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#FollowFriday: New Year, New Character Challenge - Hope everyone in the U.S. had a good Thanksgiving. We stayed here at home and had Zoom time with my family. Ate a lot, watched some TV. It was/is nice....2 hours ago
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AD&D Poison Notes - 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...2 hours ago
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Some Brechewold Forest Spots - These are a few hexes that will be part of the preview chapter of *The Yellow Book of Brechewold*. B1. Waterfall Mine and the Crone - Lan...2 hours ago
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Glitter on the Water - Dead in the Water is a scenario for Mutant Crawl Classics Roleplaying Game – Triumph & Technology Won by Mutants & Magic, the spiritual successor to Gamma...4 hours ago
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The Mystery of Manly House - Free PDF was on my Patraeon long time ago I was probably wary of mass release then but care less now It might seem time...8 hours ago
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VILLAINS - Is it time for another 'Library Post'? Perhaps it is. Don't worry, *content after the links* -----------------------------------------------------------...11 hours ago
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Jail Break & Hell - Further Mediations on The Stormbringer rpg & OSR Campaign Memories - " Rogue Mistress presents a high-powered, dangerous campaign for either the Stormbringer or Hawkmoon roleplaying games. Rogue Mistress features eight chap...23 hours ago
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My RPG Zine Trilogy is on Kickstarter! - 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...1 day ago
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Sessions with Stan (NSFW Language) - Animator Aron Fromm was fortunate enough to work with Stan Lee and has created this wonderful animated video using audio from a real recording. Check it ou...1 day ago
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Thankful for, 2020 edition - This year I'm thankful for: - my ability to get a steady amount of gaming in, even when we had to revert to online-only play - streaming MST3K episodes to...1 day ago
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Fantasy and the Human Condition - We have far too much of this kind of article in our lives: the random and semi-plausible armchair ponderings of somebody whose only real qualification fo...1 day ago
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Happy Turkraken Day! - I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday today (even if it's not actually a holiday for you). ---------- Note 1: The beast above can be encountered i...1 day ago
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Play report nightwell Barony session 2 - Jumped back in last night. The plan was to shoot for Friday evenings, however since we all work in retail this Friday will be hard. The players left off...1 day ago
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return of CRPG migration studies - One of the weird thing about playing dungeony dragony computer games from the 80's is the existence of a whole network of games by disparate designers an...1 day ago
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Bronzing History - This is now the longest page on my wiki, with 35,847 characters thus far, or about 5,500 words. So, not as long as some of the posts on this blog. On the...2 days ago
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d100 Chess Scenarios - So like everybody in the world I'm trying to play Chess again. I've done this every six months or so for the last decade, and the pattern generally goes ...2 days ago
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The Bloody Engines of the Dinosaur-Men, D&D adventure review - By Brian C. Rideout Deathtrap Games Labyrinth Lord Levels 3-5 What makes the screams echoing down from Eira Peak? After the recent avalanche that forced th...2 days ago
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The Monsters of Trampier - I’ve mentioned before here how much I adore the art of Dave Trampier (“DAT”). His work very much shaped the way in which I visualize fantasy adventuring—...2 days ago
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Free GM Resource: RPG Themed Cookbook - [image: Free GM Resource: RPG Themed Cookbook] Today is the Monday before Thanksgiving, 2020.....too early to freak out about the holiday cooking, but no...3 days ago
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Sagard's Greyhawk and Izmer - You might think that placing Izmer off the western edge of the Greyhawk map would be a fairly simple matter. The trouble begins, however, with the fact...4 days ago
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On What to Do With a Dragon Corpse - My players were about to leave Thundertree, when they decided to look around to find a certain missing amulet. While they found the amulet, they also foun...4 days ago
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Curse of Strahd Guide, IV - Hitting Strahd in the allies (Strahd is the land; the land is Strahd) - Here is another quick idea for Curse of Strahd (and here is part III if you haven't read it). The book's "proposed plot"* seems to be: you go around the al...4 days ago
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Mystery Box of Adventures: Button Fixed! - The GM Games warehouse needs room. So this year I'm offering a *Mystery Box of Adventures*! The picture above is a sample of what you might find in one ...4 days ago
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A Tale of Four Santas: Part One - Welcome back to the Vault my little helpers! I've laid down a challenge to the members of one of the group chats I belong to. Whilst we can't meet to pl...5 days ago
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40k: HamWarmer 24.5 - Tyranids (With Photos) - The swarm grows! I've also finished the *Faction: Tyranids (v0.1)* book for HamWarmer 24.5. That's 2 factions and the core rules done (and indexed here)....5 days ago
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The Inn Between - This all basically grew from the idea of What If Spirited Away, But D&D? First of all, wiser souls have spoken of this before. The ruleset would be GLO...5 days ago
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Prospects and Retrospects - 101 posts From Kuroth's Quill - Due to the vagaries of real-life timing winning out over planning, my 100th post in *From Kuroth's Quill* arrived uncelebrated as my compiled (and still ...5 days ago
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The Elf in Holmes Basic - A recent thread over at the Dragonsfoot forums got me thinking about Elves in Holmes and how they might be … Continue reading →6 days ago
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Giant Trapdoor Spider - This gigantic trapdoor spider is 3d printed from a model by Schlossbauer, on Thingiverse. It's printed in eSun PLA+ on my Ender 3. I printed it scaled...1 week ago
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[REVIEW] Hideous Daylight - *Not so hideous cover art[REVIEW]* by Brad Kerr Published by Swordlords Publishing Low-level This 34-page module presents a small, self-contained adv...1 week ago
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Gaming's First-Generation Non-Wargamers... - I'm a first-generation non-wargamer. Ok, but what does that even mean? Que the history lesson. Dungeons & Dragons was created by historical wargamers ...1 week ago
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Horacio Salinas Blanch - Cover Art for "Super Fiction Collection" 1976 – 1986 - [image: Horacio Salinas Blanch - "Downward to the Earth" by Robert Silverberg, 1981]"Downward to the Earth" by Robert Silverberg, 1981 [image: Horacio S...1 week ago
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Look at my Works, you Mighty, … - When I wrote my first post outlining the purpose and goal of my latest worldbuilding efforts, I got a lot of replies, including this interesting link from ...1 week ago
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Fredda Sieve and Her 1963 "Zazz" Dice - *Dungeons & Dragons *required the use of five polyhedral dice when it first came out, and back then in 1974, the only place TSR could acquire them was ...2 weeks ago
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Kickstarter: Layout continues for the Majestic Fantasy RPG, Basic Rules - Just a quick update that I am in the midst of layout. I have completed about half of the pages and just finished up the monster section. Here is the las...2 weeks ago
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Quantum D&D - 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...3 weeks ago
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Reflections on 43 Years in the Hobby - In less than six months it will be the 44th anniversary of the first time I played D&D and my lifelong obsess-, uh, *hobby*, began. And this very rece...3 weeks ago
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Dolls and Devils - French Resistance sent a bizarre tale to Allied Intelligence. A French doctor, a Vichy traitor, was collaborating with the Third Reich. Doctor Le F. had...4 weeks ago
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Maximum HP 004, one week to go - 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...4 weeks ago
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Martians, Godzilla, and Werewolves; Oh My! - Greetings everyone, I don’t normally plug other blogs (except when I feel like it)….but this one is pretty sweet: https://swordsandstitchery.blogspot.c...5 weeks ago
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The Bombing of the Quick Stop Gas Station Bench - *One of the ingredients that's coalescing for Bunkers & Billionaires is a completely surreal mission landscape. Rogue intelligence agents and terrorist c...1 month ago
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Unwanted Undead Adventurer - I follow a few ongoing manga series on Comixology—Delicious in Dungeon, Made in Abyss, Goblin Slayer. Ubel Blatt, though that is finished and I am way behi...1 month ago
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Why Follow ME, And Die! - For those new to my blog, podcast, and YouTube channel, I wanted to explain where Follow Me, And Die! comes from. Origins Back in the mid 80’s my brother...2 months ago
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Steve Jackson Interview - 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...2 months ago
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The Hero’s Journey 2nd Edition, Campbellian roleplaying at its best! - (this review done using the reviewers own purchased copy) I have been a James Michael Spahn fan since he wrote his Swords & Wizardry Companion. His writing...2 months ago
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The Goblin Bazaar - The Goblin Bazaar is located in the first room on the second sublevel of my Five Years Left megadungeon. All manner of useful things can be found for sale ...3 months ago
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The Halls of Arden Vul Complete Nominated for an ENNie award! - Proud to say that The Halls of Arden Vul Complete (the PDF version of AV) has been nominated for Best Adventure for the 2020 ENNies. To celebrate, I'm runn...4 months ago
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Undermountain Map Origins - 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...4 months ago
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Sometimes, the best move is not to play... - I had to do something really hard this weekend, I had to cancel my monthly tabletop Zoom AD&D game, as well as my bi-weekly online AD&D game. I'm taking a...5 months ago
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A to Z of Megadungeons - 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...5 months ago
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A Campaign Begins for Newbies - 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...6 months ago
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WB:FMAG Total Print Sales - 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...7 months ago
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The Minotaur for Old-School Essentials - *Minotaur* *Requirements:* Minimum STR 9, Minimum CON 9 *Prime Requisite:* STR and CON *Hit Dice:* 1d10 *Maximum Level:* 8 *Armor:* Leather, including shield...8 months ago
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The Mauve Plague, Gravy Urns, and Batlace Frills: News from the Hill Cantons - And now the News... In a statement beamed from the Oracular Society today *Morafans the Rickmaster*, the Psychosocial Health Minister of the Overking, ha...8 months ago
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WIZARDS OF POHJOLA - 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...9 months ago
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Strange, Dangerous, and Inhuman: The Fey and Fairie - 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...10 months ago
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Merlynd the Magician: A Remembrance of Don Kaye, TSR's Co-Founder Now Available - LINK to Description and Ordering: https://www.tlbgames.com/collections/the-red-book-line/products/merlynd-the-magician11 months ago
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New AD&D Greyhawk Campaign Notes - 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...1 year ago
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Dolmenwood Campaign Book: Planning Update - 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...1 year ago
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The Withered Crag custom print version for sale again - Just re-enabled the direct sales button for the custom print (classic style detached cover) version of F4 The Withered Crag, and also for F3 Many Gates of...1 year ago
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Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule - *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...1 year ago
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Home Sweet Home Azeroth - 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...1 year 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...1 year 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...1 year 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...1 year 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...1 year 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.1 year 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...1 year 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...2 years 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...2 years 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...2 years 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 ...2 years 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....2 years 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...2 years 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...3 years ago
Erik, I tried to get SWL printed double-sided on 11x17 inch paper today, but it kept hanging up at about 43%. Has anybody had similar problems, or is there a way to print this out nicely on one page?
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