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Blogs of Inspiration & Erudition
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The Story Behind the Senex Rewrite
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This post is about business. Perhaps someday you'll be where I am, and
have to parse out something like this yourself. I have been a tortured
soul for se...
2 hours ago
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Crit Games Condition and Combat Cards
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If you play 5e D&D I can recommend Crit Games Combat and Condition Cards
enough. I picked them up at Origins this year and they are super useful.
They are ...
3 hours ago
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This Old Dragon...
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Is going to be delayed.
Work is kicking my ass right now.
6 hours ago
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Champions Now!
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Greetings all, I wanted to post a quick note about a Kickstarter I was
recently made aware of. It might be strange for the author of a
Superhero RPG ...
7 hours ago
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A Response to My Post About Spotlight
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Recently I wrote a post deconstructing the idea of Spotlight in tabletop
games, and why I don’t like it. Red over at the blog “Blood, Death, Satan,
and Met...
7 hours ago
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Savage Worlds Interlude for OSR
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I still haven't gotten around to running a session of Savage Worlds yet but
there is a "rule" that really peaked my interest. It is the Interludes rule
on ...
8 hours ago
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MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FOUR 162 SEALED ROOM.
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162 SEALED ROOM. Both exits to this room are metal hatches. Inside, the
desiccated body of a human in a white coat is sprawled on the floor. His
finger is ...
8 hours ago
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Baraloba: The Eagle Hills Mines
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This post is one of a series presenting the hexmaps of Baraloba and the
areas around it. You can see …
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12 hours ago
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Operation Middenlands - Marrying Jason Sholtis Operation Unfathomable & Monkey Blood Design's Middenlands Setting
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So I've been thinking about the Advanced Labyrinth Lord Kickstarter &
playing around with using Swords & Wizardry adventures & settings with it.
I read ab...
12 hours ago
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Goslin - Mutant Future Creature
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*Goslin - Mutant Future Creature *
No. Enc.: 2d6 (8d10)
Alignment: Chaotic
Movement: 120' (Fly 240')
Armor Class: 4
Hit Dice: 6
Attacks: 3 (Acid/Wings)
Damag...
13 hours ago
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[Three Hexes] Wizards and the Windy City
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*Campaign: **Skyscrapers, hybrid cars, semi-automatic weapons, cell phones,
tablets, airplanes, SpaceX reusable rockets -- and githzerai, orcs,
goblins, gi...
13 hours ago
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MSH - MA2: Avengers Coast-To-Coast
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*From the back of the book:*
*"Earth's Mightiest Heroes - only the Avengers can lay claim to that proud
title. They have fought the deadliest villai...
14 hours ago
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Neubaufahrzeug
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Neubaufahrzeug Type A
Neubaufahrzeug Type BI got this model from TigerAce1945 on Thingiverse,
from his Test Print Factory collection.
The Neubaufahrzeug w...
15 hours ago
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Chainmail Dire Boar
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The Dire Boar from WotC’s Chainmail game is a fairly simple mini, and I
opted to keep my paint scheme simple as well. I’d primed him years ago with
spray p...
17 hours ago
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Hall of Judgment for DFRPG fully funds quickly
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I put up a post yesterday about Doug's new Kickstarter.
It's already fully funded and then some.
I think Doug's a little surprised by this.
Me, not so muc...
1 day ago
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Origins 2018
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Origins is one of the oldest gaming conventions. This was the first time I
had ever attended. It is very big and a long distance from end to end. I
spent...
1 day ago
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Dungeon Repairs
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Its bad enough modern dungeons are sentient magical spirits beings drawing
power from strange universes, now they fix themselves while your kipping in
the...
1 day ago
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A Small, Quiet Plea
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There has been a great deal of discussing political agendas, social
grievances, and personal attacks within the little corner of gaming that is
my hobby....
1 day ago
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[ZINE] Echoes From Fomalhaut #02 (NOW AVAILABLE!)
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Gont, Nest of Spies
I am pleased to announce the publication of the second issue of my fanzine, *Echoes
From Fomalhaut*. As before, this is a zine dedicate...
1 day ago
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Stuff for Sale
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You can grab my copy. I'll put a message in if you like. I'm also selling a
bunch of random Maze merch and some original Zak artwork.
My copy of Maze of th...
1 day ago
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coming this Gen Con
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So I have a short adventure that James Raggi of *Lamentations of the Flame
Princess* will be releasing at GenCon (the Lord willing and the creek don't
ri...
1 day ago
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The Caverns of Ugard
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By Shane Ward 3 Toadstools Labyrinth Lord Levels 1-3 maybe? The name Ugard
is notorious with pain and fear! Thru-out the surrounding lands Ugard and
his mi...
1 day ago
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OSR: Boss Fight Design
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I like boss fights. They provide a nice change of pace from traditional
dungeon exploration. Surviving their challenges and emerging triumphant. My Alexandr...
1 day ago
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Levels and the Old-School Brain...
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Level matters in role-playing games. It speaks to how powerful a character
is, how much damage they can suffer, and how many spells they may cast.
Ditto ...
2 days ago
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Two Tales: North to Greenbough and Back Into Skull Mountain
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Over Father's Day weekend the wife and I were sick, so gaming was limited.
But not zero!
*North to Greenbough*
The Company of the Dark Moon was contacted b...
2 days ago
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One Page Dungeon Contest Results In
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Results are in for this years contest! Congratulations to all the winners.
I will be doing quick reviews for all the entries again this year once the
pdf ...
4 days ago
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Enter the Third Horizon
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*The Dying Ship* is a scenario for use with the Middle East-influenced
Science Fiction roleplaying game, Coriolis: The Third Horizon. Originally
published...
4 days ago
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The Homogenization of D&D
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Ease of communication promotes assimilation. You only have to look around
you for a few seconds to notice that. TV and the internet are bringing us
all tog...
4 days ago
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The Gift: Trouble at Leoric's Logging Camp
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Time for another journey into the depths of the Vault my faithful
Venturers! This month's D&D game (scheduled for a couple of weeks time)
will see the play...
4 days ago
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Stay in the Loop by Subscribing to our Mailing List!
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For those *who have not ordered from TLS/TLB games, *we have a new address
for subscribing for updates:
*mailinglist@threelinestudio.com*
We have mo...
4 days ago
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B/X Essentials: Adventures and Treasures -- Draft Text v0.1.0!
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Illustration by Michael ClarkeWhat with *B/X Essentials: Monsters* being
close to wrapping up, my thoughts are beginning to turn vaguely to the
fifth book...
5 days ago
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Multiclass-ception: MCing into your own class (D&D 5e)
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I hear people ask this on the internet, but never in my group. It sounds
like an interesting thought exercise: could your D&D character "multiclass"
into a...
5 days ago
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A note on my Spider Cult of Mirkwood Campaign posts
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As you may have noticed, I’ve posted a lot about this campaign over the
past day or so. The reason: my *Adventures in Middle-earth* campaign is
starting up...
5 days ago
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Sale at Gamescience
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OK dice nerds. I just got an email that there is an 18% off orders of $20
or more at Gamescience. There is no code; it is automatically added in the
cart...
6 days ago
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The Rains of Colorless Fire
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The catastrophe that ended the ancient Suloise Imperium, known as the Rain
of Colorless Fire, has long fascinated Greyhawk aficionados. The official
canon ...
6 days ago
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Elite: Not So Dangerous
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The Thargoids are here! For definitions of “here” that are limited to
certain locations in the game *Elite: Dangerous*, anyway. And ObisidanAnt,
premier j...
1 week ago
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Streaming matters for trad play
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Midcentury, many educated people thought that hanzi, Chinese writing, was
an albatross holding back Chinese modernization and economic development.
This in...
1 week ago
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Knights of the Old Republic: Shadows of the Sith Empire
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I went with Star Wars, reviving my idea for a Knights of the Old Republic
campaign in which Darth Revan was succeeded by a Sith Empress. So far, all
of th...
1 week ago
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Alternate Vancian Magic System for OSR Games
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*Beware where you prepare your spells!*Okay, let me get his out straight
away. I am not an Jack Vance scholar, literature major, or real wizard. I
just lo...
1 week ago
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MARSH GHOST
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Init +10
Melee Atk
• hatchet +2 (1d6)
AC 10
HD 2d12
MV 60, fly 30
Act 1d20 + 1d16
SP ghostly
Fort +8
Ref +8
Will +3
AL C
Look, you just don't want to spe...
1 week ago
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Free RPG Day, Running OD&D Games At Guild of Blades in Clawson, Michigan
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This Saturday is Free RPG Day! In previous years I've talked about running
games for the day, but haven't gotten around to it. This year I'm
participating ...
1 week ago
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Erik Tenkars Swords & Wizardry Light
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So I recently picked up another half dozen copies of Swords & Wizardry
Continual Light. My players had the idea to just dedicate an entire book to
a Chara...
1 week ago
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Modrons, Mephits & Mayhem Free Enhancement Guide now available at DMsGuild!
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Modrons, Mephits & Mayhem is not only a fun standalone adventure, it’s also
featured in the nine-adventure compilation curated by M.T. Black and Travis
Leg...
1 week ago
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Mordenkainen, in 1974 and today.
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This weekend at the Wizards of the Coast "Stream of Many Eyes" event I got
my hands on a copy of *Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes*, which is "built on the
wr...
2 weeks ago
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The Chronicles of Nolenor – Play Report #10
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(Link to prior sessions) Real date: 1/6/18 In-game date: September 28th,
EY632 PCs: Ambrose (Warrior – Fighter L2) Asher (Robber- Thief …
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2 weeks ago
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A Piece of Gaming Mecca or Magic Item?
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Magic Items and Nostalgia This piece of cardstock vibrates with the essence
of gaming. The artisanal paper is hand-made from sample adventure
printings, ...
2 weeks ago
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The OSR is what you want it to be!
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Just keep in mind when you read about what the OSR ought to be or ought to
be doing that the widespread use of open content under the OGL means that
the O...
2 weeks ago
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On the week of June 1st in classic gaming
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It's been a rough day, and I'm doing this late, so I apologize for paucity.
I've also gotten some feedback about layout and discussion of products. A
lot o...
2 weeks ago
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Dinosaurs Fuck Off
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So settings have a prehistory--the stuff that happened way before the
common era. They're usually either:
(a) tediously enumerated with faux-mythology, or...
2 weeks ago
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Kickstarter: Chose Your Own Sci-Fi Stock Art!
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James Shields has a Kickstarter, Chose Your Own: Sci-Fi Stock Art, that
I've never seen done before. A mix and match collection of stock art that
can be ...
3 weeks ago
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The Sage: Rescuing a lost Blackmoor Character Class
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Tucked in the back of TSR's *Supplement II Blackmoor *is a curious
expansion on the sage NPC. It's curious because this section contains
quite a bit of de...
3 weeks ago
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UNFATHOMABLE NOW IN BOOK FORM (PLUS COMICS)
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JUST LOOK AT THIS STUFF
Pretty Sexy
GO HERE: Operation Unfathomable on RPGNow
AND HERE: OU Players Guide
AND HERE: OU Print Pack
AND THIS JUST IN
A bunc...
3 weeks ago
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Two Tome of Tomes
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*Blackcloak, Terror of Westhame Forest*
Author: Dirk Ringdon
Race: Human
Dimensions: 8x8x0.5
Weight: 2 lbs.
Materials: Leather-bound, woodboard, parchment
Ra...
4 weeks ago
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grodog's start in gaming - 1977: Cedar Avenue, Star Wars, and Holmes Basic
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As with many who began to play D&D in the late 1970s, I started playing in
1977 (the summer of 1977, in my case), and began to play with what is
now-known ...
4 weeks ago
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Podcasting....
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Well, I have been conned into trying out podcasting, so here you go, a
quick little podcast (I like mine under 30 minutes, this clocks in at just
over 10) ...
4 weeks ago
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[D&D] Flanaess Cuisine
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Gary Gygax loved to talk about food and drink. As anyone who participated
in the online Q&A sessions with him at places like ENWorld and Dragonsfoot
can at...
5 weeks ago
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Dungeons and Dragons the most important gaming franchise in the world
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Forbes has written an article about the upcoming book *Dungeons & Dragons
Art and Arcana: A Visual History* an illustrated guide to the history and
evoluti...
5 weeks ago
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Frugal GM will be a bit quiet for the month of May
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[image: Frugal GM will be a bit quiet for the month of May]
Just a quick admin post to let all 12 of my readers know that I'm needing
to take an unscheduled...
1 month ago
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Please Update Your Link!
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If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is
out of date.
Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com.
You're missin...
1 month ago
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TAROT GOBLINKO - DARK FANTASY MEDIEVAL PUNK TAROT DECK
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[image: Sean Aaberg - TAROT GOBLINKO OROBOROS]
[image: Sean Aaberg - KING OF CUPS]
[image: Sean Aaberg - STRENGTH]
[image: Sean Aaberg - 3 OF COINS]
[ima...
1 month ago
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Isometric Dungeon #8: 2D to 3D
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I've just posted isometric dungeon tutorial #8: how to convert a 2D map
into a 3D isometric map.
1 month ago
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MCC: The Arrival
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Goodman Games launched their kickstarter for Mutant Crawl Classics on June
24, 2016. Fulfillment was originally estimated for fall 2017 but after
backer...
2 months ago
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Review: For Coin and Blood
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I remember hearing vaguely about *For Coin & Blood* some time ago, but it
seemed to pass me by before I got a chance to investigate. Then Diogo
Nogueira, a...
2 months ago
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E is for Earths
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...of the parallel variety, that is.
I'd love for Light City to be accessible for all sorts of supers gaming. I
also just love a good, wacky multiverse. ...
2 months ago
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Cutting Edge Mercenaries of Bastion
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Bastion's hired guns are known for seeking the most unusual equipment of
the electric epoch. Sometimes they enjoy their signature weapon a little
too much....
2 months ago
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Language Puzzle
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This is a sample 'ancient language' puzzle that you could modify or use in
your own game. When making these problems, I always look at some word
samples fr...
2 months ago
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Halfway to Nowhere
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My latest creation -*Operation Starfall: A Strange Mission Against Time*,
went live on RPGNow yesterday. Without giving too much away a Word War Two
Specia...
2 months ago
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How to Format a Bigass Table for Hex Describe Fast
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Say you've got a big ole' list of gameable things - like from a blog post,
pdf, or personal document. You're just dying to add to the Hex Describe
Bible, b...
2 months ago
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Sharing the Game: The Value of the Club
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My Photograph
I did not belong to a D&D club. When I started playing in/around 1981/82
there were most certainly such things in some places, but none in...
2 months ago
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Monster Monday - Basilisk
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Today, I continue to highlight a monster found in Rappan Athuk. There are 3
days left on Frog God's Kickstarter. I am thinking of moving Monster Monday
ove...
2 months ago
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BX Combined Rule Book Printed and Bound
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Just put this together this morning.
I had printed the pages long ago, but had never bothered to bind them.
Talking with +Gothridge Manor and +Rob Conley...
2 months ago
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Don’t Sleep It’s Broken
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Expanding/editing my comments from What Makes Something Broken G+ thread:
“Broken”, for me, is anything that makes normal character choices, tactics,
or ro...
3 months ago
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Publishing #9: Deploying the Open Game License
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Unlike the earlier covers that cover your creative content, this covers the
boring-but-necessary-for-some-projects details on how to deploy the Open
Game L...
5 months ago
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Growing the OSR if you want: part 2
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So, based on the various realizations I talked about in the last post, what
are the things I'm trying to do in 2018 that will boost the signal of the
OSR a...
5 months ago
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New Free PDF Module: The Hyqueous Vaults
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A new dungeon module—written in celebration of OSRIC's 10th Birthday—by
Rebecca Dettmann, Allan T. Grohe, Jr., Jimm Johnson, Matthew Riedel, Alex
Zisch, an...
6 months ago
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Updated Links
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Hi Folks,
I have finally updated the links on the right. Currently just for the Red
cover.
More to come...
Oh and the game name is staying the same! ha
7 months ago
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The OSR News - Revival Edition
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*Some Recent New Releases*
*Flower Liches of the Dragonboat Festival* from Kabuki Kaiser.
Author - P. Crespy. Artist - Evlyn M.
Available in PDF for $4.99...
7 months ago
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The Warlock's Tower
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*F*or over eighty years, the Warlock lurked in his tower of stone, crafting
all manner of trinket and bauble for the many curious novice and veteran
travel...
8 months ago
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Swords & Wizardry Light-Themed Birthday Party
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Last month, my wife and I helped our oldest to celebrate his birthday in
style. Ever since 2013, we have hosted a themed birthday party for our
now-15-ye...
8 months ago
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Hydra Cooperative Brings (Mild and Curated) Anarchy to North Texas
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Teetering on the edge of a new, start-now, well-paying political job (i.e.
demanding AF) I get one last reprieve of gainful unemployment this weekend:
Nor...
1 year ago
I should have gone to sleep and not checked the new post...
ReplyDelete*yawn*
/prays that this doesn't visit my dreams tonight