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Blogs of Inspiration & Erudition
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Defendor (2010)
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Synopsis: By day Arthur holds traffic signs, but by night he is the hero,
Defendor. As Defendor he prowls the streets looking for his arch nemesis,
Captain...
5 hours ago
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Less aggressive restocking of Felltower?
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For my GURPS DF / DFRPG game Felltower, I've generally been fairly
aggressive on the restock. I check the real-world gap between games and
make my rolls an...
5 hours ago
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Monsters, Mayhem, & OSR Urban Dungeon Ecology For Your Old School Campaigns
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There are times when a certain aesthetic is called for the monsters in a
game setting & for me bizarre is the norm not the exception.
Yesterday/early this ...
7 hours ago
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What Good are Town Maps?
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As I write this, I have 22 pages left to move from the old wiki to the new;
with 1,136 pages moved. Hard work accomplishes miracles.
These last nine weeks...
9 hours ago
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OSR: Multiclassing in the GLOG
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The GLOG makes multiclassing ridiculously easy. All classes have 4
templates (A, B, C, and D). You get one per level (1-4) and you have to
take them in ord...
10 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...
12 hours ago
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MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FOUR 105 HALL OF COLUMNS.
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105 HALL OF COLUMNS. The stone pillars are carved to resemble scowling
Triskelions, all except for the one labeled 'X', which has a laughing
Triskelion fac...
13 hours 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...
16 hours 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...
16 hours 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...
16 hours 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...
20 hours ago
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MERP - Treasures of Middle-Earth
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*From the web:*
*"Treasures of Middle Earth is a MERP (Middle Earth Role-Playing) Source
Book published by Iron Crown Enterprises. This an encycloped...
20 hours ago
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Countdown to Infinity War: Black Panther
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So because I got a free movie ticket for my birthday, I went and caught
Black Panther again in the theater Sunday morning, since it doesn't come
out on DVD...
21 hours ago
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Meet The Freaks of Planet Psychon
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This is a recap of the player characters at end of session
*Harold Mutant Lv 5 **Cyan **tastes of chlorine*
STR 9 DEX 14 CON 13 INT 12 WIS 16 CHA 16 AC14 ...
23 hours ago
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Back after a bit
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Sorry for the lack of posts. I am learning a new language and it is taking
up a lot of my time.
Sadly, learning R will have nothing to do with anything I...
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 ...
1 day 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...
1 day 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...
1 day 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...
1 day 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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1 day ago
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Blast from the Past! My simple OD&D/AD&D Psionics rules
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I like simplified rules. I want to get to the point of the thing, not chew
through dozens of rules and various charts to get to the point. So it is
with ps...
1 day ago
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The Dehydrator and MDF Flock
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This is the first outing of my new (second-hand) dehydrator, courtesy of
Pixi, and it does a sterling job of drying out paint-tinted MDF dust. So
I'd call...
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 ...
2 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 ...
2 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...
2 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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’...
3 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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3 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. ...
3 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.
4 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 ...
4 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....
5 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 ...
5 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...
5 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...
5 days ago
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Take a U Turn
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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...
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...
6 days 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...
1 week 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. ...
1 week 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...
4 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
Thanks for posting this. I always love free swag especially for 3 systems and FGG makes some great stuff
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