If your pockets are deeper, you can grab the complete bundle for $18.
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Adventurer! This all-new Vikingverse Bundle presents When the Wolf Comes, Ian Stuart Sharpe's tabletop science-fantasy roleplaying game of Vikingverse action from Schwalb Entertainment based on Shadow of the Demon Lord. The Vikingverse is set during a reimagined Ragnarök, the doom of the gods. Fated to be devoured by the great wolf Fenrir, Óðinn defied the Norns by changing destiny – by granting forbidden knowledge to the Norse kingdoms. Now, in this alternate present, expeditions of Widefarers, Runemasters, Song Smiths, Thread Riders, Numberwitches, and other Norse heroes travel the Yawning Void via the greenways of Yggdrasil, the Worlds Tree. The Níu Heimar (Nine Homeworlds) are your setting for sagas of phenomenal trial or great personal sacrifice. Ragnarök has struck throughout the shattered timelines; the Fates send your heroes, pawns in a cosmic game, to stand against doom across the Kingdom of the Heavens. In this elementally hazardous universe, perhaps all that matters is how you meet the end.
This all-new offer gives you the entire Vikingverse line for an unbeatable bargain price. For just US$14.95 you get all seventeen titles in our Vikingverse Collection (retail value $61) as DRM-free ebooks, including the complete standalone 392-page When the Wolf Comes core rulebook; three short but intense rules expansions – Space Vikings, Doomcraft, and Death Metal; the character expansions Paths of Honor and Paths of Shame; and the complete 11-part Thought & Memory Saga Campaign Bundle.
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Like many gamers, I have a weakness for dice. At this point, it's rare for me to find dice that excite me. The Cathedral Dice Kickstarter actually excites me, even if the price point has the potential to scare me off.
A set of 3d6 goes for $35. A single D20 Chonk (giant 35mm d20) costs $65. A set of 7 dice goes for $85. For $140, you can snag the Chonk and the 7 dice set.
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You can mix and match within the various rules system, and the more you buy, the cheaper the cost per book.
Welcome to a Lifetime of Adventure from Frog God Games and Necromancer Games! Why a lifetime of adventure, you ask? Because we're offering more than 60 adventures and supplements we've crafted during the past six years — that's more than enough adventure to keep you busy for a long, long time!
Just for this Kickstarter, we're offering these exciting softcover books at a fantastic discount, all in one convenient place! We've included a selection of our past products, which makes this the perfect time to pick up anything you missed out on. You'll find bundles of PDFs and books that you can customize to enrich your gaming experience — no matter your preferred gaming system.
What gaming systems are included?
In this Kickstarter, you can choose from adventures designed for 5e, Old-School Renaissance (OSR), Old-School Essentials (OSE), and Castles & Crusades (C&C). We're also including Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC), the newest system we have just started to support. You'll also find system-neutral products that can be dropped into any game.
Does the physical book come with the PDF?
Yes, every physical book you select comes with its matching PDF. You can put the real book on the shelf and use the PDF at the gaming table.
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K, here's the part where I reveal my biases and connections. I've known Greg Christopher / AKA Chubby Funster since before the early days of the Friends & Family Beta Testing of D&D Next—close to 15 years now. We've gamed together regularly over those years and have become true friends. Greg is one of the more skilled creators in the OSR, and his ShadowDark work is some of his best.
Today's Deal of the Day is ShadowSun—A ShadowDarkSetting. If you are like me and wish someone would bring back an authentic version of Dark Sun, Greg presents us with an homage that is perhaps better than the original that inspired it.
ShadowSunis usually $8 in PDF, but until tomorrow morning, ShadowSun is on sale for $4.
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I am not a massive fan of Supers RPGs—I never have been and never will be. That being said, if I were to play a Supers RPG these days, it would be Mutants & Masterminds—hands down. It's just familiar enough to feel comfortable.
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I've heard a lot about Nights Black Agents. Surprisingly, I bought this back in 2017 - I need to redownload The Dracula Dossier.
Agent! We've been cleared to resurrect the December 2017 Dracula Dossier Bundle. The Dracula Dossier is an epic improvised horror-espionage campaign for Night's Black Agents, star designer Kenneth Hite's GUMSHOE system tabletop roleplaying game of burned spies vs. vampires from Pelgrane Press.
In 1893 a visionary spymaster in the British Naval Intelligence Department tried to recruit the perfect asset: a vampire. Operation Edom contacted Count Dracula in Transylvania, set up a safe house and headquarters in England, and arranged transit. Then it all went wrong. Dracula betrayed his minder and double-crossed NID. British intelligence hunted him down on his home ground and terminated him with two knives and extreme prejudice – or so they thought. Dracula lives. Now it's up to you to finish the job.
Funded by a November 2014 Kickstarter campaign, the Dracula Dossier series follows in the fully improvisational path of the award-winning The Armitage Files campaign for Trail of Cthulhu. Players follow leads in the margins of Dracula Unredacted, a rare edition of Bram Stoker's masterpiece that reveals the terrifying truth behind the fiction. Players choose which leads to track, which scarlet trail to follow. The Director, using the clear step-by-step techniques in these ebooks, improvises a suitably blood-soaked thriller in response to their choices. Together you create your own unique story for one of the greatest RPG campaigns ever published.
This comprehensive revival once again brings you the entire Dracula Dossier line. For just US$19.95 you get all three titles in this revived offer's Agent Collection (retail value $54) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including the Night's Black Agents core rulebook, Dracula Unredacted, and The Edom Field Manual.
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What would your players' characters do if aliens crash-landed in your campaign? This adventure just may answer that question!
This is the part where I pull back the curtain. I've known Thom Wilson for years, first meeting Tom at NTRPG Con and later being a Special Guest at the first Shire Con (run by Thom) and yearly since. Thom is a skilled and prolific producer of Old School RPG material.
It Fell From the Sky is Thom Wilson's ShadowDark low-level adventure. It's 4 bucks in PDF, 15 bucks for print plus PDF, and includes shipping.
It Fell From the Sky is a 24- to 28-page adventure designed for the Shadowdark RPG. It contains enough content to last one to three sessions of gameplay for most groups. It can be dropped into any campaign or world of the game master's choosing.
This adventure will be available to backers in two formats: a PDF or a digest-sized print-on-demand book. The cover is full-color with a black & white interior.
The adventure was created and written by Thom Wilson of ThrowiGames. Eric Lofgren created the fantastic cover. Maps were hand-drawn by Glynn Seal of MonkeyBlood Design. And the original interior art was developed by Joey Docil. Of course, Joshua Newey is handling all the editing.
DriveThruRPG will handle PDF delivery, and Lulu.com will fulfill the print-on-demand copies.
This is the part where I talk about who I know, so you can read this post with open eyes. I've known Ben Burns, owner of New Comet Games, for about a decade. We set aside time to talk at every NTRPG Con, and I consider Ben a friend.
I own nearly all New Comet Games Call of Cthulhu print releases, which are well worth the investment. At 7.95, this PDF bundle is practically a steal.
Ahoy! This all-new Corsairs of Cthulhu Bundle presents Corsairs of Cthulhu: Fighting the Mythos in the Golden Age of Piracy and other historical Call of Cthulhu Seventh Edition tabletop roleplaying scenarios from New Comet Games. This piratical guide to the years 1650-1730 gives you new rules for alchemy and voodoo, historical occupations and equipment, and maps of Port Royal and far Tortuga. Your 17th-Century Investigators can crew a pirate or privateer vessel, freelance out of a Caribbean port, or sail their own ship as corsairs. They face curses left by ancient civilizations, and nightmares hidden around the Gulf and the seas beyond (waaay beyond). Join the crew, hoist the Jolly Roger, prime your pistol, and sharpen your cutlass. It'll take more than luck to save you today.
For just US$7.95 you get all four CoC supplements in our New Comet Collection (retail value $44) as DRM-free ebooks, including the complete 299-page Corsairs of Cthulhu campaign sourcebook along with three 1920s-era campaigns: A Time for Sacrifice (about Mayan mysteries in the Yucatan), Devil's Swamp (the Hockomock Swamp in southern Massachusetts), and The Star on the Shore (Rockport, Massachusetts). Each campaign consists of shorter scenarios that can be played as standalone sessions, and all are fine for both beginning and experienced Investigators.
Note: These campaigns require Call of Cthulhu Seventh Edition (not included in this offer) or compatible rules such as the free and open Cthulhu Eternal.
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I first ran a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying with the release of the first edition of the WFRP ruleset, and it was a blast. The system is fun, but the setting is second to none. Rich and dark, the world of WFRP is familiar to us but also significantly divergent.
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I remember first seeing Ravenloft in 84 (it was released in 83). It was an exciting change of pace from the other adventures I was running then, and the Ravenloft setting that was released later became one of my favorite settings in the 2e era.
Under raging stormclouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of castle Ravenloft. Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves around him, billowing his cape in the darkness. Lightning splits the clouds overhead, casting stark white light across him. Strahd turns to the sky, revealing the angular muscles of his face and hands. He has a look of power - and of madness. His once-handsome face is contorted by a tragedy darker than the night itself.
Rumbling thunder pounds the castle spires. The wind's howling increases as Strahd turns his gaze back to the village. Far below, yet not beyond his keen eyesight, a party of adventurers has just entered his domain. Strahd's face forms a twisted smile as his dark plan unfolds. He knew they were coming, and he knows why they came - all according to his plan. He, the master of Ravenloft, will attend to them.
Another lightning flash rips through the darkness, its thunder echoing through the castle's towers. But Strahd is gone. Only the howling of the wind - or perhaps a lone wolf - fills the midnight air. The master of Ravenloft is having guests for dinner. And you are invited.
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I own Vaesen, and I'm impressed with it. However, it may never be used, as it doesn't fit my current group all that well. It uses the Year Zero Engine, which may or may not be a selling point for you.
Welcome to the Mythic North – northern Europe of the nineteenth century, but not as we know it today. A land where the myths are real. A cold reach covered by vast forests, its few cities lonely beacons of industry and enlightenment – a new civilization dawning. But in the countryside, the old ways still hold sway. There, people know what lurks in the dark. They know to fear it.
Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying is written by Nils Hintze and based on the work of Swedish illustrator and author Johan Egerkrans. Vaesen presents a dark Gothic setting steeped in Nordic folklore and the old myths of Scandinavia. The game mechanics utilize an adapted version of the awardwinning Year Zero Engine.
Key features:
· Ten ready to use archetypes let you create a character in minutes – or use the included life path tables and let the dice decide.
· Quick and flavorful rules for combat, investigations and horror.
· Rules for developing the player characters’ headquarters during campaign play.
· A detailed gazetteer of the Mythic North setting and the town of Upsala.
· A score of bloodcurdling vaesen to encounter, all beautifully illustrated by Johan Egerkrans.
· An introductory Mystery called The Dance of Dreams.
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While the DCC RPG and its various offspring games work best as convention games, many groups play DCC as a campaign game. For the latter, let us present Elfland: Beyond the Fields We Know for the DCC RPG.
Elfland: Beyond the Fields We Know is a zine that provides everything that is needed to bring your game to Elfland! It has 6 adventure locales that can be used for one-shots, over a dozen fey traps, priceless relics, new monsters, and more! It's also written in a way where the reader can use it as a solo-journaling game. That way you can create a unique NPC for your campaign, or simply have some fun on your own!
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Castle Falkenstein is a modern-day classic. I remember grabbing a copy of this back in 2006/7 in print, and wishing I had a gaming group to run it. I may need to revisit Castle Falkenstein.
When computer game designer Tom Olam found himself sorcerously shanghaied by a rogue Wizard and a Faerie Lord, little did he suspect that he would soon become the pivotal force in the struggle to control an alternate Victorian Universe. But before the deadly game could end, he would first have to battle gigantic Landfortresses, outwit Dragons, romance a beautiful Adventuress, and defeat the Evil legions of a Dark Court determined to destroy him at all costs.
Then maybe, just maybe, he could find a way home again ...
It’s a novel. It’s a game. It’s both. It’s Castle Falkenstein™, an amazing journey into another universe just a few steps away from our own: a place where Dragons and Steampower rule the skies, Faerie Lords duel atop the battlements, and where the forces of Wizardry and Magick meet the gaslight streets of the Victorian Age. But with Castle Falkenstein™, the story never ends, as you too take up saber and spell to adventure in a distant world on the other side of the mysterious Faerie Veil: a world of Swashbuckling Fantasy, High Romance, and Magickal Technology. The world of—Castle Falkenstein™
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As stated earlier, Greyhawk has opened up to third-party publishers via the DM's Guild, and one of the first releases is the Greyhawk Campaign Guide by the OSR's very own Joe Bloch.
The Greyhawk Campaign Guide hit "Copper" on DTRPG in six hours. When it hits Gold, it can be offered as a POD. The Greyhawk Campaign Guide is 14.95 in PDF.
Behold, Greyhawk!
A land of magic, mystery, and mayhem, where ancient dungeons contain vast treasures and infinite dangers, where great armies march across the land, and where bands of adventurers seek to maintain the balance, or help the innocent, but are never above making a quick profit.
This book gives the dungeon master a wealth of information to run a campaign in this venerable fantasy setting, with information on history, the calendar, weather, the inhabitants of the land, descriptions of the lands and wildernesses that make up the Flanaess, and more.
The accompanying Greyhawk Player's Guide will be published soon.
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It's October, and that means a month of deals on Horror RPGs. Here is one I had yet to hear of before - The TEETH RPG. I may just have to pick this one up ;)
Adventurer, open wide and say aaaaaaughhhh! with this all-new TEETH RPG Bundle featuring TEETH, the fantasy-horror tabletop roleplaying game of occult crime and monster-hunting in a cursed corner of 18th-Century England. A grotesque tragicomic meld of Blackadder and The Witcher, TEETH adapts the Forged in the Dark rules for monster-hunting in the benighted Vale of the Deleuth, which glories in revolting mutations, occasional insurrection, murderous Hogmen, and also-murderous pies. You're supposedly a Hunter, charged with driving back monstrous incursions and protecting the trade in occult artifacts. But that is subterfuge! Your Outfit of bruisers, scholars, trackers, and sappers (explosives experts) share a Secret Agenda, and a one-year time limit before occult contamination corrupts you. If you execute your mission and escape the Vale before Winter ends, you can claim victory – however horrible the cost.
We know you're already champing at the bit to pay just US$7.95 for the complete, DRM-free 320-page TEETH: A Roleplaying Game core rulebook (retail price $27.50), along with the pay-what-you-want scenario Night of the Hogmen and the False Kingdom campaign.
And you'll get a second bite at the apple with our More Teeth Collection, including the aptly named expansion More Teeth and the standalone introductory scenarios Stranger & Stranger and Blood Cotillion. That's an additional $26 retail value, yours if you pay more than the threshold price of $15.43.
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I've followed Unknown Armies over the past few years without ever taking "the dip." I've been intrigued by the system and default setting, but I have never committed to buying into the system before now.
The Starter Collection for Unknown Armies, at 7.95, fits my needs perfectly. At just under 21 bucks as I type this, the Complete Bundle intrigues me, but it may be beyond my current level of interest.
Adept! This all-new Unknown Armies 3E Bundle presents Unknown Armies, the 2016 Third Edition of the acclaimed Atlas Games tabletop roleplaying game about broken people risking everything to change the world. Reality as we know it is shaped by a group of 333 people so dedicated to certain attributes that they become the archetypes of the Invisible Clergy, who are locked in an eternal struggle for power. Your characters are pawns in this power struggle – and you're hoping to join the ranks of the Clergy itself. You might struggle against the New Inquisition, the Sect of the Naked Goddess, or your own deteriorating sanity. You might face vampires, godwalkers, or fellow practitioners of magick. Against unrelenting opposition, will you win through?
Created by Greg Stolze and John Tynes, Unknown Armies is a game of postmodern occult intrigue, transcendental horror, and furious action. It's about driven characters who gain the power to alter reality until it aligns with their fevered desires – about obsession and identity – about revealing the horrible truth we don't want to see, and claiming that truth for yourself. It's about being relentlessly, hopelessly human.
For just US$7.95 you get all five titles in our Starter Collection (retail value $35) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks or MP3 music tracks, including the first rulebook (Book 1: Play) with all the rules for players, plus the introductory scenario Maria in Three Parts and three sets of ambient music tracks composed by James Semple: Upsetting Anomalies, Unnatural Artistry, and Uncanny Acuity.
And if you pay more than the threshold price of $20.82, you'll level up and also get our entire Complete Collection with twelve more titles worth an additional $64, including four more rulebooks – Book 2: Run, Book 3: Reveal, Book 4: Expose, and Book 5: Mine – along with the full-length scenario Bring Me the Head of the Comte de Saint-Germain and seven "Campaign Starter Kits": Derby Girls Destroy DC, Heroin Highway, Karmic Ties and Fifth Wheels, Raiders of the Lost Mart, Sacred Pharma, Violence Inherent in the System, and Young Practicals.
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Nashorn Crew
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I like to include some crew figures in my little 15mm (1:100) model tanks,
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BONESAW IS (ALWAYS) REAAAADDDYYY!
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First he body slammed his way into Vigilante City/SURVIVE THIS!!. Then he
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Miskatonic Monday #372: The Impossible Chamber
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Much like the Jonstown Compendium for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha
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[image: Blood of Zeus]
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Cloudland (1984) - second copy
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From the back cover:
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Last week I mentioned a *secret project* and while I'm not going to divulge
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By Nickolas Z BrownFive CataclysmsOSRLevels: "Low to Mid" Deep within the
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The line has been crossed
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I hope all you fuckers enjoyed your Blue Sky. It is coming. You reap what
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Anyone...
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What makes a Feast? Three things, as you’d expect.
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Reading Elric
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Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melniboné is immensely influential. It not only
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Building A New World For My Convention Scenarios
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For the last few weeks I have been streaming on Friday night from 8:00 pm –
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On Manon Quarterly Kickstarter Youtube!
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Check it out. I talk about Sinless, canceling, and the future.
https://www.youtube.com/live/YmEnK8-sh6M?si=MnBE1E6dS4xaUJTN
www.kickstarter.com/projec...
Red Ochre & Ruins: The OSL Returns...
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Well, there's an Open Supplement License for Epoch, allowing those so
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Zock Bock Radio return engagement
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German AD&D superfan and podcast host Settembrini (who already had me on
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Un-American Activities
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I am halfing prices for all False Machine books held outside the U.S.A.
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I hate to start out posts by just lamenting my lack of posts...
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I’m well-overdue for another Greyhawk news roundup, and a recent post by
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- 9 and 30 Kingdoms talks a bit about mapping. I'm okay with players
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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
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Eyes of Idola, Part 2
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This is Part 2. Here is Part 1.
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The 'I Want' PC
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There's been a lot of discussion over the years about how Original Dungeons
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Link to discussion
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Welcome back to the Vault everyone! 2025 is going by in a blur; I last
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History is fractally interesting. Start examine any event, or following any
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With the release of its second volume, the second edition of *Playing at
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Hi everybody! Its been a minute. How are you? Everything is awful all the
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Articulations
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Creating house rules, custom rules specific to a local group or campaign,
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Writing playlists for all occasions
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Hello again! Going off the idea of inspiration elaborated on by the prior
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The Tarot of Pips
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Somewhere in your dice collection is a die like this one, the humblest of
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Over the Thanksgiving weekend we did a lot of gaming ranging from
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Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well! I've had a lot going on and
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*'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 ...