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re: Zak
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I know a lot of people have ghosted Zak and most people don't want to
discuss him at this point. I'll be as brief as possible.
It was my understanding that...
WIP - "Rescue of Hommlet" Adventure - Updates
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Moathouse model updates I've made some good progress! The basic structure
is assembled. I've sealed off the corrugated edges to make it look better
and giv...
PzJg 1 (75mm)
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The PanzerJager 1 appeared very early in WWII, extending the useful
lifetime of the Panzer 1, and it originally mounted a Czech 47mm gun which
was quite ...
Last 5 hours of the Bundle of Holding!
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The last 5 hours of the Bundle of Holding! This one's a re-release of the
2015 Worldbuilder's Toolkit 3, and it has three of our Magical Society
products i...
Heinrich Kley (1863 - 1945)
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[image: Heinrich Kley - Die "Krupp'schen Teufel" von Heinrich Kley sind
nicht böse]
[image: Heinrich Kley - Walpurgisnacht, 1923]
[image: Heinrich Kley -...
GTA3: Vice City - Learning to Drive Again
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Recently I upgraded my computer, so I can finally play some of the newish
games I'd like to play.
So have I played them? A little. But what I've mostly don...
Hexology Revisited: What is in a Hex?
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A topic of occasional interest on the blog has been the contents of hexes
(see posts *passim *here, here, here and here). I thought I would revisit
the the...
The Orc Chief and His Concubines
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I've mentioned this in a few reviews, by I love the artwork of Evlyn Moreu.
I can't quite put my fingers on it, but her work is just amazing. Looking
for r...
Monstrous Monday: Grýla the Christmas Witch
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Grýla, by Þrándur ÞórarinssonBaby, it's cold outside, so wear a coat over
your armor and grab a sword since for the next few Monstrous Mondays I am
going ...
Encephalon Gorgers on the Moon
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Encephalon Gorgers on the Moon By Casey W. Christofferson Frog God Games
Swords & Wizardry Levels 7-8 The Forest of Night has always been a strange
place. ...
Horror & Hedonism
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If ever there was a city ripe for subversion by the Mythos it is Jazz Age
Berlin, the Berlin of the twenties, of roaring inflation, the Weimar
Republic, o...
Miniature: Owlbear
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More catching up on finished projects, today the Bones Black Owlbear!
While I have some WiP pictures, I'm a little fuzzy on exactly what paints I
used.
...
OSR: Barbarian Stats + 1d100 Barbarians
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Here's another 2-page spread from the Monster Overhaul.
[image: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V8ndizBEkGTKAzxpnO5oADP4XlVnjPf3]
PDF
The 10 entries in the...
Stat Blocks and Table Space
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On a post from 2015, Ruprecht recently asked:
I'm curious what people think about the way the modules are handled. They
just say Knight (for example) and ...
Crunch and Fluff (Part One)
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Welcome back to the Vault my fellow Venturers. I've had a couple of
fruitful painting sessions this weekend laying down base colours on two
units of Prima...
[BEYONDE] Random Encounter in Ohio
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Now that the first 75 or so copies of *Castle Xyntillan* are in transit
(and some are already arriving at European destinations!), and I have an
evening w...
Where in the World is Blackmoor?
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Despite being a locale successfully utilized by many gamers for nearly 5
decades now, the town of Blackmoor seems surprisingly agile, appearing to
wander a...
UCon 2019 Post-Con Post
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UCon 2019 ended on Sunday, November 24 and I am finally writing about what
happened. I mentioned what was on my schedule in my last post. Pick Up
Games I...
The 10% HP rule (just a flesh wound)
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It goes like this:
*If an attack causes less than 10% of your HP in damage, it has no further
detrimental effect on you (besides damage). No concentration ...
New Class – The Psychical Researcher
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Greetings all, While at the convention earlier this month, someone
mentioned the idea of the “Skeptic” of supernatural phenomena that was a
mainstay of the...
SPI - DragonQuest Rulebook
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*From the back cover:*
*The most powerful and comprehensive fantasy role-playing system is now
even easier and more fun in the thoroughly revised se...
False Opposites
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This was longer and more rambly but I'm going to try to cut it down to the
absolute minimum.
This picture doesn't really represent anything but I like it.
...
Castle Xyntillan now avaliable
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This begins with a story, back in the 2000's a bunch of folks were
organized by Necromancer Games to fleshed out Judges Guild's Wilderlands of
High Fantas...
Making the Arts Dark Again...
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*Sorcery*. The Dark Arts. These words conjure up images of occult
knowledge wrestled from forgotten old tomes and worked in guilty secrecy.
Magic is sin...
Symbaroum Campaign Pitch
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The great war, the hungry hordes of the Dark Lords—a nightmare that lasted
for two decades … Twenty-one years have passed since the Dark Lords were
vanquis...
Mazes and Monsters: a Breakdown
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Mazes and Monsters is a 1982 made-for-TV morality play that warns viewers
against the dangers of participating in role-playing games, suggesting that
the ...
New Map of the Elf Empire and Southern Isles
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I’ve been having fun developing a new map-drawing style that I think is
finally reaching a certain level of maturity. And yeah, it owes a lot to Matthew
Ad...
Eye of Vecna coming to the big screen?
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The possibility of new *Dungeons and Dragons *film has popped up from time
to time for years now (I last mentioned it here in February 2016). But it
now lo...
casl Entertainment
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I woke this morning to a message from Carlos Lising of casl Entertainment
letting me know that he was pulling their products from DriveThruRPG in
order to ...
Dedicated Followers of Fashion
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Clothes are sort of a big deal in modern Bastion. The trick is to look both
classically timeless and effortlessly a la mode.
*Alaine Crevatte’s Forum of Fi...
On GNS in my OSR? It's more likely than you think.
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My own words from 2000, a few short months after the genesis of the
threefold model.
From: Courtney Campbell
Subject: Re: Getting player buy-in to a surpr...
Old School Essentials: Review
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I remember when *B/X Essentials *first showed up on the OSR scene, and to
be honest I was really pretty skeptical. I thought "Oh, this is literally
just a ...
Limiting Ink Density
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If you're printing at Lightning Source, e.g. because you're doing a POD
product at DriveThruRPG, you have to abide by LS's printing specifications.
One of ...
Monsters with Triggered Abilities
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Everything on this page (except for the gribbly) is meant to be accessory
monster. They aren't going to be the biggest monster in the fight; they'll
be fl...
New AD&D Greyhawk Campaign Notes
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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...
DM Report: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
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As I have mentioned before, over the years I have very rarely used a
published module and, when I do, I heavily modify it. The exception has
been that ov...
The Diselpunk Post
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I like dieselpunk a lot. I want other people to like it. Having said that,
the major hurdle is to make it look retro in a way that appeal to people in
the ...
A Visit to the Mighty Eighth
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I had the opportunity today to visit the National Museum of the Mighty
Eighth Air Force in Pooler, GA. What a wonderful time! It’s a collection of
memorabi...
Free GM Resource: RPG Dice Roller v2.3
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[image: Free GM Resource: RPG Dice Roller v2.3]
It's been a month since I've posted last...for reasons, but I'm prepared to
come back to regular Free GM Res...
Dolmenwood Campaign Book: Planning Update
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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...
Another holiday treat
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In the same spirit as my last post, here's another preview of content that
will eventually appear in The Heroic Legendarium that seems to capture that
cree...
Midderlands - The hamlet of Whorle
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I have recently started up a 1on1 game with a friend, as we are both very
busy, we figured this was the best way to get some gaming in. I have owned
all th...
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...
Saving Throw fundraiser fanzine for James D. Kramer
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You may know Jim Kramer from his Usherwood Publishing modules &
supplements, or his work helping produce works like OSRIC and Knockspell.
You probably didn...
Home Sweet Home Azeroth
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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...
The Engine of On a Red World Alone
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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...
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...
Exorcists For Hire
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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...
Annihilation Rising Goes live
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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!
...
Mysthea (something epic this way comes)
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[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...
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...
Trap Tuesday: A step back
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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 ...
Session 4: Into the Wolf Creek Ruins
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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...
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...
The Complete OD&D Illusionist
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The Illusionist in *Dungeons & Dragons *was created by Peter Aronson, an
early Boston-area fan. In 1975, Aronson submitted an initial description of
Illu...
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...
Total Sales for WB:FMAG
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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*...
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...
The Warlock's Tower
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*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...
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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