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Probably the largest blogroll in Yorkshire part 1
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You want fries with that? - In a very short time (I say that with fingers crossed) I'll be ready to put my Jewelspider RPG on DriveThruRPG. Urged by regular correspondent Stanley Ba...18 hours ago
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DFRPG Companion 3 on the way! - I got a shipping notice for a copy of DFRPG Companion 3! I'd kind of let this one slide out of my awareness. I'm excited to see it in person . . . it's al...1 day ago
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Y otro año más | I un altre any més | And another year more - God Speed by Edmund Blair Leighton (1900) Wikipedia (es): Edmund Blair Leighton (1853 - 1922) Wikipedia (en): Edmund Blair1 day ago
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Scavengers’ Deep – Map 6 - The Scavengers’ Deep is a reminder of the amount of work that went into underground structures during the great war. … Continue reading →2 days ago
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Miskatonic Monday #278: The Viscount Who Left Me - Between October 2003 and October 2013, Chaosium, Inc. published a series of books for *Call of Cthulhu* under the Miskatonic University Library Associati...2 days ago
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Preparing for a New Campaign - I think my group will finish up our current campaign in the Land of Azurth this year, and though with months to go some plenty of time to change my mind...2 days ago
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Dragonbane Kin: Underworld Otter - New illustration kindly provided by Jason Sholtis Note: The Underworld otter originally appeared in the *Operation Unfathomable Players' Guide* and was cr...2 days ago
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State of the Planes April 2024 - It's been awhile. I've been good and hope all of you have as well. I've spend a lot of time thinking about what this hobby and its industry mean to me...4 days ago
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Early TSR Modules: A Study in Style - 1978 B1 In Search of the Unknown -- Classic dungeon crawl which was designed to train DMs in stocking and to some extent designing dungeons D1 Descent i...5 days ago
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Kangaroo Pills - RUINATION PILGRIMAGE is Donn Stroud's new role-playing game of wandering troubleshooters/troublemakers in a mediaeval setting a couple of steps sideways fr...5 days ago
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Play as Sculpture, Play as Prism - Watching my eldest child and friends engaging in imaginative play, I'm often struck by the fact that what seems to excite them is deciding who gets to be...6 days ago
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The Rumor Mill - Week 16 - I'm currently lacking inspiration for week 16 of The Rumor Mill, so let's find a theme. Numerically, 16 is the first perfect hypercube (2 to the 4th powe...1 week ago
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Working on a New Novel - I started working on a new novel and it is consuming most of my writing time right now. My goal is to get at least the first draft done as quickly as I ...1 week ago
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Planet of the Apes RPG (a bit more info...) - I mentioned yesterday about the upcoming Planet of the Apes RPG, I have a bit more information today. "The game will use the *Magnetic Variant* system w...1 week ago
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The Chicken of Duplication - Although typically found in fantasy space, there is no reason why one couldn't find terrestrial Chickens of Duplication. There are those who revere the d...1 week ago
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Session One-Hundred Nine: Tyrian Conundrum - The group continued to fight the templars and the half-giant guard, but Kraah landed next to Rafiq and told him that reinforcements were on their way and...2 weeks ago
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Monkey Man for TRPGs - Monkey Man is a modern action film (2024) that brings a different perspective to the screen in that the action takes place in India. It engages in a...2 weeks ago
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On the Sector Turn - It's very simple. There are many important things cybertechtronically enhanced secret agents need to do: Buy illegal tanks with railguns. "Convince" the...2 weeks ago
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Your Verbobonc May Vary - Ran accross a map of Verbobonc on my facebook feed from this guy who is working on this map in world anvil https://www.worldanvil.com/w/verbobonc-campai...2 weeks ago
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A (Hopefully) Unique Complaint About the 5e Ranger - *Jessica, from Accounting** I haven't talked about 5e much on the blog, even though I ran it for a few years. Still, I have some pretty strong feeling...3 weeks ago
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It’s Tolkien Reading Day - I recently started rereading *The Silmarillion*. I had last read it over two decades ago. I liked it then but I’m really enjoying it this time! Despite b...4 weeks ago
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Survey - Shadow Survey about D&D and WOTC: https://youtu.be/zSmslPWzzxs?si=T6mxxDl7BvHRCUSn4 weeks ago
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ShadowDark Magic Items - The next campaign I run will use the ShadowDark RPG. I'm not sure when that'll be (I'm hoping a little later this year), but ShadowDark is my choice. I'v...1 month ago
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GaryCon XVI Schedule - I finally got my tickets for some games at GaryCon XVI. Not all the games I wanted (diamond, platinum and gold badges got to pick first) but alas. On ...1 month ago
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Pregens are an art-form. Meet Bosclori - So, in an effort to get more interest in my achiest heartbreaker RPG, Crypts & Cryts, I have been working on pregens to get kids new to the system up an...2 months ago
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Xandering, Jaquaysing, or Arneson-ing the Dungeon? - Yet another gamer firestorm arose shortly after the passing of Janelle Jaquays when it was noted that Justin Alexander had changed a rather well known p...2 months ago
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13 YEARS OF DADDY ROLLED A 1 (BLOG ANNIVERSARY) - Yesterday, February 9th 2024, was *the 13th Anniversary of my blog*. Sadly, I've rather neglected this space over the past 365 days while I prioritized ...2 months ago
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LOTFP Review: The Curious Conundrum of the Conflagrated Condottiero - This capsule review will have spoilers. Here's some boring facts about the book up front to avoid diving right into the spoilers. *The Curious Conundrum...2 months ago
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Mini Six: Bare Knuckle Edition - I'm often oblivious to things happening in the gaming world. I'll get focused on one or a small handful of games to the exclusion of all others, even fav...3 months ago
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Ave Atque Vale, Jennell - Jennell Jaquays passed away two days ago, and it's hitting me hard. I had a chance to meet Jennell at NTRPG 2016 (and '17), and even get into a playtes...3 months ago
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Gwenevere (2023) - 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...3 months ago
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Greyhawkery #1067 - Happy Needfest! Good luck in 2024 Greyhawkers! I'll see you at *Gary Con, *on *Legends & Lore* or on *Canonfire* (mortellan) and *Discord *(greyhawkmike)...4 months ago
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Traveller: Session 33 - This session was run on June 15, 2023. *130-2108* They confronted Reverend Kavanaugh about the wrench and the explosive bolts and he changed hi...4 months ago
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HE IS THE LAW! - JUDGE HAMMER!--CARNAGE COP *TRUST HIM--HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.* (By Mustafa Bekir of *Neon Lords Of The Toxic Wasteland* fame, based on my clumsy v...5 months ago
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My Weekly Game - My weekly game with the neighborhood kids. They just completed the good old Sunless Citadel. They limped out into the sunlight with their pockets full of...7 months ago
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Open Table Gaming - Since February I have been running a monthly open table game at the local gamer pub. I run a simple house ruled version of BX dnd. Because it is a drop ...7 months ago
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Marrow and Runner Bean Curry - It has been a strange summer here in London. Boiling hot June then cold and wet July. Hasn't stop the garden cropping well but has deterred me from goin...8 months ago
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Introducing the new LotFP releases, out at Ropecon and Gen Con! - Here is a video introducing the 10 new releases, 6 reprints, and one third-party book that we have for you! We'll have them on sale at Ropecon (July 28-...8 months ago
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[Update] Comments Disabled For Now - Hi All, just a bit of housekeeping. I've disabled comments on the blog except to blog members because of spam comments, but I'm keeping the blog up so t...1 year ago
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Basic Crusades - House rules to make your BX saving throws more like Castles & Crusades - Castles & Crusades remains my favorite d20 game, but I've always felt BX still has its place at my table. It just depends on the campaign. I do ho...1 year ago
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Tomb Guardians Hobgoblin With Sword - Tomb Guardians Miniatures - Hobgoblin w/ Sword Unpainted 28mm Resin D&D Miniature (some assembly required) Sculpture: Bobby Jackson https://www.t...1 year ago
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Now at ageofravensgames.com - We've moved locations-- you can now find my blog content, hacks, scenarios, reviews, TTRPG histories, AP videos and more at ageofravensgames.com. I'm...1 year ago
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Dungeon23 11/365: Empty Room and Gelatinous Cube - *Room 11* This room is empty. *Random Encounter* A gelatinous cube.1 year ago
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Looking Back - They say that if you don't look back at who who were from a year ago and cringe that you haven't grown enough. What if I look back five or seven years? It...1 year ago
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Midjourney and Campaign Inspiration - I'm an improvisational GM. I love random tables. I believe in the oracular power of the dice. I believe in emergent storytelling and character backstori...1 year ago
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Gonzo Sci-Fantasy - Running and Playing It - Equipment and Monsters - Hello All, Welcome back to this second post about gaming Gonzo Sci-Fantasy. Last post I went over a brief description of what it is. This post will focus ...1 year ago
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The Snake-Shaped Island! - I ran a little DMing workshop for my fifth graders earlier this month and the result was interesting. First, I asked the kids what exactly they enjoyed i...2 years ago
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The Great Migration - One way or another, this blog is not long for the world. The great and powerful Goog is a capricious and fickle technical wizard. To cut him off at the knees...2 years ago
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[ Kinship ] The Shadow Riders - I float above what is called by many the Road, some call it the Highway, some call it something worse. Highway to Hell is a favorite. And if you end ...2 years ago
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Hey, what's going on in here? - It seems the Mad Scientist is working on something secret in his laboratory of horrors... I wonder what it will be? Is it anything to do with Warrior...2 years ago
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Horror on the Orient Express - Episode 23 - Dylath-Leen is now out! - New episode now available! EPISODE 23: DYLATH-LEEN Whilst the Dreamlands Express speeds along the mysterious dreamscape, the Investigators are acqua...2 years ago
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Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! The post Hello world! appeared first on theskyfullofdust.3 years ago
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Classic Rock Artists as D&D Character Classes and Tropes - Which classes would various classic rock artists be? Inspired by a podcast over on Gothridge Manor by Tim and Ivy called "Three Chickens and a Whisk." ...3 years ago
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Character generation on a grid - I like the old-school rules, but there are things I have always tweaked and twisted to fit my own taste. For instance, the old 3d6 in order for character ...3 years ago
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A Game of What-if Pt 1 - It has always been on my mind, the familial bond between Chainmail and D&D. I have always been entranced by the OSR titles that explore that DNA. I have...3 years ago
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Where the Wheat Grows Tall zine on Kickstarter - *Gaming Zine Quest Kickstarter post #2: * Where the Wheat Grows Tall is an old-school fantasy adventure for low level characters inspired by Slavic myth....3 years ago
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I moved ages ago, but forgot to tell anyone - I decided to get my own domain name: strangevistas.org and have been posting there for over a year. When Adam at Barking Alien mentioned that he wanted...3 years ago
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NEW Appendix N Video Review Series - Daniel, over at The Dungeon Dive, is starting up a Youtube review series of various Appendix N authors, I highly recommend you follow along with his inves...3 years ago
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Ghost Riders of Geoff - http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=75200&sid=00c143114e4349c0351533c72b14bd6c#752003 years ago
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Blood Sundown Review - I've actually been running games recently! Bully for me. I decided that I'd start reviewing the products I actually use - this was my first review on Driv...3 years ago
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Star Wars JezD6 RPG – Fillable Character Sheet PDF - I've updated the custom D6 Character Sheets I use for my Star Wars RPGs to be fillable forms, to aid with online play. Included with the optional stat...3 years ago
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Gamma World: Wasteland Weirdos - This post is basically just an image dump to use for ideas for Gamma World....4 years ago
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Necrotic Gnome Bundle of Holding - Hi fellow gamers, You may have heard of Gavin Norman's Old-School Essentials and Dolmenwood - well good news for you, as you can nab a Bundle of Holding ch...4 years ago
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Mold lines are the bane of my existence - This afternoon I was putting some models together, cleaning mold lines, and doing some basing. Mold lines are a long-running antagonist for my hobby activi...4 years ago
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The Dozen Peaks of the Scarlet Sultanate - First and foremost, I should acknowledge my debt to the great Chris Kutalik and his Hill Cantons blog -- I've used a lot of his material in my own campaign...4 years ago
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Mordux on Throne of Bones for DuckQuest - Yesterday a small and unassuming parcel arrived from Macrocosm with some resin dungeon terrain for me to paint. I really enjoyed giving the Throne of Bones...4 years ago
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Levithan - I just picked up a copy of Scotia Grendel's Leviathan. This is a game I've been meaning to get for years but thanks to the excellent Leviathan War blog, ...4 years ago
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Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule - *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...4 years ago
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The Player's Handbook IPA - Well, I never would have suspected this would show up at the local corner store in this life. Huh.4 years ago
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Campaign concepts I'd love to play - Here are some campaign concepts I would like to play, but have not gotten a chance to. More may come later and I may elaborate on one if there is interest....4 years ago
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James A. Smith, Jr. Memorial Video - A beloved father, devoted friend, and D&D Dungeon Master extraordinaire. We miss you! To view video, click here Memorial Video Note - The original video...5 years ago
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New content! New look! New locale! - What comes first? The dungeon or the wilderness? https://mythopoeicrambling.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/leveling-up-and-world-building/5 years ago
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Bestiary of the Fabled Occident - A long time ago I started to put together a bestiary. I've pursued various other projects in the time since but I still have a fair bit of material I'd lik...5 years ago
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Stepping Away and a New Beginning - After maintaining this blog for nearly seven years (an eternity in internet time), I've decided to step away from it. When I first began I wasn't 100% ...5 years ago
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Ben-Dagra session 2: We're all gong farmers, seriously, I promise - Cast: Emmett the Astrologist Calhidon Starstrider, Elf Liu-Chang Xhan, warrior and duck wrangler Bavon the butcher cleric Sneed the Thug Months pass after o...5 years ago
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Christmas Eve with Full Moon Entertainment 2018 - Christmas Eve is here again! This is a night of personal and family traditions, and I have several of my own. Now after a year hiatus, the Amazing RPG Fun...5 years ago
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Monsters: Breaking Down a Stat Block (Polar Bears) - In today's post I'm going to do a blow by blow rundown of a monsters stat block. For this exercise we are going to use a Polar Bear. Impromptu Polar B...5 years ago
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Here Be Dungeons 21: Ataaz Muhahah - My final draft design of Ataaz Muhahah - the "Laughing Gorge" - developed for Wizards of the Coast's "Tomb of Annihilation". Oh, how I wish I'd come up wi...5 years ago
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Mernoth - Political Map - A map of the Kingdom of Mernoth situated within the southern central portion of the continent of Fayrenneth. The Realm of Mernoth is one of the oldest n...6 years ago
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From Tragedy to Gaming - On Monday, I had the opportunity to speak at a memorial for two students, majors in my department. One was a veteran with PTSD. He took his own life. The o...6 years ago
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Airlines Suck - I returned home to Pennsylvania a few days ago, after visiting my father in Colorado. I had absolutely *no trouble* with the Transportation Security Adm...6 years ago
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The God of Death, reimagined - I've been thinking a lot about magic and gods and things you need for a home-brewed setting. I've got the big things in place, actually for many years, but...6 years ago
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Curse of Strand - Death House: our experience - First **spoilers** warning. I will try not to give it all away but if you are going to be a player in Curse of Strand do not continue reading. Death hous...7 years ago
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Adventures in the City of the Dead - I am trying a new approach to dealing with sessions that multiple players have to miss in my new Waterdeep campaign. If I know in advance that multiple pl...7 years ago
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D&D Competition August 27, 2016 at Boise Public Library - I'm running half of the tables of D&D 5e at the Boise Public Library Comic Con. Check it out: Can you win Dungeons & Dragons? Can you hold on to your wit...7 years ago
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My New Blog - I have started a new blog to cover my adventure into fiction writing. spencerhartwriting.wordpress.com Feel free to join me over there.Filed under: bloggi...7 years ago
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The Great Host - It took all Gruffydd had not to say "I told you so" to Lars. Instead, he offered some advice. "We've traveled this way many times", the dwarf said. "We have ...7 years ago
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The Beast of Beverly Hills - I am currently sitting in room 231 of The Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills, drinking black coffee, contemplating a nightmare. It must be a nightmare. I can n...8 years ago
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Wanted: Citadel Uruk-Hai - I am looking to buy or trade for these Citadel Uruk-Hai orcs (not X-ed out). Can you help me out or know someone who can?8 years ago
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Vanity, thy name is "A New Blog" - *"Don't call it a comeback. I've been here for years..."* - apologies to LLCoolJ for the use of his lyrics. I've started a new blog. It's not the "OSR" blo...8 years ago
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Deep Dungeons - Hello.............. Life changes and things get hard. I no longer play in a band and I am not dating Amy anymore. I have spent time fixing up my game room a...8 years ago
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Gorgonmilk: PETTY GODS AGOGO - PETTY GODS an Old-School Role-Playing Community (ORC) project that has been years in the making is finally out now. Some of my artwork is scattered through...8 years ago
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No Mean City Session 1.1 "National Express" - Session 1.1 THE NATIONAL EXPRESS * Take the National Express when your life's in a mess It'll make you smile All human life is here...9 years ago
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Castle Keepers Guide - The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: Overview - A new printing of the Castle Keepers Guide for Castles & Crusades is soon to be released by Troll Lord Games.Once upon a time this book seemed like vapou...9 years ago
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Episode 30: The Conclusion - ‘The Conclusion’ is the 30th episode of a Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG actual play podcast. Additional information can be found at http://irontavern.com/po...9 years ago
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Spell Casting Under Fire - This probably has been thought up before but I've been considering easy ways to factor in casting spells while taking damage that don't require lots of fuc...9 years ago
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Brief update - Just looked in on the blog. A quarter-million hits. Who would have thought? Technology moves fast. I recall agonizing over learning to blog. Now if you...9 years ago
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Is this the End? Maybe for a While. - Some of you are probably wondering why there hasn't been any updates on the website for a while? Well, it's because I'm winding down Lead Legion Painting S...9 years ago
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Point Buy Calculator for D&D Next (5e) - Figure out the point buy value of your character for the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition role playing game with this calculator. STR 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ...10 years ago
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Anyone need an OD&D cover? - For those who know the dark places to look for such things, there are a couple of versions of the OD&D booklets combined into a single letter-sized volume....10 years ago
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North Texas RPG Con 2014 Lineup - Well it's time for the 6th Annual North Texas RPG Convention! The NTRPG Con focuses on old-school Dungeons & Dragons gaming (mainly OD&D, 1E, 2E, or Bas...10 years ago
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The Ferrowar - Sometimes the most fierce denizens of a dungeon are the smallest. The Cat-taurs (a name the Ferrowar loathe) are a clannish breed of fae who dwell in tun...10 years ago
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Happy birthday, Pat - Today Pat would have been 78, although she never seemed that old. The Knights are blessed with very young looking skin so I always forgot that she wasn't a...10 years ago
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Megadungeon Bindings! - When I used to game all the time, most of my GMing took place in Waterdeep and Undermountain in the forgotten Realms. In order to keep everything organize...10 years ago
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Why Ethereal Jaunt? - Hello, this is Anthony, the guy who's been doing some RPG blogging over at Once More Unto the Breach for a few years now. So, why would I set up another ...10 years ago
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Probably the largest blogroll in Yorkshire part 2
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#AtoZChallenge2024: U is for Universe - Often times the campaign settings of Dungeons & Dragons are known as "worlds." If there are multiple worlds then there must be a Dungeons & Dragons Univ...11 hours ago
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Read Through & First Impressions of Cepheus Universal: Player's Book By Paul Elliott For The Cepheus Universal Rpg - So awhile back I picked up the massive Cepheus Universal Rpg rules which clock in at four hundred & forty three pages of the newest incarnation of the Zoz...13 hours ago
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Night's Dark Terror 15: Journey's End in Rifllian - *This is part of a series of posts with a scene-by-scene critique, appreciation, and improvement of the 1986 TSR module B10, Night's Dark Terror. * Barr...14 hours ago
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Fallout Propapalooza - If you haven't seen it yet, I would highly recommend Amazon's* Fallout* series. It's not perfect, but on a scale of 1 to 10 I'd give it an 8.5. I'll av...18 hours ago
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Kickstarter - Adventures Dark and Deep Core Rules 2nd Printing - *An enhanced and expanded version of the 1st Advanced edition of the world's most popular tabletop roleplaying game.* Interested in the best "what if" ve...23 hours ago
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50 Years of D&D: Forthcoming Book from MIT Press - Over the past five years, *The* *MIT Press* has curated an impressive series of *Game Studies* books, including several of great interest to myself and ...1 day ago
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Bitten by the Aliexpress bug again - *You go on Aliexpress to buy one thing and you end up with seven!!!* Akira Bike Construction Toy (241 Pcs) £5.63 The Lego monopoly is over guys and those ...1 day ago
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Steampunk in GURPS-ish Style - Quite a few years ago, I printed a PDF of *GURPS Steampunk*, as I had some idea about running a late Victorian 1890s campaign involving an alien invasi...2 days ago
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Movie Review: Rebel Moon (Part 2) - Yeah, I said I probably wasn't going to watch this after watching Part 1, but I did. So how was it? First of all, there was a bit of swearing, but not m...3 days ago
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Magic Item: Mirror of Dire Portent - Brahl screamed in terror and pain as he stared into the mirror. "It has me! It has me!" The mirror had shown him a possible future in which he would suffe...5 days ago
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Wither Alignments? - So Project Descent is kicking along quite well with 24 out of 32 heroes painted up so far. The lovely weather sure helps and I'm very happy with how t...1 week ago
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NEW BOOK PREORDERS! - I know it's been a while since I posted but it's been a wild time. For the last year or so I've been quietly working on a book. Well I can now reveal w...2 weeks ago
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The Light Dawns - THIS!!! Yes, a thousand times, this! Back in the day, I referred to this as “neo-classicalgaming,” which is to say, the sorts of games that came ou...3 weeks ago
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March 2024 Reading Progress & General Update - March has been topsy turvy at work so I haven't been able to post as much as I would like to but here's a general post over a few subjects that will serv...3 weeks ago
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Cyclopedia of Common Animals - I have completed through *Volume L* on my Patreon, and expect to have finished the alphabet before the year is out. I have compiled statistics for over 3...4 weeks ago
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Protect your Gamemasters (and don't call it "fudging") - *November last year I went to check out X. I had heard lots of promissing things about the changes there, and the possibilities that come with them. Gott...1 month ago
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The Savage AfterWorld -- From Gaming Blog To Publishing House - Although The Savage AfterWorld (TSAW, for short) has fallen silent for a while, it's never gone away. Folks still stop by to read old reviews of different ...1 month ago
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Xandering, Jaquaysing, or Arneson-ing the Dungeon? - Yet another gamer firestorm arose shortly after the passing of Janelle Jaquays when it was noted that Justin Alexander had changed a rather well known p...2 months ago
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Convert 5e monsters to OSR standards - I can't remember what group I was in, but someone asked about converting 5e monsters to OSR/BFRPG. This is how -I- would do it. I usually work with S&W s...2 months ago
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Black Pudding 8 Print Edition Out Now! - The print edition of *Black Pudding Issue 8* is now available to order from the Squarehex site using the following link: https://www.squarehex.co.uk/coll...2 months ago
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New Finds in 2024. - Every once in a while, whilst watching something on TV, a piece of music pops up, be it in an advert (not so much lately), or a film, or series, that make...3 months ago
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Triangulation: The Land That Time Forgot at 100 - I was once again offered the opportunity to write for DMR Books - as this year marks a century since *The Land That Time Forgot* (or the novel fix-up for...3 months ago
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Ave Atque Vale, Jennell - Jennell Jaquays passed away two days ago, and it's hitting me hard. I had a chance to meet Jennell at NTRPG 2016 (and '17), and even get into a playtes...3 months ago
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AD&D 1e DMG: Combat - I've been thinking about initiative and combat maneuvers and decided to see what Gary had to say about them. But first: *Are crippling disabilities and ...3 months ago
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Free Hexmap Templates - Hey, with the #hexplore stuff going on I figured I should clean up and post some hexmap templates I've had sitting around for a while: Hex Map Templates...3 months ago
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Happy New Year from the Dice Mines! - "Do you think they have Holmes-made pumpkin pie?" A lot of you wrote in to inquire about yesterday's post* [Does anyone believe me when I imply that I'v...3 months ago
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My Druid Adventure On Sale - Oakfell Vale, my adventure about mysterious druids in a secluded valley, is on sale now for 20% off - only $7.99. It is 64 pages, and is intended for use w...4 months ago
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Back to Neverwhere - I was delighted to come home from vacation the other day to find an Amazon delivery waiting for me. I'd pre-ordered *Den Volume I: Neverwhere* months a...7 months ago
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In which I make another visit to Midkemia: I read Magician: Apprentice for the third time - And I still love it. I think if I were to ever make a list of my favorite fantasy novels, both *Magician: Apprentice* and *Magician: Master* would be a...7 months ago
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A Short Update - Nothing new to share in terms of D&D stuff, but I have to say I've been a little more productive on another project now that all social media sites are u...9 months ago
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Monster Stat Concept: Disposition - Yesterday, I introduced the concept of monster Motivations as a way to help understand how to use that monster when designing encounters, or what they mi...10 months ago
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Moving On... - So, my D&D 5e experiment has blown up the lab in a puff of green smoke leaving my face blackened like Wile E. Coyote after a failed roadrunner Acme trap...10 months ago
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GUARDIANS OSR Superhero RPG- DC Heroics House Rules - It's been a rough year with sickness. But here I am. Let's go. Guardians is a fun little game from Night Owl Workshop games. They have a lot of fun OS...10 months ago
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Tomb Guardians Hobgoblin With Sword - Tomb Guardians Miniatures - Hobgoblin w/ Sword Unpainted 28mm Resin D&D Miniature (some assembly required) Sculpture: Bobby Jackson https://www.t...1 year ago
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There Were Dice - I started my Spelljammer game last weekend. It was my first time DMing since December 2021. I wasn't as rusty as I thought I was going to be, but I *was ...1 year ago
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ODIOUS UPLANDS and COMPLETELY UNFATHOMABLE DCC AT LAST - NOW AVAILABLE in PDF and Print on Demand:ODIOUS UPLANDS and COMPLETELY UNFATHOMABLE (DCC)CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW! SO YOU SURVIVED OPERATION UNFATHOMABLE? Od...1 year ago
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Open Locks and Update - Been busy with various dungeon23-esque prompts this year, but I can't post most of it because my players look at this blog. Also, due to playing locatio...1 year ago
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Chronicles of the Adventures in the Dune Imperium! - Cover art for Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium core rulebook I have one of the few copies of the Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium core rulebook that were ...1 year ago
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Legends of Law: Von Hoff - Wampus Country has had its share of heroes, both in antiquity and in the modern era, but perhaps none is held up as the flower of knighthood quite as mu...1 year ago
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Laser Cannons & Dragons: or, the return to true scientific realism. - Five years, five flippin' years! That would have been when I went to work for my current employer. Let's hope I've settled in now and can set aside a lit...1 year ago
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The Brave Art of Running Away - In last night's game, on two separate occasions the player characters decided that discretion is often the better part of valor, and decided not to fight...2 years ago
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Abiørn's Satchel - This weathered leather satchel is tooled in nautical designs and is full of rose-colored salt. Rubbing the salt on a sea creature will dry it out and sh...2 years ago
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Recaps & Roundups: Monster & Treasure Assortment Set Two - Levels Four-Six - Around this time in late 1977 the second *Monster & Treasure Assortment* was released. (Note that this date is very approximate; I've used a number of s...2 years ago
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Digital Vision Cards 1: Vladimir Kush - Ever since the *Everway* RPG was published back in 1995, its fans have been supplementing the official Vision Card pictures with images found online. In ...2 years ago
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About this new “TSR” that supposedly been launched... - Fuck your bigoted, transphobic faces.2 years ago
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Ten Dead Rats Character Sheet - I have created a quick & dirty character sheet for Ten Dead Rats, it can be downloaded from my sidebar or here.2 years ago
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Arkwood Golem - CLIMATE/TERRAIN: AnyFREQUENCY: Very rareINTELLIGENCE: Semi (2-4)TREASURE: NoneALIGNMENT: NoneNO. APPEARING: 1ARMOR CLASS: 4MOVEMENT: 6HIT DICE: 11 (50 hp)...3 years ago
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[inspiration] Star Trek : Vanguard - Une série de 7 romans et un recueil de nouvelles forment une nouvelle série dans l'univers de Star Trek. Pour se faire une première idée de l'ambiance, im...3 years ago
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Gygax 75 Challenge Sources - These of the sources for my Gygax 75 Challenge. Technically this post belongs to *Week One*. At first I wasn't going to post my sources, but I changed my m...3 years ago
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Aerosan OSGA 6 - More stuff for Whiteout, this time 2 Aerosans from Baker Company. In Whiteout you can have Sno-Cats as equipment or find them as terrain-encounters. My ta...3 years ago
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Hate hijackers ...but here is a couple of new and old pieces - have been inundated by lots of hijackers using my little blog to spew their own agendas - personally, besides saying, 'piss off' they should find there own...4 years ago
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Necrotic Gnome Bundle of Holding - Hi fellow gamers, You may have heard of Gavin Norman's Old-School Essentials and Dolmenwood - well good news for you, as you can nab a Bundle of Holding ch...4 years ago
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MERRY CHRISTMAS! - Peace on Earth, good will to men! (And elves, dwarves, and halflings if you allow those in your campaign.)4 years ago
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The Dozen Peaks of the Scarlet Sultanate - First and foremost, I should acknowledge my debt to the great Chris Kutalik and his Hill Cantons blog -- I've used a lot of his material in my own campaign...4 years ago
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Wargaming Wednesday: Blood Cross Chapter - Well, I'm a month behind already. ~sigh~ I'll just have to get better. As usual, Amazon affiliate links at the end. A Tactical Battle Brother of the Blood ...4 years ago
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D&D Sling Damage vs. Large Targets - In many early editions of D&D, weapons were assigned two damage values: one for small/medium targets (i.e. man-sized) and one for large targets (giants and...4 years ago
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Lots of Microlite20/74/5e Goodness - I have recently discovered Brian Mathers' blog, The Gnomish Embassy. Brain's blog has a large number of posts for Microlite20 in general although his Micr...4 years ago
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Who You Gonna Call? (A brief guide to finding the right person to exorcise unwanted spirits, ghosts and daemons from your home.) - For centuries we have experienced emotive paranormal experiences in our homes where the spirit world overlaps with our own. Numerous scientists have been...4 years ago
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Zorro Kickstarter - Just Three Days Left - The Kickstarter for *Zorro: The Roleplaying Game* closes in three days; it's met its target of $15,000.00 but it needs a few more backers to reach a cool $...5 years ago
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Mini-Review: Sennheiser MX 365 Earphones - No, you're not misreading that title. This is not gaming related. I've been shopping for replacement earbuds for my SanDisk Clip Sport Plus. It came with e...5 years ago
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Ben-Dagra session 2: We're all gong farmers, seriously, I promise - Cast: Emmett the Astrologist Calhidon Starstrider, Elf Liu-Chang Xhan, warrior and duck wrangler Bavon the butcher cleric Sneed the Thug Months pass after o...5 years ago
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My new blog: devilghost.com - For months, I’ve been slowly moving entries from my old blog (here) to my new blog. I want to escape Blogger both because of technology preferences (I li...5 years ago
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The Orchid Club - Bral caters to almost every vice, from grand scale corruption, via most types of imaginable gambling, to lotus addiction, with each sin having its own v...6 years ago
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Comertul online si lenjeriile de pat - Avand in vedere amploarea pe care a luat-o comertul electronic in ultimii ani in tara noastra, putem intalni pe intreg internetul magazine online care ofer...6 years ago
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Mernoth - Political Map - A map of the Kingdom of Mernoth situated within the southern central portion of the continent of Fayrenneth. The Realm of Mernoth is one of the oldest n...6 years ago
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Harbinger - Since I last checked in I have played some *Labyrinth Lord* off and on, but not for quite awhile, and my online group has basically fizzled out -- the ca...6 years ago
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Migration - A note to anyone checking this blog: I've moved my blogging activity to https://necroticgnome.com/blogs/news. This blog will remain indefinitely, but will ...6 years ago
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New Site, New Blog - For anyone checking this out: I've moved to a new site for my Starfinder campaign and blogging activities. You can find my new blog at http://www.rpgcampai...6 years ago
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The Migration Has Begun - It was inevitable - whether Sarmaks, swallows or Indo-Europeans, folks have to migrate eventually. Thus, the good old Land of Nod blog is making a move to ...6 years ago
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Director George Romero passed away. - http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...716-story.html Hard to believe he's gone. I've seen all of his movies. He's the man who made everyone know what a zo...6 years ago
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Don't Yeerk Your Head-- A Don't Rest Your Head hack for Animorphs - I know, I know. This isn't the OSR and/or 5e content you came to expect from me. That'll come too, one day. But I actually did something else I'm actually ...7 years ago
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Daily Monster Art- Axe Beak - This art series is more like the monsters I've never actually used in a game series. I think the axe beak is pretty cool, I mean, it is weird dumb crea...7 years ago
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Comixology - I don't know why this escaped me for so long, but Amazon has it's own site for selling comics in digital format and it's awesome. Comixology offers all the...7 years ago
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Swords & Glory, Vol. 2: Tekumel Player's Handbook - Hello, 14 year-old me... I stumbled across this post on the Tekumel Foundation blog early this last week, on Facebook (I think I traced that back correct...7 years ago
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The Beast of Beverly Hills - I am currently sitting in room 231 of The Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills, drinking black coffee, contemplating a nightmare. It must be a nightmare. I can n...8 years ago
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Interview - Shane Ward has a posted a lovely interview with me. Check it out when you can.8 years ago
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In Search of the Unknown: Evadne Moon-touched, Part One - [image: Beverly Marshall Saling] Beverly Marshall Saling Beverly plays Evadne Moon-touched, a character originally created in 1995 for Mike Ryan's AD&D S...8 years ago
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Spinning my Wheels on Systems - Just throwing this out there to see what kind of feedback I get. I've got a couple of projects that I'd really like to work on. One's fantasy and one's sc...8 years ago
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Dynamic Grappling - 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...8 years ago
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Memorial - Today would have been Millie's 3rd birthday. The funds we raised to dedicate an acre of ancient woodland and a memorial bench has now been completed, and t...8 years ago
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Cara Hack Facebook Terbaru 2015 - Meng-hack Facebook memang nggakboleh dan illegal, apalagi dengan tujuan untuk yang tidak baik. Contohnya untukmenjahili teman, iseng, atau mengambil alih b...8 years ago
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Wasteland 2110 - Session 1 Summary - (Summary by Pedro) The game starts with three figures emerging from the wastes: the thrill seeking motor-head Dean McQueen, the quick-handed scout August,...8 years ago
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Go Vote!! - Remember that poster I worked on a while back? Help us out, and help put my knowledge of classic D&D to good use! http://www.cinecoup.com/advancedwizardsan...9 years ago
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One Last Adventure with Manly Wade Wellman - The good news is, while I had thought there were only five Kardios sword & sorcery stories by Manly Wade Wellman, now I know that there are actually six...9 years ago
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Random Dungeon Generator Exercise: Heart of the Missing Shroom Wizard's Lair - Found the picture through a Google search. Generated the encounters using Wizardawn's excellent Dungeon Builder using the options for Swords & Wizardry. Di...9 years ago
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New Campaign 2014 Update - We've been playing 11 session now into the new campaign. The players had some hairy encounters with Proud, Spider-eye Goblins and Quill Wolves (along with ...9 years ago
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TESC: Closer look at the Ceraan Sea Region - Aztakh *Government(s): *City-states with factional influences *Description: *The desolate deserts of Aztakh are no paradise, but a paradise of the mind ca...9 years ago
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Faces of Pretomournon:The Dwarf with the Eye-patch - Ibbo A strange-looking creature, small and stocky, but broad and strong. Maybe it's a small man, or maybe a large gnome. Maybe it's a member of an unknown...10 years ago
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My FIVE favourite house rules - Two more rules added and then republished to my last 'Three favourite rule' post. 29th August 2013: "Long time no post. Life, work, other priorities. But ...10 years ago
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My Dungeons & Dragons Miniature Journey Starts Again!! - I've FINALLY started painting some Miniatures for D&D to replace those lost years ago in an electrical fire, I finally got sick of running games and using ...10 years ago
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Superheroes don't get their due - *It should come as a shock to no one that I'm a huge fan of superheroes.* In fact, I've often thought about retooling this blog to be more of a "spells and...10 years ago
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Apprentices - Cohorts and Apprentices. Useful in so many situations. You just need to use your imagination and suspend your code of morality. LooneyDM out10 years ago
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AnyDice Website - For those concerned with the statistical considerations of role playing games, often one of the most frustrating thing is determining the statistical distr...10 years ago
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Murderous Menagerie: The Hounds of Skaith - *I am Flay.* He was big. The ridge of his spine would have reached Stark's shoulder. His withers were high and powerful. The thick neck drooped with the we...11 years ago
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About Me
- Daddy Grognard
- Over halfway to 90, I started playing AD&D when the Police were a cool band and Punk was wild. I am a father to a ten-year-old Junior Grognard and have now managed to establish a five-strong gaming group made up of him and four of his friends, ages ranging from 10 to 11. Solidly Old-School. High fives and natural 20s to you all!
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ReplyDeleteSorry it took so long to get you added to my blog list, but I thought I had already done so . . . until I had to go looking for your blog, of course! LOL
You're "there" now.
And thanks for visiting mine. Honored.
If he's nice enough, he can raise R'lyeh at just the right rate to offset sea level rise due to melting ice.
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