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Megadungeons
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when I go to Google and type in "megadungeon", as I'm wont to do every few
months, I always find something interesting. Megadungeons are a feast for
the im...
38 minutes ago
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RIP Knand
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DnD is a funny game. I know, I know, I'm currently playing Labyrinth Lord,
but this game will always be DnD to me.
Anyway, it's a funny game.
If you all...
1 hour ago
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Rogue Space MECHS
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Click the Mech to check out M.J.'s work as it comes together
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1 hour ago
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Newbie Blogger Award Winner 5-31-12
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I had to dust this award off. Somewhere in the mix it got shoved back into
a closet. I thought it was time to give another Newbie Blogger Award away.
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2 hours ago
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Gargoyles, Guns, and Money
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**Last night, "Team Victory" made it to the end of the trail and brought a
murderer to brutal, shotgun-blast justice--and made themselves a tidy some
in...
3 hours ago
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Preview: Never Unprepared
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Whenever someone asks me what system-neutral books I would recommend to any
GM I come up with two books: Eureka and Masks, both by Engine Publishing.
Today...
5 hours ago
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STARSHIP INVASIONS (1977) International Theatrical Posters
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*Starship Invasions* is another *Space: 1970* oddball favorite - a Canadian
tax shelter sci-fi mash-up of *Star Wars* space opera and *Close Encounters*UFO...
6 hours ago
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The Fat Game
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So there are Skinny Games and Fat Games.
This is different than rules-heavy rules-lite, but related. It's more like:
how big is the library of pieces with ...
6 hours ago
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On The Thursday Trick, The Rolling Boulder
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*Name (Restraints/Hazards)*
*Trigger:* Any*Effects*:Never Miss
Onset Delay
Multiple Targets*Save:* Dexterity*Duration:*Varies *Resets: *None*Bypass:*None (...
8 hours ago
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Perpetual Ragnarok: A Setting Sketch
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This is an idea I had for a campaign setting, probably for a high-level
old-school D&D clone or maybe even Type IV D&D.
This is a world in which Ragnarok...
10 hours ago
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Cyborg and Samurai
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I've been neglecting my blog a bit lately due to repeated scrubbing of game
night. I've got plenty of content for the party to run through but
competing sc...
11 hours ago
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The Vacuous Grimoire
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From page 155 of the *Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide *(1979)
by Gary Gygax:
A book of this sort is totally impossible to tell from a no...
12 hours ago
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Post-Apoc: Beast idea
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So I'm looking through my collection of dinos and other vinyl animals,
looking for some inspiration for converting a decent post-apoc monster. I
could easi...
12 hours ago
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The Thief, The Thief and the Thief in the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG
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Why is it Thief x 3? Because the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG breaks up the
Thief Skills not just by level, but also by alignment. Lawful, Neutral and
C...
14 hours ago
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Another Terminal Space price discount
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Again, *Terminal Space print is available 20% cheaper on Lulu*. Buy it - I
must get some money to help people (I'm not kidding! :D).
If you don't want to...
14 hours ago
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Trolling up D&D, the play test!
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Given D&D Next is in play test mode, I did an impromptu test of my t&t D&D
mash up.
A few changes- luck stat acts as a second prime req for bonus xp, has a...
15 hours ago
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Whoops!
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Posted a half-finished entry in the middle of last night accidentally. My
bad! The God of Gates' cult will be forthcoming once I've got it finished.
16 hours ago
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Swapping Gold for Strength
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Timrod has a post about 3d6 in order, followed by allowing players to swap
the gold pieces/wealth roll for one ability score. This is not only
something I'...
17 hours ago
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Dungeon layout promo graphic
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Cross-posted to Inked Adventures (on blogger).
I'm fairly proud of this - I have the week off and so far I'm been mainly
worrying about tax forms (stress-...
17 hours ago
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In the Philosopher's Spell Book
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d12
1. *Alter Opinion:* instantly harmonizes disparate views or insinuates
disagreement
2. *Dispel Argument:* renders opposing assertion null and void
3. *...
17 hours ago
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$1400 from Hite, + July Adventure Campaign Announcements + Other Announcements!
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*For the current Hardcover + Adventures campaign*, we're $1400 away from
Hite with 60 hours left. Yeah, we did $800 in the past day so this is no
pie-in-th...
18 hours ago
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More Gamer ADD: Re-skinning The Caverns of Thracia
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At present, I am rather badly afflicted by Gamer ADD. I’ve spent time
meditating on a couple different campaign ideas in my last couple of posts;
my Lost C...
18 hours ago
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Super-Duper
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Yesterday I had the day off work AND off *“baby duty,”* and consequently
had a chance to get down and finish proofing (first proofing) the new game,
*CDF*....
19 hours ago
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Naming A Champions Superhero Character
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Kaye has been working for, what, a week or two on his super hero. Suddenly
this moring we get an email from him. This is the exchange:
*Kaye:* Quick! Gi...
20 hours ago
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Misc III
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Yeah, boring post titles, sorry. I'm 50% done with a fun subsystem for
your old school games but I'm having a tough time fitting all the flavor I
want whi...
22 hours ago
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2012 Diana Jones Nominees
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The Nominees
The shortlist for the 2012 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming has five entries. Listed alphabetically they are:
Burning Wheel Gold ...
22 hours ago
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Labyrinth Lord at Lift Bridge This Sunday
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My public *Labyrinth Lord* game starts this *Sunday, June 3*, at 1pm at Lift
Bridge Books in Brockport, NY.
Whoever shows up will be starting their advent...
23 hours ago
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Basic D&D's B2 vs. D&D Next's B2
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One of the heartening and surprising things to me about D&D Next is how
very close the playtest version of its Caves of Chaos holds to the original
in The ...
23 hours ago
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D&D Next: Two Worlds of Gaming
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Slowly through conversations with players I'm getting a feeling for what
happened in gaming around 1980 and around 1995, and how the legacies of
those wate...
23 hours ago
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The Caves of Llosh [Pars Fortuna]
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The Caves of Llosh is a multi-part dungeon for the Pars Fortuna rules, for
characters level 1-3 that I decided to publish here, piece by piece. I'm
going t...
1 day ago
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Noisms' Reactivity Spectrum
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People seem to have misunderstood yesterday's post, or misconstrued it, or
not read it properly. Alternatively, it was poorly worded, although
personally I...
1 day ago
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The post you haven't been waiting for
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So, it's finally time for me to talk a bit about the 5E/Next playtest
documents. I've got them. I've read through them. I've found a few
interesting thi...
1 day ago
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"G" is for "Greatape"
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*Greatape*
*No. Enc.:* 1d6 (1d10)
*Alignment:* Neutral
*Movement:* 90' (30')
*Armor Class:* 5
*Hit Dice:* 7
*Attacks:* 3 (2 fists, 1 bite)
*Damage:* ...
1 day ago
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Building a Scenario Using Sandy Petersen's Lazy Man's Guide (Part I)
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Last Saturday I ran Call of Cthulhu. I really like CoC, but the time I've
spent running it pales in comparison to the time I've spent running D&D
(3.x and...
1 day ago
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One More DCC RPG-Related Announcement
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A new Kickstarter campaign has just been launched for *Tales From the
Fallen Empire*, a 3PP supplement for Goodman Games’ *Dungeon Crawl Classics
RPG*. T...
1 day ago
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Hero's Mag: Nearly Freeform Supers Roleplaying
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Imagine a Supers Rule set that was easy to run and easy to play! Imagine
making a character is less that a minute! Very few if any rules just story!
Imagin...
1 day ago
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Wizardly Wednesday
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I don't know who this guy is. I just love this Holloway illo from the
spell research article I talked about on Monday.
1 day ago
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6mm Futuristic Building Scratchbuild (Cont.)
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Work continues on my 6mm futuristic cityscape. My molding attempts
mentioned last post didn't work out, so I restarted. Three walls completed
so far. I'...
1 day ago
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D&D Next, Dawn Patrol, and other things
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First I'll write about the trials and tribulations I went through getting
the D&D Next playtest packet, they emailed me on the 24th, I didn't get it
unt...
1 day ago
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Retro-Stupid: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Just Wing It
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Now that I have a little bit of disposable income, I've decided to take a
look at buying a few quality board games. On top of classics like
Carcassonne and...
1 day ago
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Designing Backgrounds for Super Teams
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Back in the day I played the crap out of some superhero games. While the
majority of it was with the classic Marvel ...
1 day ago
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Medusa
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The Medusa is a classic creature (of Greek mythology if you don't know, and
if you don't know a classic creature like a medusa from mythology what are
yo...
1 day ago
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Light Posting Ahead
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You're probably going to see a lighter-than-normal posting schedule from me
in the next few weeks. I've got three big gaming projects that are all
coming d...
1 day ago
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Oranj / Birthplace of the Ice Elementals
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Northern Finland I've been trying to squeeze in some D&D before the move
north. I have three unreported sessions in our whitebox campaign I'm hoping
to ma...
1 day ago
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Designing Undercities
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Giant subterranean cities piled out far under the sun-baked city streets.
Byzantine, twisty layers of rubble-choked tunnels (nee roads), cavernous
temple f...
1 day ago
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Citybook VII: King's River Bridge: RPG Items I Don't Like
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*WHAT IS IT?*
Sourcebook detailing people and establishments surrounding a bridge in a
generic fantasy city. Intended for use with any FRPG.
*SERIES WILL ...
1 day ago
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Setting thoughts - Combining Harrow Home and the Library
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Thanks all that have voted so far on the setting concepts poll over there
in the right column. So far the Harrow Home Manor idea and the Library of
De La...
2 days ago
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Zombie attack in Florida
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The police in Florida would have you believe that the incident that
involved a naked man being shot by police after he had been ordered to stop
eating ano...
2 days ago
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TSR's Indiana Jones Game Does Not Deserve Your Smack-Talk
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"You'd better watch your mouth."*Well, folks...it’s Memorial Day today, and
that means I’m reviewing TSR’s Indiana Jones game. There’s a reason that
one ...
2 days ago
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In my attempt to find more players in my community to play my favourite
RPGs I've started a new group.
OSR Manitoba
Good things seem to be happening arou...
2 days ago
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Quote of the Day
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This from the comments of Mearls' most recent article: I don't want this crap. Consider me now an official 4e grognard.
2 days ago
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Lets Read Mythus pt15
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*Dangerous Journeys: Mythus* + opinionated gabshite + alkyhol: mix and
stand well back.
You know the drill by now.
A note to the confused: You will see ref...
2 days ago
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Hobb Sized Adventures: A New T&T Solo Blog
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Hobb Sized Adventures is an exciting new blog by Charlie Flemming (aka
Charrl Flemmning) that promises to feature micro-solo adventures for *Tunnels
and Tr...
2 days ago
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We Did It!
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We reached our funding goal on IndieGoGo!
Thanks so much to all the people who contributed and helped spread the word
about our project. I'm really very gr...
2 days ago
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Robots & Rockets goes live!
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Point your browser here to find Rockets and Robots, my new Cafe Press shop!
You can find prints, mugs, shirts and much more! The focus right now is on ...
3 days ago
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2nd edition Monstrous Compendiums
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If you play old school games, I really recommend you find and buy the
Monstrous Compendiums for 2nd edition, particularly Planescape vol. 1 and
Ravenloft v...
3 days ago
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Last Call for Print Copies of Neoclassical Geek Revival
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So by the end of the month I will finish taking orders for a hard cover
copy of NGR until the next printing. If you have been sitting on the fence
let me ...
3 days ago
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One Page Dungeon Contest 2012 First Round of Judge's Picks are In
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This weekend, the judges, myself included, for the One Page Dungeon Contest
2012 turned in their first round picks. This year we had 107 entries, and I
hav...
3 days ago
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The Typical B/X City
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One thing I am fascinated by is the setting that is implied by the rules
and tables in the B/X rulebooks. For example, the average B/X Armourer is
far bet...
3 days ago
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another commissionsss BASILISK AND CEREBRAL PARASITE
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cerebral parasite. Everyone loves the cerebral parasite. Anyway I just made
these 2 happy little guys for someone. The basilisk is actually the 2nd...
4 days ago
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Amazing Adventures Pre-sales!
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http://www.trolllord.com/cnc/aa_preorder.html
Okay, so this post isn't STRICTLY about Elf Lair Games, but it is about a
project of mine that can, if all go...
4 days ago
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Review: D30 DM Companion
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New Big Dragon just released their first for sale product, the D30 DM
Companion. In brief it is a book filled with d30 friendly tables to use
for any old...
4 days ago
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Tech reviewers wanted
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Fellow, OSRers! Let me your ears! Or eyes, rather.
My adventure, Manse on Murder Hill, is ready for a technical review. By
that, I mean that I am looking...
4 days ago
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Unplugging For A Bit...
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There are times when one is forced to admit that one has too much shit
going on. This is one of those times. I'm going on a temporary social
media/web fa...
5 days ago
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A Post In Which I Embrace The Gnome
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If you haven't heard of Gnome Stew, it's a kick-ass website with lots of
tips and tricks for DMs. While they focus on current-edition gaming, a lot
what th...
5 days ago
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D&D Next? or 3E revised..again.
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So I got the email, everyone in the D&D world has been waiting for today.
The play test of D&D Next email in my inbox at 930am CST. Of Course
clicking on t...
6 days ago
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D&D Next Playtest - The Caves of Chaos
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I couldn't be more chuffed, the public playtest for 5e D&D is out and
amongst the files is a sample dungeon - The Caves of Chaos - from the old
TSR module...
6 days ago
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THANKS!!
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I got a good response to my request for proof readers for Delve! Thanks
gang for stepping up. I'll be in touch here in a week or so (hopefully)
with the ...
1 week ago
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Yes, there is still time to get your free copy of Delving Deeper: Perilous Mazes
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Copyright Mark Allen 2011
I am getting an excellent response from our announcement a few days ago
that I will be shipping a free copy of Delving Deeper: Per...
1 week ago
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Diablo III so far
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Well finally exorcised the installer demon and got the game running last
night (it took downloading the installer files from a third party site).
Unfortuna...
1 week ago
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Point Your Browser To SavageAfterWorld.com
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In just two weeks, The Savage AfterWorld turns three years old. In honor of
this milestone, I thought it was time to give this blog a degree of
permanence....
1 week ago
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Surviving the Apocalypse
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I'm actually kind of surprised to have done this well; I was sure that
living in a core neighborhood of a large city would really hurt me. [image:
Gamquist...
1 week ago
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Death Spray of the Ancient Ones
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Thank you Thrash Geek for this actual laugh-out-loud moment. It's worth
clicking to see it larger, so you can read all about what this amazing
product does.
1 week ago
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300
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This is my 300th post!
I'm somewhat amazed that this blog is still chugging along. Its focus has
changed slightly over the past three years. Lately I'...
1 week ago
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Urgent Cash Loan For Every People Who Need Money
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Being in trouble is not a surprising fact but it is an ordinary fact that makes people in trouble in every day. To ban the finance of problems that is faced ...
1 week ago
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Deep Thoughts
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I've been fielding some questions on Twitter about thought balloons, so I
thought I'd put together a quick overview...
1 week ago
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Satan's Spine: The Trund
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T*he Trund *are a nomadic humanoid people, who make their living as
traveling tinkers and traders, forever moving across the Anvil of the Sun.
They are ...
1 week ago
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B20s historical background material
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It is amazing the access to historical information for GangBusters that is
easily available on the Web
Organized crime in ... Index insert any year...
1 week ago
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Some new bits and pieces.
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First, for arcane reasons that only Google know about, I have tried to
answer some more of the comments made about my last blog relating how Ian
[Livingsto...
1 week ago
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Last of the Mohicans
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*Last of the Mohicans* was released in theaters about 10 years ago, and I
remember rather liking the film. The 1992 film was a remake of the 1936
movie, ...
1 week ago
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Do-It-Yourself OD&D Woodgrain Box
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Since I'll likely never buy my own brown box, I decided to take a stab at
making one. Here is what I did.
*Step 1:* Get the materials. You will need the fo...
1 week ago
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When is your favorite "era" of the future?
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The sci-fu ninjas over at io9.com whipped up this nifty timescale chart
showing how far in the future sci-fi (in books, movies, TV, etc.) has been
depict...
1 week ago
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Rotating planets ring for that special Space Warlock...
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This is a real ring made from meteorite and gemstones in the shape of the 8
planets and Pluto (heh!). The inside ring with inset gems rotates around
the ...
1 week ago
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Caves of Chaos Revision
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This is a total rework of the Caves of Chaos from B1 - Keep on the
Borderlands. I drew this sometime around 1993 to better fit the style of my
current grou...
1 week ago
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Mach - Duck!
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Just for the heck of it I'm posting a sketch I did of one of my "Super
Citizens" members, Mach - Duck the avian speedster.
2 weeks ago
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ICONS Issue 5
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*DEATH AT 30,000 FEET!!*
Lord Genovasis - The father of Meta-humans
Automaton - The Mechanical Marvel
Nate Brown - Lowly janitor (AKA The Sponge)
The Scarle...
2 weeks ago
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Next session of Griffin Mountain
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Next session of Griffin Mountain 20th May at 17.00 GMT Balazar beckons
with its dense forests, wide plains and motley collection of stone age
monstrositi...
2 weeks ago
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LotR in the irradiated wastelands
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Here's a little brainstorming for a Lord of the Rings type of campaign
(take the magical object back to it's maker in hopes of freeing the
oppressed) for a...
2 weeks ago
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Why Won't Whistler Call?
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Why Won't Whistler Call?: Today is Mother's Day. If you're fortunate enough
to have one, call her. She's wanting to hear from you, I'm sure. If you are
a m...
2 weeks ago
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The Play's the Thing
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I haven't been writing much here lately because I have mostly been focused
on other things. I had a job offer that would have required moving to
Florida t...
2 weeks ago
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3 Mini Reviews: Costumes, Content, and Posters.
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Today we have a fun trio of goodies to look at, including a free system for
your superhero needs, a magazine of content for OSR gaming, and a poster
handou...
2 weeks ago
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Troglodytes wanted
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It's been a while since the last community project, but this time the good Mr
Schmeer at Rended Press is doing *all* the hard work: not only the
conversion...
3 weeks ago
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Gnomish Snail Jousting?
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Gnomes Jousting on snails, good idea or a little crazy?
Here's the scribbles for the idea I madly whipped up last night while
watching Glee with my teen da...
3 weeks ago
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The Manor #1
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*Master Cylinder's not dead. Really. It just looks that way due to the
heat. *
Today I had the pleasure of receiving The Manor #1 by Tim Shorts. It's a
d...
3 weeks ago
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Combat musings
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I am very close to abandoning traditional D&D combat.
Defence = current movement rate in inches.
Dexterity modifies Defence.
Encumbrance reduces movement r...
3 weeks ago
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Where has she gone? SALT?
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I'm over at Google+ most of the time. I'm running five nights a week, or
more. I'm in friends' games, including Reed Decker's Boot Hill, Ghost
orbit, C...
3 weeks ago
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But I was going to Toshi Station to pick up some power converters!
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Happy May the 4th
Waste some time with your friends today, but only when your chores are done!
3 weeks ago
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Happy Star Wars Day!!!
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May the 4th is upon us once again; a day specifically set aside to fondly
recall that sense of awe and wonder that seems - for me at least - to have
been s...
3 weeks ago
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WOW 50 Posts...
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Here is a thought provoking article about Games workshop and the ever
changing Gaming Community. Frontline Gamer discusses past and present
thoughts and...
3 weeks ago
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Rended Press publishes D20 Table of Weird Drafts PDF
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Intoxicants found here!
Matt does a great job once again.
Be sure to check out the label section.
4 weeks ago
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On Hiatus...
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After a bit of time and thought and some more time and thought, I've
decided to put my blog on hiatus. I haven't really posted much
content-wise in awhil...
4 weeks ago
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You Say "Industry," I Say "Potato!"
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Recent discussion about Monte Cook bowing out of the development of 5e has
lead a certain someone to declare that her initial decision to not care
about 5e...
4 weeks ago
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JR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BIBLE LESSON SHOW
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One of my favorite episodes. Oh! Gentle Presence.
David Liebe Hart
5 weeks ago
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Please Stand By
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I haven't posted much lately. Between real life demands on my time and not
feeling motivated, the creative urge has been dampened somewhat. I plan to
resum...
5 weeks ago
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Looks like a little B3 heading my way
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Moving apartments not only has seriously annihilated my time available for
gaming and blogging, but also my internet access. Now that all that is
over, it'...
5 weeks ago
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Orcs of the North
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Orc by Aleksi BriclotAn Orc class for ACKS.
This will be for the War in the North campaign. (We've been playing a wilderness
mini-region hexcrawl/dungeon...
5 weeks ago
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Player's Campaign Questions [Galbaruc] Part 2.
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Picking up from the last post: This batch of questions is from *Antion*:
*Where do I live? How private is it? Enough to muffle a scream?*
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All native PC...
1 month ago
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attackplanr
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attackplanr
1 month ago
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Dwimmermount: Once More Unto The Breach
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I waited and waited, and it was almost too late.
I'm sure most readers of this blog are at least aware of James Maliszewski's
*Dwimmermount Kickstarter* pr...
1 month ago
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OED Update (v.0.11)
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New update to the OED house rules that I'll be using at several games at
HelgaCon this weekend. Mostly some minor updates and language clarification
(altho...
1 month ago
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Our Beloved Founder
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The origins of Requiem lie in the vision of it’s founder, Aldefonse
Acererak.
The son of a pair of immigrants, Acererak displayed a talent for science
...
1 month ago
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Another Monster That Wants To Eat You
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Belome by Darren Calvert of http://www.darrencalvert.com
Blanchard of *OSR Gamer Stuck In China* has another monster that wants to
eat you. Check it out he...
1 month ago
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Remembering...
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I know it's been a long while, and after I had taken a break I fully
intended to start blogging again. Unfortunately things went to Hell in a
handbasket....
1 month ago
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Red Lion Cover
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Just finished this cover for Medieval Tales.
1 month ago
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A Change in the Wind
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After having a mind-blowing discussion about food and game design with an *Industry
Insider*(tm), I've evaluated what I've been doing with Risus and I'm goi...
1 month ago
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Random Funny Moment At The Table
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This is from our last session. Just for you to know, we're playing
Pathfinder: our party joined this brotherhood of demon haunter hunter monks
who sent us ...
1 month ago
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The Jacob Hornberger Show - March 10, 2012/RP VIDEO
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Video streaming by Ustream
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2 months ago
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d30 Things Those Beans Will Make You Do
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1. Jump
2. Fly
3. Kill
4. Die
5. Love
6. Grow
7. Fade
8. Burst
9. Transform
10. Sleep
11. Forget
12. Inflate
13. ...
2 months ago
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"Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!"
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I was ten when I was introduced to Dungeons & Dragons. After a visit to the
public library my friend had returned with the basic rules. I remember
making a...
2 months ago
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Quarriors!
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Quarriors! may appear to be quite similar to other ‘deckbuilding’ games,
but as other games that have come out in the wake of Dominion it really
does play ...
2 months ago
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A Nice Quote from Adventurer, Conqueror, King
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My gaming reading lately has been Adventurer, Conqueror, King. I'll post
more detailed thoughts soon; I really do like it, even its many "fiddly
bits" ...
2 months ago
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Favorite Quote
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Here's one of my all-time favorite Referee/GM advice quotes:
"The purpose of a referee is to present obstacles for players to overcome
as they go about see...
2 months ago
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AD&D Monster Manual Part 39
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*Quasit:* Quasits make their first appearance here. Quasits are small
demons that are often used as familiars by chaotic evil magic-users or
clerics. In ad...
3 months ago
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FINALLY!
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It's about bloody time Google started working again! I will have a new
gaming post up asap.
3 months ago
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Ten Dragon Traits
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Sometimes you just have to mix things up a bit. Maybe the PCs are bloody effective at what they do, or maybe they just know all the stats ... whatever the r...
3 months ago
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Sorta here....
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Know I haven't been around a lot lately, but I'm working on changing that!
Be on the lookout for more posts soon!
3 months ago
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Wasteland Reboot
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Wasteland Reboot in the Works - IGN
3 months ago
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Another One
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I don't even know what this is:
http://www.modusmed.com/quasar_ISO.php
3 months ago
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Travel On Airplanes With Your Tools
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If you work as a handyman or construction specialist you are probably used to carrying your tools around with you. In fact you might even need to travel with...
4 months ago
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Apparently, Wizards of the Coast, do have something to offer me.
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Once again, I step away from the intertubes, and stuff happens. I'm sure
everyone knows by now that Wizards of the coast are issuing a limited print
run of...
4 months ago
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Welcome to Northumberland
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So, I'm almost done with my Adventurer's Guide to Northumberland, an
approximately 64 page guide to the Frankensteined Swords & Wizardry White
Box game I'm...
4 months ago
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Unchained and out on the Mean Street(s) again.
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In the wake of some recent (mediocre) tuneage from the yet-again reunited
VH/DLR combo, I feel the need to post the following old school masterpiece
for yo...
4 months ago
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Miniature Modeling and 3D Printing With Minecraft and Mineways
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Minecraft players! Have you ever thought to yourself how cool it would be
if you could export your creations into a 3d physical model to share with
your pe...
4 months ago
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Wandering Monsters and GNS
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So, Fr. Dave's startlingly acute insight into the role of the Wandering
Monster Table got me to thinking (an aside: this is at least the second
post that c...
4 months ago
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Closing Today
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The Underdark Gazette will go Down, sometime after 11:00 PM, Central Time,
this evening. Please, if you would be so kind, update your links to my new
blog ...
4 months ago
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Closed
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Nothing to see here. Move along.
6 months ago
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Fin.
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This blog is no longer actively maintained. This blog was a personal
journey and exploration of an old guy who loves playing OD&D (Original 1974
D&D), AD&D...
6 months ago
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Horrell-Higgins Feud
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Well maybe a whole Salt War is a bit too much to bite off. What about an
old fashioned feud...with Texas Ranger John B. Jones of Salt War fame
tossed in t...
7 months ago
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A New Day Dawns
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I HAVE A NEW WEBSITE
Come check it out. I am going to keep this site alive for a few months as
an archive, but come join me at my new website.
7 months ago
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Taking a Break
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We'll be back Monday. Nothing serious, just need to step away from the
monitor for a little bit. Have a great weekend!
[[ This is a content summary only. V...
7 months ago
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I have built it... now they come
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My posters went up at two local gaming stores.
And someone actually signed up!
I've already got a number of players through my postings at the corporate
...
7 months ago
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Work Still Progresses on Hide In Shadows
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Ok, I'm still hard at work on Hide in Shadows. I had to take a small break
since all of us got sick and my Crohn's has been flaring up, and I tend not
to...
8 months ago
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Quick comic recommendations and reviews
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There are a lot of really great comics out there and with the changes at
Marvel & DC there is a lot to be excited about for comic book fans.
Here are a few ...
8 months ago
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May I join in this Star Wars game? Please?
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A gold *what*?
I confess I don't know who this Phil Noto guy is. Obviously, I have some
research to do.
9 months ago
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New blog at Wordpress
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I've switched to Wordpress and will be posting all new stuff here. The old
blog will remain as is but will no longer be updated. I'm still learning
the Wor...
9 months ago
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Prehistoric Retailer Info and the Independant Retailer
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The world of retail changes constantly and small independent retailers are
struggling to keep up. In 30 years we have gone from the hand written
receipt a...
10 months ago
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Games last night on google+
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Circles is the key I think. Sort of like firewalls, you can basically
attach labels to people in your circles, creating chat rooms, adventuring
groups of p...
10 months ago
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Issue 3 - May 2011
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*Editorial*
Dancing With Myself by ckutalik
*Products & Reviews*
• Games
Weird West RPG by Stuart Robertson
• Game Products
Look Back: Cities of Myster...
11 months ago
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The new hotness
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There's been a lot going on since my last blog post. The main has been Kickstarter. Over the last couple months, before I noticed it was going on, a few game...
11 months ago
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Interesting Places: Tomb of Yekelil
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Today's map is dedicated to all my Internet friends who hate blue maps.
This map revisits last year's map of the Tomb of Yekelil, one of the many
levels w...
1 year ago
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Session 3: Trollslaughter!
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*Cast ** *
- *Baraqua* the Beast-Man (*deceased*)* ** *
- *Horuss* the Thief* *
- *Jhadrial* the Jhen * *
- *Phlippen* the Fighter* *
- *Dari...
1 year ago
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Review of Adventure 1
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As the adventure opened, we ironed out some house rules for a division of
XP (Anyone involved in killing a monster gets an equal split of the XP, and
XP fr...
1 year ago
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My New Philosophy on RPG Design
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One of my favourite quotes about design is from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,
the author of “The Little Prince”. “Perfection is achieved, not when there
is not...
1 year ago
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Final AGP Subscriber Compensation Deal
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Okay, here's the final deal... I now have permission from both *Judges Guild
* and *Troll Lord Games* to compensate subscribers for their remaining
balance ...
2 years ago
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Back in the Old Digs
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You know, I should have known it wouldn't last when I couldn't bring myself
to take down the laminated Darlene Greyhawk maps from my office wall.
I'm not g...
2 years ago