Appendix N Book Club - Description: “Jeff Goad, Ngo Vinh-Hoi, and guests explore the stories that inspired the creation of the world’s first fantasy roleplaying game.”
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Free Old School Halloween One Page Dungeon - Dungeon From A Distant Star From Robertson Games- For Your Old School Space Opera & D&D Campaigns - "Buried underground for hundreds of years lies a spaceship from the 3rd planet in the Altair system. While heavily damaged, the ship still has power for ma...2 hours ago
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Willow & Tara: NIGHT SHIFT Veterans of the Supernatural Wars - It was really only a matter of time before I got around to posting this. One of my personal goals with NIGHT SHIFT was to be able to create any characte...3 hours ago
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Artist Spotlight: Jeremy Hart - Jeremy Hart is not an artist that is going to give you a standard goblin or an angry face orc. Jeremy gives you nightmares. I've been using his work for ...3 hours ago
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PSC 15mm Cromwell - I got this PSC 15mm (1:100) Cromwell as a freebie some time ago, I think for renewing my *Wargames Illustrated* subscription. (I've since given them ...16 hours ago
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Androids, Gamma Terra, and GURPS - Our Gamma Terra GM posted a few things about the Tomorrow Men over on his blog, Black Ray Gun. General posts about our game is under the Tomorrow Men tag. ...20 hours ago
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Objectives I - In the first years after Dungeons & Dragons came on the scene, the problem of how to explain what the game is and how it's played proved to be a conundru...1 day ago
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Men-Of-Bones - You must not dance with men of bones, Do not go with them to their homes. At night they rise to leap and play, And will not dance in light of day. Of ...1 day ago
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Kitbash Attitude - Working on *GRIMLITE* keeps me thinking about the connection between RPGs (especially the type that I enjoy and make) and miniature wargames. I'm especi...1 day ago
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On the Thursday Trick, Triggers, Latches, Switches, Levers - Latches, switches and levers are thresholds of change. Less a trick or trigger, more a way to represent a choice in how to proceed. There is no distance be...1 day ago
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Spell System Overhaul, Overhauled - I’ve been thinking about my “Spell System Overhaul” and realized that it did not sit well with me. For one, … Continue reading →1 day ago
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We Need Long Campaigns - Pay close attention to what has happened to your mind. You are beset, besieged, bewildered by notifications from your phone, your social media accounts, ...1 day ago
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Sunndi Redux - My Sunndi army is now complete, having been flocked and sealed. I’m not a terrific painter, but I’m pleased with the way they came out. The whole army: Ski...2 days ago
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The Greater and Lesser Blorrp - The Krimaxian fleet just priot to the Battle of Aremis IV. The traditions of the Krimaxians lack the medals, ribbands, commendations, and other post-batt...2 days ago
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Neverland, a Fantasy Role-playing Setting, review - By Andrew Kolb Andrew McMeel Publishing 5e EXPLORE THE ISLE OF MISCHIEF & MYSTERY: Many have heard of the island of Neverland. Stories of pirates, mermaids...2 days ago
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Local Festivals or why you need Frog Weddings - Finished my mega-dungeon on Patreon - will do a table comp next month will put up a bundle of 3fold adventures on drive-through...2 days 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...2 days ago
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Kaendorian Magic - Some years ago I had already be thinking about how the supernatural abilities of Apocalypse World could be translated into a fantasy magic system. It had i...3 days ago
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Free OSR Tweak & Toss Adventure Seed - [image: Free OSR Tweak & Toss Adventure Seed] I swear here in Oklahoma we had two days of fall....TWO! It was 90* Friday and today we have freezing slee...3 days ago
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Conan Casting - So Netflix is working on a Conan series, and there was apparently word of such a series being worked on previously that would follow the stories by Howar...4 days ago
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Railroads (and some sandboxes) - The action of playing RPG consists, mainly, of *making relevant decisions through your character*. This definition is important, as you will see below. RP...4 days ago
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None of your treasure is safe! - Welcome back to the Vault! I had intended to start painting some Plague Marines over the weekend, but the weather conspired against me and I was unable ...4 days ago
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1981: L1 The Secret of Bone Hill - 1974 is an important year for the gaming hobby. It is the year that Dungeons & Dragons was introduced, the original RPG from which all other RPGs would u...4 days 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...5 days ago
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Forty Years of Playing RPGs - Today I am 50 years old. **sigh** Finding myself in a reflective mood, I decided to go for a long walk yesterday. (It also was likely the last warm day i...5 days ago
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Reaper's Burrowing Behemoth (Umber Hulk) - As with the Gloom Stalkers from the other day, the Burrowing Behemoths were painted back over the summer. They were given the standard soapy bath and s...6 days ago
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[REVIEW] A Visitor’s Guide to the Rainy City - *A Visitor's Guideto the Rainy CityA Visitor’s Guide to the Rainy City (2020)* by Rich Forest, with Andrew D. Devenney, Alisha Forest and Bill Spytma ...1 week ago
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40k: Tyranid Progress Update - Buckets of Nids and Stripping Tips - Thanks to a bit of luck and a few good deals, my Tyranid army is speeding along. Most of the kits have been in production for 15+ years, so used Tyranid ...1 week ago
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Kickstarter: Editing and Art Update - *Editing* Emily turned her edits over and I am going through the comments and corrections. Another back and forth should do the trick and meet the compl...1 week 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...1 week ago
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Lets just call it a dungeon : level 2 WIP - Level 2 24 rooms 2 big bads : red dragon, Shrieker (or something similar) Level 4 monsters 1. Monster no treasure owlbear Neither li...1 week ago
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Adventures in Marshall Barony, ep 11&12 - THE CAST O' CHARACTERS:CURRENT ROSTERVance - Yozzat, a dwarfJoe - Olwen Door-Hinge-Bane, a human rangerTim - Raymondo M., human thiefSteve - Dosta Grimm, a...1 week ago
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Virtual TsunamiCon 2020 - A Resounding Success! - My thanks to the indefatigable Erik Carl and his cohort of admins, helpdeskers, and technical wizards for putting on TsunamiCon 2020 Virtual Con this ...1 week ago
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d6s to Roll for Wandering Monsters in 1980 - It doesn't get more old school than rolling a d6 to check for wandering monsters in a dungeon. In the early 1980s, rolling a "1" meant you were in for...2 weeks ago
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Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885 - 1939) - [image: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz - Azot, Fosfór i Arsen (z cyklu kompozycji chemicznych) (tech. mieszana), 1918]Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Arsenic (fro...3 weeks ago
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Fiends, Folios, and the Edge of Amateur... - As yours truly and his beloved are crafting the new Pits & Perils, I've been mining some (much-needed) inspiration from gaming's antiquity. If the origi...3 weeks ago
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The Dead Are Coming - People - 10 - People Zombies can be really scary but one of the most dangerous encounters is other people. They are desperate, just like you. 10.1 - Sample Pe...3 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...3 weeks 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...4 weeks ago
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We Are Not Alone - As this splendid isolation drags on, I’ve dipped a toe into board game design. Well, it’s really sort of a board game/RPG hybrid called “We Are Not Alone...4 weeks ago
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A Tower in the Wasteland - I've decided to just write a dungeon without spending too much time overthinking it. Stream of consciousness, etc. *1 TOWER* Bent-backed and smooth-sided...5 weeks ago
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Playtest of my Mass Combat Rules - Report - The sons and I broke out my new mass combat rules and playtested all weekend. We started with Orcs vs Elves (using the number for a max-sized group of...5 weeks 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...5 weeks 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...1 month 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...1 month ago
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Fitting the Great Kingdom onto the Flanaess - Here we go. For fun, take a look at the map below. What you are looking at is one of the best medieval maps of the world, produced in 1154 by geograph...1 month ago
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Just sharing a side project - Not a Love Song - Hello, all who happen upon this corner of the interweb! I am enjoying some days off of work this week and thought it might be a good idea to pay a tiny ...2 months ago
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A Taxonomy of Old-School D&D - As a hobby for nerds, there's a strong appetite among D&D fans to make lists and categorize things, and this extends not just to elements within the game...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 ...2 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...4 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...6 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...7 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...7 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...9 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-magician10 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...11 months 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...1 year 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...1 year 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
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