#RPGaDay2022 Who Introduced You To RPG's?
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This question ties back into day 3. Chad, one of my first best friends,
introduced me to D&D and other rpg's back in 1994. We were both geeks with
a lot i...
#RPGaDAY2022 Day 8 - Who introduced you to RPGs?
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That one is a little harder to figure out. I feel like that in the late
70s and early 80s D&D was all over the place. I knew of it as far back as
77 or ...
Rat King’s Sewer
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By Ken Spencer Necromancer Games OSR Levels 4-6 Eastgate is a bustling city
at the mouth of the Amrin River. As most of the adventure takes place in
the se...
[Free RPG Day 2022] Curse of the Dread Marsh Crew
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Now in its fifteenth year, Free RPG Day in 2022, was celebrated not once,
but twice. First on Saturday, 25th June in the USA, and then on Saturday,
23rd ...
What happens to Felltower during a hiatus?
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As the subject says, we're on a hiatus - what happens?
*Time Passes*
Just like any other days, days of a hiatus pass 1:1 real:game time.
Naturally, the PC...
Quick x-in-6 skills thought [d6 versus d6]
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I usually prefer using 1d20 for skills when playing old school games, as
you've seem on a recent post. And "roll under ability score" is both easy
and make...
Iridium Moons
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I’ve decided that I am going to put all my future Hyperspace Opera material
on its own site Iridium Moons. There might be quite a lot of it coming in
the f...
Concerning Judges Guild, To All Things an End
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Currently, I have three main product lines two of which are produced under
a license from Judges Guild. For a long time, I had a good relationship
with R...
Life in the Unremembered City (Cont’d)
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How the Unremembered City floats, and what dictates its movements through
the sky, are questions whose answers are now unknown - except perhaps in
the fr...
[REVIEW] Into the Great Rift
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*Into the Great Rift[BEYONDE] Into the Great Rift (2022)*
by Joseph Bloch
Published by BRW Games
Levels 5-7
*Into the Great Rift *is a compact, 18-page...
When Do You Become a Privateer?
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The Vexing Toad had waited in ambush for a few days. The Shining Credit was
scheduled to emerge from jump space within 6 hours. The pirate ship had
rece...
Gamma World Play Reports
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Here are play reports 1 & 2 from my Gamma World game.
We were able to get a character and hireling created for the Graymouser.
We briefly discussed the s...
D&D Historical Sales Data
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Recently game historians Paul Stormberg (at Dragonsfoot) and Ben Riggs (on
Facebook) have been sharing a trove of historical sales data from TSR for
vari...
An Easy and Fair way to handle XP
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Here is a quick post to tide you over till I get back from vacation.
Upcoming we are going to look at the age of ID in Blackmoor, the oddities
in Garbag...
Curdom the Unstopable
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Curdom the Unstoppable
Maimed as a teenager by a werewolf, this young cleric doesn't let his limp
slow his hunt for the best that ravaged the monastery of...
MVT - Minimum Viable Teach
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One of the design goals for Into the Odd was that you should be able to sit
down with a brand new player and get to playing almost right away. Fast
chara...
Gaming's Central Finite Curve...
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I loved Google+. After an adulthood avoiding social media, it was my first
experience, as both publisher and online denizen; and when the end came, I
mou...
Renard Morgow, Fiendhunter
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It is no secret that the central regions of the former Great Kingdom are a
haunted ruin. Ruled by the mad undead Overking Ivid, the place is home to
both f...
d100 Dungeon Guard Gossip
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Ive been reviewing my POD collection slowly - would ppl like me to go
through Dungeon Magazine - i only like B&W era endin...
Prescience Wars 10 - The Ouroboros Kin
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Previous Entries;
1: In the Absence of God
2. Who Shall Rid us of these Seers?
3. A footnote on the Water-Horse Wars.
4. A Glossary of the Amber Court.
5. I...
Warsmith's Words: Lord Discordant
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Welcome back to the Vault! My hobby and gaming has been on a mini hiatus
whilst I've been enjoying the warm weather over the last couple of weeks,
but a...
NoteQuest: Character sheet & Dungeon Sheet
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Scott Kirby, a fine fellow over on the NoteQuest FB group converted the
Notequest character sheet from its native Portuguese but he properly put it
on pape...
Structuring Encounter Tables, Amended & Restated
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This post is an update to my 2017 essay “Structuring Encounter Tables.”
It’s intended to replace that earlier version, and thus includes a bit of
self-plag...
Goblinoid Games Offline, a Forum Archive
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I saw a post to the Labyrinth Lord sub-reddit yesterday that Dan Proctor,
the man behind Labyrinth Lord (LL) and …
Continue reading →
Sacrifice of the Bulls
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Above the summit of Le Bonnet de l’Evêque, dentelated with scaffoldings,
rose that second mountain—a mountain on a mountain—which was the Citadel La
Ferriè...
Holder for Citadel Paint Pots
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I don't use Citadel paints, except for their washes. *Agrax Earthshade,
Athonian Camoshade*, and *Nuln Oil* are the main ones I favour, though I
occasi...
At the Hour of Death
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*The lost tomb of Sierk the Carver may have passed from memory, but it's
nearer than anyone suspected. But be warned, wizards don't die peacefully.
Great...
Why Dragons Should Never Lose
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Back in the 'aughts, WotC had a forum set up for folks to discuss D&D. I
yoinked this little tidbit from one of the user profiles on that old (and
eithe...
Helvéczia: Journal de Campagne, 3
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We resumed play this past week, joining the company still within the
farmstead where those that remain of the seven knaves are restrained or
incapacitate...
The NTRPG Con 2022 Victorious game: Part 1
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At the beginning of the session we passed out envelopes to each of the
seven players. They were told to open them and look at the 2 playing cards
within. I...
Orcs and Beastmen, Part 1
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*Note: Oddly enough, Bar Chakka was part of my very first draft of
Centerra, back in 2010. Centerra has changed a lot in the last 12 years,
but two mos...
Mega-Dungeon Map Design Sprints with Henry
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*Update - 13 June 2022 at 7:18pm*: Well, just like my lost big posts
during Kellri's Module Challenge, blogger crapped out and I lost this huge
post de...
On Ecology Completed
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So that happened.
Bestial Ecosystems created by Monster Inhabitation is out.
I'm getting better at it. There was something off about the softcovers, so...
E'a, Chronicles of a Dying World
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David M. Fitzgerald's *E'a: Chronicles of a Dying World *is one of the more
obscure digest-sized unofficial supplements to early D&D, little known even...
Random Research
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This post was prompted by two players having questions that required NPCs
to do research. One PC is a cleric, the other a paladin. They worship
different...
Vox Machina: Good for a Few Laughs
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TL;DR: it’s ok.
How’s that for brief?
Ok, seriously, it’s got some fun moments, but isn’t nearly as clever as it
thinks it is. Better?
Dig...
Growling Mage Tavern
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The other day I used Frog God Games *Journey Generator*. There was a set of
tables to create an inn or tavern. So I rolled up one because you can never
...
Clean Your Room
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Looking back at my little blog here. That last post… wow, I was having fun
playing WOW Classic! That was August of 1999 and I was having a blast… it
was ...
People of the World, Spice up Your Life
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I have seen the *Dune*. It’s good, but, like all “content” now, too long.
The forms of many designs are quite nice (love the costumes of the imperial
de...
What's wrong with megadungeons?
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I ran across a megadungeon article from last July. I know, I am a little
behind, as I was dealing with my cancer when it came out.
In the blog, DM David ...
My RPG Zine Trilogy is on Kickstarter!
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I can't believe I didn't post about it here!
The Dead are Coming, Screams Amongst the Stars and Running Out of Time are
on *Kickstarter right now!* Thes...
Maximum HP 004, one week to go
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Just one week to go for Maximum HP issue #004, the undead. We are pushing
through stretch goals and wracking up contributions for the best issue yet.
We...
Steve Jackson Interview
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James Maliszewski recently did an interview with Steve Jackson over on his
Grognardia blog. Steve chats about the beginnings of The Fantasy Trip and
upcomi...
Undermountain Map Origins
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As documented on the Ruins of Undermountain sales page, "TSR didn't
actually use Ed Greenwood's original maps," at least not in their entirety.
This post d...
A Campaign Begins for Newbies
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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...
WB:FMAG Total Print Sales
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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...
The Minotaur for Old-School Essentials
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*Minotaur*
*Requirements:* Minimum STR 9, Minimum CON 9
*Prime Requisite:* STR and CON
*Hit Dice:* 1d10
*Maximum Level:* 8
*Armor:* Leather, including shield...
WIZARDS OF POHJOLA
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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...
Strange, Dangerous, and Inhuman: The Fey and Fairie
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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...
Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule
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*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...
D&D Sling Damage vs. Large Targets
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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...
James A. Smith, Jr. Memorial Video
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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...
Let's Talk About Pacing!
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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...
Profane and Profound Prep Part 2
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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...
SHORT BREAK.
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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.
Iain Lovecraft, 3D Sculptor
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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...
New website!
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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...
Please Update Your Link!
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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...
How can We Destroy this Campaign World?
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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...
Mord Mar - Session 6
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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 ...
A Small, Quiet Plea
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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....
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...
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...
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