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Retrospective: Broken Tree Inn - As one of the first licensees, Judges Guild was in its heyday, a highly prolific publisher, releasing not only scenarios and supplements for Dungeons & Dr...46 minutes ago
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Murder Hobos & The Power Of Friendship - So had a quick game of Lamentations/ BX mash up at game shop. Was intended for noobs but several bailed and two of my fa...1 hour ago
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The Conjunction of Fates - 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 ...3 hours ago
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Gamesmanship Examples - Which brings us to the subject of gamesmanship. Here I'll be suggesting techniques to "game" Dungeons and Dragons, in a way that does not contravene any r...4 hours ago
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Conqueror - Heroics & Ros 1/300 BM53 Conqueror Heavy TankHere's my Heavy Troop, all painted up and ready for the table. I've painted these guys in their peacetime *De...6 hours ago
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Isometric Dungeon #8: 2D to 3D - I've just posted isometric dungeon tutorial #8: how to convert a 2D map into a 3D isometric map.6 hours ago
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Pulp Era OSR Make Over For Advanced Dungeons & Dragons's Modue Dave J. Browne with Don Turnbull's UK1 The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh - "Desolate and abandoned, the evil alchemist's mansion stands alone on the cliff, looking out towards the sea. Mysterious lights and ghostly hauntings have ...10 hours ago
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Orc chief speed paint - finished - This guy - from this set - is all done. He just needs to dry and get a matte coating.13 hours ago
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Primary Passages into the Depths of the Earth - There are tunnels and passages that lead deep under the land to the ever-dark homes of the various so-called “deep … Continue reading →13 hours ago
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Some Servitors in the Unremembered City - The levels of artistry which the Naacals once reached in their engineering of automata might seem almost godlike to the crude intellect of 17th century man...14 hours ago
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[D&D] The trade road from Narwell to Verbobonc - Most trade in and out of the Wild Coast region of the *World of Greyhawk* goes by water, through the bustling seaport towns of Safeton, Fax, and Elredd. Ho...16 hours ago
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NEW MAGIC ITEM: SWORD +3, +5 VS REPTILES AND BIRDS - *Sword +3, +5 vs Reptiles and Birds:* XP VALUE: 1,500 GP VALUE: 7,50017 hours ago
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Three Weird Books - 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 ...19 hours ago
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A Magical Society Ecology and Culture Deal of the Day at OBS - It's only $8 for the next 24 hours, so grab it if you've an interest! (if you world build, you've probably an interest)19 hours ago
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MERP - Moria: The Dwarven City - *From the web:* *"Moria: The Dwarven City is a source book for ICEs Middle Earth Role Playing Game (MERP).* *This source book deals with the dwarven ci...19 hours ago
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Saving Sujeira’s Soul - By Ben Gibson Coldlight Press Pathfinder Levels 1-3 It is the year of our Lord 1452; the world is changing. But here in Village Sujeira, time seems to have...23 hours ago
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SCALING ARMOR for 5e D&D - 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....1 day ago
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I'm still here - Just wanted to inform everyone that I am still around. Just need to take a bit of a break. I'm still on said break. I just need to let my brain and body rest...1 day ago
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All for Ten Bucks - 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 ...1 day ago
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MCC: The Arrival - Goodman Games launched their kickstarter for Mutant Crawl Classics on June 24, 2016. Fulfillment was originally estimated for fall 2017 but after backer...1 day ago
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Eidolon mode - Ryuutama mechanizes a limited degree of referee fudging through a conceit where the referee plays a character called the ryuujin. In translation, this mean...1 day ago
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Norse Bestiary Alphabet - 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...2 days ago
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Take a U Turn - Here's a table when you need to take a campaign U turn. 1. A beloved NPC turns up dead the next morning. 2. A God falls from the sky, dead. It rains icho...2 days ago
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First Founding Frostgrave: Queen Gladys and her Knights of Numenor - Welcome back to the Vault for more Frostgrave fun! One of the quirkier side rules of the Rune Stone Race campaign is that players are awarded bonus XP for ...2 days ago
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B/X Essentials: Monsters -- Writing Complete! - 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...2 days ago
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This Old Dragon #109 - You know how some issues don't grab you at first, but something about them keeps at you and makes you keep coming back to them? They was me and this issu...2 days ago
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Book Notes: Albion's Seed, Part 3 - I'm going Albion's Seed, David Hackett Fischer's cultural history of the United States, and copying interesting and gameable content. In Part 1, I covered ...2 days ago
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[Three Hexes] The World of Below - *Campaign: **The Old Ones, they said that once we came from above, that we ruled the Abovebeyond and even something called "the skyz", but that we sinned a...2 days ago
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Isles of the Dead: Twine Edition - 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...3 days ago
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Fragments of the Great Inflorescence - Evlyn has sent out a bunch of these game-fragment objects What are we to make of this? There are three elements. - The Guilds themselves. - The Hexes. -...3 days ago
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5 Important Books - A discussion on Fantasy Faction raised the idea to put together lists of the most important books to your aspiration to write fantasy. As a means to get so...3 days ago
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Magic Item of the Week: Hammer of the Thunderbolt's Wrath - 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...3 days ago
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Vintage Gaming - 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 ...4 days ago
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Skepticism in the Age of Magic... - Skepticism is alive and well in the real world, where evidence for the supernatural is remarkably elusive. In ten-thousand years of history we've seen one...4 days ago
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Original Edition Role Playing Appreciation Day Festivities & Participation - *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...4 days ago
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CUKAHPI - 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 ...4 days ago
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[REVIEW] The Red Prophet Rises - *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...4 days ago
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Free GM Resource: Swords & Wizardry Light - [image: Free GM Resource: Swords & Wizardry Light] This week's Free GM Resource is a companion to another Free GM Resource from back in 2015...over three ye...5 days ago
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Inncursion A One Page Dungeon in Progress - So this year, I decided to try and build my one page dungeon instead of draw it, and here is the build in progress. (Notice my tray for catching water from...6 days ago
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On Divination - In doing my analyses of various early adventure modules, it strikes me that some of the things that players are expected to figure out are pretty damn imp...6 days ago
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Miscreated Creatures: Clackers - Less a race, and more a population of the diseased. Clackers are waist-height, with sticky purple skin, and an unpleasantly sweet smell. Needle spines grow...6 days ago
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A Lyonesse FRPG is coming! - 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 - 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 - 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...1 week 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 week ago
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A Micro Review of Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells - *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...1 week ago
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Cutting Edge Mercenaries of Bastion - 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....1 week ago
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Language Puzzle - 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...1 week ago
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Dragon Heresy – A Quick Review - +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 - 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 - 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 - 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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Hexes and the Curse of Indecision - Araminta "Cheeseburger" Denies Others Access to the Map So, you know those blog posts with maps in the last few months, let’s make some changes. But, w...2 weeks ago
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Small Details: Stairs - Stairs are a simple form of transportation. In dungeons, stairs often mean a transition. In many dungeons the deeper you go the more terrifying and dead...2 weeks ago
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How to Format a Bigass Table for Hex Describe Fast - 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...2 weeks ago
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Visual Summary of Hesep - 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...2 weeks ago
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Aeron Alfrey - Demon Studies, 2018 - [image: Demons 1 - 25] [image: Demons 26 - 50] Here's a selection from 50 ink and brush studies of demon heads now available to purchase, 25 dollar...2 weeks ago
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Sharing the Game: The Value of the Club - 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...3 weeks ago
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Monster Monday - Basilisk - 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...3 weeks ago
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BX Combined Rule Book Printed and Bound - 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...3 weeks ago
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Select Review Links for Dave Arneson's True Genius - 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 - 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 - 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...4 weeks ago
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D&D in the News (1978): Funny Dice in Iowa, with Zeb Cook - "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 - 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 - 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 - 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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The Chronicles of Nolenor – Play Report #5 - (Link to prior sessions) Real date: 9/24/17 In-game date: September 1st, EY632 PCs: Ambrose (Veteran – Fighter L1) Asher (Apprentice – Thief L1) … Continue...2 months ago
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UNFATHOMABLE PDF OUT TODAY - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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! ha5 months ago
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The OSR News - Revival Edition - *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 - *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 - 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 - 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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