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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Zatannurday: Merry Christmas

More Christmas messages from the Other Side's Magician in Residence, Zatanna Zatara!

Happy Hanukkah, Happy Solstice, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year.

Posted by Timothy S. Brannan at 6:52 AM

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2 comments:

The Happy Whisk said...: Merry and Happy Everything, to you.; December 22, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Tammy Theriault said...: i'm guessing the girl in the fishnets is NOT you.. :D merry christmas!!; December 22, 2012 at 5:22 PM

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The Best of the Journal: The Pettigrew Selections - Mark Pettigrew wrote the delightful swashbuckling role-playing game, Flashing Blades. He also wrote two Tekumel adventures, A Jakallan Intrigue and The Tom...
3 years ago
A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons

Hamsterish Hoard of Hexes is live! - Today's the day!The day that Hamsterish Hoard of Hexes is live! :D Brought to you by Paolo Greco of Lost Pages (lostpaolo @ Twitter), with lovely art by ...
3 years ago
A Paladin In Citadel

NEW Appendix N Video Review Series - Daniel, over at The Dungeon Dive, is starting up a Youtube review series of various Appendix N authors, I highly recommend you follow along with his inves...
3 years ago
Rended Press

Random Dungeon Generator Exercise: Heart of the Missing Shroom Wizard's Lair - Found the picture through a Google search. Generated the encounters using Wizardawn's excellent Dungeon Builder using the options for Swords & Wizardry. Di...
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