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"Hail Caesar" Bases - After I'd started printing the movement trays for my *Hail Cæsar* formations, I started the arduous task of cutting up some 30x30mm MDF bases for individu...8 hours ago
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Castles & Crusades 'Valle de los reyes del antiguo dragón' Adventure Location - The influence of the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Fiend Folio is still felt even today. And classic that classic old school influence translates it...11 hours ago
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DF Felltower Allowable Off-Template Advantages - This is an attempt to make a list of what "off-template" advantages are allowed purchases in DF Felltower. I get a *lot* of requests for off-template advan...14 hours ago
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Token Quick Megadungeon - Ok im interested in megadungeons again so here is an 80s style faction filled wonderland. I have another one based on a more open plan I like more but th...19 hours ago
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[Fanzine Focus XX] Gamma Zine #2 - On the tail of the Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nonofficial publica...19 hours ago
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears - This is my attempt at a comprehensive system for HP, Sanity, Death and Dismemberment. All that good stuff. *HP* HP stands for Heroic Poise. This is you...23 hours ago
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Armies of the Iron League Part One - In preparation for a super-secret new project that may or may not debut sometime next March in a certain Northern Tier state (ahem), I’m delving into the a...1 day ago
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Possible Ideals - Recently I was thinking to myself: people have written some words about tabletop RPG theory (understatement of the decade). This work is often “empirical” ...1 day ago
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Shintobox - a failed idea? - This is a post about a concept I was developing for 'Soft D&D'. It’s an idea which I have found does not quite pan-out. I couldn't bring it to a reasonable...1 day ago
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QA06 - The Lower Septic - I picked up PunkApocalyptic-the-rpg (link) and one of the released adventures involves a location called the Lower Septic. Here is what the rulebooks says ...1 day ago
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Lost Temple of Ibholtheg D&D Adventure Review - By “Weird Dave” Coulson Cut to the Chase games DCC Level 3 Far to the south, on the borders of the Great Jungle, brave caravans of merchants, traders, and ...1 day ago
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The preoccupied mind - It's 12:42 am, it's not even really that late. *(So the new blogger gui is weird right? right). * I've just realized in the last few months that I get v...2 days ago
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Weltschmerz - All right. You're bored. You've had two months and more to diddle around with your game design and try gaming by video ... how is that going? Making you ...2 days ago
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[BLOG] The Anatomy of a Dungeon Map - Over several years, in posts and forum comments, Yours Truly has ranted and raved about the general decline in mapping quality in tabletop roleplaying ga...2 days ago
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Matthias Gerung - Satire of Indulgences, before 1536 - [image: Matthias Gerung, Satire of Indulgences, colored woodcut, before 1536] [image: Matthias Gerung, Satire of Indulgences, before 1536]2 days ago
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More Thoughts on Blue Wizards - I have no idea what Tolkien had in mind for the geography of Rhun and the peoples within it. But it seems to me that, while one shouldn't think of Middle E...2 days ago
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Podcast Episode 38 - Reading Unearthed Arcana - Paladin, Druid, Fighter - Join me as I continue my a series of episodes where I read through the (in)famous supplement to AD&D: *Unearthed Arcana! *Will I use UA in my campaign? L...2 days ago
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#FollowFriday - On Twitter #FollowFriday is a long-established Friday tradition. You post your tweet with the #FollowFriday hashtag to get more followers. Well today I...2 days ago
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Balticon 54 - 2020 is really the year that wasn't. Basically everything is being canceled and replaced with virtual options. Conventions are really no exception. On the ...2 days ago
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GRIMLITE - Following on from this week's confessional. I mentioned some of the things that I enjoyed about miniature gaming in my youth, along with those that detract...2 days ago
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The Wretched Hive - my first published adventure! - So, here is my first published adventure, *The Wretched Hive*. It is an expanded version of an old one page dungeon. Here is the blurb: *A titanic insect...4 days ago
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Records of Inixon, Day 11: Smoke on the Water - Day 11: 5th Day, 8th Month, Year 507 Haren was selected to be the captain of their new ship and Kevan was able to find a crew of 8 trustworthy sailors in t...6 days ago
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Free GM Resource: NVIDIA Ansel Plug-In - [image: Free GM Resource: NVIDIA Ansel Plug-In] Ok, this week's Free GM Resource is really limited, definitely only useful for very specific people, but for...6 days ago
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The Dead Shall Rise: Work In Progess - Welcome back to the Vault! The hobby butterfly seems to have settled in the fantasy realms as I've started on another "terrain" project. This is a little ...1 week ago
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OSR: Extra Ultraviolet Grasslands Vehicle Upgrades - Here are some extra vehicle rules for Ultraviolet Grasslands. Fuel costs are here. Normally I try to provide attribution for images, but in this case there...1 week ago
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Thoughts on 5e and Roll vs. Role-Playing - I’ve been playing 5th edition D&D (5e) on and off since September, which, for me, has really cemented the divide … Continue reading →1 week ago
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Welcome to Brechewold - Saints preserve us, I'm writing a book. The map I posted the other day is from that. I don't quite know how to feel about joining in on OSR oversaturation ...1 week ago
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Spy Thriller Engagement Roll - Right now our group is playing a game modelled on Night's Black Agents: burned spies fighting a conspiracy of vampires. I say modelled, because we're using...1 week ago
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Player's Guide Part 2: Places - While it's usually not too large of a concern, PCs need a place to live. When you're doing hex crawls or exploring a meg-dungeon. A few coins represent y...1 week ago
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Facts about Odd Alley and Weird Way - Odd Alley and Weird Way were created by Gary Gygax as an inter dimensional nexus-point and goblin market. “The Strange Occurrence on Odd Alley” was announc...1 week ago
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Charity Bundle at Drivethrug RPG - The situation with Covid-19 virus has effected all of us. Some more than others. As the crisis was developed One Bookshelf sent out an email asking for con...1 week ago
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Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells 2nd Edition - Factions in Action - Due to their importance and influence on the sword and sorcery adventures, Factions can effectively be treated as characters and, as such, can influence ...1 week ago
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Dungeons & Dragons at a Distance: Early Play-by-Mail D&D - Sometimes, for whatever reason, you can't get together with your *Dungeons & Dragons *group in person. Long before *D&D *came out in 1974, people had use...2 weeks ago
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Revising Plans - I’ve gotten some unsettling news, on top of all the pandemic induced issues of the last several weeks. My last two annual physicals my PSA (Prostate Spec...2 weeks ago
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Flagellants (Pits & Perils)... - We're of a medieval mind these days, and thinking about Pits & Perils as we dive into the coming second edition. Here's a bit of fanaticism for *your* gam...2 weeks ago
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Was Original Blackmoor a Greyhawk Campaign? - When Arneson drew his original map of the Northern Marches and sent it off in a letter to Rob Kuntz in March of 1971, it is unclear what he intended. Yes, ...2 weeks ago
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Lovecraft Country coming to HBO - Looks like HBO may have a something to fill the void left by *The Watchmen* and *The Game of Thrones*: it’s *Lovecraft Country*, a series based upon the 20...3 weeks ago
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From the “Blast from the Past” Section: - Greetings all, Here’s more proof that Victorious‘ 10-year development wasn’t the longest in RPG history. Or even Steampunk for that matter. Space: 1889 was...3 weeks ago
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Foodling: DungeonMorph Dice Geomorphs --> Castle Greyhawk Sub-Level - Last night, I created a new sub-level for my version of Castle Greyhawk, using the DungeonMorph dice from Inkwell Ideas. I was a backer of their original ...3 weeks ago
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A Campaign Begins for Newbies - Like many of you, the affects of the Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted how hundreds of millions of us fellow mutants interact and function in our jobs, co...3 weeks ago
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WB:FMAG Total Print Sales - Hello Folks, The last time I did a quick sales report was in September 2018. I pulled reports from Amazon, Lulu and DrivethruRPG from October to current fo...4 weeks ago
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What we owe the Western - Note: This was written by me in 2017 and was formerly on another site. I am far from the first person to note that role-playing games, especially fantasy R...4 weeks ago
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MURDER OF CROWS - It is a bad omen when a murder of crows is spotted in the sky. Amongst those who know it is said that when conjunction magics express creation, swarms of ...5 weeks ago
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Trollsmyth Does the Borderlands - Yesterday, my wife and I were talking about choice in D&D, and that lead to a chat about dungeons. Apparently, she’d never experienced the classic dungeon...1 month ago
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The Halls of Arden Vul #2-#7 Bestseller at DTRPG! - This makes me happy. Congrats to Richard Barton and Andreas Claren for making the #2-#7 bestselling titles at DriveThru.... Here's the Bundle link if you'r...1 month ago
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The Halls of Arden Vul Complete Now Available - The Halls of Arden Vul by Rick Barton and published by Expeditious Retreat Press is perhaps the largest, and most ambitious megadungeon ever produced! And,...2 months ago
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The Minotaur for Old-School Essentials - *Minotaur* *Requirements:* Minimum STR 9, Minimum CON 9 *Prime Requisite:* STR and CON *Hit Dice:* 1d10 *Maximum Level:* 8 *Armor:* Leather, including shield...2 months ago
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On America In Crisis - Today marked a 75% growth rate of the pandemic, and 2/3rds of all completed corona outcomes in the U.S. result in death. ( https://www.worldometers.info/cor...2 months ago
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The Mauve Plague, Gravy Urns, and Batlace Frills: News from the Hill Cantons - And now the News... In a statement beamed from the Oracular Society today *Morafans the Rickmaster*, the Psychosocial Health Minister of the Overking, ha...2 months ago
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Shadowrun Awakenings - *From the cover:* *Awakening: New Magic in 2057 is a sourcebook for Shadowrun, Second Edition. It revises and expands on existing rules for magic in Shad...2 months ago
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d100 Additional Reasons the Wizard is More Than They Seem - Finding myself in the mood to write another d100 table, I went looking for inspiration amidst the accumulated heap of unfinished work in my drafts folder. ...2 months 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 ...3 months 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 months 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 months 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...4 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-magician5 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...6 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...6 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...7 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...8 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...8 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...8 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...10 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! ...1 year 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...1 year 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 ...1 year 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...1 year 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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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...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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