with silence, pretty much the opposite of the way it's done in North ...4 years ago
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OneBlogShelf Moving - We are moving to *Medium*! You can follow us here: https://medium.com/oneblogshelf All blogs previous to this post will remain on our Blogger for archive ...4 years ago
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Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule - *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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D&D Sling Damage vs. Large Targets - In many early editions of D&D, weapons were assigned two damage values: one for small/medium targets (i.e. man-sized) and one for large targets (giants and...5 years ago
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SHORT BREAK. - I'm going to take a break for a week or so and will start up again in the New Year. Thanks for reading and we'll start with Level 6 when I get back.5 years ago
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Exploring the Temple of Elemental Evil's Dungeon Level 2 (pt. 3) - *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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ROUNDUP: What Writers Want to Know Right Now… - 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 - 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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Deviant Art - 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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Time for a New Edition! - I guess I should explain what I mean by that title. Today, I will be rebooting *Dungeons Deep & Caverns Old*. I feel like I have hit a road-block creative...7 years ago
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Winds of Change are Blowing - 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 - 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...8 years ago
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This is Phase World…It’s Nothing Like Regular Rifts, Honest - 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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0-Level ACKS Alices - 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
