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Dice Rolling and the Creation of Time - YOU CAN NOT HAVE A MEANINGFUL CAMPAIGN IF STRICT TIME RECORDS ARE NOT KEPT. We all know this. But what is even truer is that one cannot have time records...1 hour ago
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The Lantern Christmas Issue - This should explain where I've been and what I've been doing. The decision to put this together was sort of last minute... I started it around the 1st of...19 hours ago
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Combining David Hargrave's Arduin (specifically, the proposed or developing ruleset of Bloody Arduin) with the streamlined, sci-fi O.G.R.E.S. rules engine of Jason Vey's 13 Parsecs Part II - Combining the chaotic, high-fatality, multiverse-spanning fantasy of Dave Hargrave's Arduin (often associated with the "Bloody Arduin" moniker due to its ...1 day ago
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Miskatonic Monday #400: Rewind – A 1980s Anthology - Much like the Jonstown Compendium for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha and The Companions of Arthur for material set in Greg Stafford’s masterpiece of...1 day 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...7 years 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 - If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is out of date.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...7 years 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*...7 years ago
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Bundle of Fantasy Age - Bundle of Holding: Dragon Age/Fantasy Age: Available until March 12. PA Presents: Fantasy AGE Freeport live play Green Ronin in 2018 The Fantasy Age RPG ma...7 years ago
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Swords & Wizardry Light: Session # 6 - Two months after our last session (thanks to things like 8th grade finals, a 4 year-old's birthday and party, Father's Day, etc.), we finally had our next ...8 years ago
OK, I'll go first...Thank You to Frog God for this deal! I've been wanting S&W for awhile now...this deal let me get the whole shebang for a good price!
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