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Free Old School Halloween One Page Dungeon - Dungeon From A Distant Star From Robertson Games- For Your Old School Space Opera & D&D Campaigns - "Buried underground for hundreds of years lies a spaceship from the 3rd planet in the Altair system. While heavily damaged, the ship still has power for ma...1 hour ago
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Willow & Tara: NIGHT SHIFT Veterans of the Supernatural Wars - It was really only a matter of time before I got around to posting this. One of my personal goals with NIGHT SHIFT was to be able to create any characte...2 hours ago
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Artist Spotlight: Jeremy Hart - Jeremy Hart is not an artist that is going to give you a standard goblin or an angry face orc. Jeremy gives you nightmares. I've been using his work for ...3 hours ago
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Objectives I - In the first years after Dungeons & Dragons came on the scene, the problem of how to explain what the game is and how it's played proved to be a conundru...1 day ago
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Kitbash Attitude - Working on *GRIMLITE* keeps me thinking about the connection between RPGs (especially the type that I enjoy and make) and miniature wargames. I'm especi...1 day ago
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