Purchases made via the Humble Bunde link linked on this page add a small portion of the purchase price to your bartender's coffers. I thank you in advance.
Tim Rolls The Dice...
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Roleplayers are crazy about their dice. Some mathematicians are go gaga
over them. These two videos are by a toy collector, which is a perspective
on dic...
GURPS DF Session 150, Cold Fens 9
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*Yesterday was a milestone - session 150 of my temporary, let's play until
we get a real game going, something to do on weekends game of DF.*
*Date:* April ...
The Tube That Kills!
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Yes its another 'Velvet Hooks' post. Here are the others;
Abhorrer & Aeskithetes
Anemone Men & Ants Of Neutrality
Atrocious Crows & Azul
Bedlam Birds & The...
Shoulders of giants (50 years of RPGs)
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Today is an important day for Role Players. Yet, after searching my news
feed it also seems to be yet another secret history day. No one in the news
medi...
P is for Police
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Vigilantes are the product a failed system, so they definitely have a place
in Gunzo!: True Vigilante. Ithos have many opinions on the subject myself,
but...
The War Against the Amphibians Part 1
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I think this new remake of Thelma and Louse has promised with casting. Now
I use the internet mostly for amphibian appreciation I've been using lots
of (...
#AtoZChallenge2021: P is for Púca
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It began with *Harvey.*
A little odd piece of trivia for you. Back in High School and College my
knick-name was Harvey. Not because of the movie of the ...
A Blaze in the Northern Sky, adventure review
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By D.S. Myers Self Published Old Sword Reign Levels 1-2 An introductory,
mini-dungeon crawl This 21 page adventure has a nine room dungeon that
takes two p...
Mythic Fantasy and the Days of High Adventure
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Among the many different branches of fantasy, one of the more obscure ones
that is rarely seen in the wild is Mythic Fantasy. I believe it’s actually
more ...
Pestilential Painting: The Foetid Virion Part One
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Welcome back to the Vectorium once more! Today's post will be fairly brief
as I have to confess the lure of lighter evenings and sunny days has kept
me ...
Scorched Earth NPC Relationship Table
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Integrating player-written character backgrounds into your campaign is real
work. Sometimes they just write *so much*, who can keep all those names
straigh...
Miskatonic Monday #63: Full Fathom Five
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Between October 2003 and October 2013, Chaosium, Inc. published a series of
books for *Call of Cthulhu* under the Miskatonic University Library
Associati...
The First PC to Die, Ever.
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According to Dave Arneson's *Corner of the Table* newsletter, Vol. III, #4
"There will be a medevil "BRAUNSTEIN" April 17, 1971 at the home of David
Arn...
d100 Merchants
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When next your players wish to go shopping, they may discover that this
store is tended by someone with their own rich internal life. This post was
written...
Rappan Athuk: The Mouth of Doom: Yowza, it's Yaza!
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Session played on 4/11
Nick the Pike, Fighter 6 (Me)
Borumar, Thief 9 (Josh)
Tim the Elf (Jake)
Lada the Thief (Robby)
Darryl, Cleric (NPC)
Biffin, Fight...
Artist Spotlight: Luigi Castellani
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Luigi Castellani's work is someone I've used for years. His artwork ranges
the entire gambit of fantasy, to sci-fi, cyberpunk, to halflings riding
owlbea...
[NEWS] Helvéczia: Announcement and Preview
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*Helvéczia: cover art by Peter Mullen*
*“Venture into a rugged land of stamp-sized, steadfastly independent petty
states, populated with robber bands, pi...
Matrix Games from an RPG Perspective
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I spoke very briefly about Matrix Games in this post, and since then my
fascination has grown enough that I'm actually running one right now.
There's a p...
GURPS 4e in physical form
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NOTE: *This review concerns only the physical manifestation of the rules; I
make no judgement whatsoever here about the usefulness of the GURPS rules
and...
Recursiveness
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Dan Olsen of Folding Ideas posted a video essay about Pink Floyd's The Wall
today. It's a pity that the movie itself is not the subject of Olsen's
disse...
OSR: The Monster Overhaul Update - 85% Done
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The *Monster Overhaul* has reached another milestone. 17/20 chapters are
complete and 10/20 chapters have art completed or in progress.
Iguanamouth
What i...
Glaciers & Glyptodons
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One of the very first things I blogged about (more than five years
ago...geez...) finally got its shot on the videoconferenced tabletop last
night. The...
Free GM Resource: Pixabay
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[image: Free GM Resource: Pixabay]
One thing I'm always on the lookout for is some free art for use in future
projects. Now I prefer to grab old illustr...
Skurmish! Player maps
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I put together some player maps so they can track the hexes they've
explored and to track troop movement across the battlefield (I will be
providing these ...
Size Matters, So Digest This...
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When we first published Pits & Perils, lots of people assumed it was a
digest-sized affair because, you know, Dungeons & Dragons. The rules,
which defin...
A Date for Monsters! Monsters! Monsters! Galore
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Everything leaves a trace. That's been my guiding principle researching the
history of early wargames and role-playing games: any commercial product
t...
grodog's post-GaryCon-XIII Repose - Part 1
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Yet-again, I had a wonderful time at GaryCon this year. Here's the first
part of my post-convention recap, working off of my schedule for GaryCon
XIII!...
Guess it's not meant to be - for now
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Well, I tried.
I got some folks interested in possibly playing a run through the classic
module U1 - The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh.
I just could...
Time Marches On
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It’s probably the historian in me, but one issue I’ve had with running a
long-term Victorious chronicle is that of time moving onward. I suppose
it’s a pro...
Started a new notenook
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Along time ago, I was complaining to Matt that I never complete anything.
He made me a nice 6x9 booklet with graph and hex paper and lines. It's
basical...
DM's Report: Solo Adventure - Sir William
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Most of the players in Seaward are content with the PCs they have, but
Jack wants a new one. So now we're doing Discord-based solos 1-2 times a
month....
Swords and Sorcery House Rules PDF available again
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Many years ago I put together some 'swords and sorcery' house rules for *Swords
& Wizardry *(also usable with older editions of D&D, such as '0e' and
'B/...
The Reasonable DM
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The English common law relies to a surprisingly large extent on a single
magical word: "reasonableness". It appears everywhere. Businesses must make
"rea...
On time running out
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I've been live streaming for 19 hours. I will continue to do so for another
10!!
My Kickstarter just crossed 12.8k!!! Don't miss out.
You will be sad. Y...
Emulating Battle in Roll20
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For session 70 of my Sunday AD&D game on Roll20 I decided to do something
different. A former player who had to drop due to personal issues had some
unex...
You Died
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You Died is a book about Dark Souls, written by a pair of game journalists.
It was first published as a simple paperback and then reimagined as a
deluxe ha...
Myconids
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Psychology
Humans are very contemptuous of orcs. They are brutes, never shying away
from any cruelty. And they are warmongers, always divided against ea...
Necrotic Gnome Website
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It's been a long time since I last posted on this blog... and the reason
for that is that I'm now posting news and updates at necroticgnome.com
directly....
AD&D Poison Notes
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In *Dragon* magazine #81 (January 1984) the article "Taking the Sting Out
of Poison" by author Chris Landsea offered truly exhaustive coverage of the
top...
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...
Quantum D&D
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A funny thing happened to D&D in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s: it got
popular. It went from a game everyone learned from someone whose knowledge
of the...
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 to Z of Megadungeons
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I've seen a couple of A to Z's lately and decided we needed one for
megadungeons. So here, we go.
A is for Architect
Someone needs to build the megadungeon...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I'm just going to straight donate to the cause. Just because they used Gareth to write material in his own name and a fake name to skirt controversy.
ReplyDeleteNot seeing the "Star Wars" book at the $8 level.
ReplyDelete;-)
Thanks for the heads-up!