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Forgive me, but I really must ask. Of late, I cannot help but notice that
a significant number of readers are drifting through my doors from Tenkar's
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I Stand with Mandy.
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If you haven’t yet, please read these much better accounts written by more
relevant figures. Nothing I can say will be as valuable as what they’ve
said. Ma...
OSR: On Zak (Sabbath) Smith
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*If you're not sure what all this is about, Justin Stewart (Dragons Gonna
Drag) has an excellent summary post linking to several stories and accounts*.
You...
Froggy the Froghemoth
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This is the waterline remix I did of Miguel Zavala's froghemoth, along with
an old Essex 28mm wargaming figure I call Sergeant Measureby (his spear is
p...
DC ¡Lucha Explosiva!
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I don't throw the word need around a lot when it comes to action figures,
but I NEED these. The set features Luchador versions of Batman, Superman,
Wonder ...
Random friday
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A bunch of things on my mind today.
First things first, our favourite anchorcaster Colin "Spikepit" Green
released his 100th episode! and it's absolutely f...
Structures of the Apocalypse: Part 1
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I have been playing fallout shelter lots.
So more detailed bunker generators required for gaming.
While working offline from phone tether my machine u...
XRP in a Bundle of Holding
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I'm pleased to say that our One on One Adventures Compendium is part of a Bundle
of Holding, the Bundle of Holding for Two #2.
This bundle focuses on games...
Frostgrave Barbarians and Cultists
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Instead of watching the Superbowl, I spent the evening working on some more
Frostgrave plastics. I built 5 barbarians, and 5 cultists. I should
probably ac...
Role Aids: Psionics
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*From the back cover:*
*Since the dawn of time, man has dreamed of having power over the universe
around him...*
*This sourcebook makes this dream a re...
Friday Fantasy: Shadowbrook Manor
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If Idol of the Orcs, the first official scenario to be published by Goblinoid
Games for use with its retroclone, Labyrinth Lord, was disappointing and
fam...
Plot Points…the reverse of Victory Points?
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Greetings, First my apologies for over 2 weeks without a post. There were
extenuating circumstances, but in the end they are irrelevant. I am a
humble cur....
Free GM Resource: World Anvil
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[image: Free GM Resource: World Anvil]
I know I'm a couple days late here, but this week's Free GM Resource is
something one of my GMs uses and I thought th...
Just Do It
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I went through a phase, as a wee sprog, of wanting to be a writer, and so I
read a lot of books on the topic of "How to Write". I stopped, though, and
don'...
Our Game Spaces are a Reflection of Us
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CW/TW - brief mention of sexual assault issues.
Yea, this post is because of the revelations of abuse by former girlfriends
Mandy, Vivka and Hannah of Zak ...
Lake Geneva Days, Still Writing
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I have been spurred to remember--due to the recent explosion of those
accusing Zak S. of his many abuses--one of the reasons that I am writing *Lake
Geneva...
Building An Encouraging And supportive Community
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I have been honored by some of my Twitter followers for my positive
presence there. On Twitter, I have been mentioned as one of the positive
influences i...
Old-School Essentials: First Pass Layouts Finished!
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Phew! Today, I completed the first pass layout of the fifth and final book
in the "classic fantasy" *Old-School Essentials* line. That means I have
the fol...
Party Roles for Players and Legacy Points
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A friend of mine is writing a really great game centered around mercenary
guilds and how to handle them in an Old School RPG kind of way. His name is Feli...
How Oldschool is Oldschool?
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Years ago there where two sites that listed all the recent posts of private
RPG websites. Both have disappeared a while back, as far as I know, but
Alex Sc...
Witchburner
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By Luka Rejec Hydra Cooperative OSR … It’s an intimate, tragic adventure of
witch hunting in a town huddled between rivers and mountains and forests
one we...
Thank You, Mandy
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With a single post, Mandy Morbid has done more to improve my optimism about
the gaming community than any single act I can remember.
As is overwhelmingly t...
Tolkien trailer
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The first trailer for the forthcoming biopic of J.R.R. Tolkien is now
available for your viewing pleasure (all 55 seconds of it). You can watch
it, and rea...
Trap Tuesday - Outside the Dungeon
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So far we have been talking about dungeon traps. But, traps are a wide and
varied subject. Today, we're going to talk about a different kind: the
political...
Encouraging Exploration
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I somehow managed to poison myself with food. I feel like crap but you win
because now I've got nothing better to do than make posts on my blog. Yay!
This...
Top Dungeons and Dragons News
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We should remember the past, lest. . .
If it were a fad, you wouldn't be reading about it right now.
Dungeons & Dragons was always a fast starter. The firs...
OSR Discord Tricks
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So the *OSR Discord* is undergoing some changes as we get more and more
people hopping on board. We're now over 1,300 strong.
I got some useful feedback on...
The TAGMAR universal table
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Look at this beautiful thing (source):
It is an "universal" table (used for skills, combat, etc.) from the
Brazilian RPG Tagmar (supposedly based on Star ...
Kickstarter: Cade's Big Book o' Booze
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Cade's Big Book o' Booze is an alcohol related zine for use with Dungeons &
Dragons 5th edition.
Justin Isaac of Halls of the Nephilim is the head writer f...
You Should Read This
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To anyone asking if I've seen this post by Many Morbid about Zak Smith.
Yes I've seen it. I believe it. I didn't see any of these events take place
but the...
Profane and Profound Prep Part 2
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This is part 2 of my work to edit my magic items for a DMsGuild release,
along with adding cursed items along the way. Here is part 1. Bone of a
Saint 8000...
The OSR News: February 9, 2019
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The Merciless Merchants return and someone turned me onto a free Tolkien
RPG zine. And speaking of zines, the little buggers are taking over
Kickstarter! D...
Dream Cover - In Search of the Unknown
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Frank Frazetta was born this day February 9, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY. I'm
dedicating this "Dream Cover" post to him.
In Dream Cover posts I imagine being the...
Franklin Cascaes (1908 - 1983)
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[image: 4 - invenção de contos]The Nightmare, 1969
[image: 4 - invenção de contos]O Boitata, 1968
[image: 4 - invenção de contos]Witch of the Modern Times,...
DCC: The Queen of Elfland's Son
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The band continued their adventures with *DCC #97 - The Queen of Elfland's
Son*. After surviving the horrors of Brandolyn Red, the peasant
adventurers ...
Signposts and x-cards
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People have developed a lot of systems to manage conflict, such as laws and
courts. It is good that people can appeal to courts and other
bureaucracies. So...
A Great World map for Blackmoor
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*....Dave Arneson decided to begin a medieval fantasy campaign game for his
active Twin Cities club. From the map of the "land" of the "Great Kingdom"
and ...
[ZINE] 2019 Shipping Cost Changes
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*TL;DR version: *Due to recent changes in postal tariffs, my store has
switched to a flat $6.50 shipping fee as of 4 February. Shipping for single
items wi...
We Has Met the Enemy Part Four
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With the Triumph en route to the Flying Dutchman, the Martian Admirals saw
an opportunity to at once cripple Earth's Asteroid Belt operations and
destroy t...
Exquisite Dungeon
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Yesterday while we were waiting for some of the usual gang to arrive at The
Dungeon Tower FLGS it occurred to me that we were trying to run a long-run
ca...
D&D's 45th Birthday
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Back when D&D turned 40 in 2014, I put up a post about the date I favored
for celebrating its anniversary: the last Sunday in January. Today, January
27,...
The State of Religion in Centerra
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This is a primer on religion in Centerra.
I'm writing partially for me, since I want a good grasp on religions before
I publish rules for GLOG clerics.
An...
[D&D] Reflecting on the Hall of Many Panes
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Shortly after the turn of the century, Gary Gygax's posts to his email list
and on message boards began talking about a new adventure he was running in
his...
More Classic Traveller Goodness!
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DriveThruRPG now has the Classic Traveller title, The Traveller Book
available in PDF and Print on Demand from Game Designer's Workshop!
Last Post
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I finally published my new website at,
https://www.gothridgemanor.com/blog
For those who have a blog roll, it would be cool if you could updated my
addre...
Battle Report: Warhammer 40K, Guards v. Orks
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As we continue the odyssey of learning W40k live Jack and I fought mano a
mano where he had Orks and I had the IG.
We decided to leave doctrines and stra...
B/X Mummy Rot
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I did not care for any of the versions of Mummy Rot I found around the web,
so I made my own B/X version. A little softer initially, and I think it
allows ...
The Elves of 74'...
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As much as we like AD&D's multi-classing rules, they weren't exactly a
master class in technical elegance. But they weren't all that bad either
because; r...
SHORT BREAK.
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I'm going to take a break for a week or so and will start up again in the
New Year. Thanks for reading and we'll start with Level 6 when I get back.
Tsillodeed of 0
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So I saw this amazing picture a while back by my now favorite artist Dirk
Detweiler Leichty and immediately got this idea for an adventure which I
ran that...
Art & Arcana review Barnes & Noble version
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This review of the "exclusive" Barnes & Noble edition of *Dungeons &
Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History* supplements Trent Foster's detailed
review of ...
Iain Lovecraft, 3D Sculptor
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Nope, it's got nothing to do with Cthulhu. I just did a video conversation
with Iain Lovecraft, who designs 3D miniatures and terrain. If you're not
doin...
New website!
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Slowly but surely, all the content here will make its way — in updated
form! — to my new website: timbannock.com. For fairly obvious reasons, that
site wil...
check this out
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I am right now in a workshop on gamification in faculty development. I
just took this interesting quiz on gamer type:
https://gamified.uk/UserTypeTest2016...
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 (RSS feed is
h...
Fleshing Out Lord of Heaven
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I've been thinking more about Lord of Heaven. I want space opera, but I
want everything to feel mossy and overgrown. Yoda's planet, not the Death
Star. Feu...
Review: Tiny Dungeon 2e
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After reading *Eorathril *and *For Coin & Blood*, Gallant Knight Games has
really become a publisher I respect for their OSR work. Seriously, they do
OSR r...
Total Sales for WB:FMAG
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Hi Folks,
It's been a long time since I provided an update for the sales of White
Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game.
*LULU*
Print: 396
PDF: 433
*OBS*...
How can We Destroy this Campaign World?
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d12
1. You must trick a bard into strumming the *Chords of Fate* on the *Lute
of Annihilation*
2. Legends tell of thermonuclear weapons beneath megadungeo...
My Recent Trip to the Land of Make Believe
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Happy Friday to all the eyeballs that fall here! Let's start the day with
a fresh podcast, maybe something a bit longer, with two people having a
convers...
Mord Mar - Session 6
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We weren't able to play Mord Mar last week, due to a family funeral. This
week we played on Monday for the first time, due to kids returning to
school and ...
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....
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Aw, don't drag Scrooge MacDuck into K's mess. Unlike Kenny, he made his money "square."
ReplyDeleteI agree, Scrooge is the real deal.
ReplyDeleteNow, a Flintheart Glomgold shirt...
bwahaaa
ReplyDeleteTo quote the new Ducktales:
ReplyDeleteGLOMGOLD: Take an idea. Put your name on it...
OK you all are killing me. I just had to wikipedia Glomgold. Because I didn't remember that character at all. (Shakes fist at interwebs) :-)
ReplyDeleteReading that upside down, I didn't take the middle word as "dice", at first glance. And, you may take that as you will.
ReplyDeleteJeff, appropriate misread by you should have added "golf" before pencil. :-)
ReplyDeleteAre there any dollar-coins in the United States??
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