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DON’T SHOW AND TELL
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You know I’m a huge proponent of the technique of show, don’t tell, and
never miss an opportunity to proselytize on that subject. This week, let’s
dive int...
Game 580: Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse (1994)
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*I'm going to go with the usual way of representing the game, but the
opening screens separate the series title and game title, and the manual
refers to i...
Vecna Must Die!
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I just watched the Season 4 finale of Critical Role's "Vox Machina" on
Amazon Prime. Don't like Critical Role? Here's 50 cents; call someone who
cares. ...
Sampling Onue Bakery Cookies
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Looking for Korean inspired cookies baked from scratch with quality
ingredients that can be delivered to your doorstep? Well, I wasn’t when I
got an ad on ...
Free GM Resource: Fantasy Name Generator
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[image: Free GM Resource: Fantasy Name Generator]
I'm comfortable enough to admit I like my random tables, but it's been a
while since I've made a big (*n...
Freddi Fish 1 - Won!
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Written by Michael
In our last meeting, we came across Mrs. Halibut, who is concerned because
her daughter Gabby is stuck inside this cave. But before...
From Punk to Cyberpunk
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*Billy Idol* was born on November 30, 1955. If he were an American, that
would make him a Baby Boomer. Maybe that makes him a Boomer in his native
countr...
Aickman, Hogan, and Rosenblum
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Today is June 27, and it is the birthday of three writers: Robert Aickman
(1914-1981), James P. Hogoan (1941-2010), and Mary Rosenblum (1952-2018).
Let’s t...
Stop Self-Limiting Your Ideas
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I was GMing my Blades in the Dark game, and my players were setting up for
a score, one that was a bit outside of their comfort zone. As they were
brainsto...
Win The Arcadian, Part Three
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We’re finally doing it! This week, ten lucky winners will get the
“two-pack” promo package containing A Man at Arms and The Arcadian, plus a
fold-out scr...
d100 Auldwood Adventure Seeds for Settlers
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I've had some readers comment on errors with my tables and numbering or
missing entries, which is great. Some of these posts I'v...
Sanctum of the Heresiarch (a one-shot dungeon)
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So in the Lands of the Heresiarch, the Xenomorph-worshipping cult (think
Alien: Resurrection but in the middle-ages) has built its shrine around
the cra...
Jeffro Johnson’s Winning Secrets Out Now!
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Jeffro Johnson’s Winning Secrets is out now! You can get it on Amazon in
eBook or softcover. If you don’t mind getting copies that are a little
dinged up, ...
On Writing and Failure by Stephen Marche
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ON WRITING AND FAILURE is a tiny book, more of a pamphlet really, published
by a small press. And honestly, it’s just the right length for what it is.
Marc...
The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr, 1934
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*Series: *This is Dr. Gideon Fell #3
*About the author:* John Dickson Carr (1906 – 1977) was an American author,
who also published using the pse...
Draw Steel Monsters on a Credit Card
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Click to get it full-sizefront and back! I’m the guy who does “monsters on
a business card” posts, and I just started at MCDM, so I should probably do
a Dr...
Christ is Risen!
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*Hades took a body, and met God face to face. It took earth, and
encountered Heaven. It took that which was seen, and fell upon the unseen.
O Death, where...
Is Fairy Food Safe?
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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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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 ...
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,...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 →
The Worm Ouroboros
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The Worm Ouroboros is a proto-fantasy (the in the genre sense) novel by E.
R. Eddison, originally published in 1922. It is an amalgam of mythological
tradi...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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
Friday, May 14, 2010
Regional Map for My Latest Sandbox Campaign
Here is a regional map I am working on for my latest sandbox.
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