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Paper Tigers - The scenes below occur in Part 3 of the Senex Campaign. As I have the time to examine certain moments that occur in my online games, because the game is in...2 hours ago
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The Perfect Storm - So the complications are stacking up in my friend Dwayne's Middle Earth campaign using his 3d6 house system. At one particularly dramatic moment a NPC rece...7 hours ago
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Forthcoming visual history of D&D - I am curious about this forthcoming book: *Dungeons and Dragons Art and Arcana: A Visual History*. One thing that it reveals is that many iconic D&D monste...8 hours ago
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Fiat 3000 - I put together a 3d model of the Italian Fiat 3000 of 1920-21, their version of the ubiquitous Renault FT. It's available on Shapeways at http://shpws.me/...8 hours ago
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Repost from The Might Be Gazebos - OSR Anchorites - Repost from https://theymightbgazebos.blog/osr-anchorites/ Anchor.fm has become the new love child of the OSR. It’s an easy way to do quick podcasts so folk...14 hours ago
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Thoughts on the Twin Cities (Light and Vigilante) - No new gaming content in this one either. I promise more will come soon. I just felt like talking about some stuff on my mind and mention future plans. Som...14 hours ago
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MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FOUR 187 SECRET OFFICE. - 187 SECRET OFFICE. The well preserved corpse of yet another person who looks exactly like Valerian Triskelion (same facial features, long white hair but ba...14 hours ago
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Monster Monday - Best Day Ever! - Today, I have a very special Monster Monday for you. Well, me. The PDF of Tome of Horrors for 5E was released late last week to the backers of Rappan Athuk...15 hours ago
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Line Painting & Finishing Up Guys I Don't Like - Some line painting today: Those six guys came out blurry in the shot but you can see they mostly have their base coats on. Next up: - the head on the ...16 hours ago
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Interview: Worldbuilder’s Anvil – The Bannocks Go to Dalentown - As reported previously, Tim Bannock (that’s me!) and my cousin Matthew Bannock were interviewed by the long-running, amazingly in-depth writer’s workshop a...16 hours ago
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Ruins at the Three Pillars of Ssa-Tun - Along the blighted coast, beyond the lands of snow and ice and the adventurers’ boom-town of Gravelthorpe there is an … Continue reading →16 hours ago
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OSR: Epochrypha Megapost - Good news! I've published a new book! *You can buy it here.* *Why?* So settings have a prehistory--the stuff that happened way before the common era. They...17 hours ago
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Drums of War on Hyperborea, The Temple of Elemental Evil, & Clark Ashton Smith's Zothique - "Once far from any important activity, the Village of Hommlet became embroiled in the struggle between gods and demons when the Temple of Elemental Evil ar...17 hours ago
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Tyranny of the Black Tower - By Extildepo Verisimilitude Society Press S&W Levels 3-5 The village of Sacrabad is a wretched place. Dark rumors abound concerning its steward, “His Lords...22 hours ago
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New Spell: Bigby’s Beckoning Finger - *The library was quiet as the students shuffled as silently as they could in the almost absolute dark. Mage-lights long extinguished, they were ...23 hours ago
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Mutants Down Under - *From the web:* *"The game's story is set in a post-apocalyptic Australia, where mutant animals form the predominant societies. Tasmania is the basti...23 hours ago
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Frostgrave: Cultist Barbarian - Hello once again dear Venturers! The chaos of updating the family kitchen is pretty much over and I'm very pleased as I snuck some hobby related changes i...1 day ago
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Call of Cthulhu Chronicles - One of enjoyable things about owning a smartphone or tablet are the opportunities for playing games and reading. Both types of devices are capable of hand...1 day ago
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Fun Races That Are Not Classes - If you read this post without purchasing Faux Pas, you are stealing! That tactic works to get people to buy things, right? Fuck, I just…I really want you t...1 day ago
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Dungeon Contest 2018 In Review (2/4) - Part two of my review of every single entry into the one page dungeon contest this year. You can see part 1 here. On G+ I’ve had some confusion as to what ...1 day ago
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d100 Feral kids for Murder Highway - These are stray children to find in the wasteland of my roadwar game. Aparently i did too many urchins for my dnd game...1 day ago
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Etinerra and Chaos Wars - Army Rosters - Several of my wargames within Etinerra have used the (free) Ral Partha Chaos Wars rule set. In the past, I've done this primarily at conventions and even...2 days ago
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Victorious Reviewed by the Ol’ Man Grognard - Greetings! The Ol’ Man Grognard himself (Glen H.) was kind enough to review the Victorious RPG hardback over at his YouTube channel. Give it a gander, alon...3 days ago
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Hex Signs and Wyrmholes: Technical Difficulties - I'm having some technical ical difficulties. That is I'm making unwise decisions. Curse you Dunning-Kruger my old foe. I'm trying to use my subsector syste...3 days ago
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On Classic Gaming the Second Week of July, 2018 - What a busy week. Those of you who join me for my chill Twitch streams know that I've been hard a work on an exciting project (explaining the dearth of pos...3 days ago
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DUNGEON DEGENERATES: HAND OF DOOM - [image: Sean Aaberg - Dungeon Degenerates - Stickers] [image: Sean Aaberg - Dungeon Degenerates - Fishoid Freaks of the Wetlands] [image: Sean Aaberg - Dun...3 days ago
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Converting THAC0 to Hit Bonus - THAC0. “To Hit Armor Class 0”. How does one convert this to a modern equivalent of a hit bonus when looking to use older modules & monsters in a modern g...4 days ago
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On Saving Throws - One of the things that we see in some OSR games is a consolidation of saving throws into a single roll. In fact, this came up in the Tenkar’s Tavern chat W...4 days ago
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Highlight: Jeremy Hart - Artist - I am supporting just a few Patreons that I often forget to take advantage of the perks of being a Patron. One of them being Jeremy Hart Illos. Jeremy is an ...4 days ago
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Survive This! Dark Places and Demogorgons - Supernatural / Buffy Crossover - Came home last night to a nice treat. My hardcover version of *Dark Places and Demogorgons* came in. This one I ordered from Bloat Game's own website. ...4 days ago
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I Interview Ben L of Mazirians Garden - I found this one really interesting. The game with Sebastian - the Dreamlands and I story https://maziriansgarden.blogspot.com/... D&D, Escapism and our H...4 days ago
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Ennies publisher guide - It can be difficult to keep all the game studios straight, especially with the proliferation of personal brands. Since it is Ennies season, and the voting ...4 days ago
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The Chronicles of Nolenor – Play Reports #12 and #13 - (Link to prior sessions) Real date: 2/11/18, 2/25/18 In-game date: October 5th and 6th, EY632 PCs: Ambrose (Warrior – Fighter … Continue reading →5 days ago
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Vote Old Skull Publishing! VOTE OSR! - So… The Ennies are here again! It’s like the biggest popularity contest of the RPG Industry. Who cares about that right? We care. The OSR should care about...5 days ago
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A Classy, Old-School Debate... - Character classes. Some love 'em, others hate 'em. But most, I suspect, are willing to go either way with the understanding that each has something to of...6 days ago
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[REVIEW] Tyranny of the Black Tower - *Tyranny of the Black Tower (2018)* by Extildepo Published by Verisimilitude Society Press 3rd to 5th level Do Not Judge a Book By Its Awesome Cover Fell t...6 days ago
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STINKIN' YELLA FAE - Init -1d20 Melee Atk • claws +1 (1d6+1) Sample Ranged Atk • crossbow +1d6 -1d8 (1d6) AC 12 HD n/a MV 20 or 30 Act 1d20 SP nigh-unkillable Fort +20 Ref...6 days ago
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25% off of Malevolent & Benign II and Advanced Adventures Compendium 4! - I've put up a 25% off sale at Lulu for our two latest products, Malevolent & Benign II and Advanced Adventures Compendium 4! Both are the hardback versions...6 days ago
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Free GM Resource: Beyond Skyrim Bruma OST - [image: Free GM Resource: Beyond Skyrim Bruma OST] This week's Free GM Resource is a freebie soundtrack that I think would find some great use as background...1 week ago
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The Problem of Sport - I play a lot of sport, I watch a lot of sport. With the sole exception of golf, I can enjoy almost any sporting activity you could name. But I've never pla...1 week ago
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Necrotic News: Kickstarters, Newsletters, and Quality Beasts - Something has been brewing for a while here over at the Necrotic Gnome tavern*. And today is the time to unleash the news. *The Big News Is...* Necrotic Gn...1 week ago
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DM Report: Deeper into the Caverns - The party keeps exploring. Here is the setup and here is the previous report . After a night's rest the party decamped from the goblin tunnels, set up the ...1 week ago
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Better weapons through crits: fast, unbalanced, and brutal (5e) - *After writing this post, I've noticed I am repeating myself on some subjects. The reason is that I'm writing a Manual of Arms for 5e, so I'm constantly th...1 week ago
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Enchanted Weapons - *The Void Dagger* goes to Shadow A liquid metal blade contained within a vial. Able to vary its length and shape while becoming solid. Can also be formed in...1 week ago
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Ennies and the OSR - The OSR The OSR (Old School Renaissance or Revival) community is comprised heavily of small indie publishers working multiple jobs, solo entrepreneurs wh...1 week ago
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Expose your Prep - You've probably heard the phrase "attack every part of the character sheet" from Arnold K. Let's flip that and see how the players can capitalise on every ...1 week ago
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A request for grodog's Castle Greyhawk playtesting stories - I'm starting to work in earnest on the writing required to complete the levels from my version of Castle Greyhawk that have received the most playtesting o...1 week ago
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Do it for the Beast - *Then the strange man, still holding my wrist, drew his knife across the palm of my hand. Before the pain could set in, the most wondrous thing happened! A...2 weeks ago
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The Crack'd and Crook'd Manse Review - I ran a game of Call of Cthulhu recently. It was a one off for some random people on Roll20, using a scenario from Chaosium's Mansions of Madness collecti...2 weeks ago
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Pieces I am Working For Into The Unknown - *Finishing...* *Breakthrough to the Bridge* *An LGTSA Tractics Scenario Battle Report* *© 2018 by Robert J. Kuntz.* *Scenario Designed and Adjudicated...2 weeks ago
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Amulet of Spell Immunity - Here's a full write-up for an item mentioned in passing in Supplement IV: *God, Demi-Gods & Heroes *by Robert Kuntz and James M. Ward. *Amulet of Spell Imm...2 weeks ago
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Anchor Podcast For Follow Me, And Die! - A few days ago I shared on various social media that I had started a podcast on Anchor. I put up an episode 0 to try things out. I added a link to my Anc...2 weeks ago
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What Hath Raggi Wrought? - So there was some chatter on G+ recently about what it would take for another Lamentations of the Flame Princess to happen. And by LotFP was meant the pub...2 weeks 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....3 weeks ago
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Knights of the Old Republic: Shadows of the Sith Empire - I went with Star Wars, reviving my idea for a Knights of the Old Republic campaign in which Darth Revan was succeeded by a Sith Empress. So far, all of th...4 weeks ago
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Free RPG Day, Running OD&D Games At Guild of Blades in Clawson, Michigan - This Saturday is Free RPG Day! In previous years I've talked about running games for the day, but haven't gotten around to it. This year I'm participating ...4 weeks ago
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Mordenkainen, in 1974 and today. - This weekend at the Wizards of the Coast "Stream of Many Eyes" event I got my hands on a copy of *Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes*, which is "built on the wr...5 weeks ago
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Dinosaurs Fuck Off - So settings have a prehistory--the stuff that happened way before the common era. They're usually either: (a) tediously enumerated with faux-mythology, or...1 month ago
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Kickstarter: Chose Your Own Sci-Fi Stock Art! - James Shields has a Kickstarter, Chose Your Own: Sci-Fi Stock Art, that I've never seen done before. A mix and match collection of stock art that can be ...1 month ago
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The Sage: Rescuing a lost Blackmoor Character Class - Tucked in the back of TSR's *Supplement II Blackmoor *is a curious expansion on the sage NPC. It's curious because this section contains quite a bit of de...1 month ago
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UNFATHOMABLE NOW IN BOOK FORM (PLUS COMICS) - JUST LOOK AT THIS STUFF Pretty Sexy GO HERE: Operation Unfathomable on RPGNow AND HERE: OU Players Guide AND HERE: OU Print Pack AND THIS JUST IN A bunc...1 month ago
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Podcasting.... - Well, I have been conned into trying out podcasting, so here you go, a quick little podcast (I like mine under 30 minutes, this clocks in at just over 10) ...1 month ago
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[D&D] Flanaess Cuisine - Gary Gygax loved to talk about food and drink. As anyone who participated in the online Q&A sessions with him at places like ENWorld and Dragonsfoot can at...2 months ago
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Dungeons and Dragons the most important gaming franchise in the world - Forbes has written an article about the upcoming book *Dungeons & Dragons Art and Arcana: A Visual History* an illustrated guide to the history and evoluti...2 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. You're missin...2 months 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...3 months 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. ...3 months 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...3 months 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 months 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 months 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...4 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...6 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...6 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...6 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! ha8 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...8 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...8 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...8 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...1 year ago
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