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Morning Captions -
34 minutes ago
Tenkar's Tavern

Deal of the Day - How to Write Adventure Modules That Don't Suck (Goodman Games) - *How to Write Adventure Modules That Don't Suck* is today's *Deal of the Day at RPGNow*. I backed the Kickstarter and have the dead tree of this and I mu...
1 hour ago
Quag Keep

Judges Guild Journal #15 (June/July79) - *From the web:* * Columns:* *Tips from the Tower* *01* *Prodigious Platemail* *02* *Conventions* *05* *Whitestone Castle by Eric Hill* *0...
2 hours ago
HeroPress

Week Four Of Velma Month... - hat-tip to Al Bruno III
3 hours ago
From the Sorcerer's Skull

Duelling Babysitters - The Halloween season is upon us, and if that puts you in the mood for a horror-comedy about kids who seem a bit old to have babysitters in bloody confronta...
3 hours ago
THE HORRORS OF IT ALL

Room of Shadows - An attractively eerie *Atlas* pair-up of *Mike Sekowsky* and most likely *Mike Peppe*, from the July 1952 issue of *Spellbound #5*. Things might remain a b...
3 hours ago
Halls of the Nephilim

Succubus Sunday -
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Reviews from R'lyeh

Robbing the Reich of Rommel - Published by Arc Dream Publishing, *Fox Hunt: A Godlike adventure* is a short scenario for one of the best roleplaying games to come out of the 2001 and 2...
5 hours ago
Mythopoeic Rambling

Frightful Fridays! Monster Mayhem! Cheryllian - Hello, and welcome back to another October monster! Today, my wife, Cheryl, and I are celebrating our 27th anniversary, so I decided to make a "nice" monst...
6 hours ago
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

This Week in Geek (16-22/10/17) - *Buys* I've decided to re-up on the various comic book television series I follow on DVD, with Supergirl Season 2, Flash Season 3, Arrow Season 5, Legends ...
8 hours ago
Dr. Theda's Crypt

Little Sam to Remind You Hallowe'en is Almost Here...!!! - The animated short that first introduced little Sam.... More on Sam (and the Holiday ...
10 hours ago
GRUBB STREET

The Political Desk - Lineman for the County - Let's drill down to the County level, then, and start off with ... another tax discussion! (Gosh, it's like they don't WANT you to vote). In this case, th...
11 hours ago
Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

The Business of Beheadings, Talking Corpses, Algohorror - How the Real Madame Tussaud Built a Business Out of Beheadings (Betsy Golden Kellem, *Atlas Obscura*) How 'Talking' Corpses Were Once Used to Solve Murder...
13 hours ago
I Fly By Night

Star Travel and Causality in The Wavefront Empire - Another bit about the Wavefront Empire:
14 hours ago
Batgirl - Mera - Batwoman

Batgirl #8 - *Batgirl #8* *Cover by Chris Wildgoose* *"Son of Penguin" Part II* *Variant Cover by Francis Manapul* *Artwork by Chris Wildgoose* *Batgirl vs. Magpie* *...
15 hours ago
Elfmaids & Octopi

d100 Paladin Smack Talk - It would be sad if this made me think paladins are worth keeping in DnD. But I think It might. Well Planet Psychon Paladin working for a AI god might look...
15 hours ago
Playing D&D With Porn Stars

A moron, but likable. A small and pale puppy. A sheer drop. - *The Host of Demon City can roll dice like a player, but, just as D&D can be a little more fun with miniatures, Demon City is a little more fun if the Host...
15 hours ago
About Bruce Heard and New Stories

How Many Peasants? - I had the surprise of finding a good article that suggested averages for population densities in fantasy worlds. This isn't a new topic by any means, but o...
1 day ago
Lawful Indifferent

Fantastic Maps: How To Design A Town - Absolutely love this style of design, and love how concise the steps are. Always remember that pre-Industrial Revolution people are living on the land and ...
1 day ago
Bat in the Attic

A project I am working on - I was thinking of something I could do for Swords and Wizardry Continual Light. Then this came to me as an idea for a setting. *Far beyond the Borderlands,...
1 day ago
RetroRoleplaying: The Blog

Expanded Microlite81 Complete Digest/Epub Version Now Available - [image: Microlite74 Ultimate Edition Cover]A slightly revised and expanded (with 25 additional monsters) version of *Microlite74 Complete* is now available...
1 day ago
MINION FACTORY

Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast! - COUNT CHOCULA COUNT CHOCULA BOO BERRY BOO BERRY FRANKEN BERRY FRANKEN BERRY FRUTE BRUTE FRUTE BRUTE FRUITY YUMMY MUMMY FRUITY YUMMY MUMMY ...
1 day ago
Expelled Grey Matter

Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) - Today the masked slasher has become a cliche. *Halloween *perhaps did it best, while Jason Voorhees managed to carve his way to fame with a hockey mask....
1 day ago
Stargazer's World

What about Starfinder? A review…. - 00In early 2010 one of my first posts on this blog was a review of Pathfinder. It is only fitting that seven years and a few months later I review Paizo’s ...
1 day ago
Gizmo's Reviews

#Stacking the Shelves # 260 - Week Ending 10/21/2017 - *Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you ...
1 day ago
Rather Gamey

Inktober 2017 Day 20 -
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A character for every game

Into the Dungeon! - Only recently have we rediscovered the location of the palace of the Vampire King. As the old stories and sages … Continue reading →
1 day ago
Cross Planes

Halloween Treat: Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath for Shadow of the Demon Lord - *"E hu shub niggur ath n gaa ryula neb shoggoth."That's as close as I can come. The mouths was like leaves and the whole thing was like a tree in the wind,...
1 day ago
Once More Unto the Breach!

End-of-Week Elmore (10/20/17): Bada$$ Battle! - Incidentally, it's my birthday today, my preciousessss! The same day as the late, great Tom Petty, Snoop Dogg, and Viggo Mortensen! I know the meaning o...
1 day ago
The Troll Dens

Early Morning... There Be Trolls -
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OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS

Internet troubles... -
1 day ago
Greyhawk Grognard

Interview at Multiverse - Timothy Connolly of TSR, Inc. interviewed me for their Multiverse blog, and the interview went live today: http://multiverse.world/blog/2017/10/19/qa-jose...
2 days ago
Monsters and Manuals

The Back of the Garuda: Or, Yet Another High Concept Campaign Setting - The last thing I need to do is come with another high concept campaign setting (I already have the dreams of a sleeping crocodile to finish off, and then t...
2 days ago
Kidbits

Celebrate The Small Things - This weekly blog hop is sponsored by the amazing Lexa Cain, and co-hosted by L.G. Keltner from Writing Off the Edge and myself. What exactly are we cel...
2 days ago
Supergirl Comic Box Commentary

Review: Superman #33 - *Superman #33* came out this week starting the Imperious Lex story arc and I have to say I was somewhat tickled pink by this opening issue. There were a b...
2 days ago
Erotiterrorist

Halloween Humpers: Suk-Ems - Suk-Ems are strange beings that only appear on Halloween night. They lack very little power on their own and must be ingested in order to affect someone. T...
2 days ago
SciFiChick.com

Book Giveaway: Moon Chosen - Courtesy of Wednesday Books, I have a copy of Moon Chosen by PC Cast for one (1) lucky winner! Contest is open to US residents only. No PO Boxes please. To...
2 days ago
My Baffling Brain

Celebrate the Small Things - Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly bloghop hosted by Lexa Cain. The idea is to post anything you want to celebrate from the last week, no matter how sm...
2 days ago
Fabled Lands

The mirror crack’d - *And moving thro' a mirror clear * *That hangs before her all the year, * *Shadows of the world appear… * Hang on, I’m about to completely lay waste to Te...
2 days ago
The Armchair Squid

A Window Above: All-Night Vigil - Piece: *All-Night Vigil, Op. 37* Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff Premier: March 10, 1915, Moscow The first piece I ever conducted in front of a live chorus wa...
2 days ago
Points of Light

Dungeons & Delvers: Gorgons (#inktober) - From an early age I was really into in Greek mythology. I think I would have been interested in most any mythology (as I have been for a long time), but fr...
2 days ago
Venger's old school gaming blog

Frank Mentzer Scapegoat - For those who haven't heard, some woman on twitter called-out Frank "red box" Mentzer because of his politely flirtatious comments, continuing a conversa...
2 days ago
Asshat Paladins

Actual Play: FATE High Road to China Session 5 - *High Road to China Session 5 Write-up* *Played Friday, February 24th, 2017* *Dramatis Personae* - *Fiona*, a rich heiress (played by J, not present) ...
2 days ago
Mesmerized by sirens

D&D variant: specialty mages -
2 days ago
Age of Ravens

Gareth Ryder Hanrahan: Interviewed! - *NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING* Episode 119 of the Gauntlet Podcast is up for your listening pleasure! In this one I talk with Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan about *Cth...
2 days ago
Minding Spot

The Survivor's Guide to Family Happiness by Maddie Dawson - *Three women, three lives, and one chance to become a family…whether they want to or not.* *Newly orphaned, recently divorced, and semiadrift, Nina Popkin...
2 days ago
Tower of Zenopus

Villains & Vigilantes 3.0 - I first played Villains and Vigilantes about 1983 after the second edition came out the year before. My group had discovered Champions the prior year and...
3 days ago
[Retro-Z]

Interview with Game Soundtrack "PROJECT CARS 2" Composer Stephen Baysted - *Jeremy [Six Strings]: How did you come to work on the "PROJECT CARS" game soundtrack and how much creative freedom did you have on the latest "PROJECT ...
3 days ago
The Warrior Muse

32 Nights of Horror & New Short Story Available! - To celebrate October, I've been watching a horror movie each night (including midnight on the first, which is why it's 32 instead of 31). Most of them have...
3 days ago
Tower of the Archmage

Diorama & Painting Thoughts - As ReaperCon got closer and closer, and I realized I'm not going to be able to get the diorama done in time, at least not to the level I want. I found that...
3 days ago
The City of Iron

Necrotic Gnome Productions Blog - I've started a new blog specifically for updates on Necrotic Gnome products. Check it out. So far, there are two posts: - A discussion of projects tha...
3 days ago
Beholder Pie

Here Be Dungeons 4: Bog Hag's Lair - Click to make big!This was the interior of Rotten Ethel's cottage from my "Glitterdust" pixies adventure (Dungeon 211). I was very pleased that Rotten Eth...
3 days ago
el blog de Victor Santos

- *PRIMERAS PÁGINAS DE RASHOMON USA RASHOMON GN FIRST PAGES* RASHOMON: UN CASO DEL COMISARIO HEIGO KOBAYASHI sale a la venta hoy en EEUU en una edic...
4 days ago
Sharing Links and Wisdom

Light of the Spirit Tour - *Blurb:* *The gods never sleep…* As the mortal vessel for the Muse of Comedy, Lia Youlos lights up every room with laughter and smiles. But there are da...
4 days ago
What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...

The Lost Art of the Cursed Item - People these days seem to misunderstand cursed items in D&D. Players find some magic items and divvy them up. Then one player finds out that *their *item i...
4 days ago
herding cats & burning soup

4 stars-- The Dispatcher by John Scalzi - Oh this was fun. *The Dispatcher* was a little different than my normal grab but I've been on an audio binge lately and it was in my cloud and I figured.....
4 days ago
19th Level

On Realizing the 1980s Have Become a Historical Setting - Back in my day we didn't have cell phones or text messages or Snapchat. If you wanted to make plans with someone you called their house, maybe asked the...
4 days ago
STUFFER SHACK

Don’t Touch My Dice! - Across the folding table John tossed his d20, this was an important roll. It caught on his finger and went high into the air. The die came down, hit the ed...
5 days ago
The Groovy Age of Horror

Zordon N. 21: Sangue Di Pensante (The Blood Of The Thinker), published in January 1976 - Oh no, those two evil Kanderians Knar(male) and Fhin(female) have opened fire! And they even have an electro-magnetic control over this sword, Zordon an...
5 days ago
Raven Crowking's Nest

AD&BB Volume 2 - This puppy has already funded, and needs less than $300 Australian to make its next stretch goal: patron spells in the Sorcerer's Grimoire free online too...
5 days ago
Realms of Chirak

Post-Apocalyptic Mythras (Inspiration from Horizon: Zero Dawn) - Recently I've been playing Horizon: Zero Dawn, a PlayStation 4 exclusive that is honestly good enough that if you need a reason to buy a PS4 I would sugg...
5 days ago
OEF

Ancient Barsoom had Hydrothermal Vents - It is now a well-understood fact that Mars once had quite a bit of liquid water on its surface. In fact, according to a recent estimate, a large sea in M...
5 days ago
Trollsmyth

Getting the Most From Backstories: for the Players - So I recently got to play the one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other game, only this time with two girls and one guy. The guy actually gave me a pretty...
5 days ago
The Spirits of Eden

1.4: Restless Girl - This chapter contains repeatedly vulgar and sexually suggestive language. Tyrant: Spells made real; the wrath of nature; manifestations of faith, power, th...
5 days ago
Krell Laboratories

Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume - [image: Peter Cushing and Francis Matthews in The Revenge of Frankenstein] It seems inconceivable to me that I'd never seen *The Revenge of Frankenstein *(...
5 days ago
B/X BLACKRAZOR

Our Last Best Hope - One thing I'd like to get back to one of these days is the dozen-or-so, half-finished drafts sitting in my blog's memory. I mean *some* of them are still p...
5 days ago
Havards Blackmoor Blog

Want to Play Blackmoor With An Original Player? - Now is your chance. A group who call themselves the United Geeks of Gaming are hosting an event in Minnesota: "A special event at the Source Comics and...
5 days ago
Quest for Fun!

Selling Your Store (Tradecraft) - I have neither bought nor sold a (whole) game store before, so let me give you some advice on how I think it's done. Right? It's the Internet. You decide w...
6 days ago
Written In Blood

The Author's Guide to Patreon and Social Media - Spilling Ink S3E5 Armand Rosamilia & LM Preston are spilling all the secrets to building an author platform through social media.
6 days ago
The Grand Tapestry

Sunday October 15th 2017 - That adventure when the Lovecraftian underpinnings of my setting become horridly all too apparent. The most number of Cope rolls in a single session, and ...
6 days ago
Thoul's Paradise

Adventure #1: San Francisco Knights (spoilers) - *Art by Bob Eggleton* Many campaigns begin with the expediency of murderhoboes meeting at a tavern. Some campaigns – like the default *Year of the Phoenix...
6 days ago
Bobert the Hoosier expatriate

Part of the whole - In Ursula Le Guin's novel, *The Left Hand of Darkness*, the people of the planet Gethen spend twenty-four out of the twenty-six days in their month in an...
6 days ago
Under Siege

Can-Con 2017... So Far. - When I first did Can-Con as exhibitor, Arcana Creations was still new-ish. It was a small convention in Ottawa but an interesting one. With the cost of t...
1 week ago
Gothridge Manor

Flea Market Treasure-Like Finds - Had the day off. Went to a flea market cause I didn't go to the movies. Neither one has anything to do with the other, but that's how it happened. I took p...
1 week ago
Held Action

Northern Crown: Stronghold of the Stag Lord - This past week in Northern Crown, the Sophian colonial militia — aka the heroes, plus some interlopers to the nascent colony that no one important[1] would...
1 week ago
Billy Goes to Mordor

ICON Tel Aviv 2017 - So, for the second year in a row I had the opportunity to attend the ICON festival for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Role Play in Tel Aviv. It's a yearly 3...
1 week ago
Hall of the Mountain King

NPC - Snakelegs - NPC - Snakelegs Snakelegs is one of the brood of Snakebiter Chieftain of the Snakebiter tribe. This large orc tribe numbers close to a thousand and are t...
1 week ago
The Savage AfterWorld

[CRYPTWORLD] "Burial Plots" Origins Of Horror Part 5: "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" - As the Kickstarter for Goblinoid Games' CRYPTWORLD adventure compilation Burial Plots enters its last 24 hours, I thought it'd be fun to explain where each...
1 week ago
World of Ortix

Charon Prime - general mood - Think of it as a mix of Roadside Picnic and Dune. I think it's the best description. *Duh, once again I became silent. However, there are still some fres...
1 week ago
deeply shallow

#bookreview: The Hush | Skye Melki-Wegner - [image: The Hush]The Hush by Skye Melki-Wegner My rating: 5 of 5 stars Chester Hays is a musician—a very *good* musician. But he hasn’t been (and doesn’t h...
1 week ago
Advanced Dungeons and Parenting

D&D Adventures in Karameikos: Tinkers, Tailor, Dwarf, and Spy - A campaign beginning. Just ran the second session of a new 5th Edition D&D campaign. The campaign takes place in the Grand Duchy of Karameikos where the pl...
1 week ago
Gamers & Grognards

State of the Blog and Octhorrorfest 2017 - Time for the triumphant return of Gamers & Grognards! Or not so much. For about a little over a month now, I have been filling in for a co-worker out on le...
1 week ago
EXONAUTS!

TRAILER: The Last Jedi official trailer is here! And a new poster too! - Behold the latest poster for *The Last Jedi.* Let there be no question that this is still a Skywalker clan story! And this now is THE trailer--not the te...
1 week ago
Super-DuperToyBox

DC Multiverse 12in. Wonder Woman - I can't believe I bought this DC Multiverse 12in. Wonder Woman, but I was so taken by actress Gal Gadot after seeing the new *Wonder Woman* film, and Ma...
1 week ago
the musings of huginn and muninn

A weekend of all things magic! - This weekend was busy but blessed! My Sweet, Fool-ish Self (Tarot of the Wild Unknown) Friday evening after work and all day Saturday I had the privilege...
1 week ago
The OSR Library

The Kolchak Files OSR: The Zombie - The Nightstalker was a great resource for horror detective gaming. Fun, not overly complicated, and always moving forward. The plots did not sit idle, a l...
2 weeks ago
Spellmaking

Out of this World! - SF and Fantasy books for 99c, 7-8th October - *Hedge Witch*, Book 1 of the *Cloven Land Trilogy*, is on sale this weekend as part of the *Out Of This World!* 99c/99p promotion. Tons of cool and funk...
2 weeks ago
Akratic Wizardry

Blade Runner 2049 is very good - So I just saw *Blade Runner 2049*. Here are some immediate reactions (no spoilers!): · It’s very good. I give it a 9.7 out of 10. · But…it’s...
2 weeks ago
JAMES MISHLER GAMES

[Now Available] Dragonborn for Labyrinth Lord - DRAGONBORN By James Mishler & Jodi Moran-Mishler This work contains two forms of the dragonborn race: First, a racial class for use with Labyrinth Lord...
2 weeks ago
Adventures in Gaming v2

[Now Available] Dragonborn for Labyrinth Lord - DRAGONBORN By James Mishler & Jodi Moran-Mishler This work contains two forms of the dragonborn race: First, a racial class for use with Labyrinth Lord...
2 weeks ago
Lasgunpacker

Trek-ing Along - Back in July, Captain Arjun of CorBlogMe very generously ran a little giveaway which I was fortunate enough to win. The prize was three rule books from th...
2 weeks ago
Sorcery & Super Science!

Advanced Adventures #37: Under Ruined Onm is now available! - Pleased to say AA#37 is now available for purchase. You can find it at rpgnow at at Lulu. Enjoy! *Nearly seventy five years ago the greatest bard ever know...
2 weeks ago
Hidden in Shadows

My Kingdom for a Horse - another look at troop costs - When Arneson set up his economy for Blackmoor, he had plenty of experience to draw on from his Napoleonics campaign. He choose however to use gold as the ...
2 weeks ago
Pagan Culture

I No Longer Live Here… - This site won’t be updated more than once or thrice a year. For regular bits of my fiction, poetry and witchy living, please visit/follow my active blog: w...
2 weeks ago
Stocking The Dungeon

The Known World Setting - Spellcasting in the Five Faceted Faith - I was thinking over some general ideas about how the different magic using classes approach their spellcraft, and how it fits into the Five Faceted Faith. ...
2 weeks ago
Mythmere's Blog

OSR October Spring - I had an idea about how to "reboot" tension in the OSR G+ community, and then I scaled it back to just me and what I was going to do. Since I made some n...
2 weeks ago
Gaming Ronin

Gamer wanderlust (Gamer AdHd) - My name is Gaming Ronin and I have a problem. I have a real problem sticking to a single game or system, all too often I jump into things with both feet...
2 weeks ago
Little Gothic Horrors

October's Heart-Bits with Magaly, 2017 - It's time for some spooky season shenanigans! Head on over to Magaly's blog for more information and to sign up.
2 weeks ago
Green Skeleton Gaming Guild

Chuck Norris Scenario Generator - John Stater of the Land of Nod blog suggested the fun notion of -"When doing modern games, adapt scenarios from Chuck Norris movies. Just enough plot to m...
2 weeks ago
MONSTER BRAINS

Paul F. Berdanier - The Witches' Sabbath a la Mode, 1935 - [image: Paul F. Berdanier - The Witches' Sabbath a la Mode, 1935] Artwork found at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
2 weeks ago
False Machine

I am going to be taking some time off. - From this blog and from G+. At least a week, hopefully a month. When I come back I will see if I want to continue with this, or if there is anything left ...
3 weeks ago
A Storybook World

The Haunted High Series by Cheree Alsop - A life-threatening accident reveals that Finn is a werewolf; the next morning, he receives an invitation to a secluded high school. Finn quickly realiz...
3 weeks ago
Mike's Amazing RPG Fun Pad

Mr. Steelfist, CPA for Light City - Here's a character for Light City, a fun superhero hack of the excellent Swords & Wizardry Light. Having fun playing around with the system a bit. *Mr. Ste...
3 weeks ago
Forgotten Runes

*Flash* Bundle of holding LoFT 2 - Just had to give a shout out to Bundle of Holding. They are running a Lamentations of the Flame Princess(LotFP) bundle to support the Electronic Frontier F...
3 weeks ago
Wishful Gaming

Stepping back in time - So, as many of you may know, Gamehole Con V is coming up. It was iffy about whether I was going to be able to make it this year. Money is tight, and real l...
3 weeks ago
Back to the Dungeon!

REPOST! Raven's Keep Gazette and Rumormonger - Raven's Keep Gazette and Rumormonger HEAR YE HEAR YE! DID you hear the news? Campaign Background and Report! A warning to the party from ...
3 weeks ago
Rended Press

- Greg Gorgonmilk and I were online friends and collaborators for over five years. Due to the current controversy over some of Greg's social media posts, G...
4 weeks ago
The Disoriented Ranger

Losing interest in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... (a rant, you have been warned) - *I just had to use that title ... Now I need a post for it, too. Turns out it was just a question of time. This is not about me quitting the blog or anyth...
4 weeks ago
Dynasty Zero

How He Started His Sandbox - +Michael S aka Chgowiz who writes Chicagowiz's Blog wrote an interesting post about how he started his long running sandbox game. I found this not only he...
4 weeks ago
Fantasy Heartbreaker

Cavaliers of Mars Kickstarter is live! - The Cavaliers of Mars Kickstarter has launched! Head on over to the campaign page to see more, including a full-text preview! Read More ...
4 weeks ago
Justice League Detroit

2010 Despero versus the Justice League Personal Sketch Card by Don Hillsman II - Click To Enlarge Don Hillsman paints an as of yet undocumented battle involving Gypsy, Metamorpho, Captain Atom and Martian Manhunter against JLI-period D...
4 weeks ago
Robert Atkins Art

Daily Sketch - Hank Pym (Giant Man, Ant Man, Yellow Jacket) Inks... - This was a commission I posted awhile back of the pencils. I've got it all inked up and out to the guy. As I said before, I don't know a whole lot about th...
4 weeks ago
Dreams in the Lich House

Illyria Game Two - Against the Cult of the Reptile God! - Illyria Game Two picked up back in the waterside city of Fraus, on the northwest of Lake Laconic. The players met Nicodemus, the thieves' guild master, a...
4 weeks ago
Monster Island News

COMET TV Giveaway: Godzilla Doin' Work Prize Pack! - We are teaming up with Comet TV to give one lucky View Obscura Comics reader a limited edition 'Godzilla Doin' Work' prize pack! Who wouldn't want a Godz...
4 weeks ago
The House of Little Fears

Now Available: THE WOLF PACT! - It’s true! Little Fears: The Wolf Pact is now for sale! Right here! At this link! This is a soft launch. Only the PDF is available and it’s currently only ...
5 weeks ago
Horror Blogger Alliance

Full Moon Streaming: PUPPET MASTER: AXIS TERMINATION - *11th entry in Full Moon's killer puppet franchise will premiere in three installments exclusively on Amazon starting THIS FRIDAY!Buckle in for Puppet...
5 weeks ago
Wild West History

Colorado's Deadliest Floods - You may have noticed fewer posts over the past year. I've been working on a history book about flooding in Colorado.* Colorado's Deadliest Floods *was r...
5 weeks ago
A Life Full of Adventure

[WFRP 2e] Renegade Princeps 53 - *My PC* Vaervenshyael - Female Elf Assassin (suffering from a Host of Fiends disability and carrying a magical stone linked to gluttony) *My companions* Ta...
5 weeks ago
The Wasted Lands

Why You Shouldn't Support Kickstarter-Only Businesses - I feel like I'm going to be screaming at a brick wall here, at best. At worst, I'm going to get dogpiled by Kickstarter fans and those who use Kickstarter ...
1 month ago
My Dice Are Older Than You

Old Nerd Retrospect Presents: Adventurer’s Club #1 - This last week, I had reason to go back and re-read my series on *Classic Enemies* from a few years ago. Good times. It was also the last time this blog wa...
1 month ago
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms

Deciphering Maps and Scrolls - Continuing with adapting the 2d6 reaction roll table to thief skills, I thought I’d move on to deciphering treasure maps and magic scrolls. Unlike removin...
1 month ago
Sand Castles and Snow Forts

Always Time to Write - Someone asked me a day or so ago if I had written anything lately. I said I was editing a piece of work. Written anything.... nope! Writing is like any o...
1 month ago
In Places Deep

Unfocused Thoughts on the 5th Millennium - A Traveller thing I've been working on to fight the Blues. - It's a homebrew Traveller setting that keeps as many of the assumed setting elements ...
1 month ago
All Games Considered

AGC 217 September 5th 2017 (When I Became A Publisher) (1:04:22) - With Mark Kinney and Chris Engle, late of Hamster Press! Bits of publishing advice (which we will come back to). DriveThruRPG, and Hamster Press' history t...
1 month ago
Fantasy Ink

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: The 1950's - Here's some classic 1950's covers for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. They are all for sale in my eBay store. February 1952, cover art by Che...
1 month ago
Big Ball of No Fun

RPGaDAY #31 - Predictions for the next year - What do you anticipate most for gaming in 2018? I'm going to preface this post by saying that I am a cynic (and by extension a pessimist). Here are some pr...
1 month ago
The Cat's Meat Shop

Victorian Monkey Tennis? - Notes written by a manager of the Alexandra Palace, c.1880? (Haringey Museum AP1/17) *These notes appear in the archives without an author, but display a s...
1 month ago
The Whole Wide World

A Philosophy of Universal Reconciliation - I've noticed a disturbing trend on social media lately. So disturbing, in fact, that I will not be sharing these musings on my social media accounts, becau...
1 month ago
Toyriffic

Imaginext Darkseid, Parademon and Blind Bag Series 2 Kingdom Come Superman - A recent trip to Wal-Mart yielded the Imaginext Darkseid/Parademon two pack and the DC Blind Bag Series 2 Kingdom Come Superman! This new Darkseid release...
1 month ago
There's more to Oz than the Yellow Brick Road

RPGaDay 2017 #26 Which RPG provides the most useful resources? - It may sound funny, but the books that I find the most useful are for games I have never run. The Dream Park RPG featured a plotting method called the Beat...
1 month ago
Dyvers

NEW D&D SURVEY UP AND IT'S ALL ABOUT SETTINGS! GO GREYHAWK GO! - The new D&D survey has gone live and it's mostly about new settings for the game to explore. GET YOUR GREYHAWK VOTES IN NOW KIDS! VOTE
1 month ago
Servitor Ludi

Bright lights, big geekery - For those times when a fully thought-out post is too much for each topical tidbit, there's the *"five things make a post"* post! 1. My family and I were lu...
1 month ago
Oubliette Magazine

Black Pudding 3 Print Edition Out Now! - Printed editions of *Black Pudding* are now available to order. They can be ordered using the Paypal buttons below (if all you want is a single copy then t...
2 months ago
THE LAND OF NOD

The Migration Has Begun - It was inevitable - whether Sarmaks, swallows or Indo-Europeans, folks have to migrate eventually. Thus, the good old Land of Nod blog is making a move to ...
2 months ago
Aggregate Cognizance

Some first impressions of Blades in The Dark - We took a little impromptu camping trip this weekend, so I was able to spend a bit more time reading *Blades in the Dark. * *When we go camping, we put eve...
2 months ago
Beyond the Black Gate

B/X: Ability score adjustments - This is kind of an interesting idiosyncrasy of B/X. Its also one of those odd rules that seemed to make it's way informally into a lot of the 1E campaig...
2 months ago
Graphs, Paper, and Games

Getting caught up on things - First of all, I switched out the "new" fancy theme of the blog, because I wasn't really caring for it. Back to the classic layout, I say! Second, I haven'...
2 months ago
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...

Holy flurging shnit! - Pinch me... I must be dreaming...
2 months ago
Teach Game Design

A messy failure? - In early 2014 I was recruited to offer online courses at LFE.Com. Not seeing any advantage over my existing platforms, I declined. But I still get some of ...
2 months ago
Ramblings of a Great Khan

Setting the stage- - I just sent this out to the Facebook Group for my new West Marches style campaign. Setting the stage- Fort Augustus is the “safe town area”, it is the onl...
2 months ago
Dorkland!

What COULD Happen If Disney Stopped Publishing Marvel Comics? - There is an interesting article on (of all places) a site focused on Disney and Disney-related theme parks that asks the question Will Disney Stop Publishi...
2 months ago
Pulsipher Game Design

My ENWorld Columns - links - I have become a columnist on ENWorld, the most common meeting-place for fans of tabletop RPGs. (As some of you know, I was columnist/contributing editor of...
2 months ago
Genius Loci

Question for the Gallery - Up front information, this is a topic I've been discussing with my wife for a while and find that she is highly supportive of the concept that I am about t...
2 months ago
space1970

PLANET OF DINOSAURS (1978) Behind-The-Scenes Effects Gallery - Animator Jim AupperleI'm very fond of the 1978 sci-fi film *Planet Of Dinosaurs*. Sure, it's cheap as hell and the script is banal and the performances by...
2 months ago
Daddy Rolled a 1

The Horseclans Series - My first exposure to fantasy and science-fiction, other than fairy tales found in kids books, was Star Wars, as I've talked about before, both the movies ...
2 months ago
Semper Initiativus Unum

Happy Gygax Day! - July 27th was Gary Gygax's birthday, and now it's Gary Gygax Day. I think that's a worthy thing for the RPG community; Gary didn't create RPGs but he was...
2 months ago
Worlds in a Handful of Dice

My Ropecon Schedule - Ropecon is just around the corner! Like, starting this Friday. As usual, I’m busy expounding my opinions on all kinds of things. The programme’s been out f...
2 months ago
Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword

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2 months ago
Armchair Gamer

Star Trek Adventures -- The New Star Trek RPG - On the Radar: Star Trek Adventures Star Trek Adventures is the latest Star Trek RPG to come out, and it's full of promise. I've written some things on Star...
3 months ago
I Waste The Buddha With My Crossbow

Agents of D.O.F.I.E. - Now and then, I make notes for some game-thing-or-other, then forget about it. Then I'll find it again, and laugh at my own jokes, then forget about it aga...
3 months ago
Close Encounters with the Night Kind

FREEE!! For the First Time Ever!!!! - For the first time ever, Salem Archer's MOONDANCE TRILOGY will be completely FREE on Amazon. Check it out! https://www.amazon.com/Salem-Archer/e/B0...
3 months ago
The Most Unread Blog on the Internet. Ever.

Long Overdue - Almost two months? Wow. The blog seems to have been steadily winding down for a while. Looks like it petered out on its own. Too much real life. Work. De...
3 months ago
destination unknown

Currently Reading -
3 months ago
The Ongoing Campaign

Tasks In MegaTraveller And What Roleplaying Games Really Are - Yeah, this is the model I was trying to evoke, sort of.I've had a number of articles sitting in draft form for a long time now, so I guess I'll just publi...
3 months ago
House of Self-Indulgence

Yum-Yum's Transition A Go-Go! (Me, 2017) - WARNING: This is not a movie review - Hey, cult movie fans, loyal readers, and miscellaneous weirdos and perverts. What's happening? I hope you're all doing well. It just dawned on me tha...
3 months ago
Ellen Dugan's Blog of Witchery

Spells Of The Heart is available for preorder! - Happy Summer! Spells Of The Heart, the 7th book in the Legacy Of Magick series is available for preorder now! Release date is June 30th, 2017 and the pape...
4 months ago
LotFP: RPG

Free RPG Day is THIS SATURDAY, June 17! -
4 months ago
MUTANTS AND MAGIC

Drawing Practice (Vaults of Vyzor) - +Jeff Rients recently ran some D&D for +Mike Davison , +Zak Sabbath , and me. A play report can be found here on Jeff's Gameblog. I had so much fu...
4 months ago
A Return to the Keep

Gaming With The Little Guy - Well, my blogging fell by the wayside a few years ago. As evidenced by the lack of activity here and on my other blog, time wasn't available for me to wri...
4 months ago
Gorgonmilk

Abject Shillery, Ladies and Gentlemen -
4 months ago
The Contemptible Cube of Quazar

FREE Module KK2 from NTRPG CON 2017 - - DOWNLOAD HERE - That's me and Steve Robertson at the Knights-n-Knaves Alehouse social at NTRPG CON last week. (Steve is the proprietor of VANQUISHING L...
4 months ago
Beyond the Pale Gate

The Collapsing Column Conundrum - In this post I talked about a friend's game where we found ourselves in a room filled with granite columns falling all about us. I was contrasting one of ...
4 months ago
Polar Bear Dreams and Stranger Things

2017 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge - Ok, the year is almost half over, and I just discovered this reading challenge. It's still not too late, as the Challenge only requires one book, fiction...
4 months ago
Dispatches From Kickassistan

An Experiment In Thuggery - At GaryCon IX this past March, I had the pleasure of meeting +Paolo Greco. Paolo and I hadn't really interacted before this, other than a passing admission...
4 months ago
The Eye of Joyful Sitting Amongst Friends

Random Tribe Generator - The Petal Hack includes these tables for generating tribes for Fresh Off the Boat-style scenarios. Enjoy! Random Tribe Generator Start by rolling a d4, d6,...
4 months ago
Hill Cantons

Hydra Cooperative Brings (Mild and Curated) Anarchy to North Texas - Teetering on the edge of a new, start-now, well-paying political job (i.e. demanding AF) I get one last reprieve of gainful unemployment this weekend: Nor...
4 months ago
Almost Darwyn Cooke's Blog

signed New Frontier softcover giveaway - hi folks, Cal here from Strange Adventures in Halifax. We recently got in a collection of books that included a set of New Frontier softcovers signed by...
4 months ago
For It Is Man's Number.

Alien Covenant is BAD and Ridley Scott should feel BAD. - It's been over a year since I added something to my blog, much to the relief of some (I am sure). I have, basically, given up writing reviews to allow my...
5 months ago
Ruminations of a Geek

Elm One Day In - I've been interested in the Elm programming language for several months, reading and poking around some at code examples but with too many hobbies competin...
5 months ago
Fustians so Sublimely Bad...

- I love that he looks exactly like would would think a young Patton Oswalt looks like.
5 months ago
Dark Corners Of Role Playing

Commentary Running The Outer Presence From Kort'thalis Publishing Using The Silent Legions Rpg System Rules By Kevin Crawford - Actual Play Event - *"The world is broken in hidden ways. The truth is concealed for the sake of mortal minds. The unendurable reality that boils behind the stars is veiled ...
5 months ago
Kaijuville

60 years of Hammer Horror - I missed an important anniversary yesterday -- it was on that date, May 2nd, 60 years ago, that *The Curse of Frankenstein* was released by Hammer Film ...
5 months ago
Sword+1

The Axe Lands Volume 1: Men & Magic - I have updated my old Blessed Realms of Normandie campaign rules for my Axe Lands setting, and created a new document with new layout and art (well public ...
5 months ago
Roles, Rules, and Rolls

One Page Dungeon 2017: Worm Scramblers of the Deep Dire Door - No matter how inactive my blog, I have been trying to come up with something for the One Page contest every year since 2013. This year I was going to post ...
5 months ago
The Gallery: Russ Nicholson

May DAY and a promise .. - It's MAY the 1st and I thought it apt, now my internet is working again [laf] to keep a promise. Well, two actually, one to Joe and Paul, and one to myself...
5 months ago
Gaming All Over The Place

Future History, Part 1 of 3: The 21st Century - *THE 21ST CENTURY:* The 21st Century found the Earth in a conflict between capitalistic globalism, reactionary traditionalism, and an increasingly ineffect...
5 months ago
Secrets of the Shadowend

Looking forward - For reasons apparent to anyone that follows this blog, or checks my posting schedule, I'm very wary of making any future commitments, statements, or pretty...
5 months ago
Loudwater

Campaign Duration Analysis - *Loudwater Sessions & Real Time per Tier* Heroic Tier 1-10: April 2011 1 to 35 February 2013 = 35 sessions, 23 months Paragon Tier 11-20: February 2013 36...
5 months ago
She Never Slept

Man With No Name: A Nanashi Novella - Man With No Name Written by: Laird Barron Published by: Journal Stone (March 2016) Series: Nanashi Novella Paperback: 106 pages ISBN-10: 1942712863 ISBN-13...
6 months ago
A Very Creepy Blog

2 New Publications on Warren's Spanish Artists - The last week has been a very fortunate one for Warren fans, or at the very least fans of the Spanish artists who dominated the Warren magazines in the 19...
6 months ago
Lord of the Green Dragons

Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign: Dave Arneson's True Genius Published - Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign: Dave Arneson's True Genius Published: Hot off the press and already steamrolling ahead! What is Dave Arneson’s True Geni...
6 months ago
Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign

Dave Arneson's True Genius Published - *Hot off the press and already steamrolling ahead!* *What is Dave Arneson’s True Genius??* *Well... It kinda starts below...* ...*and then by leaps a...
6 months ago
The Cryptic Archivist

Jason B. McAllister Passed Away May 21, 2016 - This happened almost one year ago but haven't seen an announcement on any major game sites. Jason B. McAllister Image Source: boardgamegeek.comJason B. McA...
6 months ago
Rachel Bonuses

Don't Yeerk Your Head-- A Don't Rest Your Head hack for Animorphs - I know, I know. This isn't the OSR and/or 5e content you came to expect from me. That'll come too, one day. But I actually did something else I'm actually ...
6 months ago
My Old-School Renaissance

Understanding Domestic Politics through D&D - http://www.distractify.com/trending/2017/03/27/AkxcG/trump-gop-dnd-twitter
6 months ago
Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein Blog

Bernie Wrightson, 1948-2017 - Bernie Wrightson passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2017. He was 68 years old. Wrightson had been ill for some time and had only recently announced that ...
7 months ago
People them with Monsters

D&D 5E LITE - I've been working on a condensed version of D&D 5E. Condensed mostly in terms of player character complexity. I think I have it in a ~95% or so completed s...
7 months ago
The Domestic Witch

Announcing the Spring Cleaning Blog Series! - I'm bringing back one of my favorite blog series Spring Cleaning with The Domestic Witch: We're Going to Clean More Than Just Your House! I feel like it'...
7 months ago
Strange Magic

Appendix N - Free Audiobooks - Here are links to the public domain audiobooks available for the author's listed in Gary Gygax's "Appendix N" from the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons' Dungeon...
7 months ago
Howling Tower

Cardtography 2: A Simple Dungeon - The second installment of Cardtography is up at Kobold Press. We didn’t choose cards as our randomizers because they’re somewhat room-shaped. That’s a h...
7 months ago
Old School Heretic

The Big Time, by Fritz Leiber - The Big Time was originally serialized in Galaxy Magazine in 1958 (A two-parter featured in the March and April issues). Gutenberg link: http://www.gutenbe...
7 months ago
The Happy Undertaker

Ghoulwatcher - New Ghoulwatcher up soon after a bit of a break.
8 months ago
Barbaric Frontier

Better pics -
8 months ago
The Semi-Retired Gamer

What's In The Drawer or On The Desktop? - It has been some time since my last post but I was just overloaded with work commitments and other things. Things seem to have slowed down and I took an ex...
9 months ago
Spirit of the Blank

[Faith Corps] Rebelling Out of 2016 - *Pictured: January 1, 2017.*What's it been, six-plus months? Anyway, I'm gearing up to run another *Star Wars Rebels* game in February at *OrcCon*, and I'...
9 months ago
ROFL Initiative

How-to: Under-bed Play Board - Happy Holidays everyone! This year, for Christmas, I undertook my first *real *woodworking project- meaning one that starts with boards and ends up with ...
9 months ago
Dungeon's Master

Title here - content
9 months ago
Over the Misty Mountains

Not QUITE a TPK... - But you could see one from there! I know my players read these, so I'm going to try to avoid campaign spoilers. But there will be some. Last night the par...
10 months ago
Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings

So I Started Running a Game at a Local Library :) - It's a blast! A couple months ago I was at the library in a small town next to mine, and there was a flier about gaming night, a couple Thursdays a month...
10 months ago
Ostensible Cat

Funk as Puck - Ok, ok, so this is a little fun with my Halloween costume that Daisey made for me this year. I really, really love this idea and am going to use it for m...
10 months ago
5 Stone Games

Still Out There, a Short Update - I'm not gaming right now and not working on anything GURPS or OSR related Reason is pretty simple, I'm mostly interested in GMing and while I'm willing to...
10 months ago
Trip the Eclipse

Moving the Blog - Even though I've had this blog for years, I am moving to Wordpress for some interesting features available through them. So, if you wish to continue to rea...
10 months ago
Murky Murky: Roleplaying Advice and Fiction

Freckles on earth's V - Structure structure structures. Boil me in hot peanut oil, see whee we turn to find a grocery store. Bright plastic packages, just trying to be sold. Tha...
11 months ago
Heroes & Other Worlds

And the rains came - Hello friends. Sorry for my lengthy absence...in short this has been my most challenging and difficult year on the planet thus far. I want to make it cle...
1 year ago
Troll and Flame

Barrowmaze For 5th Edition - Barrowmaze Complete for D&D 5th Edition Kickstarter I've bought the original Barrowmaze, Barrowmaze II, Barrowmaze Complete and loved every single one. Th...
1 year ago
The Tombs of Akrasia

4 Alasan Menggunakan Karbon Aktif - Sejarahnya, karbon aktif telah digunakan selama lebih dari 3000 tahun, awalnya adalah tujuan pengobatan (sebelum hari ini dipakai dalam dunia industri). Ka...
1 year ago
Father Dragon Writes

And Father Dragon said "let there be a planet...." - *Lo and behold, Dragon made a planet!!* Oh, I'm so very proud of myself so forgive me if I brag a little bit - way too much. I'm in the process of learni...
1 year ago
Creative Mountain Games

The Friday Grab Bag - Going Dark - My blogs and Facebook will be (mostly) dark for the next couple of weeks. This includes creativemountaingames.com, grymvald.com, and mfwars.com, all of wh...
1 year ago
A Field Guide To Doomsday

Apeocalypse, Wow! - The esteemed Trey Causey, Official Friend Of The Field Guide, is running a nifty 1970s ape-thang. Here is my character, created as a Pure Human with the *M...
1 year ago
The Freedom of Nonbelief

The Bible Reloaded - DMCA - Forwarding this to boost the volume.
1 year ago
Quickly, Quietly, Carefully

Thanks, Cedric Plante - I hear Cedric Plante is taking a break. That's OK; I hope he feels better soon. But I've really enjoyed his work, and I feel bad for not taking the oppo...
1 year ago
Geek on the Borderlands

Season 2: Meet the Posse - After dealing with all of the problems in and around Coffin Rock, the posse has hit Seasoned Rank. The posse has also lost and added some new members. Plus...
1 year ago
Dreams of Mythic Fantasy

The OSR News - July 12, 2016 - A Tekumel/Black Hack Edition - Brett Slocum has released something I needed. Ok, something I didn't know I wanted, at the very least.[image: The Petal Hack] *The Petal Hack *by Brett Slo...
1 year ago
Tower of Fate

Dr. Fate to Appear in Blue Beetle Rebirth Comics - As expected from his appearance in Rebirth #1, Doctor Fate, the original Doctor Fate, will be appearing in Blue Beetle #1 due out in September. Check out ...
1 year ago
The Lands of Ara

My Online LL Group is a Treasure - *Members of my "home" Labyrinth Lord group in fall 2010. * I recently wrote about experiencing DM burnout and consequently placing both my Labryinth Lord ...
1 year ago
The Omnipotent Eye

The curious anger against The Forge - I read a post earlier this week that was one of those that makes you wonder what world the poster lives in. The thrust of the argument was that The Forge h...
1 year ago
Silver Divinity

River City Comic Expo! - Wow I haven't updated anything on here in quite a while! Life has been busy for sure. My wife and I had our 4th daughter in September and I've got 1 last cl...
1 year ago
A Paladin In Citadel

Fat And Manky Orcus - Redux - Six years ago, I posted an image of a fat and manky Orcus illustrated by Todd Lockwood, of Dungeons and Dragons 3.0 fame. The image above was taken from...
1 year ago
Writing Reality

Welcome, Tamara Hanks Grantham! - Crimson Tree Publishing is proud to present Bloodthorn, Olive Kennedy Fairy World MD Book 3, by Tamara Grantham! Olive Kennedy doesn’t believe in ...
1 year ago
Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia

- Somehow, we missed to post the link, but here it is: Hop for Visibility, Awareness and Equality You can still sign up until May 16th. Thank you!
1 year ago
A Piece of My Mind

5 on Friday -- Set 316 - Spinning Friday tunes since 2010... Although I started this year's April *A to Z Blog Challenge* with a strong opening week, I'm also continuing to ret...
1 year ago
A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons

More Little Treasures - Well. My tentative plans to actually post this year were well and truly derailed over the last few months by everything from surprise renovations (ongoing...
1 year ago
Addicted2Heroines

Spotlight & Excerpt - Payable On Death by Rachel Rawlings! - *A deal with the Devil. Demons haunting your every step. When an Angel offers you the chance to redeem yourself, you take it. Because eternal damnation...
1 year ago
Highmoon's Ponderings

Going Out Of Egypt - Historically, I haven’t had the best relationship with Passover: the cleaning, the food restrictions, the cleaning, the anticipation for weeks, the shoppin...
1 year ago
Tales from the Flaming Faggot

A Character Record for Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls - Ever since I started playing Tunnels & Trolls, back in November, I've been on the lookout for a good character sheet, and to date I haven't found one that ...
1 year ago
Purple Duck Games

Moving - The Purple Duck Games blog can now be found here.
1 year ago
Warped Nerdiversity

Fun Weather Reports - In the spirit of April Fools Day, I couldn't help but share the following weather report from Loki. It seems Thor has a lot to answer for. After watchi...
1 year ago
The Free RPG Blog

Build your own monster in Fear Fetchers by Kevin Damen - Inhabit the mind of a monster on a mission to collect fear from the houses of unsuspecting people. It's not-Monsters-Inc-but-it-is. Wonderful monster-build...
1 year ago
Carjacked Seraphim

Green Devil Face 3D Printed - This feature is LEGENDARY in the infamous S1 Tomb of Horrors by Gary Gygax. Now you can print (a version of) it for your own game. Derived from OpenForge...
1 year ago
Ask A Witch

Panda from Coffeyville, KS - *I love graveyards, and while I was up at Spring Hill, I asked the gods and goddesses to please send me a wand. I literally took three steps and there was ...
1 year ago
DISCOURSE AND DRAGONS

Wanted: Citadel Uruk-Hai - I am looking to buy or trade for these Citadel Uruk-Hai orcs (not X-ed out). Can you help me out or know someone who can?
1 year ago
Precious Monsters

Paranormal Romance Boxed Set - For The Love of the Vampire - I'm pleased to announce that I'm in a new boxed set. It's all about romance and vampires in the *For the Love of the Vampire* collection by 8 paranormal...
1 year ago
Elf Lair Games

Updates - Low-res concept for SHAMA issue 1 cover Just keeping everyone in the loop. Working on getting a video together for the Kickstarter while awaiting the paper...
1 year ago
Curmudgeons & Dragons

In Memory of Steve - This is Steve's wife Jenn. I am sorry to say that Steve passed away on December 21. My love for him will live on, as will his art. Steve's art can be seen ...
1 year ago
Platonic Solid

Spinning my Wheels on Systems - Just throwing this out there to see what kind of feedback I get. I've got a couple of projects that I'd really like to work on. One's fantasy and one's sc...
1 year ago
The Moldy Vale

Panduan Berwisata dengan Bandros City Tour di Bandung - Bandros City Tour atau Bandung Tour On Bus CityTour adalah alat transportasi darat yang difungsikan untuk mengantarkan wisatawan berkeliling menikmati wisa...
1 year ago
The Gateway Chronicles

Blog Migration... - Just a quick post to let y'all know that my blog is migrating to my website. I've had this blogger site up for a loooong time as my official blog, and it's...
1 year ago
SWORD & SHIELD

Beamed away... - I hope if you wanted a printed copy of Far Trek you got one! If not, sorry...but another opportunity with a different cover will come sometime in early 20...
1 year ago
Hit Adjacent Ally

Dead. - All good things come to an end.
1 year ago
The Sandbox of Doom

Picking Up Where I Left Off - It's been a bit since I have posted to The Sandbox of Doom. In the intervening time, a lot of things have changed, most of them good. - I have been ga...
1 year ago
Ravenloft: Midway Haven Observatory

Worlds of Ravenloft: Mubonyete and Hiva Moruatu - The Far Impossibilities are domains of dread so remote, so far from extant memory that only a few can ever penetrate Ravenloft's hazy Mists to explore t...
1 year ago
Random Wizard

Moved - The Random Wizard Blog has moved to https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
1 year ago
The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope

Stonehell Dungeon: Into the Heart of Hell On Sale Now - *The day many undoubtedly believed would never arrived is finally here! The sequel to the original *Stonehell Dungeon: Down Night-Haunted Halls* is availab...
1 year ago
Adventures in Nerdliness

Dark Rising (Andrew Cymek, 2007) - B-Movie, straight-to-video fantasy and sci-fi is always a crap shoot, isn't it? If one expects too much, they are destined to be disappointed. An openness ...
2 years ago
Suzy Turner

Come and follow me at my latest venture! - As I'm now SUPER busy with my latest venture - a 40+ style & lifestyle blog - I've decided to stop blogging here for the time being, so please do come and ...
2 years ago
Middenmurk

Body Armour - I think that armour is one of the hallmarks of civilisation. I speak here of civilisation in the classic sense: agrarian, stratified, complex societies in...
2 years ago
Redwald RPG

Colecţia de primăvară-vară la echipamente de protectie! - Acum că a început să se topească gheaţa de pe drumuri încep să ni se dezvăluie tendinţele din evoluţia craterelor şi gropilor răsărite şi dezvoltate pe ...
2 years ago
The Lair of the Evil DM

Hilarious new series - SuperMansion - I Just caught this via CBR News . Funny as hell. It's a preview episode of a new series on Crackle streaming video coming out on October 8th. It's def...
2 years ago
Crypt Thing

Fortress of the Ur-Mage - Hail cartophiles! I wanted to spread the word about a great new tournament module for use with Dungeon World published by SVD Press. Written by Dungeon Or...
2 years ago
Tankards & Broadswords

Thoughts on My First Fifth Edition DnD Campaign - Last night I wrapped the twelfth session of my summer-long Fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Since one of the players goes back to working nights...
2 years ago
The Atlantis Blog

This blog was hacked! - Before I post further on this blog, you will all notice that I stopped posting. This is because my original GMAIL account was keylogged and cracked, sev...
2 years ago
The Hopeless Gamer

Gencon Follow-up: My First Time in the Iron Arena! - If you were following a bit of my run up to Gencon posts, you might have noticed that within the last year I've really gotten back into Warmachine with my...
2 years ago
Porky's Expanse!

The legendary Thuloid's gold - If you're reading this, you might be interested in a solid and fairly wide-ranging batch of discussions going on at *Thuloid's latest post* at the House, ...
2 years ago
Amazon Princess

Batman v Superman: Wonder Woman first look! - We have some scenes of Wonder Woman in the new Batman v Superman trailer. Looking forward to this!
2 years ago
GM Games

The Manor, Issue #8 - Where is it going? USA $5.00 USD Canada $5.50 USD Rest of the World $6.00 USD Issue #8 is also available in PDF at RPGNow and Lulu. This issue is fil...
2 years ago
Thac0 forever!

Population Density of Hunter-Gatherers - I realize I haven't posted much in forever. I've been busy with other games and with life in general. However, as always, I like generating worlds. Toda...
2 years ago
Dangerous Brian: A Gamers Blog

No Mean City Session 1.1 "National Express" - Session 1.1 THE NATIONAL EXPRESS * Take the National Express when your life's in a mess It'll make you smile All human life is here...
2 years ago
The Dungeoneering Dad

I'm a Sucker for Battlemats, so I had to Share this Kickstarter - Figured I'd dust off the ol' blog to share this... I'm a sucker for a good battlemat... (just take a gander at these posts: link). I recently relocated an...
2 years ago
Sassy Vixen Publishing LLC

We've Moved to Our Website and Tumblr - *As always, welcome to the Sassy Vixen blog. As you can see by the photo, we've decided to move to the blog on our website and those on Tumblr. This was...
2 years ago
Steve's Gamer Blog

Eve of the Apocaylpse - Tomorrow sees the release (in game stores) of Princes of the Apocalypse, the Elemental Evil campaign designed by Sasquatch Studios and Wizards of the Coa...
2 years ago
Land of Phantoms

Back on the Rack - It's been a long time. But I'm still here. Still working on stuff. Over the last few months, here's what I've been up to. I took a brief hiatus around the ...
2 years ago
Twisting Minds One Word At A Time...

Crazy Four Books : Review ~ Sweetest Temptations by J.C. Valentine - Crazy Four Books : Review ~ Sweetest Temptations by J.C. Valentine: Synopsis From USA Today Bestselling Author J.C. Valentine comes a sizzling story ab...
2 years ago
FightingFantasist

- Not going to be maintaining the FF blog on Google anymore. Mainly because of this which seems to be the thin end of the wedge. http://www.theguardian.co...
2 years ago
The Inferno Music Vault

Pusa Darie: “In vacante plecam la bunici, cu trenul, iar in tren cantam pentru oameni!” - Cum a fost copilaria Pusei Darie? Imi placeau vacantele, nu suportam scoala! Atunci cand veneau vacantele plecam la bunici, cu trenul, iar in tren cantam...
2 years ago
Ramblings of Sheldon

This Is Something I Never Wanted to Do, But I Need Help..... - Asking for money is something I don't feel comfortable with at all. I have never put a PayPal donate button on my blog, or made an appeal for money myself....
2 years ago
Me-anders

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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Zatannurday: More Deviant Art

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