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Tenkar's Tavern

Announcing "The Ugly, the Bad & the Good" series of upcoming posts - Oh, and Rob Conley's Blackmarsh will be the default setting - I've been toying with the idea of a series of posts offering up NPCs and creatures ever since rewatching *The Good, The Bad and The Ugly* earlier last we...
14 minutes ago
Back to the Keep

PBS Great American Read - Release the Kraken - I've been doing a lot for a couple friends that got married last weekend, and that's taken me away from doing much with gaming lately. I've put a bit of pa...
31 minutes ago
Bat in the Attic

Blackmarsh Updated - Several years ago, I added the option of using the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license to Blackmarsh to make it easier for people to use it for RPGs that do...
1 hour ago
Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness

Or You Can Tell Officer Buzz Kill To Suck It And Grow Your Facial Hair Like A Man -
1 hour ago
Expelled Grey Matter

Kick-Ass (2010) - After years of superhero films stuck in in PG-13 epic sameness, *Deadpool *managed to change things up. It was violent, irreverent and proved that audien...
2 hours ago
HeroPress

Doctor Who: Kerblam! - Taking a cue from urban myth and genuine news, The Doctor receives a gift delivery from the galaxy’s largest retailer: Kerblam! that includes an anonymous ...
3 hours ago
Reviews from R'lyeh

Lovecraft City - The year is 1937. At the prestigious Miskatonic University, a pernicious Communist criminal conspiracy operating out of the Orme Library has been smashed ...
4 hours ago
Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings

Podcast Episode 7 is up! OSR Drama, plus voicemails, what is the OSR, and some other goodies. - Episode is here on Anchor! Voicemails! A bit on the latest controversy What is the OSR? What we play v. what we want to play What we buy v. what we use or f...
5 hours ago
Batgirl - Mera - Batwoman

POP! Heroes Mera Vinyl Figure - *3 3/4" Tall - Vinyl by Funko* *Aquaman Motion Picture Line* *Vinyl Figure #246*
6 hours ago
Quag Keep

Polyhedron #18 - *From the web:* *Cover art: Ray Silbersdorf designed the cover for #18, based on the Encounters article by MARVEL SUPER HEROES game designer, Jeff G...
7 hours ago
Quest for Fun!

5 Thoughts on Hiring - I'm pretty sure I've written an article similar to this before, but with the holidays coming, I've been involved in the hiring process of late. For the fir...
8 hours ago
From the Sorcerer's Skull

Wings Between Worlds - Because space-faring sailing ships are so 80s, let's have genuine aircraft flying between worlds, perhaps open cockpit, certainly of the bat-winged, Fraz...
9 hours ago
For It Is Man's Number.

Netflix And Chill: Self/less (2015) - Warning: some plot spoilers lie ahead, and you may prefer to view this film with no advanced knowledge of the plot. If I was a megarich businessman who wa...
12 hours ago
Halls of the Nephilim

Succubus Sunday - Friend Edition - This week's Succubus Sunday features an illustration done by my old friend, Nate.
12 hours ago
Erotiterrorist

Sunday Coven #18 - This piece is titled is “Music Witch” and is by Anastasia Catris. I think I bought it seconds after seeing it. Stevie Nicks has been a magical part of my l...
13 hours ago
Tower of the Archmage

Sunday Inspirational Image: Stars - by YuryKyssa
13 hours ago
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

This Week in Geek (12-18/11/18) - *Buys* I got the new version of Doctor Who's Shada on DVD (how many versions do we need? for the one serial that was never completed, I sure ended up buyin...
14 hours ago
About Bruce Heard and New Stories

Guild of Alchemists - While work on the new Gazetteer progresses, I'd like to take the opportunity to post a series of previews on Caldwen's cabals. The grand magiocracy does no...
21 hours ago
Cross Planes

B/X Essentials: Dead Boy for Rifts - Dead Boy The foot soldier of the Coalition State, they have been fed lies upon lies about the world outside their walls and they loyally enforce their t...
22 hours ago
A character for every game

Bastion of the Prince of Clubs - Surrounded by the cyclopean ruins of the Temple of the Abyss, the Prince of Clubs retreats to his green and … Continue reading →
1 day ago
Super-DuperToyBox

Marvel Legends Magik - Illyana Rasputin is the younger sibling of mutant X-Man Colossus, Piotr Rasputin- my familiarity with the character doesn't go far beyond that, but there...
1 day ago
Monster Island News

Godzilla: King Of The Monsters Wraps, KK vs G Set Photos and New Anime Trailer - Are You Ready For A Godzilla Mega Post! From Screen Rant: The next MonsterVerse entry Godzilla: King of the Monsters, which teams Godzilla with a bevy o...
1 day ago
Elfmaids & Octopi

EMO Class Skills Cleric & Fighter - Working on Elfmaids and Octopi home rules (EMO Rules) Starter Book Going back to revising my home brew. Renames in progress...
1 day ago
THE HORRORS OF IT ALL

A Vampire is Born - *THOIA's* *Stan Lee Tribute Fest* continues with another weird one penned by *The Man*, this time from the June 1953 issue of *Menace #4*, and highlighted ...
1 day ago
Dreams of Mythic Fantasy

The OSR News - Nov. 17, 2018 - *New Releases*[image: Photo] *Ford's Faeries: A Bestiary Inspired by Henry Justice Ford* by the G+ OSR Community. Published by Studio Kortex. Available from...
1 day ago
Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign

Sigh... - “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” ― Eric Hoffer, The Temper of Our Time
1 day ago
Venger's old school gaming blog

Trans-Human-Phobia - So, I've seen my fair share of abuse, harassment, mistreatment, and outright lies spread about me since yesterday's blog post. Wow, that was fast! I've...
2 days ago
Playing D&D With Porn Stars

Aimé Césaire--Poet, Statesman, Game Designer - *Aimé Fernand David Césaire was a poet and activist, a founder (along with Léopold Sédar Senghor and Léon Damas) of the négritude movement among the pre-wa...
2 days ago
Hall of the Mountain King

Where the Bandits Are - Wormhall Part 4 The River Tower Part 3 - The River Tower Part 3 - The Sea Caves Basement 1 1. This large area is partly natural cave and partly worked stone. The floor has been leveled while...
2 days ago
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms

Old School Player Manifesto: Further Commentary - In the comments on the Old School Player Manifesto, two people suggested additional rules. Will Douglas suggested “*Listen to the referee, but don’t argue ...
2 days ago
deeply shallow

#fridayflash: more #nanowrimo excerpt from the WIP - Josh stood frozen. Was this the way? Was this how they’d finally be able to return to Maha? They’d get Michael back to Maha—it was impossible to bring S...
2 days ago
Once More Unto the Breach!

End-of-Week Elmore (11/16/18): Black Gryphon -
2 days ago
The Warrior Muse

Horror List Book Review: The Resort - I'm reading through three lists of best horror with two friends (*DeAnna Knippling* and *M.B. Partlow*), posting reviews as we go. (For more information, ...
2 days ago
MINION FACTORY

Book of Weird: Chapter Five! - There is no such thing as to much Weirdness.
2 days ago
Beholder Pie

Here Be Dungeons 21: Ataaz Muhahah - My final draft design of Ataaz Muhahah - the "Laughing Gorge" - developed for Wizards of the Coast's "Tomb of Annihilation". Oh, how I wish I'd come up wi...
2 days ago
Oubliette Magazine

Garadur's Plateau Megadungeon Poster Map - I've just received a very limited print run of this giant megadungeon map by Charley Phipps. The prints are B1 sized (1000 x 707mm 39.4 x 27.8 inches) and ...
2 days ago
Supergirl Comic Box Commentary

Review: Supergirl #24 - *Supergirl #24* came out this week and I won't bury the lede. It has Doc Shaner art. Since I discovered Shaner's art I have wanted to see his take on Sup...
2 days ago
Dr. Theda's Crypt

More Doctors... - Heart Specialist ... this time... We Hate All these doctor visits... (never "good" news....) located an hour's drive away.... a big "waste of time....
2 days ago
SciFiChick.com

Book Review: Star Wars: Scum and Villainy - Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy’s Most Notorious by Pablo Hidalgo Synopsis: Crime in the galaxy is a constant—whether it’s seedy dea...
2 days ago
Fabled Lands

Tetsubo is coming - We've signed the contract. After thirty years, it's finally going to happen. It -- I should really start at the beginning, shouldn't I? Tetsubo is a Japan...
2 days ago
Dynasty Zero

A Brand New TFT Adventure - It's here! The first official adventure for *The Fantasy Trip* in decades! What? Me excited? The description says that *The Chaos Triads* by Steven Mar...
2 days ago
The Armchair Squid

A Window Above: Sure Shot - Song: "Sure Shot" Writers: Beastie Boys, DJ Hurricane, Mario Caldato, Jr., Jeremy Steig Original Release: May 31, 1994 Band: Beastie Boys Album: *III Communi...
2 days ago
herding cats & burning soup

[memes] Thank You Sweet Baby Jesus and all The Little Archangels for These Lickable Heroes. - *I wanted to meme. And only had one weekly post to do it. So there's a whole lotta memeage happening in this post. You might have to scroll down a bit to g...
2 days ago
Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

Umberwell Reviews - Not gonna lie: I feel like my recent releases on the Dolorous Exhumation Press imprint are doing pretty well. Some kind soul recently gave Umberwell five...
2 days ago
Gizmo's Reviews

#Review - #HeroFail by Lexie Dunne #Fantasy #Superheroes - *Series: Superheroes Anonymous # 4* *Format: E-Galley, 384 pages* *Release Date: November 27, 2019* *Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse* *Source: Publisher* ...
2 days ago
19th Level

1910s vs. 1920s United States in Call of Cthulhu - A Quick Overview - The default era in the *Call of Cthulhu *RPG is the 1920s. The 1930s, a common era for pulp campaigns, is another well known era. I've kicked off a 1910...
2 days ago
False Machine

MAN ATTACKED BY CORRIDOR - a Review of House of Leaves - I'm not doing a 'Blog of Leaves' review where I mirror the structure of the book because that would be a crazy amount of work (1). (If someone hasn't done ...
3 days ago
el blog de Victor Santos

- *HULK DIGITAL * *DIGITAL HULK * Jugando con la Cintiq. Playing with the Cintiq.
3 days ago
The Ongoing Campaign

Administrative Note - I've been writing a follow-up to the "What is magic?" post, going into more depth and detail. For now, though, I would like to note that I've turned on com...
3 days ago
What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...

Chainmail Arena Update - Still puttering around with this idea, but I've been a bit busy with work (lots of student writing to grade this semester), Netflix (watched Daredevil Seas...
3 days ago
Monsters and Manuals

Hiatus; Or, Becoming Jaded; Or, Toys, Pram, Thrown - I am taking a hiatus from the blog and all online discussion of RPGs. There are a couple of reasons. First, I think I am becoming jaded. When I look around...
4 days ago
Havards Blackmoor Blog

The Great Kingdom Documentary is Back - Remember the Kickstarter for the D&D Documentary called the Great Kingdom from 2014? Well, it is back. This documentary promised to tell the story about ...
4 days ago
Heroes & Other Worlds

slow but sure - selfie While progress is painfully slow and every plan I make seems to be torpedoed, you are not beaten if you do not quit. So my current plan (heaven hel...
4 days ago
Kidbits

Wednesday Whittleings - Writing Research Treats - Wednesdays are my day to randomly babble. Sometimes about children books, others about writing, and usually about whatever strikes my mind. Random though...
4 days ago
Sharing Links and Wisdom

House of Ashes Book Blast - *Blurb:* Thirty-seven-year-old painter Cassandra Mitchell is fourth-generation to live in the majestic Battersea Bluffs, a brooding Queen Anne home origin...
4 days ago
Raven Crowking's Nest

Cheat Sheets - Did your gongfarmer just become a wizard? Is your elven chandler now a 1st level elf? Want to know what you need to do to make the transition in an easy-t...
5 days ago
OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS

While discussing superhero movies... - Thanks Stan.
6 days ago
Points of Light

Dungeons & Delvers: Storm Sorcerer Draft - Over on the MeWe *Dungeons & Delvers* group, Darcy (Dettmann Junior) asked about a storm sorcerer, specifically whether it would be better to reskin a cler...
6 days ago
The Troll Dens

The Fael Mur - The Winter Dark, called by some the Long Centuries or the Mellenial Dark, lasted for over a thousand years. During all those years the people of Aihrde suf...
6 days ago
Stargazer's World

Is Kickstarter a double edge sword? - A couple of weeks ago, as a consequence of the g+ exodus, I got into a conversation with another indie game developer. The gist of the conversation was tha...
6 days ago
Written In Blood

That Moment When Trust Can Mean the Difference Between Life and Death. - *“Is it a crime to care about the welfare of my partner. Let me ask you this. If it were me cursed and possibly facing down death, how would you act?”* ...
6 days ago
Krell Laboratories

Monsters During Wartime - [image: Mathilde Ollivier and Jovan Adepo in Overlord (2018)] Some years ago, the Criterion people produced a disc for a forgotten film from the 1970s call...
1 week ago
GRUBB STREET

Meanwhile: A Century Ago - In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Sc...
1 week ago
Gothridge Manor

Creating a Catacomb Hoard - In a recent session the party came upon an ancient burial. Each of the eighty bodies had a weapon, wore armor, shield and each one had a coffer under the...
1 week ago
Ruminations of a Geek

My First Elixir Module - Dice Roller - I'm learning some Elixir this weekend, after watching Chris McCord's ElxirConf2018 keynote about the Phoenix web framework for Elixir, on Monday. The LiveV...
1 week ago
Ode to Black Dougal

Small Greyhawk - Quick campaign idea Using World of Greyhawk box set with the following changes: - Hexes are 6 miles instead of 30 miles - Stock each hex using the ...
1 week ago
In Places Deep

Wilderlands: Down and Out at the Tanglebones Tavern - After much shifting around with my home group, I'm running a Wilderlands campaign for them set in and around the City State of the Invincible Overlord usin...
1 week ago
The Disoriented Ranger

This is not goodbye (introducing Ø2\\‘3|| - A Dystopian RPG) - *I read an interesting post the other day that we only blog to show expertise, but we publish to gain an audience. I always thought blogging was some sort ...
1 week ago
A Storybook World

The Wolfborne Series Book 1- Defiance: by Cheree Alsop - Werewolves are the guardians of sleeping vampires, protecting their masters during the deadly light of day. But what happens when a werewolf gets fed up...
1 week ago
Mythopoeic Rambling

Frightful Fridays! Majesticat - Hello and welcome back to Frightful Fridays! I got the chance to do a mashup critter (inspiration image), but I went with fey for the creature type. The ma...
1 week ago
Lasgunpacker

Disruptor dance - Just a quick set up picture since I was fishing out more bases and had all the miniatures on hand. Federation fleet about to be atomized: two DDK, two sta...
1 week ago
Ramblings of a Great Khan

Ostschild News Update 11-08-18 - Following the latest TPK I am advancing the date a bit to match our own season, the new party will begin at Guido's Fort on the Donau river on November 13t...
1 week ago
Realms of Chirak

Starfinder Report - We're back to Starfinder, this time with a new campaign I started on Wednesday.....the old D&D campaign, and the newer one which I just didn't have my he...
1 week ago
Trollsmyth

Leveraging Warlocks for Campaign Greatness - Warlocks are one of the great post-TSR additions to D&D. Their relationship with their patron is much closer than that of a cleric's deity, and yet they c...
1 week ago
Sand Castles and Snow Forts

NaNo.... Let's Go! - I'm always so encourage when I hop around the IWSG blogs. NaNoWriMo is in full swing, and I'm already behind. The beginning of course falls right in the...
1 week ago
Advanced Dungeons and Parenting

David Drake's THE SPARK is and Entertaining Re-Imagining of Arthurian Tales - The Spark by David Drake RATING: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Though David Drake is probably best known for his Military Science fiction, with the exception of REDLI...
1 week ago
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...

Status Update - For those dedicated regular readers out there, just a quick update: posting will be light to nonexistent through the month of November. I've been trying to...
1 week ago
My Old-School Renaissance

10th Century Portable Sundial - "A further fascinating item in the Cathedral’s collection is not a document at all but a portable sundial. It has been dated roughly to the tenth century...
1 week ago
Lord of the Green Dragons

Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign: No Small Insight - Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign: No Small Insight: “I love my fellow actors but sometimes I think that their opinions are wrong,” he explained. “True art...
1 week ago
Tower of Zenopus

BatRep of the Week: Blood Angels vs Iyanden Eldar - Another battle with really good looking armies. Also two armies I own so ...
1 week ago
Thoul's Paradise

Volturnus Apocrypha (spoilers) - *Art by Larry Elmore* Almost half of the last page of *Starspawn of Volturnus* consists of “Theta Section: Suggested Additional Adventures.” We are inform...
1 week ago
STUFFER SHACK

Recap your session THIS way… - I normally recap our sessions in our own Facebook group, but decided to share this here because this time it was a different and particularly fun way to do...
2 weeks ago
The Wasted Lands

Chronicling My Star Trek V/VI Communicator Build Part 2 - See Part 1 here So it's been a crazy busy couple months. I've continued to photo document the building of my communicator and I'm pleased to say it's FINIS...
2 weeks ago
Sorcery & Super Science!

1 on 1 Adventures November Sale - 80% off! - I've put all the 1 on 1 Adventures PDFs up for sale at drivethrurpg for 80% off for all of November. If you've needed Pathfinder adventures for 1 player an...
2 weeks ago
Aggregate Cognizance

Moving to WordPress - This particular blog actually started on WordPress a very long time ago, but at the time I wasn't enamored of WordPress' functionality and Blogger was at l...
2 weeks ago
Graphs, Paper, and Games

Moving - For the time being, I've moved my blogging here: https://strangevistas.wordpress.com/
2 weeks ago
Hill Cantons

What Ho Frog Demons is Out, Here's its Origin Story - *What Ho, Frog Demons *is out (you can buy it here, print is still in the works). One thing I can guarantee you about the entire four books of the Slumber...
2 weeks ago
Greyhawk Grognard

Please Update Your Link! - If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is out of date. Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com (RSS feed is h...
2 weeks ago
The Spirits of Eden

Vulture (76.3) - 1st Of The Postill’s Dew, 2031 D.C.E . . . At the turn of the new year, almost 90 days since the suspension of the Council near the start of the Solstice W...
2 weeks ago
Spellmaking

BristolCon - So, had a great time at BristolCon - a very friendly and well put-together sci/fi and fantasy con. I bought some books, I met some great people, I learned ...
2 weeks ago
The Contemptible Cube of Quazar

XQ1 The Castle that Fell from the Sky - *"This is an excellent adventure... ...I really want to run it."* *- Jeff Talanian (creator of AS&SH rpg)* Now available on lulu.com: *The Castle that F...
2 weeks ago
I Fly By Night

Rockets and Dreams Is Out! - Rockets and Dreams, my second album, was released today. So a couple months of work is finished. You can listen to all the songs through, not just clips, a...
2 weeks ago
OEF

OSR on Reddit - With the imminent demise of G+, where much of the OSR had found a home in, a lot of the discussions have been moving to other platforms. I've been checking...
2 weeks ago
A Life Full of Adventure

[WFRP 1e] The Enemy Within 9 - Wilfried - Fence Martin - Scout Othmar - Charlatan Larry - Bodyguard Wilhelm - Trader (Previous Sitting) More Investigation!The party continued to run all ...
2 weeks ago
Akratic Wizardry

G+? Isn’t that worse than an F? - The imminent end of Google-plus is now old news. For some interesting thoughts on this development and its potential impact on the role-playing community (...
3 weeks ago
Little Gothic Horrors

Beautiful Freaks Fest 2018 - Scars, Scars, Scars… Such Terrible Beauty!Welcome to my shadowy corner of the party for Beautiful Freaks Fest 2, which I am co-hosting with Magaly Guerre...
3 weeks ago
Forgotten Runes

Invisible Sun Unboxing - Since Monte Cook is launching a reprint Kickstarter, I thought this would be a good time blog my impressions about the Invisible Sun Box set I received in ...
3 weeks ago
Under Siege

Ballista Adventures: Final 48 Hours on Kickstarter - Well, I've been busy the past few weeks managing this Kickstarter and trying to get the word out. It's finally paying off and the campaign has fully fu...
3 weeks ago
The Savage AfterWorld

[GameHack] Pulp Heroes For Pulp Detective By AV Studio Games - I recently reviewed Pulp Detective by AV Games, a clever little dice-rolling game of 1940s private eyes and gumshoes. (Click here for said review!) Althoug...
3 weeks ago
Rended Press

MeWe, YouWe, WeAllWe for WeWe - So a lot of the DIY/OSR RPG folk & funsters are moving to MeWe. I created an account to check it out, but decided it is not for me and deleted my profile a...
3 weeks ago
Stocking The Dungeon

A lighthearted open letter to Greyhawk fans. - Let me start by saying I don't dislike Greyhawk. I play in a current AD&D 2nd ed. game set in that setting, Greyhawk and Blackmoor also, as the settings de...
4 weeks ago
[Retro-Z]

Six Strings and MARVEL STUDIOS: "ANT-MAN AND THE WASP" are Teaming Up for a GIVEAWAY! - *Moviegoers are still buzzing about Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and The Wasp,” the follow-up to 2015’s “Ant-Man” and the 20th consecutive Marvel Cinematic U...
4 weeks ago
Rather Gamey

Vulcan Sketch - Been playing Star Trek Adventures. :)
4 weeks ago
Pulsipher Game Design

The Barbarian and the Baby - (This was written for my Worlds of Design column at ENWorld.org, but was rejected by both outgoing and incoming editors, because they avoid any discussion ...
4 weeks ago
Quickly, Quietly, Carefully

My new blog: devilghost.com - For months, I’ve been slowly moving entries from my old blog (here) to my new blog. I want to escape Blogger both because of technology preferences (I li...
4 weeks ago
MUTANTS AND MAGIC

Pathfinder 2 (Playtest) Session Zero - *After a long hiatus I've decided to return to writing here on my blog. Tabletop role playing has been a favorite hobby of mine for years. Even though ...
4 weeks ago
The Gallery: Russ Nicholson

For the Fabled Lands 7 and couple other bits - This is just a quick update of work produced privately for Fabled Lands 7 and a couple of other bits. First some other bits... Svirfneblin originally done...
5 weeks ago
Worlds in a Handful of Dice

It’s a Trap! – Museum Exhibition About RPGs, and a Convention, too! - As I’ve previously mentioned on the blog, we have in my town the Finnish Museum of Games, a large permanent exhibition about games and gaming in Finland, f...
5 weeks ago
Green Skeleton Gaming Guild

Gamma World 1st edition P.O.D. - This is the one that started it all for me. I started gaming back in 79, yeah I'm that old. The first game I ran was Gamma World not D&D, sure I played D&...
5 weeks ago
Wishful Gaming

Current State, Part 1 - Ho there, friends! Long time no see. Sorry if anyone has missed my ramblings, but life kind of dragged me away from my blogs for a long time. I think I’m r...
5 weeks ago
House of Self-Indulgence

Babyface 2 (Alex de Renzy, 1986) - Ahh, look at me. I'm staring in the general direction of a motion picture of some kind, and, get this, I want to write words about it for some inexplicabl...
5 weeks ago
Back to the Dungeon!

The Halfling's Kitchen Part 1 - *Cabbage, Tasso, and Sausage* Take a head of cabbage and chop it up. Put it in the pot. Add some water just below the surface. Add some portabella mush...
1 month ago
Gamers & Grognards

Octhorrorfest, Ghost Stories: 1D12 Hauntings Tables For OD&D and other RPGs - Octhorror is here again! That means, of course, several supernatural posts and game aids for your help get your game in the spirit of the season! You shoul...
1 month ago
The Eye of Joyful Sitting Amongst Friends

Mana Points for Macchiato Monsters - The standard magic system for Macchiato Monsters uses Hit Points to power spellcasting. This means magic users get fatigued or damaged as they cast more sp...
1 month ago
Horror Blogger Alliance

Zombinatrix: "Kickstarter" [NOW LIVE] - *SHE'S ALIVE!... * *Hello, Bianca Allaine here again! Just a note, we will not be sending emails to you this frequently, but we wanted you to be the firs...
1 month ago
Hidden in Shadows

Meet the Baron of Blackmoor - David Fant, Baron of Blackmoor [image: Inline image 1] *Questions in italics by Daniel Boggs* Yes, I am that David Fant. I was a very good friend of Dav...
1 month ago
MONSTER BRAINS

Robbie Ward's Animated Music Videos - Annihilation (Official Video) from Madison Lovell on Vimeo. DEDSA - Lighter Click from Madison Lovell on Vimeo. "All work shown is completed using Prisma...
1 month ago
Lawful Indifferent

5e cultures - What if, instead of just selecting a race, you selected both a race and a culture? For example, I've decided that I want to play a Dwarf who survived...
1 month ago
Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword

Holiday Special - Sonja rescues Santa from Kulan Gath ..........................................................................................................................
2 months ago
RetroRoleplaying: The Blog

Second Edition of Microlite78 First Edition Lite Now Available - Interested in the First Edition of the world’s most popular tabletop fantasy roleplaying game, but put off by its seemingly random mechanics and design ele...
2 months ago
Beyond the Pale Gate

Lost in Translation - the Fighting-Man - I've been pondering a lot lately about the LBB fighting-man. No shock there. I have several posts in draft form that I'm working on addressing this. Hopefu...
2 months ago
There's more to Oz than the Yellow Brick Road

Worth Fighting For? - It's been a while since I posted here, but I finally found something to blog about. Actually, I've been meaning to review this book for a long time, but I ...
2 months ago
Age of Ravens

Age of Ravens Now at The Gauntlet Blog - Exciting News and a major change in the blog going forward. Starting today I’ll be posting *Age of Ravens *as part of *The Gauntlet Blog*. I’ve loved runn...
2 months ago
Secrets of the Shadowend

Life and its happenings - I am slowly and gradually getting back, I think, into a writing sort of headspace. I've been separated from my wife for 2+ years now, and we are amicable. ...
2 months ago
Billy Goes to Mordor

Planescape Session 2: Leprecaun Murder and Dwarfnapping - Well, I guess we're due a session summary from the Planescape Campaign. Authorial credit to our fearless leader and DM: *Our group of tour-guide swindlers ...
2 months ago
Justice League Detroit

DC Comics 1993 Editorial Presentation: Justice League International - Hey look at that super-team with Elongated Man on it! Why, there's Green Lantern Hal Jordan and the Wally West Flash and Power Girl and... Metamorpho and....
2 months ago
Dorkland!

The Path To Whimsy - A long time ago, back in the Stone Age before the internet was what it is today, there was a tool for players that was put out by White Wolf called StoryPa...
2 months ago
Daddy Rolled a 1

New Comics Wednesday: Recent Reviews - ™ and © 2018 Simon Spurrier and Matías Bergara This is a splash page from *Coda *#1. Today is Wednesday, and that means it's *New Comic Book Day* - the day...
2 months ago
World of Ortix

[work-related] A... mousepad? - It took me five hours to draw this map, and as you can see it's still far from being complete (I recoil in terror when I think about adding doors and sec...
2 months ago
The House of Little Fears

Inspiring Fear: Are You Afraid of the Dark? – Now Streaming! - The 90s were a magical time for many reasons but especially for giving the world Are You Afraid of the Dark? This horror anthology series ran on Nickelodeo...
2 months ago
The Grand Tapestry

After Watching the 48 Minute Cyberpunk 2077 playthrough vid, and listening to Tubeway Army songs... - Re: Urutsk: I've made some significant changes to character-centric rules, and I feel much better about the way the game feels in play. Weapons are gettin...
2 months ago
The OSR Library

The Kolchak Files OSR: They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be... - AKA UFO. Continuing the Kolchak files found: http://theosrlibrary.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-kolchak-files-osr.html http://theosrlibrary.blogspot.com/2017/10/t...
2 months ago
Close Encounters with the Night Kind

Giveaway with Sandra Bunino and her latest : Platinum - Today we are celebrating the release of Sandra Bunino's PLATINUM, a thrilling and sexy new contemporary romance! Check out the buy link and teasers for th...
2 months ago
My Dice Are Older Than You

Review: Mutants & Masterminds Basic Hero's Handbook - Most of y'all know that superheroes is kind of my best genre. Certainly the gaming I've done the most of and (I'd like to think) know the most about. I've ...
2 months ago
My Baffling Brain

WEP August - Change of Heart - So I actually wrote this piece for April's WEP, but I was ill so didn't get to post it in the end. I'm quite glad, as it suits this month's theme so much m...
3 months ago
Troll and Flame

Echoes From Fomalhaut #2 - I've been a big fan of Gabor Lux since I first read his stuff (maybe in *Knock Spell*, maybe from some OSR blog). At this year's NTRPGCon I picked up the f...
3 months ago
Kaijuville

Gen Con 2018 Loot - I didn't have a big shopping list this time. In recent years I've been more on the lookout for limited items not available later or stuff that is heav...
3 months ago
The Omnipotent Eye

Long overdue closing down message - Friends. I guess if you see this in you notifications or feed reader you will be quite surprised. This blog have now been dormant for a long time, and much...
3 months ago
Ellen Dugan's Blog of Witchery

Midnight Prophecy- Book 3 in the Daughters Of Midnight series - Daughters Of Midnight: Books 1—3 by Ellen DuganHappy August! This year I did something a little crazy. I decided to launch a brand new paranormal series, ...
3 months ago
All Games Considered

AGC 221 August 2nd 2018 (ConGlomeration 2018... and All Good Things) (1:10:16) - Carol, Mags, and Steve talk with Craig Campbell of Nerdburger Games and James Sutter of Paizo Publishing in the big interview from ConGlomeration 2016... b...
3 months ago
Mesmerized by sirens

Bifrost (volume 1, complete). - [image: Risultati immagini per bifrost rpg skytrex] I am sorry that i post so rarely, but today i'm going to give you something that will keep you busy for...
3 months ago
A Field Guide To Doomsday

"E" is for "Eelwolf" - *Eelwolf* *No. Enc.:* 2d6 (3d6) *Alignment:* Neutral *Movement:* 180' (60') * —Swim:* 120' (40') *Armor Class:* 7 (See Below) *Hit Dice:* 4 *Atta...
3 months ago
A Paladin In Citadel

The Fantasy Trip Kickstarter: A Good Deal? - After 35 years, Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson Games has finally re-acquired the rights to The Fantasy Trip, the tactical fantasy combat and light rolepl...
3 months ago
The Whole Wide World

My Latest Kickstarter is Live! - Just taking a moment to let everyone know I have a new Kickstarter in process for Troll Lord Games! The Fifth Edition Player's Guide to Aihrde is now live...
3 months ago
Roles, Rules, and Rolls

Scylla: Henry Justice Ford Monster Manual - [image: Henry Justice Ford Henry Justice Ford Tales Of Troy 1 Flickr Photo] Another contribution for Eric Nieudan's project. This classical creep is to me...
3 months ago
B/X BLACKRAZOR

Failed Fables - Just continuing from where I left off... It was only a few weeks ago (when was *Free RPG Day*? A couple days after that) that I was in *Around the Table Ga...
3 months ago
destination unknown

Sheridan the Exile - *Sheridan* * “Not all of the criminals out here want to kill you. Some just want your skin.”* Sheridan isn’t a bad man, he’s just a bit lazy. He wand...
4 months ago
Bobert the Hoosier expatriate

This is the end - Well, the end of a chapter, anyway. I've decided to close down my LiveJournal, sometime between now and when my paid account comes up for renewal in the...
4 months ago
Asshat Paladins

Actual Play: Firefly "Old War Horses" Session 4 The Three-Body Problem - Session 4: The Three-Body Problem Friday, December 8, 2017 Dramatis Personae: - *Captain Ramsey Zook*, played by K - *General Samuel Zook*, played by...
4 months ago
Adventures in Gaming v2

[DCC] The Portal Under the Stars One-Shot - I missed Free *RPG Day* due to other commitments, but got to run a two-player *Dungeon Crawl Classics* funnel on Monday night. I ran the party through the ...
4 months ago
Armchair Gamer

Data Scan: Cyberpunk 2077 E3 Trailer - If you're one of those Cyberpunk / Cyberpunk 2020 fans that have been looking at getting that late 80s cyberpunk fix this side of the 21st Century, I'm sur...
5 months ago
JAMES MISHLER GAMES

Advanced Labyrinth Lord Kickstarter! - *Goblinoid Games* has finally launched the *Advanced Labyrinth Lord* *Kickstarter*! From the Kickstarter: *Advanced Labyrinth Lord* [image: https://www...
5 months ago
Servitor Ludi

Second star to the right... - Should I start a category of posts for "tropes that get me every time?" For some reason, this well-known line from *Peter Pan* provides instant feels. T...
5 months ago
Almost Darwyn Cooke's Blog

New Frontier GN on sale for $5.99 USD on comixology - Being a comic shop guy, I obviously prefer printed books - but for anyone who hasn't tried Darwyn's The New Frontier yet, Comixology has it on sale for 8...
5 months ago
Wild West History

Lola Montez: Beauty and Song in the Old West - *Lola Montez (de:Gouache by Carl Buchner, 1847. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. * *Lola Montez is known as the "first tabloid celebrity." She was born i...
5 months ago
the musings of huginn and muninn

In the merry merry month of May... - Beltane was low-key this year. It was my coven's off-week, so I relaxed at home with my husband and did some divination. The following weekend was Grove of...
6 months ago
Mike's Amazing RPG Fun Pad

Bonelord-A Villain for Light City - This is a Light City version of a character I created for Icons 8 years ago! Enjoy! *Bonelord* Real Name: Clinton Darnell First Appearance: Mike’s Amaz...
6 months ago
The Groovy Age of Horror

Zordon N. 38: Terzo Millennio (Third Millennium), published in October, 1976 - Remember Vursals, the mind-controlling winged space lions? Well, after conquering the home planet of the peaceful Dikters, they ate so much Dikter flesh ...
6 months ago
Genius Loci

Mini-Review - Matt Finch's 0e Monsters of Jordoba - Matt Finch begins 0e Monsters of Jordoba with a page long mission statement, one that ends with this statement: So I’m going back to those grassroots for ...
6 months ago
Sword+1

Hirelings for my Barrowmaze campaign - I have been creating a random generation spreadsheet for hirelings for my new Barrowmaze campaign, which is set in my Japan-like setting called Oyashima. ...
6 months ago
The Book of Worlds

The Orchid Club - Bral caters to almost every vice, from grand scale corruption, via most types of imaginable gambling, to lotus addiction, with each sin having its own v...
7 months ago
Dark Corners Of Role Playing

Review & OSR Commentary On RPGPundit Presents #26: Mutant Hordes of the Last Sun For Your Old School Wasteland Campaigns - So today it wad great anticipation that I grabbed a copy of Rpg Pundit Presents 26 Mutant Hordes of the Last Sun. I asked for this copy of what looks li...
7 months ago
Dyvers

GM Toolbox: Things to Do from January 24, 2005 - Shortly before I was going to run my first game back in the early months of 2005 I was sitting in the Den working on a list of things that I felt like I ha...
7 months ago
Minding Spot

Shattered Memories (The Mirror Sisters #3) by V.C. Andrews - *In this finale of the darkly gothic Mirror Sisters trilogy, one twin fears her reunion with sister dearest—from the legendary New York Times bestselling ...
7 months ago
EXONAUTS!

Bedtime Battles: Part Two - In my *previous post*, I mentioned that my daughter and I have been playing Star Wars or super hero themed skirmish games. These are very rules light, d20 ...
7 months ago
The Happy Undertaker

T-shirts and Buttons - 3 T-shirt designs are now available (tho Ghostcat is a temp image they won't be done for a couple of days) Hight quality 3, 4 and 5 color screen printed s...
7 months ago
Redwald RPG

Comertul online si lenjeriile de pat - Avand in vedere amploarea pe care a luat-o comertul electronic in ultimii ani in tara noastra, putem intalni pe intreg internetul magazine online care ofer...
8 months ago
Gaming Ronin

Initiative in Index card RPG. - I've had some time to think about some of the workings of ICRPG. Being a tinkerer at heart I can't help but want to come up with material for it. I'm als...
8 months ago
Steve's Gamer Blog

Chronicles of the Realm - Chronicles of the Realm is a live action role-playing game that I helped design. The main idea behind the design is the same as if you were to join a gam...
9 months ago
Held Action

Clue: The Great Museum Caper - Clue: The Great Museum Caper is a game from my nerdly youth that, sadly, I never got to play truly.[1] I admired its place of honor on a shelf for years, a...
9 months ago
The Inferno Music Vault

Uleiul de cocos bio folosit atat in alimentatie cat si in cosmetica - Unul dintre cele mai bune ingrediente pe care le puteti folosi atat in alimentatie, cat si in cosmetica, este uleiul de cocos bio. Cu nenumarate beneficii,...
9 months ago
Mythmere's Blog

Growing the OSR if you want: part 2 - So, based on the various realizations I talked about in the last post, what are the things I'm trying to do in 2018 that will boost the signal of the OSR a...
10 months ago
Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein Blog

200 - Mary Shelley’s *Frankenstein; or, the Modern **Prometheus* was first published on January 1, 1818. 200 years ago today. Posting here resumes shortly. On...
10 months ago
The Lands of Ara

Harbinger - Since I last checked in I have played some *Labyrinth Lord* off and on, but not for quite awhile, and my online group has basically fizzled out -- the cam...
11 months ago
The Freedom of Nonbelief

Buzzfeed is Stealing Content - Wow. Has it been THIS long since I posted here? That is wrong. Anyway. YouTube Atheist and Skeptic +JaclynGlenn has been a fave of mine for years. Well s...
1 year ago
The City of Iron

Migration - A note to anyone checking this blog: I've moved my blogging activity to http://necrotic-gnome-productions.blogspot.de/. This blog will remain indefinitely...
1 year ago
Robert Atkins Art

Daily Sketch - Thanos... - Here's a Thanos commission I was able to finish up this last fall that had been a long time coming. With all the Infinity War movies coming up, it's seems ...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 year 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 year 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 year 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 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
LotFP: RPG

Free RPG Day is THIS SATURDAY, June 17! -
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Gorgonmilk

Abject Shillery, Ladies and Gentlemen -
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Fustians so Sublimely Bad...

- I love that he looks exactly like would would think a young Patton Oswalt looks like.
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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'...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Barbaric Frontier

Better pics -
1 year 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...
1 year 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'...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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 ...
2 years 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...
2 years 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 ...
2 years 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!
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
Dungeon's Master

10 Most Common Mistakes DMs and Players Make in 5e D&D - If you’re like me you’ve been playing D&D a long time and 5e is not your introduction to this wonderful game. And if you’re like me you haven’t read every ...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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 ...
2 years ago
Purple Duck Games

Moving - The Purple Duck Games blog can now be found here.
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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 ...
2 years 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?
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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 ...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
Hit Adjacent Ally

Dead. - All good things come to an end.
2 years 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...
3 years 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...
3 years ago
Random Wizard

Moved - The Random Wizard Blog has moved to https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
3 years 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...
3 years 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 ...
3 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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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, ...
3 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!
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 years ago
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Saturday, June 13, 2015

Zatannurday: Raven

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