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Class Struggles: The Alchemist - The Love Potion by Evelyn De MorganThought a Class Struggles might in order today. I have been thinking a lot about the Alchemist lately and thinking tha...8 hours ago
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Akashic Titan Kickstarter - Today I want to talk about a zine written and illustrated by my friend, Leighton Connor. I met Leighton, a fellow Ohio resident, at Gencon 2019. He is the ...9 hours ago
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Zines! Lapsus Calumni, issue 1 - Gods, time flies! Almost a decade ago my wife and daughters bought me an iPad as I was about to head back to Iraq for my second deployment. I had recently ...12 hours ago
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Reading Is Fundamental - Beyond Appendix N & Gary Gygax's 'D1-2 Descent Into the Depths of the Earth' - In 2019 my wife grabbed me several books that I've been wanting beyond the usual authors found in Appendix N of the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Drago...12 hours ago
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DCO Remastered - More Maps - I got sick as hell over the weekend, it was brutal. Anyway, that did not prevent us from adopting at least *some* of your feedback, and we have applied it ...12 hours ago
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We Has Met the Enemy Part Five - The Earth Defense force’s first attempt to build a battleship was classic Dunning-Kruiger effect. They had never built a battleship before. They had built ...19 hours ago
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Recent Gaming: Call of Cthulhu - *Call of Cthulhu* So my players after the usual rampage through America and England and Egypt robbing and burning cults property have been in Kenya. In th...21 hours ago
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Health Care - In a few days, my partner Tamara is going to be sworn in as a permanent resident in Canada. On that day she will receive the right to work, to own propert...1 day ago
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Lair of the Shorlee Wyrm - By James & Robyn George Olde House Rules OSR Lower Levels Years ago, a dragon was slain in the Shorlee hills, or so said the one surviving warrior who made...1 day ago
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What to do about Judges Guild? - I resisted making a post about Judges Guild for several days because I’d hoped against hope that Bob Bledsaw II would wise up and make an apology for his a...2 days ago
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Concerning Judges Guild, Further Developments - Today Robert Bledsaw II posted a message on the Judges Guild Game Company group on facebook. Below are the links where you can read it for yourself: A Priv...2 days ago
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Nifty things - Hey all! Sorry I've been basically MIA for awhile. I suppose this will be the usual catchup/what I'm excited about/ramble post. *THE LAST GOD* First up, ...2 days ago
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Shades of Evil - So what are Lawful Evil, Neutral Evil, and Chaotic Evil, exactly? The best way to conceptualise these alignments is, I think, to describe them as being cir...2 days ago
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Podcast Episode 28 - Lessons Learned and Campaign Happenings - A lot of games over the past couple of weeks, and some lessons learned as a DM! Come listen as I share about running boss battles, using random events in...2 days ago
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Where does 1d6 skill resolution originate? - In finally following up a bit on exploring some sort of OSR-based framework as a basis for the action figure combat game I'm currently calling Project 5....2 days ago
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Stonehell: Bandit Hunting - Session 117 was played on 1/5 Joho, Mystic 5 (Chris) Brother Dimetri Andropov, Cleric 3 (Jeff) Daton, Fighter 1 (Jay) Elwin, Elf 1 (Robert) Drolo & Kallo, l...2 days ago
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RSV Character Creation: The Hero - I think going through the rules of the Richard Snider Variant individually may be less instructive than working through them functionally, so we are going...3 days ago
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Richard Doyle (1824-1883) - [image: Richard Doyle - The Enchanted Fairy Tree (A Fantasy Based on The Tempest by William Shakespeare) Detail 2] [image: Richard Doyle - The Enchanted Fa...3 days ago
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Miskatonic Monday #34: A Fossil - Between October 2003 and October 2013, Chaosium, Inc. published a series of books for *Call of Cthulhu* under the Miskatonic University Library Association...3 days ago
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Arden Vul Cover! - Just got the cover in and think it looks properly epic! Also got the spine image to show what it's going to look like on shelves.3 days ago
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Sword of Destiny (book review) - Sword of destiny is the second book from "the Witcher" series, which rose to worldwide fame mostly because of the videogames and, now, the TV series. This ...4 days ago
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Power Armoured Paint: The Report Card - Welcome back to the Vault my fellow Frater. The First Founding Doubles Tournament feels like a long time ago, even though it's only been a week, and I've ...4 days ago
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Renovating the Monastery - Recasting the Classic DMG Dungeon in Greyhawk - Part 1 - [image: Wichita Greyhawk Campaigning] Wichita Greyhawk Campaigning I ran the unnamed sample monastery dungeon from the Dungeon Masters Guide for my eldest...4 days ago
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How To Stream With OBS - I mentioned online that I finally figured out how to stream and that it isn’t difficult, there’s just a lot of moving parts. I had one person ask me to s...5 days ago
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Happy Valentine's Day from HPL - H. P. Lovecraft (in a letter to J. Vernon Shea, 1934): "I didn't slop over in youthful romance, since I didn't believe -- and still don't -- in the existen...6 days ago
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d100 Secret Weaknesses - A table inspired by a recent session in which my players consulted a spymaster. They wanted to learn if the evil wizard they were about to confront had any...1 week ago
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Was Zuggtmoy’s Prison a Temple of the Eye? - Hey all! You didn’t think I was done examining the nooks and crannies of the Temple of Elemental Evil, Giants/Drow, and Elder Elemental God, were you? Well...1 week ago
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Forgotten Gems of the OSR – The Phoenix Barony - “Small but Mighty” is how I would describe The Phoenix Barony, a fantasy adventure setting by David Bezio, the creator … Continue reading →1 week ago
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ToAD Monster of the Week: Crocoman - Now that I'm back doing the blog thing I thought I would use Tome of Adventure Design to create monsters for The Black Hack. Using the monster tables in th...1 week ago
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Fireside Chat with Tenkar - Erik and I got together Sunday night and did one of his fireside chats. *Here is the link.* And that's what it was, a chat. More like two friends sitting ...1 week ago
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OSR: Iconodules, Iconoclasts, and 1d50 Holy Relics and Icons - Optional rule: PCs must be either an Iconoclast or an Iconodule. One sect usually enjoys official support, the other is persecuted with greater or lesser s...1 week ago
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Second Chance to Pledge to Electric Bastionland - Did you miss out on the Electric Bastionland kickstarter? You've got a second chance to get on board! Pre-orders are now live at the link below and will b...1 week ago
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Ram Kangaroo (revisited) - I painted one of these once before, in the colours I thought it would have appeared in the Italian campaign, but it turned out that the Kangaroo didn't c...1 week ago
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Modules? It's an OSR Thing... - Today we proudly introduce our newest product line: It's an OSR Thing! This will be a series of adventure modules for games in the old-school renaissance,...2 weeks ago
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Uniformity versus Genre: A Question of Rules - Well met, everyone! A discussion with a couple of friends of mine (Hi DM Jim and J. Spahn!) has got me to thinking about RPG rules, especially rules that...2 weeks ago
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Birds - What are birds? There are many who say that they don't exist, except as a conspiracy of the trees. *The Arovila and the Iphinno* The arovila is a sluggis...2 weeks ago
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[REVIEW] The Abandoned Tower - The (An) Abandoned Tower *The Abandoned Tower (2020)* by “Ed S” Published by FEI Games Inc Small, dodgy homebrew adventures are the realm of the pleasant s...3 weeks ago
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WIZARDS OF POHJOLA - Init +0 Melee Atk • sword or dagger +1 (1d5 or 1d3) Ranged Atk • hot iron sparks +3 (1d4+2 to two targets within 20' but not closer than 5') AC 14 HD 12d...3 weeks ago
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per request - In a comment to a previous post, Scott Anderson asked for a new batch of Vyzor-style henchmen. Here you go. I hope they serve you well! I'm pretty sure I ...3 weeks ago
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Consider Phlebas? I'd Rather Not, Thanks. - I can’t say I wasn’t warned. I’ve been hearing about Banks’ *Culture* novels for some time now. Whenever someone brings up neat future cultures or anthropo...4 weeks ago
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Heroic Legendarium By The Numbers - As I inch closer to completion of The Heroic Legendarium and have gotten to the point where the contents are pretty much finalized (I just need to finish w...5 weeks ago
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Gateway Survey Items - We closed the gateway RPG survey today. Below is a brief description of the survey items, number of responses, and some questions we can ask based on the d...1 month ago
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Strange, Dangerous, and Inhuman: The Fey and Fairie - When I was a boy I loved fairy tales. Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss in Boots, Rumpelstiltskin - I devoured all of it. My fascination that there was a strang...1 month ago
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My Kickstarter Task List - I recently made a list of all the tasks that I can remember doing while I ran the Kickstarter. I'm sharing it here in the hopes it helps someone who is thi...1 month ago
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Guidlines - tabletop RPG with a focus on character-focused world-building, group-led episodic storytelling, and streamlined combat. We’ve created a game that encourage...1 month ago
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Pulp Adventures and a general update - *Inside Baseball* The contract that keeps the lights on was not renewed so I have been looking for a new contract/gig/job. Unfortunately, blogging suffers f...1 month ago
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On Inside Downtime - What's in this thing? Well, there's some pictures of the table of contents. But what's *in* there? A procedural system that drives adventure and player en...2 months ago
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Merlynd the Magician: A Remembrance of Don Kaye, TSR's Co-Founder Now Available - LINK to Description and Ordering: https://www.tlbgames.com/collections/the-red-book-line/products/merlynd-the-magician2 months ago
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SPI - DragonQuest Rulebook - *From the back cover:* *The most powerful and comprehensive fantasy role-playing system is now even easier and more fun in the thoroughly revised se...2 months ago
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New Map of the Elf Empire and Southern Isles - I’ve been having fun developing a new map-drawing style that I think is finally reaching a certain level of maturity. And yeah, it owes a lot to Matthew Ad...2 months ago
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New AD&D Greyhawk Campaign Notes - I recently launched a new AD&D campaign on Fantasy Grounds. Although we're using the 2e ruleset FG released earlier this year, my only books for reference...3 months ago
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The Faithful - An Optional Archetype for Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells Revised Edition - Work on the revised edition of Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells is moving along. This will be a hefty tome, with a LOT of tools and new options to customize...3 months ago
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Free GM Resource: RPG Dice Roller v2.3 - [image: Free GM Resource: RPG Dice Roller v2.3] It's been a month since I've posted last...for reasons, but I'm prepared to come back to regular Free GM Res...3 months ago
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Dolmenwood Campaign Book: Planning Update - As work on the final digital rewards for the Old-School Essentials Kickstarter is entering the end stages, my thoughts are slowly returning to "the next bi...3 months ago
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Regimental Goats, Bounties, and Free Pasturage for All: News from the Hill Cantons Returns - We return to our regularly scheduled program of fortnightly updates from the Hill Cantons campaign. *And Now the News...* Agents of *Koza the Regimental ...3 months ago
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The Withered Crag custom print version for sale again - Just re-enabled the direct sales button for the custom print (classic style detached cover) version of F4 The Withered Crag, and also for F3 Many Gates of...4 months ago
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Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule - *As you know, I run public classic Dungeons & Dragons games at **The Loaded Die**/Metro Detroit Game Night's Board Game Nigh at **Dragonmead**, in Warren...5 months ago
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Saving Throw fundraiser fanzine for James D. Kramer - You may know Jim Kramer from his Usherwood Publishing modules & supplements, or his work helping produce works like OSRIC and Knockspell. You probably didn...5 months ago
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Home Sweet Home Azeroth - A very simple mash up of the World of Warcraft Cinematic Trailer and Classic Announcement set to Mötley Crüe “Home Sweet Home” from the Theatre of Pain a...5 months 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...7 months 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...7 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! ...9 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...9 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 ...10 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...11 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...11 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...1 year 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.1 year 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...1 year 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...1 year 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...1 year 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*...1 year 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...1 year 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 ...1 year 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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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...2 years 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...2 years ago
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