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Blogs of Inspiration & Erudition
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Katharmir: Rolling up a hex for Psychon Game
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So testing my books is pretty handy and shows some flaws. Having multiple
ways of generating similar info has some advantages for variety and you
don't ha...
1 hour ago
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Arden Vul Books Appendix Edited
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I've just put the final edits on the Arden Vul Books appendix and thought I
should share some rough numbers with you. There are 182 books or crystals
in t...
11 hours ago
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A week is a long time in 40K. What the FAQ?
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The last couple of weeks have been very exciting in the 40K universe. We've
seen the Dark Eldar Codex released (more on that later in the post) and the
Big...
14 hours ago
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InnCursion OPD 2018
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You can download the pdf here or to support the One Page Dungeon Contest,
you can buy one of the compendiums (including this year’s, when it comes
out), th...
15 hours ago
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MERP - Northern Mirkwood: The Wood-Elves Realm
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*From the cover & the web:*
*"This package details all of the NORTHERN WILDERLAND and includes*
- * 6 major layouts*
- * a 16" x 20" full-colo...
16 hours ago
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The Dachshund Dungeon
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I did not intend to do another one of these. Certainly I didn’t intend to
make another one quite so soon after the last one. But then I was
re-reading Zak’...
19 hours ago
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Divination IV: Divining Felltower
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Wrapping up my Divination posts into a Felltower-specific post today.
*The Divinations of Felltower*
There are, or where, some known aids to divination wi...
19 hours ago
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The Chronicles of Nolenor – Play Reports #6 and #7
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(Link to prior sessions) Real date: 9/24/17, 9/30/17 In-game
date: September 8th, EY632 PCs: Ambrose (Warrior – Fighter now L2) Asher
(Footpad …
Continue ...
19 hours ago
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MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FOUR 102 HEXAGONAL ROOM.
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102 HEXAGONAL ROOM. Old bones are scattered about the room, glowing
yellow-green. They will begin to float and assemble into an animated
teratosaurus skele...
19 hours ago
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Redirect to: Beneath the Leaves of Kaendor
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I started a new website dedicated to my attempts at writing Sword & Sorcery
stories set in the world that has come together over the last couple of
years. ...
22 hours ago
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Retrospective: Broken Tree Inn
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As one of the first licensees, Judges Guild was in its heyday, a highly
prolific publisher, releasing not only scenarios and supplements for Dungeons
& Dr...
1 day ago
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The Conjunction of Fates
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So I have decided that before my groups launch into *The Ruathain Campaign
Trilogy* I will break them in with an introductory mini Campaign. Since
some ...
1 day ago
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Gamesmanship Examples
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Which brings us to the subject of gamesmanship. Here I'll be suggesting
techniques to "game" Dungeons and Dragons, in a way that does not
contravene any r...
1 day ago
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Conqueror
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Heroics & Ros 1/300 BM53 Conqueror Heavy TankHere's my Heavy Troop, all
painted up and ready for the table.
I've painted these guys in their peacetime *De...
1 day 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 day ago
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Pulp Era OSR Make Over For Advanced Dungeons & Dragons's Modue Dave J. Browne with Don Turnbull's UK1 The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh
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"Desolate and abandoned, the evil alchemist's mansion stands alone on the
cliff, looking out towards the sea. Mysterious lights and ghostly hauntings
have ...
1 day ago
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Primary Passages into the Depths of the Earth
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There are tunnels and passages that lead deep under the land to the
ever-dark homes of the various so-called “deep …
Continue reading →
1 day ago
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Some Servitors in the Unremembered City
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The levels of artistry which the Naacals once reached in their engineering
of automata might seem almost godlike to the crude intellect of 17th
century man...
1 day ago
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[D&D] The trade road from Narwell to Verbobonc
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Most trade in and out of the Wild Coast region of the *World of Greyhawk*
goes by water, through the bustling seaport towns of Safeton, Fax, and
Elredd. Ho...
1 day ago
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Three Weird Books
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This is one of those things I had sitting around as a mostly complete draft
for a long time. Finally finished it while at O’Hare yesterday waiting for
my ...
1 day ago
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Saving Sujeira’s Soul
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By Ben Gibson Coldlight Press Pathfinder Levels 1-3 It is the year of our
Lord 1452; the world is changing. But here in Village Sujeira, time seems
to have...
1 day ago
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SCALING ARMOR for 5e D&D
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The latest post might have been a bit confusing.
This is easier, I hope. Well, if you want a different idea - even simpler -
then let me draw that for you....
2 days ago
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I'm still here
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Just wanted to inform everyone that I am still around.
Just need to take a bit of a break.
I'm still on said break.
I just need to let my brain and body rest...
2 days ago
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All for Ten Bucks
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This Week Only This week all Fail Squad Games paperback modules are just
$10. Even the full color specials – Time to clear the shelves and make room
for ...
2 days 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 days ago
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Eidolon mode
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Ryuutama mechanizes a limited degree of referee fudging through a conceit
where the referee plays a character called the ryuujin. In translation,
this mean...
2 days ago
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Norse Bestiary Alphabet
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It's been another one of those dry spells on this blog. I've been juggling
several projects all at different stages. A couple of the OSR things I have
in t...
3 days ago
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Take a U Turn
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Here's a table when you need to take a campaign U turn.
1. A beloved NPC turns up dead the next morning.
2. A God falls from the sky, dead. It rains icho...
3 days ago
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B/X Essentials: Monsters -- Writing Complete!
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It's been a long, hard haul, but I'm delighted to announce that my
completely fresh Open Game Content rendition of the classic Basic / Expert
monsters is...
3 days ago
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This Old Dragon #109
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You know how some issues don't grab you at first, but something about them
keeps at you and makes you keep coming back to them? They was me and this
issu...
3 days ago
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Book Notes: Albion's Seed, Part 3
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I'm going Albion's Seed, David Hackett Fischer's cultural history of the
United States, and copying interesting and gameable content. In Part 1, I
covered ...
3 days ago
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[Three Hexes] The World of Below
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*Campaign: **The Old Ones, they said that once we came from above, that we
ruled the Abovebeyond and even something called "the skyz", but that we
sinned a...
3 days ago
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Isles of the Dead: Twine Edition
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Remember when I entered the One-Page Dungeon Contest with a dungeon that
was meant to be run after a TPK?
A fellow named David Sky has made it into a Twine...
4 days ago
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Fragments of the Great Inflorescence
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Evlyn has sent out a bunch of these game-fragment objects
What are we to make of this? There are three elements.
- The Guilds themselves.
- The Hexes.
-...
4 days ago
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Magic Item of the Week: Hammer of the Thunderbolt's Wrath
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For Rolemaster FRP or RMSS
*Hammer of the Thunderbolt's Wrath:* +20 war hammer with thrown ranges of
1'-60' (-20) 61'-75' (-40) and 76'-100' (-60). When t...
4 days ago
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Vintage Gaming
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The OSR has taken a good deal of flack lately because of the various groups
vying for 'control' or domination of the group per sa. So, I am a little
tired ...
5 days ago
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Skepticism in the Age of Magic...
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Skepticism is alive and well in the real world, where evidence for the
supernatural is remarkably elusive. In ten-thousand years of history we've
seen one...
5 days ago
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Original Edition Role Playing Appreciation Day Festivities & Participation
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*Original Edition Role Playing Appreciation Day is Saturday May 5th! That's
just over two weeks away! The announcement was initially made **here.*
*This y...
5 days ago
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CUKAHPI
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Init +1d10+4
Melee Atk
• crush +3 (1d3)
• bite +2 (1d4)
Ranged Atk
• spark +3 (1d6, 30')
AC 15
HD 8d4+4
MV 10, hover 30
Act 1d20 + 3d16
SP spore aura ...
5 days ago
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[REVIEW] The Red Prophet Rises
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*The Red Prophet Rises (2018)*
by Aaron Fairbrook (Malrex) and Prince of Nothing
Published by The Merciless Merchants
3rd to 5th level
The Red Prophet Rise...
5 days ago
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Free GM Resource: Swords & Wizardry Light
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[image: Free GM Resource: Swords & Wizardry Light]
This week's Free GM Resource is a companion to another Free GM Resource
from back in 2015...over three ye...
6 days ago
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On Divination
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In doing my analyses of various early adventure modules, it strikes me that
some of the things that players are expected to figure out are pretty damn
imp...
1 week ago
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A Lyonesse FRPG is coming!
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Exciting news from the good people at the Design Mechanism: they will be
producing a freestanding RPG (using the *Mythras* rules) based on Jack
Vance’s c...
1 week ago
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On the Crypt Contents
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I'm not exactly angry about this, but more like I don't understand it.
There's a crypt. Inside there are lots of coffins and places where they put
dead pe...
1 week 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...
1 week 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. ...
1 week ago
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A Micro Review of Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells
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*Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells* is my newest RPG project and it is being
crowdfunded right now over IndieGoGo. It’s a game about sword and sorcery
adventur...
1 week 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....
1 week 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...
1 week ago
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Dragon Heresy – A Quick Review
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+Doug Cole is running his long awaited Kickstarter for his 5e based RPG
Dragon Heresy. Dragon Heresy is a Norse/Viking themed RPG. The Kickstarter
is to ...
2 weeks 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 weeks ago
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Review: Dungeon Tales #1 on the Dungeon Masters Guild
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Full disclosure! I am one of the writers featured for my adventure in this
collection: Modrons, Mephits & Mayhem! But I’m going to talk about the
other adv...
2 weeks ago
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Details on Faeries for the Majestic Wilderlands
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Two years ago I made a post how I got a handle on how faeries work in my
setting. The basic issue is that there are multiple interpretations of why
faeries...
2 weeks ago
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Hexes and the Curse of Indecision
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Araminta "Cheeseburger" Denies Others Access to the Map
So, you know those blog posts with maps in the last few months, let’s make
some changes.
But, w...
2 weeks ago
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Small Details: Stairs
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Stairs are a simple form of transportation. In dungeons, stairs often mean
a transition. In many dungeons the deeper you go the more terrifying and
dead...
2 weeks 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 weeks ago
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Visual Summary of Hesep
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This looks like a fun idea. So here we go...
From my current weekly campaign, I'm picking the city-state of Hesep. It's
location, where a major river meets...
2 weeks ago
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Aeron Alfrey - Demon Studies, 2018
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[image: Demons 1 - 25]
[image: Demons 26 - 50]
Here's
a selection from 50 ink and brush studies of demon heads now available
to purchase, 25 dollar...
2 weeks 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...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks 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...
4 weeks ago
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Select Review Links for Dave Arneson's True Genius
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34875598-dave-arneson-s-true-genius
Goodreads, average 3.87 of 5
https://vimeo.com/249226380
Christian Madsen video...
4 weeks ago
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How to Play Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG: Creating Level 0 Characters
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The post How to Play Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG: Creating Level 0 Characters
appeared first on IndyGaming.
4 weeks ago
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Secrets of the Not-Dalluhn Manuscript
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The Beyond This Point be Dragons manuscript has had an interesting history
in the OSR community, a history marked both with fascinating revelations
and, at...
4 weeks ago
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D&D in the News (1978): Funny Dice in Iowa, with Zeb Cook
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"We're known down here as the strange people with the funny dice," begins
Bob Waltman, describing the reputation of the group that met at the
University ...
5 weeks ago
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The Charisma Check
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You’ve Got ChaRAZma!: The Charisma Check I’ve always felt Charisma got
short shrift as an attribute. Defining Charisma as personal magnetism and a
type of ...
1 month ago
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New titles at Black Blade Publishing booth at GaryCon X
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Black Blade Publishing will have a pile of new books and games available at
our GaryCon X booth at this year, with new titles from Black Blade as well
as...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
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UNFATHOMABLE PDF OUT TODAY
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CLICK ON THIS DriveThruRPG LINK
It's an old school Underworld setting and adventure location in the form of
a 108 pg PDF, souped up with hyperlinks (inc...
2 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...
3 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...
3 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...
4 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
5 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...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
10 months ago
Thanks for the OSR link.
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