Here resides the roll for the blogs that I follow on a regular basis.
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Winning Secrets on Harmony Ginger Tonight
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Jeffro, Rule of Thule, and I will be on Harmony Ginger’s show tonight
talking about Winning Secrets! Or at least Jeffro and Thule will. All I
feel like tal...
Writing Invisible by Noelle Adams (Claire Kent)
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Writers are always told to be more visible. Writers are taught that they
need to get on social media, cultivate a following, and dance for the
algorithm. T...
RIP, Dan Simmons
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Authoer Dan Simmons (1948-2026) has passed away from complications of a
stroke. Simmons was a writer’s writer, capable of producing groundbreaking
work in ...
Dark Designs: Passage to Oblivion: Won!
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*Pter Rok: the original J.Lo.*
*Dark Designs: Passage to Oblivion*
United States
Softdisk (developer and publisher)
Released 1994 for* Apple II*
*...
Sampling Some Smackin’ Sunflower Seeds
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I used to eat sunflower seeds when I played softball as a kid, and I can’t
say I’ve ever eaten them since. For some reason, I was getting
advertisements fo...
Prep is Aspirational
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Last month, I talked about When Play Does Not Go To Prep, mostly about how
deviations are normal and ways to adjust your story when it drifts from
your pre...
Resistance Strikes at the End of Act One
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We’ve initiated our startup, our non-profit, our novel. A favorable wind of
enthusiasm has borne us safely through the first stages. If we’re talking
abo...
THE THREE RULES OF GENRE FICTION
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I’ve been working hard to stop using the word “rules” when it comes to
creative writing—especially fiction, and including genre fiction. I’ve used
that wor...
King’s Quest VII - Eh, What's Up, Doc?
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Written by Michael
More links in this post than you can swing a stick at.
Well, last time we landed in the middle of a desert with the Queen of
Daventry...
Five Minute Fridays
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The old idea of spending five minutes to be creative (you old timers from
G+ will remember that) came up over on SubStack - which I lovingly call
TheStack ...
Vital Cat Update: An Update To The Update
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Boy, the adventures with AI continue! You may remember that back in
December, I spoke about the many quantum cats I apparently possess(ed), and
this was ne...
Requests
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My last entry is a biography of author *Clyde Irvine*. I wrote it in
response to a request from last year. I would like everyone to know that I
am availa...
The Murder of a Quack by George Bellairs, 1943
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cover image only - no review.
*Series:* This is Inspector Thomas Littlejohn #5
*About the author:* George Bellairs is the pseudonym of Harold Blundel...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Dtf transfer
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Iron on
Prepare Your Fabric: Ensure the fabric is clean and dry. If there are any
wrinkles, iron the garment.
Position the DTF Transfer: Place DTF tra...
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 ...
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...
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 →
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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