I woke up at 630 in the morning with a death rattle in my chest. Uggh!
I do 4 to 5 conventions a year and this is the first time con crud has struck AT the convention, but it is a horrible year for the flu. Not that I have the flu, but you know what I mean.
I was told at Urgent Care that the URI is likely the result of seasonal allergies. Another uggh!
I have a break from 3 to 7 and run a game of SWL at 7pm. Hopefully, I've got a second wind (and a nice nap) for the game.
Space Weirdos
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I just nabbed this from
https://www.wargamevault.com/en/product/359157/space-weirdos for a measly
five bucks.
*Space Weirdos* is a fairly simple littl...
Cthulhoid Choices: Lovecraftesque
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Call of Cthulhu is the preeminent roleplaying game of Lovecraftian
investigative horror and has been for over four decades now. The
roleplaying game give...
Dragonlance Book of Lairs (1993) - second copy
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From the web:
At long last, adventures set in Ansalon that can be played in a single
session.
In the tradition of previous Books of Lairs products, the ...
OSR: Testing Treasure Tables & Treasure Values
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Treasure tables are, for better or worse, part of old-school RPGs. Since
the intention is to make the Treasure Overhaul a very useful and broadly
compatibl...
October Horror Movie Challenge: Akelarre (2020)
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*[image: Akelarre 2020]*
Another rewatch tonight, but I have been wanting to rewatch it for some
time.
*Akelarre (2020)*
I watched this one back in 2022...
Dungeons & Dragons White Box 11
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The last post was not that popular. I'll try to cool it down.
As before, page 17 lacks any text so we'll just deal with it as a whole.
And just to keep a...
2025 Convention Report: Alaska RPG Con
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[image: 2025 Convention Report: Alaska RPG Con]
A couple of weeks ago I cashed in some air miles and hauled my ass.... self
to Wasilla, AK to run five gam...
The Castle of the Mad Archmage
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By Joseph BlochBRW Games1eLevels 1-12 But a few scant leagues from the
walls of the bustling town of Greyheim lay the crumbling ruins known as the
Castle o...
Crypts and Things for Zothique
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I’m somewhat embarrassed that, in my recent post about the current
*Zothique* kickstarter, that I failed to mention the excellent “Old School”
swords-and...
How minimalist can D&D characters be?
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As I've said before, this is the amount of information I'd like D&D
characters to have — and that would have to be enough in actual play for
something like...
Paladin Kits - Ranked and Reviewed!
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First there was *The* *Complete Fighter's Handbook*. Then there was another
one of it. It was called *The Complete Thief's Handbook.* Then there was
anot...
magic Scabbards
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You need scabbards and not just cheap ones
*d12 Scabbard type*1 Knife
2-4 Dagger
5-7 Shortsword
8-11 Sword, half for less common types
12 Two-handed sw...
Community Greyhawk – The Night of Veils
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Today we look at The Night of Veils by a familiar face, Christopher
Harwell. Billed as “an adventure for 3rd – 4th level fools” (heh), It’s a
44 page pdf, ...
The Tax, the Tithe, and the Levy
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The life of a Knight isn’t all myth-seeking and feast-eating. Sometimes
you’re called in for proper work, namely taking stuff from vassals and
bringing i...
October Horror Challenge - Repeat Viewings
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Despite not posting I have been taking part in watching flicks for the
October Horror Movie Challenge. While I still will do my reviews for new
flicks, Her...
Ten Friggin Hill Cantons Wizards
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10 Wizards of the Hill Cantons
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Name
Description
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Magister Dobromil the Cauterizer
Specializes in magical “cleaning” of reality leaks. Wears fou...
On Bounty, Questions worth asking.
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Well? Will we?
Available Now!
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*Hack & Slash*
Follow, Twitch, Support, Donate to end Cancer (5 ...
Rob Kuntz at Lucca Comics & Games 2025
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If you are planning a trip to Europe (like right now) and wish to catch up
with me in person, make sure to book a detour via *Lucca Comics & Games*,
...
Random Links for 10/10/2025
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- AD&D Asassination. Seems straightforward in the PHB, and then the DMG
comes and takes it away. Thanks, Gary.
- Next game is in 3 weeks.
What is the point of the OSR?
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Over on Reddit, Kaliburnus asks What the point of the OSR is? He concludes
his post with some questions.
So, honest question, what is the point of OSR?...
Tombs: Fantasy Made Mortal...
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So Gregorius 21778 has released *The Tomb of Ferkhat the Dreaded* for Blood
of Pangea, complete with an excursion into an Egyptian-inspired burial. We
lo...
A review of The Golden Peaches of Samarkand
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by Edward H. Schafer
tldr; this book has a whole sub-section on Dwarfs
Its 1962 and Edward H Schafer delves into ream upon uncounted ream of
scholarship ...
Unboxing the 2025 D&D Starter Set
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I grabbed the 2025 Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set at Barnes & Nobles on
Friday. An 'undented' copy.
Because it is a Starter Set and meant to assist he...
Musings on the OSR Blogosphere and Forums
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Link to discussion There are some posts on the historical OSR blog scene
that I’ve read recently from the Grumpy …
Continue reading →
How do you do piracy… in SPACE!?
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Interstellar space travel in Iridium Moons was always going to be a form of
hyperspace jump like in Star Wars or Traveller. Simply because it’s the one
for...
The line has been crossed
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I hope all you fuckers enjoyed your Blue Sky. It is coming. You reap what
you sow.The right to free speech is a hill I will die upon.Slight update:
Anyone...
Zock Bock Radio return engagement
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German AD&D superfan and podcast host Settembrini (who already had me on
his show a couple-three years back) recently completed a two-year-long run
thro...
Greyhawk News You Can Use - Harvester 2025 Edition
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I’m well-overdue for another Greyhawk news roundup, and a recent post by
/u/talktoh in /r/Greyhawk prompted me to complete catchup on Greyhawk news
for the...
Tomb of the Blind and Deaf Dead
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So the cat is out of the bag thanks to Tobias Schulte-Krumpen, who posted
the above image to the Lamentations of the Flame Princess facebook group. I
...
Eyes of Idola, Part 2
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This is Part 2. Here is Part 1.
*Concept 1: Entering the Dungeon*
Descending the stairs into B1, the party reach rooms that are dark,
crowded, flooded, a...
[BLOG] News on the March! Episode X.
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This post continues the series of brief play reports I have been posting on
Discord. This does not cover every single session (sometimes, recon and
setup...
A long overdue hobby update!
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Welcome back to the Vault everyone! 2025 is going by in a blur; I last
posted in February, almost started a post in March and now it's the end of
May. W...
Playing at the World 2E V2 Arrives
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With the release of its second volume, the second edition of *Playing at
the World *is finally complete. The two books combined total well over
1,000 ...
Blogs on Tape season 6 has begun!
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Hi everybody! Its been a minute. How are you? Everything is awful all the
time? Horrors never cease? You’re being driven mad by the weight of the
unfathoma...
Articulations
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Creating house rules, custom rules specific to a local group or campaign,
has been common throughout the history of D&D. What makes an effective
house rule...
Writing playlists for all occasions
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Hello again! Going off the idea of inspiration elaborated on by the prior
post, I also have music playing while I write my various games and fiction
pieces...
The Tarot of Pips
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Somewhere in your dice collection is a die like this one, the humblest of
dice. Although you don't know it, this small white die carries with it a
secr...
Pirates and Necromancers, a Play Report
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Over the Thanksgiving weekend we did a lot of gaming ranging from
“off-table” domain level stuff to some solo adventures to spell and magic
item rese...
It's been a bit
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Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well! I've had a lot going on and
haven't had much time to blog lately. Heres a recap of gaming events and
other st...
*'s in SpaaaaaAaaaace
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A lot of SF (including a certain 2D6 RPG grandaddy) deal with ancient
aliens taking humans from Earth and dropping them, fleas and all, on one or
more w...
Last move - to self-hosting!
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As my vote regarding Substack in the “marketplace of ideas”, I’m moving to
self-hosting.
I’m now at (and hopefully staying for a long time at)
Blog: ht...
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 ...
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...
ToAD Monster of the Week: Crocoman
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Now that I'm back doing the blog thing I thought I would use Tome of
Adventure Design to create monsters for The Black Hack.
Using the monster tables in th...
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...
Fiction in Airhde
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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 T...
Ravensburg Reboot: Streamlined City Map
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I mentioned in my last post how I was tweaking and reworking parts of my
Ravensburg setting. Today I streamlined the city map. The old map had lots
of redu...
The Withered Crag available now
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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 startin...
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!
...
James's Celebration of Life
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We could not have asked for a prettier day for James's service. It was a
bit chilly and windy but gorgeous. A heartfelt thank you to all that joined
us tod...
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 ...
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...
Please, I don't do paid advertisements - don't ask.
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A little note since people have asked me about this. My video channel's
*not* an advertising platform, so I'm not available for hire if you want to
promote...
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 megadunge...
Mord Mar - Session 5
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We had another successful delve into the dungeon yesterday. The delvers:
Moira, the Magic-User
Radovan - Human Cleric (of Odin?)
Khazgar Stonehand - Dwarf ...
Bundle of Fantasy Age
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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...
New Free PDF Module: The Hyqueous Vaults
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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, a...
Swords & Wizardry Light: Session # 6
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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 ...
Yuck. Feel better Erik!
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