Big game hunter answering call for same issued by resident quasi-lich who feels proliferation of ropers obscures view of attractive scintillant gas cloud effusing from paleogean fissure, Power to Choose
Benbo, 3rd level Fighter/4th level Thief - he who dares.
Galzor, 4th level cleric - mysteriously disappeared along with the Third and his coffin.
Zanurax, 3rd level thief (recovering from being partly eaten by a lion and has now gone to join Merlin)
Olaf, 4th level dwarven fighter, now returning to his clan halls
Merlin, 3rd level thief (called away on the business of the Thieves' Guild)
Adthar, 4th level fighter - currently both an Ettin and a statue
Elador, nth level magic-user - called away on special assignments but will act as mentor and adviser to the team
The Fallen
Galadeus, 2nd level ranger - drowned and then eaten by a shark.....aaaaaand he's BACK! aaaaaaaaand he's dead again.
What I'm DMing for 6 new junior players
Old School Links to Wisdom
Give your d12...
...some Old School love
Running now
Call of Cthulhu - visit our wiki
That's what Old School means to me
"These rules are flexible and open to interpretation - designed not to cover all conceivable situations, but to allow good Referees and Players the freedom to create and play games of their own design."
from the Lulu download page for The White Box S&W from BHP
"This game is unlike chess in that the rules are not cut and dried. In many places, they are guidelines and suggested methods only. This is part of the attraction of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons"
Weird Revisited: Middle-Earth in Blacklight
-
*I've been thinking about this sort of material again, recently. The
original version of this post appeared in 2021... *
It's well known that hippies were...
Brotherhood Complex pre-summary
-
We finished the split-session delve into the Brotherhood Complex today.
Short version?
The PCs fought their way out of a large mob of foes, cutting most of...
The Rumor Mill - Week 38
-
We discover the night life in Fellport for week 38 of The Rumor Mill. I
took this week's inspiration from a song in heavy rotation on my current
playlist...
Greyhawkery Comics: Cultists #3
-
Hello Greyhawk fanatics! Speaking of fanatics, when last we saw the
Cultists they were "rebooted" to *576 CY*. Let's see how they are
adjusting. As a sid...
The Pillories Have Been Death Frost Doomed
-
Herein lies the tale of our abrupt and terrifying end to *Death Frost Doom*.
As if it could end any other way.
When we last met with The Pillories, thei...
16 Going On 30
-
Thanks to Stuart I am now the proud owner of a PlayStation and Playstation
2. (Well, a re-owner of the PS1 as my father threw mine out, and this is my
seco...
Dusk in Wistren Wood
-
This year is the fortieth anniversary of my first published book, *Crypt of
the Vampire*. I've blogged about it before, and longtime readers will
already...
Campaign update
-
After the characters managed to disrupt a ritual in the (Hidden) Shrine of
the Elder Elemental God from D4 City of Spiders, the power balance in
Erelhei-...
The Tome of Worldbuilding from Mythmere Games
-
I thought I’d mention that Mythmere Games is running another kickstarter.
This one is for a volume entitled *The Tome of Worldbuilding*. The title
pretty...
Sci Fi Sunday!
-
I backed a couple of Sci Fi RPG Kickstarters recently, the PDF's for
them arrived in my inbox just a few days ago. While they are different
systems...
They're Eating the Apostrophes
-
Patrick Stuart has a new Kickstarter in the offing - and he has managed to
reveal himself as having the testicular fortitude of a leviathan in the
proces...
"BY THE POWERTOOLS OF GORESKULL!!!"
-
Here's some more *DCC* / Umerica / Aetherian dungeons (that also work
perfectly for *Neon Lords Of The Toxic Wasteland*, *Planet Motherfucker*,
and any ...
Session One Hundred Twelve: The Rescue
-
Once inside the city, the group made their way toward the Golden Tower. Ali
had told them that the processing center was in the high bureaus, near the
to...
August 2024
-
My father passed away.
It had been coming since the end of last year, when they moved him to
hospice care. That's when everyone realizes that the numbe...
OUT NOW - DEEP SPACE ADVENTURE #14 - TIN CAN IDAHO
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OUT NOW
DEEP SPACE ADVENTURE #14 - TIN CAN IDAHO
The Explorers are a few hours into a journey across the Capital States but
the captain has decided to ...
Conan vs Barbarianism
-
One of the themes that Robert E. Howard returns to again and again in his
Conan tales, is the idea that civilization is a temporary thing that must
be w...
Terminal State
-
Now the lines are converging to the point of no return.
VX2, the publishing imprint my brother Chris and I operate, has launched
our second Kickstarter c...
The Mystery of the First Blackmoor Map
-
In this POST from a few years ago, I was concerned with the issue of scale
and distance in Blackmoor in the course of which I attempted to determine
the...
just play dnd
-
Deborah Ann Woll is a treasure.
I have been tempted to do this before, but it feels like an imposition to
just suggest to launch into a game but DAW does ...
Far Away Land 2nd Edition Kickstarter is Amazing
-
Fay Away Land RPG Ed. 2 is now Kickstarting! It funded quick and has 22
days remaining as of this post. It is a unique setting and RPG that reeks
of fun....
Advice in Practice: On the Simulacrum Spell
-
I've talked before about what I think makes for effective games that keep
players wanting more (namely *listening to the players* and *establishing
real ...
Wilderlands: Session 32
-
*This session was run on February 13, 2023.*
Determined to find Uggmar, the party, now accompanied by Rasaz, headed back
into the dungeon beneath the ...
Doratas & Philosophia
-
Another thing I did during my quiet time was create a game...kinda.
I've always wanted to write/create a roleplaying game. I've never had the
disciplin...
Editions of Dungeons & Dragons
-
Most of you know that I run an old-school Dungeons & Dragons game for my
daughter and her friends. We started when they were between 10 and 11
years-old an...
When did the OSR begin? 2008.
-
I was looking through a box of some of my old gaming stuff, and I ran
across a bunch of old OSR zines and DIY supplements from 15+ years ago. I
thought, ...
Review of The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg
-
This dungeon is a reproduction of Greg Svenson’s dungeon. Greg was one of
the early players in Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor campaign and is immortalized
in...
Early TSR Modules: A Study in Style
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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...
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...
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...
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...
[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...
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...
-
Haven't posted in along time but if anyone is wondering I took down the
various D20 content in case there are any forthcoming compliance issues
with th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
[ 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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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....
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...
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/
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...
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% ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
-
I'm very pleased to announce that I've received the outline and readied the
cover for the first Battleaxes & Beasties adventure that is not written by
me. ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
No Mean City Session 1.1 "National Express"
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
...
Jessie's Prints - Episode 47 - Nimbus the Goliath
-
*This week, I are mostly been printing... A Nimbus!!*
A birthday print for my clubmate Paul. Sculpted using the heroforge app
and then downloaded as an...
Classic Era Outdoor Gear
-
If you have any interest in what actual outdoorsmen were wearing back in
the classic era of the Mythos, you need to check out this video. James
Bender of W...
Bundle of Holding - Unknown Armies 3E
-
I've followed *Unknown Armies* over the past few years without ever taking
"the dip." I've been intrigued by the system and default setting, but I
have...
A Return to Greyhawk!
-
*"Behold Greyhawk" by Bruce Brenneise for the new DMG*
A few days ago *DMs Guild* announced that *Greyhawk* is now available a
campaign setting for co...
Hirelings: Making the Players Care
-
When I started my TS&R Jade campaign, I made a list of 20 randomly armed
men-at-arms for the home town. When players wanted to hire some, I'd check
their...
Basing With Washers
-
I like to base my 15mm infantry on 12.5mm (½ inch) steel washers so that I
can store and transport them safely on magnetic sheet. However, I don't
lik...
Blind Man's Bluff - Dungeon Magazine 97
-
This is one of the many Side-Treks mini scenarios Dungeon Magazine was fond
of publishing. There's not a lot to change. It can be moved into the
dungeons...
DUNE ROLLER
-
DUNE ROLLER
"It was not a pebble or a piece of chipped glass as he had supposed;
instead, he fished out a small, drop-like object shaped like a marble wit...
Classic Traveller: Mayday!
-
Previously in this series reading the rules of the Classic Traveller
boxed-set games: Snapshot, Azhanti High Lightning.
*Summary:*
Mayday! is an alterna...
Adventures that Matter
-
Cross-posted from reddit:
The only thing that makes adventure matter is presenting players with
choices where the consequences matter, and where there i...
NOW WITH MORE SPIDERS
-
Big weekend plans. Eat pizza, make cinnamon sugar doughnuts, watch more
Harry Potter and get out and about with the good camera. If time, break out
the ori...
Rogues v. Thieves
-
Some of you may be aware that I occasionally write about *Castles and
Crusades (C&C); *everyone's favorite 21st century version of *AD&D* that
isn't *Ha...
Monster Entries Inspired by Dragonbane
-
As I compile information for my fantasy setting into a document for
tabletop use, I find inspiration in the *Dragonbane* Bestiary entries.
Instead of mer...
#RPGaDay2024 for 27 August: Marvellous miniature
-
Today's prompt: *Marvellous miniature*
I loved the concept of the Ral Partha three-stage mini: a set of three
minis that represented your character's arc...
The Mystery of the First Blackmoor Map
-
In this POST from a few years ago, I was concerned with the issue of scale
and distance in Blackmoor in the course of which I attempted to determine
the...
New Monster: Steel Snails
-
*(Picture from a post on Britain in detail: quirk, charm and craft in the
built environment on facebook.)* Steel Snail
A swarm of small, metallic snails ...
Grimdark vs. Eucatastrophe
-
Noisms has some interesting ideas in this post about his desire for some
depth to his grimdark, and turns to Gene Wolfe and Tolkien for relief.
Now, it ...
Dragon Player Characters, Part I
-
I generally dislike the Council of Wyrms campaign setting, but I still use
an altered form of the Dragon races found in the Campaign Option: Council
of Wyr...
Wait... I have a gaming blog, don't I?
-
It's been awhile, and my muse and I are back on speaking terms, so it's
time to dust off the blog and get to writing again. Even though it seems
that blo...
Brief Encounters
-
When I was a whelp at my mother's knee D&D encounters used to go like
this. Listen at the door, open and charge in and kill any monsters inside,
count...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
-
Heya folks, the 21st Salt Mine book, Import Export, has hit the digital
shelves! In the 21st book we follow Aaron Haddock-codename Stigma-as he
tries to ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Daily Monster Art- Axe Beak
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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...
Comixology
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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...
Swords & Glory, Vol. 2: Tekumel Player's Handbook
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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...
The Beast of Beverly Hills
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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...
Spinning my Wheels on Systems
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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...
Dynamic Grappling
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Before I say another word, let me direct the reader to Douglas Cole and
Peter V. Dell'Orto's article on grappling in *The Manor*, issue #8 (
http://www.rpgn...
Memorial
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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...
Cara Hack Facebook Terbaru 2015
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Meng-hack Facebook memang nggakboleh dan illegal, apalagi dengan tujuan
untuk yang tidak baik. Contohnya untukmenjahili teman, iseng, atau
mengambil alih b...
Wasteland 2110 - Session 1 Summary
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(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,...
Go Vote!!
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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...
One Last Adventure with Manly Wade Wellman
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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...
New Campaign 2014 Update
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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 ...
TESC: Closer look at the Ceraan Sea Region
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Aztakh
*Government(s): *City-states with factional influences
*Description: *The desolate deserts of Aztakh are no paradise, but a
paradise of the mind ca...
Faces of Pretomournon:The Dwarf with the Eye-patch
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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...
My FIVE favourite house rules
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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 ...
Superheroes don't get their due
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*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...
Apprentices
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Cohorts and Apprentices. Useful in so many situations. You just need to
use your imagination and suspend your code of morality.
LooneyDM out
AnyDice Website
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For those concerned with the statistical considerations of role playing
games, often one of the most frustrating thing is determining the
statistical distr...
Murderous Menagerie: The Hounds of Skaith
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*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...
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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