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Blogs of Inspiration & Erudition
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Rick Loomis, RIP - Sadly, the RPG industry lost another early member of the hobby - Rick Loomis, one of the co-founders of Flying Buffalo. I made a lot of use out of Flying B...5 hours ago
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Some Thoughts About The Passing of the Founder Of Flying Buffalo Rick Loomis - Game designer Rick Loomis at Gen Con Indy 2014 on August 15, 2014 by BOZ Its never easy to write about friends passing, Rick Loomis has died. I met and spo...10 hours ago
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Lands Beyond the Flanaess - So, inspired by my article yesterday charting the history of canonical efforts to map and define the continent of Oerik, I thought it might be worth seeing...13 hours ago
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Fortieth Anniversary Adventure - Which continues this weekend, naturally. The main party headed through the Briars to Skull Mountain. On the way they met stragglers from Whitehill's ar...15 hours ago
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#RPGaDAY2019: Triumph - Today's topic is *Triumph*. Let's all cast our minds back to the early and mid-80s when D&D was getting REALLY popular. There are more, if you want to f...17 hours ago
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(5e) The Feystone Shards - By Perry McKinley DMSGuild 5e Levels 5-8 The Heroes are tasked to find five fragments of a shattered Orb, once worshipped by a faction of Elves. The search...19 hours ago
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[Fanzine Focus XVII] Extinguish the Sun Vol. 1 - On the tail of Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nonofficial publicatio...19 hours ago
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Old-School Essentials: Advanced Fantasy: Monsters - A few people have asked me recently about the next book in the Old-School Essentials Advanced Fantasy line, the book of AD&D-inspired monsters. While I've ...1 day ago
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1001 Dungeon Entrances - Look at an interesting or spooky entranceway and I start to imagine it as the entrance to a dungeon. This is a never-ending source of inspiration. Here are...1 day ago
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Star Frontiers - SFKH3 Face of the Enemy - *From the back cover:* *Years have passed since the end of the Sathar Wars, but skirmishes with Sathar raiders and infiltrators have continued. Howe...1 day ago
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"Celebrating Greyhawk - A Fandom Renaissance" GaryCon XI - seminar video recording now available - Luke Gygax just posted the video from our "Celebrating Greyhawk - A Fandom Renaissance" seminar at GaryCon XI to his YouTube channel: Thank you Luke, for...2 days ago
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Delta Rae: The Light and the Dark - Delta Rae is a band that I love. Their music in part inspired my Weird New World campaign. Specifically this song and video. The recently left their label...2 days ago
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throwback map: caverns - Map made available to the public through the support of amazing backers on Patron,for more information visit https://www.patreon.com/msjackson/ This work b...2 days ago
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Nifty things (1000th post) - A month or so back I thought I'd hit 1000 posts on 3 Toadstools. I made a mistake, as I was looking at my drafts and my posts. This one is the actual 100...2 days ago
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Busy shopping and reading sorry... - So I have a house in over a week, then assessment and i can hunt for work and sell dads house and goto sydney again for ...2 days ago
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On the Roller Coaster - Funded in 2 hours? Sitting at 500%? It's crazy! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/agonarchartist/on-downtime-and-demesnes/ You know, I'm going to just b...3 days ago
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Magical Industrial Revolution - The End is Nigh - Get in while you still can! Also, we've made the news.3 days ago
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Dungeons & Dragons on Sale at GOG.com - Dungeons & Dragons and Forgotten Realms computer games are on sale at 66% off on GOG.com. Some of these multiple game collections can be had for as littl...3 days ago
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Fiction in Airhde - On a whim this weekend, I picked up some fiction off the TLG store. *A Houseless God & Other Tales* and *The Mirrored Soul & Other Tales*, both by the Tr...4 days ago
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Was Gary Gygax Afraid of Magic? - Read the title. Is it on the mark? I don't think so, at least not in the literal sense; and seasoned grognards who grew up in the man's company and playe...4 days ago
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Review: Taghri's Prize - This novel (link is an Amazon Affiliate link) is of the genre of not-so-young-man-does-good stories that were fairly common in days of yore. Writers like H...4 days ago
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RIVAL PARTY - CLERIC - Init +2 Melee Atk • touch +5 (1d8+1) AC 21 HD 4d12+2 MV 60 teleport Act 1d20 SP life stealing, mighty grab, lay on hands, spells, stupidity Fort +1 Ref +4...4 days ago
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Free GM Resource: Chartopia - [image: Free GM Resource: Chartopia] Now it isn't a secret that I like random tables.....even though I have a particular fancy for d30 tables, I dig random ...5 days ago
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Hawker Hart - To make a change from tanks and trucks and things, I've put together this model of a Hawker Hart light bomber in Blender. I started this quite some time a...5 days ago
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The Down Side & The Up Side - For the last month I've been committed to producing more positive posts about D&D ~ and no, not so much here, but elsewhere. That has got me thinking ab...6 days ago
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Regimental Reporting: Reinforcements on the hobby table - Welcome back to the Officers Mess. This year's summer excursions began with a trip to Warhammer World and I've finished my vacation with a hobby session b...6 days ago
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Thoughts on the Tao Te Ching - There's a lot I liked about this. Sadly, it’s easier for me to express my discontent than the things I agreed with. I will briefly talk about the things I ...6 days ago
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Want detailed weapons and armor? Try Mythras - You know this blog is mostly about D&D stuff. Nowadays, I play only D&D or my own games (like Dark Fantasy Basic), but these are also inspired by D&D. But ...1 week ago
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Rulebook art? - What is the minimum necessary amount of art for an rpg rulebook? I know that (with the notable exception of the original "little black book" edition of Tra...1 week ago
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Oskar Laske (1874-1951) - [image: Oskar Laske - Pandora’s Box]Pandora’s Box [image: Oskar Laske - Pharsalic Fields , 1919]Pharsalic Fields , 1919 [image: Oskar Laske - Witches' Sabb...1 week ago
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[BLOG] More Adventures in Morthimion & The Sideways Level - *[Spoiler-free, player-safe section]* One of the fun things about *The Ryth Chronicle* – perhaps the single most useful document of early OD&D play, and m...1 week ago
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OSRIC and Dangerous Dungeons - Some good news for old-school gamers! Thanks to ‘Pres-Gas’, there is now a Wiki for OSRIC (*Old School Reference and Index Compilation*)—the ‘retro-clone’ ...1 week ago
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The Engine of On a Red World Alone - Three and a half years ago I began a Rules as Written LotFP game set on post apocalyptic Mars, and called it “On a Red World Alone.” Bit by bit each rule w...1 week ago
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How I introduce new or returning characters - One thing that keeps a campaign going is new blood. Players move on, or life happens and they have to step away from the table, and you find replacements....2 weeks ago
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An Empty Chair at the Table - Hello all, A few days ago I was informed that a friend of mine passed away. I’ve known friends that died before, but this was a different experience. No de...2 weeks ago
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D&D Stream For Extra Life - In just over two weeks, on Saturday, August 24th, I will participate in a fundraiser for Extra Life in a Twitch streamed series of D&D games ran by diffe...2 weeks ago
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Cosmic Monster: Geminoids - This is a continuation of my series on the non-Euclidean, this time a non-Euclidean monster. Imagine a 2-dimensional world, full of 2-dimensional castle an...2 weeks ago
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Time Lapse of 2019 Goodman Games Gen Con Booth Set Up - I took some pictures while helping to set up the Goodman Games Gen Con 2019 booth, and tried making a time lapse, animated gif. Would have been awesome t...2 weeks ago
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Fantasy Medieval Style Law. Part 2 - *The Arrest* As Sigurt and Thil enter Lado's shop, the one of the two Greene men following them runs to tell Aldus and Marcus where Sigurt is. Unfortunatel...3 weeks ago
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Monster Flashback - Since this blog is now over 10 years old I've been looking back through cringes of shame at those early posts. Is there any merit in that old material? Can...3 weeks ago
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Dungeoneering Blog - I've been spending some time over the past week to consolidate and clean up my various online presences. There was a time I went blog crazy. Blogger makes ...3 weeks ago
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Free Futura Clone Used in the Quickstarts – Universalis ADF Font - I’ve been using a free version of the Futura font (the font used in many early TSR publications) called Universalis … Continue reading →5 weeks 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...5 weeks ago
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Adventurers are the Measure - φησὶ γάρ που ‘πάντων χρημάτων μέτρον’ ἄνθρωπον εἶναι, ‘τῶν μὲν ὄντων ὡς ἔστι, τῶν δὲ μὴ ὄντων ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν.’ —Plato, Theaetetus When designing a scenario o...5 weeks ago
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Lost Tombs update - No game last weekend or this coming weekend, as I am travelling the highways and byways of America with my family. I might be able to schedule a weekday s...1 month ago
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Radegast Speaks: Ask Me Anything about the Hill Cantons - I've been fielding a lot of questions by email and DM on the various books of the Hill Cantons (Slumbering Ursine Dunes, Fever-Dreaming Marlinko, Misty I...1 month ago
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Froghole Dungeon Part One - Around March of 2013 I began a "by the book"campaign dungeon project as an outgrowth of the "Setting up a Proper Dungeon" article published in issue. The i...1 month ago
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U-Con Event Submission is Open! - It's event submission time for U-Con! As the OSR Track and Tekumel Track event coordinator I am looking for Referees, Judges and Dungeon Masters to come ...1 month ago
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The Hero's Journey: Words Matter - So, as I'm sitting here editing *The Hero's Journey, Second Edition* I wanted to talk a bit about the game's focus in both this version and the first editi...1 month ago
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Offworlders - Play Session with Daughter - Player: Amelie (12 years old) Character: Jade Abilities: Ghost, Blast Gear: Light Armor, Light Blaster on wrist, Medium Blaster Sidearm Mission: Respond t...2 months ago
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Exorcists For Hire - Three months back I wrote about giving quest givers some kind of existing relationship to the PCs to make adventures more personal and to create a stronger...2 months ago
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The Withered Crag available now - I just enabled the sale of the PDF version of The Withered Crag at DriveThruRPG a few minutes ago, and the custom print version will be available starting...2 months ago
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Compendium: 48 Hours Left - We're now in the final 48 hours of the compendium Kickstarter campaign. This is your last chance to sign up for the limited edition hardcover book. Generou...2 months ago
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CASTLE GREYFALKUN™ UPDATE - *Castle Greyfalkun™ Organization* *© 1973-2019. Robert J. Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.* *North 2** Mordenkaine's Menagerie* *North 3** The Terrible Tunnels...3 months ago
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Good Referee Practices - Preview of SS&SS 2e Chapter - Part III - *Now for the last part of this preview of Good Referee Principles that will be part of the Running the Game chapter of the revised edition of Sharp Swords...3 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! ...3 months ago
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Mysthea (something epic this way comes) - [image: Mockup of the hardback book] *An ancient, crystal-encrusted planet is rocked by war. As Kingdom fights Empire and the borderlands are caught in th...4 months 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...4 months 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 ...4 months ago
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Session 4: Into the Wolf Creek Ruins - Session 4 is in the books. This is the first session with @erik tenkar and @Jason Hobbs, along with @Joethelawyer and @Matt Jackson. The party is unravelin...4 months 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...5 months ago
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The Complete OD&D Illusionist - The Illusionist in *Dungeons & Dragons *was created by Peter Aronson, an early Boston-area fan. In 1975, Aronson submitted an initial description of Illu...5 months ago
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Somebody stop me - This system is basically an unholy hybrid of Into the Odd and a few of my previous experiments here and here. Design goals: - Remove hit points - Ti...5 months ago
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New Reference & Handout Pack available for The Hyqueous Vaults - From the Better-Late-Than-Never Department, I just uploaded a Reference & Handout Pack for The Hyqueous Vaults, that includes an un-keyed map for virtual t...6 months 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...6 months ago
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We Has Met the Enemy Part Four - With the Triumph en route to the Flying Dutchman, the Martian Admirals saw an opportunity to at once cripple Earth's Asteroid Belt operations and destroy t...6 months 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.8 months 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...8 months 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...9 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 (RSS feed is h...9 months 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*...10 months 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...10 months 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 ...11 months 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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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. ...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...1 year 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...1 year 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...1 year ago
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