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Free GM Resource: Pathfinder 2 Tools (Collection of Resources)
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[image: Free GM Resource: Pathfinder 2 Tools (Collection of Resources)]
So this week's (*I know, I know....more like this year's*) Free GM Resource
isn't ...
4 hours ago
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Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Dime Western Magazine, April 1948
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This is a pulp that I own and read recently. That’s my copy in the scan,
ragged edges and all. That’s one tough-lookin’ hombre on the cover! I think
it ...
15 hours ago
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View From a Hotel Window, 3/20/26: San Diego
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There is a parking lot visible in the photo, I will note. That said, this
is not the usual parking lot photo from when I travel. San Diego is lovely.
But t...
23 hours ago
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BOBBY NASH JOINS WRITER'S SHOWCASE LIVE SATURDAY AT 7PM!
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Saturday at 7pm ET, I'm joining And I Quote podcast's The Writers Showcase
LIVE. I'll discuss the writing process with host Ryan Permison and a
round...
1 day ago
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Shy Girl, AI In Writing, And A New Perniciousness
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I wanna talk about Cameron’s The Terminator and Carpenter’s The Thing, but
first, let’s get it out of the way — If you know anything at all about me
in thi...
1 day ago
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Fantasy Fridays: Symbaroum
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[image: Symbaroum Core Rulebook]
Today at 9:46 Central Time, the March, Vernal, or Spring Equinox takes
place. The moment of equal day and equal night. N...
1 day ago
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Post 2500 New Campagn Setting
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Post 2500 Special Event!
For my weekly game in the club in Port Adelaide
Has been fun and met lots of great new gamers - nice to have 5 players
Ill repeat...
1 day ago
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Star Trail: Sweet Is the Swamp with Its Secrets
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*They're kind of cute.*
I started this session by replaying a lot of Lowangen. As commenters
figured out after my last narration, I had obtained...
1 day ago
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Pepper's Adventures in Time – Final Rating
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by Will Moczarski
When I started playing *Pepper's Adventures in Time *for the blog (way back
when) I singled out the manual as a true labour of love....
2 days ago
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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...
3 days ago
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An Alter Ego
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Some writers have alter egos, whom they feature as protagonists in their
novels. Jack Carr has James Reece. Tom Clancy had Jack Ryan. Ian Fleming
had Jam...
3 days ago
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Secrets of Drakonheim* on Dundermoose!
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I’m a bit late posting this, but this was a fantastic show and not only
promotes but serves as a corollary to Winning Secrets, presenting and
expounding on...
4 days ago
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CALM DOWN
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In The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin wrote: Patience is required
for the nuanced development of your craft. Patience is required for taking
in i...
4 days ago
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RIP, Lee Martindale
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Lee Martindale (1949-2026) passed away on March 10 after a brief illness. I
have known Lee for something like a quarter of a century, although I hadn’t
see...
5 days ago
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(RPG PDF Spotlight) Cohors Cthulhu RPG Laurium Adventures
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Laurium Adventures Cohors Cthulhu RPG Supplement by Modiphius Entertainment
Laurium, Gateway to the Hidden Wars One remote town is uniquely situated on
the...
1 week ago
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Gnomecast 232 – The Art of the Con Game
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https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GC_232_Art-of-the-con-game_Final.mp3
Join Ang along with guests Jason Haskins and Mike Mistele as they talk...
1 week ago
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Stunning and Insane: New Reviews of Nebulith (and Red & Pleasant Land)
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Audrey Cusack did an in-depth review of Nebulith and the recently
re-released Red & Pleasant Land.
On Nebulith:
*"All in all, Nebulith is a triumph, and ...
2 weeks ago
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Eve of Ruin: Stranger Things Remix
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Eve of Ruin Remix 2026
2 weeks ago
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1340: Down the Chute
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http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1340.html
2 weeks ago
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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...
2 weeks ago
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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 ...
3 weeks ago
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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...
5 weeks ago
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Underkeep: a new game reminiscent of Dungeon master
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*Underkeep* is a game which is currently in development, it is reminiscent
of the old "Dungeon Master" which many of us used to play on Amiga 500 back
i...
5 weeks ago
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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...
1 month ago
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Classic Railroad Adventuring: How to Roll Dice on a Train
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After many days in the wilderness, hounded relentlessly by the vociferous
demons of Blogger OCD, I came across a railroad track and managed to hop on
a p...
1 month ago
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Addendum to the official policy of the Mule
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[image: Hanging around with Benito.]
1 month ago
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2026 Character Creation Challenge – Lalibo the Red Mage
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So I have gone back and forth on posting this character for the longest
time. This is the infamous Lalibo from my home game built as a Red Mage
custom clas...
1 month ago
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RPG Design: How a Roleplaying Game like D&D Could Make Rounds Play Better
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Since D&D dropped the declaration phase in favor of cyclic initiative, it
has let one round blur into the next without any phases that trigger
between roun...
2 months ago
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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...
3 months ago
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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...
4 months 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 ...
5 months 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...
7 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...
9 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...
9 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...
1 year ago
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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...
1 year 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....
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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,...
1 year 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
6 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...
6 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.
7 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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Poetry For Fiction Writers, Part III: Anatomy Of The Sonnet
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In the first part of this series I defined limits. In the second part I
discussed meter. Now I am going to be examining the sonnet, because it is
the workh...
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 ...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 years ago
The Sympanomancer
Download the PDF here.
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