Hobby and more D&D Blogs
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The Big Idea: Jonathan Maberry
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Where does the soul go when the body perishes? In Jonathan Maberry’s new
novel, they get implanted into robot mechs to fight in an alien war. Is
this the b...
8 hours ago
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Tales of Jackson: Land of Confusion
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You know how it is. You want to run *NIGHT SHIFT*. Your players want to
play Dungeons & Dragons. Well, my last Jackson, IL adventure shows you can
do bo...
13 hours ago
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Returning to Niven’s Known Space
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In a recent post, I mentioned That I was listening to the audio books of
the Fleet of Worlds sereis by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner. I’ve got
about an ...
1 day ago
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Ravenloft: Strahd's Condition
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*"What about children?" "No, not children. That would be messed up."*
Chasing a burglar who stole a holy symbol, Somers the Paladin and Quill ...
1 day ago
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Innocent Until Caught: Lovable Rogue, Error, Lovable Not Found (Request for
Assistance)
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Written by Morpheus Kitami
*The trains must run all the time, even when nobody is riding them, that,
or they didn't want a random NPC here.*Last time, I ...
1 day ago
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Review: Commando #5603: The Buffer - Brent Towns
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A while back I read J.E. Macdonnell’s World War II naval adventure novel
THE BUFFER and really enjoyed it. Recently I noticed that an issue of
COMMANDO,...
1 day ago
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You, Inc.
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The following comes from The War of Art, pages 97-98. When I first moved to
Los Angeles and made the acquaintance of working screenwriters, I learned
tha...
1 day ago
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ART IS BEING MADE IN THE WORLD
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I know it feels as though the world is unravelling around us, and though
some terrible people have empowered other terrible people to do terrible
things, t...
2 days ago
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Free GM Resource: d4 Caltrops
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[image: Free GM Resource: d4 Caltrops]
This week's Free GM Resource is a blog with, at the time of this post, 319
random tables. Now d4 Caltrops has more ...
3 days ago
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Lair of the Hardcore Dangerous Extradimensional Sorcerer
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A high-level dungeon, season to taste.
The PCs are nominally supposed to free the prisoner (8) and defeat the
Sorcerer (21).
The entire dungeon is made of...
3 days ago
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Simple Transit Tables & Rates
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Just some tables for land and sea trips
*Coach Rates*
-cross a city ward 1cp 10-30 minutes
-cross a city ward in a posh ...
3 days ago
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PODCAST SUNDAY!
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I was privileged to join two podcast recordings today. A fun time was had.
GoIndieNow's This Week in Indies aired LIVE today at noon with Lily
Luchesi...
4 days ago
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An Unruly Fusillade Of Apple Reviews For Alla Yous, Part Two
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MORE APPLE REVIEWS FOR YOU APPLE MONSTERS. Welcome to the party, Apple
Snack Gang. (Part one is right here.) Kickapoo Spice Love the name. (And
yes, I imme...
4 days ago
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Gnomecast 247 – Problem Proofing One-Shots
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https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/GC_247_Problem-proofing-One-Shots.mp3
Join Ang along with friends of the show Andy Jaksetic and Carl Lehman...
1 week ago
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Greyhawk 3:1
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A summary of Session 15 of the Greyhawk campaign
1 week ago
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New Interview with Matthew Pungitore
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Bonds Political, Artistic, and Human; or, an Interview with P. Alexander,
Ed. of Cirsova Publishing
1 week ago
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Money in Mutants & Wizards
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Money and wealth is always an issue in Post-apoc gaming. Mutants & Wizards
uses precious metals with the expectation of bartering occurring where
that's ...
1 week ago
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1350: Negative Feedback
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http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1350.html
1 week ago
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Goth Girls-Part Four
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In looking for the origins of the Goth Girl, one thing you might do is to
go looking for the term. That's what I did. I searched for "goth girl" in
newsp...
2 weeks ago
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Never forget.
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4 weeks ago
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So What Had Happened Was...
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Well into my middle-age, I finally got a real grownup job.While I am aware
of my privilege in this dying world, and I should really be more thankful
that I...
5 weeks ago
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Fake Query Letters by Dead Authors by David Griffin Brown and Michelle
Barker
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The title of FAKE QUERY LETTERS BY DEAD AUTHORS says it all. Imagine that
long-dead authors are trying to query their books today, to modern
publishers for...
1 month ago
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Wizards of the Coast Announces More D&D for Everyone, but Not All of It’s
for You
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At Gen Con, Dungeons & Dragons franchise head Dan Ayoub joined various D&D
team members and stars connected with D&D to reveal future plans for the
game an...
2 months ago
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Bandits of Fort Emridy: Turning classic modules into outlaw PC settings
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Having lived several months on the outside of civil society, my perspective
on running adventuring parties has changed somewhat. As two or three of you
m...
2 months ago
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THE CHAOS ENGINE
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Chaos Corruption Engine
3 months ago
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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...
4 months ago
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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...
5 months ago
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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...
6 months ago
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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 ...
6 months 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...
6 months 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...
8 months ago
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Addendum to the official policy of the Mule
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[image: Hanging around with Benito.]
8 months 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...
8 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...
9 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.
1 year 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...
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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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 ...
2 years 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...
3 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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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...
5 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...
5 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...
6 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...
7 years ago
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Dungeoneering Blog
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This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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)
...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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
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