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We Are Clones (in Autoduel 1st edition) - "I'm a clone, I know it and I'm fine. I'm one and more are on the way." - Alice Cooper, "Clones" The *Car Wars* universe dealt with character death by makin...5 hours ago
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Retro Review CM2 Death's Ride by Garry Spiegle For Companion Dungeons & Dragons And Your Old School Campaigns - GRAB IT RIGHT HERE A King's Commission leads to danger! All communication with the barony of Twolakes Vale has ceased. King Ericall, worried about the secu...6 hours ago
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Seeking an RPG - The year is 1765. King George III is mad. In France, hunters not only tracked down and discovered the Beast of Gevaudan, but found the region infested with...10 hours ago
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Old-School Essentials Class Layout - A few people have been making their own B/X classes in the Old-School Essentials style recently, which is wonderful to see! My hope is that once the game i...11 hours ago
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map: cavern 02 - Map made available to the public through the support of amazing backers on Patron, for more information visit https://www.patreon.com/msjackson/ This work ...12 hours ago
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My Campaign Turns 40 Years Old - There is a bit of an argument; I thought I started Seaward on August 18, 1979 but my old friend George (who played a ranger) insists it was the 11th. ...13 hours ago
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#RPGaDAY2019: One - Today's topic is *One*. Every so often the topic comes up of what RPG would you choose if you could only choose one. If I over-think it, it becomes hard. ...17 hours ago
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(5e) Darkest Dream - Alphinius Goo Gooey Cube LLC 5e Level 1 The Darkest Dream begins the epic tale of a group of Hanataz youth who are charged with working security for the la...19 hours ago
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grodog interview on Twitch TV, Sunday 18 August @ 7:30pm EDT - Jay Scott, one of the gamers I know in South Jersey, runs a Twitch TV channel dedicated to his 30+ year 1e campaign set in the World of Greyhawk. While ...1 day ago
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Magical Industrial Revolution - Kickstarter Update + Public Domain Tips - As of this post, *we're just below 300% funding on the M.I.R Kickstarter!* Hooray! If you missed the announcements, *all initial stretch goals have been c...1 day ago
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Backgrounds of Xor - Some quick weird life story tables for Xor - the land of meat and wonder! Picture above shows meat in it's purest form mined from Xor. *d12 I was born....*...1 day ago
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New Kickstarter (That I'm Backing): 3D Printable Fantasy Dwarven Mine RPG Dungeon Tiles - [image: New Kickstarter (That I'm Backing): 3D Printable Fantasy Dwarven Mine RPG Dungeon Tiles] This morning I decided I had to back a new Kickstarter for ...2 days ago
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I Will Roll Deep - If you are in you better be in all the way. Thusly I have placed the Raven-People for Zoiterra, the Animal-People continent made up itself of nations on t...2 days ago
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For a "Western" Yoon-Suin - I am working on a project I think of as *The Meeting of the Waters*, which is a setting book taking the approach of Yoon-Suin but allowing the creation of ...2 days ago
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Want detailed weapons and armor? Try Mythras - You know this blog is mostly about D&D stuff. Nowadays, I play only D&D or my own games (like Dark Fantasy Basic), but these are also inspired by D&D. But ...3 days ago
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Rulebook art? - What is the minimum necessary amount of art for an rpg rulebook? I know that (with the notable exception of the original "little black book" edition of Tra...3 days ago
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Star Frontiers SF2: Starspawn of Volturnus - *From the web:* *Two weeks to save a world...* *Since you crash-landed here, Volturnus has been a planet of constant surprise and peril. You defe...3 days ago
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Stonehell: Charmed, I'm sure! - Session 103 was played on 7/20 Eiric, wizard 8 (Kat) Brie, wizard 5 (Apprentice to Eiric) A-A-Ron, Thief 7 (Henchman) (stayed in town) Orpheus, Human Fighte...3 days ago
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Nashorns Galore - Battlefront's offering, assembled and painted many years agoI've been taking advantage of Zachary Kavulich's prolific 3d modelling labour to print some mid...4 days ago
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Ten Commandments of the OSR... - (1) The OSR is an attempt to preserve, promote, and/or revive old-school games. (2) Its aims can be met by playing these early games, but also by publis...4 days ago
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Oskar Laske (1874-1951) - [image: Oskar Laske - Pandora’s Box]Pandora’s Box [image: Oskar Laske - Pharsalic Fields , 1919]Pharsalic Fields , 1919 [image: Oskar Laske - Witches' Sabb...4 days ago
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On Print Megadungeon #4 - The white text isn't on the print cover!Just a note to everyone to say that the print version of Megadungeon #4 is now available. The .pdf comes free with...4 days ago
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[BLOG] More Adventures in Morthimion & The Sideways Level - *[Spoiler-free, player-safe section]* One of the fun things about *The Ryth Chronicle* – perhaps the single most useful document of early OD&D play, and m...4 days ago
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OSRIC and Dangerous Dungeons - Some good news for old-school gamers! Thanks to ‘Pres-Gas’, there is now a Wiki for OSRIC (*Old School Reference and Index Compilation*)—the ‘retro-clone’ ...5 days ago
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Wherefore Gorgeous Hardcovers? - Noisms asks, “How did the publishing model for RPG books, particularly OSR ones, become so skewed towards high-production values and hence high costs?” For...5 days ago
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The Engine of On a Red World Alone - Three and a half years ago I began a Rules as Written LotFP game set on post apocalyptic Mars, and called it “On a Red World Alone.” Bit by bit each rule w...5 days ago
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Adventures Great and Glorious Now Available - The time has come! The long-awaited Adventures Great and Glorious book is now available! It includes rules for clearing territory and building stronghold...6 days ago
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The Finger - I have been doing some soul searching since yesterday morning, the impetus of which began with Bill Maher's show on Friday night. Rest assured, this isn'...6 days ago
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The OSR rolls saves at +20 - There's been a few discussions latetly about the OSR being dead. https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/episodes/E448---The-OSR-is-Dead--All-Hail-the-OSR---Plus--We-a...6 days ago
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How I introduce new or returning characters - One thing that keeps a campaign going is new blood. Players move on, or life happens and they have to step away from the table, and you find replacements....1 week ago
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An Empty Chair at the Table - Hello all, A few days ago I was informed that a friend of mine passed away. I’ve known friends that died before, but this was a different experience. No de...1 week ago
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D&D Stream For Extra Life - In just over two weeks, on Saturday, August 24th, I will participate in a fundraiser for Extra Life in a Twitch streamed series of D&D games ran by diffe...1 week ago
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Regimental Reporting: Last Stand at Glazer's Creek Part 2 - Welcome back to the Officers Mess! I've been preparing for the upcoming Glazer's Creek game by painting some more Cadian models; my labours resulting in a...1 week ago
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RIVAL PARTY - THIEF - Init +5 Melee Atk • scythe +5 (1d6+2) AC 13 HD 7d6 MV fly 90 Act 1d20 SP giant-sized, regeneration, smothering Fort +5 Ref +8 Will +3 AL C *RIVAL PARTY: ...1 week ago
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Cosmic Monster: Geminoids - This is a continuation of my series on the non-Euclidean, this time a non-Euclidean monster. Imagine a 2-dimensional world, full of 2-dimensional castle an...1 week ago
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Time Lapse of 2019 Goodman Games Gen Con Booth Set Up - I took some pictures while helping to set up the Goodman Games Gen Con 2019 booth, and tried making a time lapse, animated gif. Would have been awesome t...1 week ago
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Fantasy Medieval Style Law. Part 2 - *The Arrest* As Sigurt and Thil enter Lado's shop, the one of the two Greene men following them runs to tell Aldus and Marcus where Sigurt is. Unfortunatel...2 weeks ago
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Monster Flashback - Since this blog is now over 10 years old I've been looking back through cringes of shame at those early posts. Is there any merit in that old material? Can...2 weeks ago
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Dungeoneering Blog - I've been spending some time over the past week to consolidate and clean up my various online presences. There was a time I went blog crazy. Blogger makes ...2 weeks ago
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Free Futura Clone Used in the Quickstarts – Universalis ADF Font - I’ve been using a free version of the Futura font (the font used in many early TSR publications) called Universalis … Continue reading →4 weeks ago
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D&D Sling Damage vs. Large Targets - In many early editions of D&D, weapons were assigned two damage values: one for small/medium targets (i.e. man-sized) and one for large targets (giants and...4 weeks ago
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Adventurers are the Measure - φησὶ γάρ που ‘πάντων χρημάτων μέτρον’ ἄνθρωπον εἶναι, ‘τῶν μὲν ὄντων ὡς ἔστι, τῶν δὲ μὴ ὄντων ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν.’ —Plato, Theaetetus When designing a scenario o...4 weeks ago
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Living in the Netherlands means Learning Dutch - Since were in the Netherlands now, we need to know Dutch, so we're starting with at-home free learning services before entering a language school. Currentl...4 weeks ago
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Lost Tombs update - No game last weekend or this coming weekend, as I am travelling the highways and byways of America with my family. I might be able to schedule a weekday s...5 weeks ago
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Radegast Speaks: Ask Me Anything about the Hill Cantons - I've been fielding a lot of questions by email and DM on the various books of the Hill Cantons (Slumbering Ursine Dunes, Fever-Dreaming Marlinko, Misty I...5 weeks ago
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Megadungeon Design Journal #1 - Wherein I begin a journey of megadungeon proportions! The post Megadungeon Design Journal #1 appeared first on Omens and Portents.5 weeks ago
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Froghole Dungeon Part One - Around March of 2013 I began a "by the book"campaign dungeon project as an outgrowth of the "Setting up a Proper Dungeon" article published in issue. The i...1 month ago
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U-Con Event Submission is Open! - It's event submission time for U-Con! As the OSR Track and Tekumel Track event coordinator I am looking for Referees, Judges and Dungeon Masters to come ...1 month ago
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The Hero's Journey: Words Matter - So, as I'm sitting here editing *The Hero's Journey, Second Edition* I wanted to talk a bit about the game's focus in both this version and the first editi...1 month ago
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Offworlders - Play Session with Daughter - Player: Amelie (12 years old) Character: Jade Abilities: Ghost, Blast Gear: Light Armor, Light Blaster on wrist, Medium Blaster Sidearm Mission: Respond t...1 month ago
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Exorcists For Hire - Three months back I wrote about giving quest givers some kind of existing relationship to the PCs to make adventures more personal and to create a stronger...1 month ago
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The Withered Crag available now - I just enabled the sale of the PDF version of The Withered Crag at DriveThruRPG a few minutes ago, and the custom print version will be available starting...2 months ago
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Compendium: 48 Hours Left - We're now in the final 48 hours of the compendium Kickstarter campaign. This is your last chance to sign up for the limited edition hardcover book. Generou...2 months ago
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CASTLE GREYFALKUN™ UPDATE - *Castle Greyfalkun™ Organization* *© 1973-2019. Robert J. Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.* *North 2** Mordenkaine's Menagerie* *North 3** The Terrible Tunnels...2 months ago
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Good Referee Practices - Preview of SS&SS 2e Chapter - Part III - *Now for the last part of this preview of Good Referee Principles that will be part of the Running the Game chapter of the revised edition of Sharp Swords...2 months ago
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Annihilation Rising Goes live - The latest in Fail Squad Games’ Quick Kick projects has gone live and needs your support!! This project is only running 11 days and ends on 5/28/2019! ...2 months ago
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Mysthea (something epic this way comes) - [image: Mockup of the hardback book] *An ancient, crystal-encrusted planet is rocked by war. As Kingdom fights Empire and the borderlands are caught in th...3 months ago
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James A. Smith, Jr. Memorial Video - A beloved father, devoted friend, and D&D Dungeon Master extraordinaire. We miss you! To view video, click here Memorial Video Note - The original video...3 months ago
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Trap Tuesday: A step back - I will get back to Tomb of Horrors soon. I found a topic that was interesting enough to take a break. While interacting in a 5E group on Facebook I talked ...4 months ago
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Session 4: Into the Wolf Creek Ruins - Session 4 is in the books. This is the first session with @erik tenkar and @Jason Hobbs, along with @Joethelawyer and @Matt Jackson. The party is unravelin...4 months ago
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Let's Talk About Pacing! - The idea, I think, is that the RPG is ultimately about the long game. Even rolling back to the early days of Basic & Expert, the goal of the player was...4 months ago
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Gary Con XI - Another Gary Con is in the books. Sticking to tradition, I roomed with the same guys as last year (Judge Jeff of Spellburn and Appendix N, weird illustrat...5 months ago
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The Complete OD&D Illusionist - The Illusionist in *Dungeons & Dragons *was created by Peter Aronson, an early Boston-area fan. In 1975, Aronson submitted an initial description of Illu...5 months ago
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Somebody stop me - This system is basically an unholy hybrid of Into the Odd and a few of my previous experiments here and here. Design goals: - Remove hit points - Ti...5 months ago
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New Reference & Handout Pack available for The Hyqueous Vaults - From the Better-Late-Than-Never Department, I just uploaded a Reference & Handout Pack for The Hyqueous Vaults, that includes an un-keyed map for virtual t...6 months ago
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Profane and Profound Prep Part 2 - 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...6 months ago
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We Has Met the Enemy Part Four - 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...6 months ago
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SHORT BREAK. - 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.7 months ago
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Iain Lovecraft, 3D Sculptor - 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...8 months ago
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New website! - 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...9 months ago
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Please Update Your Link! - 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...9 months ago
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Total Sales for WB:FMAG - 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*...10 months ago
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How can We Destroy this Campaign World? - 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...10 months ago
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Mord Mar - Session 6 - 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 ...11 months ago
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A Small, Quiet Plea - 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 year ago
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E is for Earths - ...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 year ago
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Don’t Sleep It’s Broken - 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 year ago
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The Warlock's Tower - *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...1 year ago
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Swords & Wizardry Light-Themed Birthday Party - 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...1 year ago
Congratulations Reese!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Reese, no I am off to order a copy.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Reese, no I am off to order a copy.
ReplyDeleteCongrats Reese, and purchased...
ReplyDeleteWoo Hoo! Thank you Erik! Email on it's way...
ReplyDeleteYay Reese!!
ReplyDeleteNot to be a noodge, but since i haven't seen/heard anything I just wanted to check if you got my email, Erik. Thanks again - I'm just eager to dig into this lovely beast. :-)
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