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Blogs of Inspiration & Erudition
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Death In the Skies - Actual Pulp Era Campaign Event Five
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In the concrete canyons of New York a battle raged tonight as planar
elemental micro cannons blazed against small group of Grey scout ships high
about the ...
10 minutes ago
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Alternative Restocking for DF
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Yesterday I mentioned I was basically doing less rolling and more decisions
about what monsters go where when I restock. And putting in less in general.
An...
6 hours ago
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MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FOUR 106 MORGUE.
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106 MORGUE. The room is bitter cold. The walls hold banks of cabinets for
holding bodies in a horizontal position. These cabinets are three high
(stacked o...
8 hours ago
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A City Full of Sinners Review
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A City Full of Sinners is the game master's guide for The Vigilante Hack.
It's roughly the same size as the core book. While you don't need it to run
a gam...
8 hours ago
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OSR: Hypothetical Time Periods
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Time is another dimension.
Deep Time is weird. Recorded history is a blip at the end of a very long
track. Tyrannosaurus lived closer to the Pyramids than ...
8 hours ago
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Paint a Kangaroo on an Italian
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I made this picture in response to somebody on the Facebook 6mm wargaming
and terrain page who was enquiring about making decals for the kangaroos
painted...
9 hours ago
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Putting Down Roots
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The comments upon the previous post, What Good are Town Maps?, brought up
some points I mean to take up ... but I feel I need to make it clear that
the rea...
9 hours ago
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EMO Light - House Rules for Planet Psychon
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Psychon book has had some editing and more coming through shortly I hope so
weekend I get back will re layout psychon with fixes and some edits. Will
do ...
12 hours ago
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Review of Jeffersontown Setting Guide for DARK PLACES & DEMOGORGONS
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*Note: I was given a awesome free copy of the setting. Also note that I
put Affiliate links within this document. Thanks Eric! This is wonderful. *
*Pu...
12 hours ago
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This Old Dragon #153
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Going into a bit of a mystery era for me. It is January 1990, the 90s are
officially here. *Born on the Fourth of July* is still in theatres, but
the mu...
12 hours ago
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[Three Hexes] The Iron Child
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*Campaign: **Where there was once peace and prosperity, now there is war
and famine, and all wonder if the cloud of evil that has lain over the
Great Yello...
17 hours ago
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MERP - Umbar: Haven of the Corsairs
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*From the web:*
*"Umbar: Haven of the Corsairs is a MERP (Middle Earth Role-Playing)
Campaign Module published by Iron Crown Enterprises. The game modul...
19 hours ago
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Witch Bolt for Rules Cyclopedia
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The zombie lumbered toward Fulhoff, arms outstretched, necrotic energy
oozing off its body like the flesh sagging off its bones. Behind him the
wight laugh...
20 hours ago
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Migration Underway
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Hey all!
Just a quick note that the migration to the www.greyhawkgrognard.com site
has begun. New content will be posted there, rather than the Blogger sit...
1 day ago
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[D&D] [Greyhawk] The heavens above
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The heavenly bodies above Oerth are mentioned in various evocative snippets
spread throughout the canon, but those details are often vague, sometimes
contr...
1 day ago
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Into the Borderlands review
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Into the Borderlands is a hardcover compilation of the training modules B1
and B2, both originally published in 1979, along with conversions for fifth
edit...
1 day ago
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Savage Worlds - Saturday Morning Savages
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I am currently taking a break from the traditional d20 (D&D) style of
gaming. And in doing so I discovered Savage Worlds for the first time. For
$10 you ca...
1 day ago
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Navron’s Sinister Stair
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By Mark L. Chance Spes Magna Games S&W Levels 2-4 Old-timers still speak of
Narvon the Charmer, albeit in hushed tones, as if the long-dead cleric
might he...
1 day ago
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Debbie's Screwing the Ankheg from the Mailroom (or Gaming's Only Sorta Like Storytelling)...
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So you woke up to rain hammering your window like a million tiny castanets
in time to an invisible (and doubtless sadistic) Spanish dancer. You
wanted to ...
2 days ago
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After a War
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There is a sub-genre of fiction (detective fiction usually) which is set in
the aftermath of a war. A nonexhaustive list of this includes films such as *The...
2 days 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...
2 days ago
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Reflection in a Polished Cheese - A Review of Operation Unfathomable
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I backed this on Kickstarter and put off reading it until the hardcopy
arrived, which it did a few days ago.
*tldr;* I didn't really like it as much as I w...
2 days ago
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Secondary Passages into the Depths of the Earth
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While most traffic into the depths of the earth tries to stick to the
primary passages, there are those who …
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2 days ago
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Lunch Time Podcast About Disorganization
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I like Anchor because when I'm on lunch I can grab my phone flap my lips
for a short time and make a quick podcast. However, I lost all my back
episodes ...
3 days ago
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Yodeling For Yokels or The Further Misa(d&)dventures
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This is the one of those posts that points out the lack of current posts.
Over the last week or three, there has been postponed Labyrinth Lord
(twice, one ...
3 days ago
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Free GM Resource: Les' Wash Recipe
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[image: Free GM Resource: Les' Wash Recipe]
I'm being quite selfish with this week's Free GM Resource, which is
basically just some free information that wi...
3 days 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...
4 days 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...
4 days 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...
4 days 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’...
4 days 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 …
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4 days 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. ...
4 days 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 ...
4 days 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.
5 days 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 ...
5 days 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....
6 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 ...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
1 week 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...
1 week 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...
1 week 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 ...
1 week 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...
1 week 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 ...
1 week 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...
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...
2 weeks 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 weeks 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...
2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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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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...
3 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...
3 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...
4 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...
4 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...
5 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
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Big Easy Noir
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*Deadlands: The Weird West*, the alternate history Wild West/horror RPG
published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group is so good that it merited an
Origins Aw...
3 years ago
:( No LL related specials?
ReplyDeleteDyson, my whole catalogue is on sale.
DeleteThe labyrinth lord specials are here: http://www.rpgnow.com/rpg_gmsday.php?filters=0_0_31807_0_0_31817 But they are not particularly exciting.
ReplyDeleteI mean surely folks already HAVE Magical Theorems and Dark Pacts because not having it would be truly ridiculous. And Dysons Delves 1&2 make extremely handy books to have around, especially when the characters make an unexpected turn far away from the prepped evening.
Surely everyone has the Dungeon Alphabet, and I've already placed the Frozen Fortress of the Winter Warlord on my campaign map, though my players don't realize it yet. ANd I have a bunch of the character classes already (the ones I plan to make available)...
Okay mabye it's just not exciting for me.
Slumbering Ursine Dunes is awesome. And would you believe I only picked up the Dungeon Alphabet for the first time this week?
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