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Quest for Fun!

Honesty in the Balance (Tradecraft) - You know what needs to go. I'm referring to the small business with the blind spot on their balance sheet or income statement. Most stores have a blind spo...
8 minutes ago
Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness

Struck Me Funny -
22 minutes ago
HeroPress

Weird Wednesday... -
35 minutes ago
Tenkar's Tavern

The Tavern Chat Podcast - E126 - Voicemails & Comments regarding Henchmen & Hirelings - I've always had issues with henchmen. They were oft forgotten when an area effect spell was cast but always remembered when the party was hurting and ne...
39 minutes ago
el blog de Victor Santos

- *DEADMAU5 * *DEADMAU5* Estoy muy contento de anunciar que el famoso DJ y compositor Deadmau5 está haciendo la banda sonora de la peli de Polar. Así qu...
1 hour ago
Akratic Wizardry

Scottish dwarves - Another insight from *Existential Comics*: This is a great comic, by the way. I've mentioned it here before. There are a number of strips on 'Dungeons and...
2 hours ago
Realms of Chirak

Cypher System: The Agents of Steel - *The Agents of Steel* In the League Universe there is a modern organization, part adventurer’s club, part humanitarian organization and part private merc...
2 hours ago
Supergirl Comic Box Commentary

Ron Randall Commission - A couple of weeks back I got the best surprise in the mail. Darrin and Ruth Sutherland, of the R a D Adventures podcasts, sent me the Ron Randall commiss...
2 hours ago
From the Sorcerer's Skull

Wednesday Comics: Atomahawk - *Atomahawk* by Donny Cates (script) and Ian Bederman (art) was first serialized in *Heavy Metal*, but has been collected by Image into a volume numbered "0...
3 hours ago
Erotiterrorist

Have You Watched Phantasm? - Years and years ago, my parents watched Phantasm and due to their very negligent approach to parenting, I watched it at the tender age of 7 or 8. The final...
4 hours ago
SciFiChick.com

Box Review: TeeBlox – September 2018 - “Our TeeBlox shirts are all 100% official and licensed, guaranteed. Our CommunityBlox shirts are printed with 100% independent and original designs submitt...
4 hours ago
For It Is Man's Number.

Prime Time: Memoirs Of An Invisible Man (1992) - Arguably the most atypical movie in the filmography of John Carpenter, *Memoirs Of An Invisible Man* is very much a studio movie/Chevy Chase vehicle that j...
4 hours ago
Tower of the Archmage

5e: Phylactery Shenanigans - I sadly missed this past week's session, but thankfully one of my fellow players wrote this up! ------------------------------ Ten month, 14th day, 1698, ...
4 hours ago
Quag Keep

Palladium Books - Ninjas & Superspies - *Publisher Blurb:* *"Forty-one (41) forms of martial arts combat as you have never seen them in any other role-playing game.* *Oriental combat skil...
5 hours ago
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

Battlestar Galactica #15: The Man with Nine Lives - *"This man could be my father."* *SO SAY WE ALL:* Fred Astaire claims to be Starbuck's father. *REVIEW: *Fred Astaire?! Yep. At 80, he's guest-starring on B...
5 hours ago
Stargazer's World

First Look: Stellar Adventures - I was looking for a simple science fiction roleplaying game on DTRPG when I stumbled upon Stellar Adventures. It especially piqued my interest since one of...
6 hours ago
Gizmo's Reviews

#Review - The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest #YALIT #Fantasy - *Series: The Black Witch Chronicles (#2) * *Format: Hardcover, 608 pages* *Release Date: September 18, 2018* *Publisher: Harlequin Teen* *Source: Publisher*...
10 hours ago
Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

Umberwell: Azurites, Centaurs, Changelings - More races that populate Umberwell. *AZURITES* Naratet, the homeland of the scholarly azurites, was decimated in the crossfire of the War of Blue Orchids. ...
10 hours ago
deeply shallow

#bookreview: Medallion of Murder | BR Myers - [image: Medallion of Murder (Nefertari Hughes Mystery, #3)]Medallion of Murder by B.R. Myers My rating: 3 of 5 stars Medallion of Murder is about Terry gro...
13 hours ago
Dr. Theda's Crypt

Used Sweeney Todd's Shoes.... - My customized (1925) Lon Chaney (Sideshow outfit) 12 inch action Figure... could not afford figure.... (using Buffy Gent...
13 hours ago
Points of Light

Appendix D: Softcover Color Books Are Now Available! - Took quite some time *and* a number of proofs (had to move content around a few times because the inner text and art was too close to the spine, had to cha...
14 hours ago
Halls of the Nephilim

DP&D - Episode 4: "Hello Darlin" - Session 1 Session 2 Session 3: Part I Session 3: Part II The Cast Elliot Wess - Pot dealing hillbilly with a heart of gold Cassandra Jones - Sarcastic go...
17 hours ago
Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword

Holiday Special - Sonja rescues Santa from Kulan Gath ..........................................................................................................................
18 hours ago
Venger's old school gaming blog

Why We Roll - I've been GMing quite a bit lately. So, I've been thinking about rolling dice... why we do it, what kind of effect or meaning dice rolling has for us. ...
18 hours ago
Graphs, Paper, and Games

Champions Now Ep. 5: Villain Team Up! - As the days pass at Waterford College, Jackie begins to develop the idea of her heroic identity, "Ultraviolet" and how she might use it to further her own ...
23 hours ago
Worlds in a Handful of Dice

Some Observations on the Pathfinder Playtest - Now that I’ve had a chance to engage with the playtest materials for Pathfinder 2E, I have some vague and preliminary thoughts. First of all, this is what ...
1 day ago
Sharing Links and Wisdom

Rogue Dragon Rising Book Blast - *Blurb:* Twenty-three year old, Amari Hawke, is thrust into the world of two-soul shifters when she is injured and kidnapped by trackers outside the veil, ...
1 day ago
The Armchair Squid

Squid Mixes: Hanky Panky - A hanky panky combines gin and sweet vermouth with a couple dashes of Frenet Branca, a bitter Italian digestivo, orange peel garnish. It was invented by ...
1 day ago
herding cats & burning soup

3 stars-- Bluegrass Undercover (Bluegrass Brothers #1) by Kathleen Brooks - *Bluegrass Undercover* was pretty good. I snagged it because hello *pets the pretty cover* and supposedly it was book one (it's not, start here) so...why ...
1 day ago
Ramblings of a Great Khan

Frankish and Wendish Names - Names that seem historically accurate are a difficult thing to find, so I made this list of "campaign appropriate" names for my NPCs, and decided to share...
1 day ago
The Spirits of Eden

The Center of Gravity (75.4) - 60th of the Hazel’s Frost, 2030 Republic of Ayvarta — Undisclosed Location There was a sense of foreboding permeating the stale air of the bunker as the ne...
1 day ago
STUFFER SHACK

The Olympus, Inc. RPG Hits A Milestone… - It’s a big deal when a new tabletop roleplaying game gets published. It takes a lot of work, collaboration, planning, marketing, and gumption. Success is...
1 day ago
Playing D&D With Porn Stars

A Sexual Fantasy - I would like: All of the online game people who get excited about Lamentations of the Flame Princess and the other DIY RPG work it inspired with all its w...
1 day ago
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...

Signs of Aerth Campaign: Game 1 - The Forgotten Tower - We embarked on our latest campaign a few Saturdays ago (our first real foray into 5E, as I mentioned in an earlier post), and lest I find myself falling de...
1 day ago
A character for every game

Barrow Mounds of the Lich & Famous III - One of the most classic tropes of fantasy RPGs in my experience is delving into the tombs of the dead … Continue reading →
1 day ago
Monsters and Manuals

Occupations of the Poor - I've just finished reading Himmelfarb's *The Idea of Poverty: England in the Early Industrial Age*. It's a great book that I would recommend to anybody, bu...
2 days 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 el...
2 days ago
In Places Deep

History of the Wilderlands of Swords & Devilry - I made this a bit ago but only posted it on the Wilderlands G+ community. - The Galactic Federation establishes a colony on Ghenvek IV. The plane...
2 days ago
Reviews from R'lyeh

The Symbaroum Campaign I - In comparison to many other roleplaying games, the pattern of support for Symbaroum, the near-Dark Ages fantasy roleplaying game from Swedish publisher, J...
2 days ago
What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...

Broom Closet, Wine Cellar, Baths - *Broom Closet, Wine Cellar, Baths* *Being a continuation of the journal of the stalwart Green Knight of the Eldeen Reaches, Sir Jack Summerisle, and compa...
3 days ago
THE HORRORS OF IT ALL

If I Should Die-- - When you've read through enough of these pre code horror stories, you'll come to the predictable realization that if a character at any point in the story ...
3 days ago
Under Siege

Ballista: How the Base Rules Work - So... you picked up a copy of a Ballista Adventure and you have dice in hand along with some characters. What next? If not using one of the many existing ...
3 days ago
Green Skeleton Gaming Guild

B/X Gaming - I recently got a copy of Matt Jackson's Zine Lapsus Calami. I've had the pleasure of playing in Matt's B/X Campaign for a short while and have really enj...
3 days ago
Raven Crowking's Nest

Now Available in Print and PDF - *Danger in the Deep! is now available in print and pdf at RPG Now.* This is listed as a 2nd level adventure, but I hope you will find at least two or three...
4 days 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...
4 days ago
About Bruce Heard and New Stories

Skyship Spells VIII - Welcome to the next 3 D&D BECMI spells: *1. Guile & Treachery * *2. Artificer's Hold Distortion* *3. Summon Crew* Comments and suggestions are helpfu...
4 days ago
Expelled Grey Matter

So Evil, So Young (1961) - "Girls caged without their guys!" So the one-sheet for this movie screams, highlighted by a young woman in a nightie. What are these young ladies getti...
4 days ago
Written In Blood

GoIndieNow Presents A Live Panel Discussion Marketing on No Budget -
4 days ago
Mythopoeic Rambling

Frightful Fridays! Golden Scale Worm - Hello and welcome back for another Frightful Friday monster! I'm returning to the natural world for inspiration, and today's horror is the Antarctic scale ...
4 days ago
False Machine

19 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started - A friend was planning on doing OSR stuff 'full time' as work and asked me if there was anything I 'wished I had known' before I started doing this. AND I N...
4 days ago
Cross Planes

Savage Worlds: Flukeman - The Truth is Here... *The Flukeman – a form of quasi-vertebrate human – was an example of reproductive and physiological cross-traiting due to radiat...
4 days ago
Once More Unto the Breach!

End-of-Week Elmore (9/14/18): Let's Get Hammered! - Hey, here's Elmore's take on Perrin from the Wheel of Time! As they say in my neck of the the woods, have a good one!
4 days ago
MINION FACTORY

Book of Weird: Chapter Four! - Weirdness on Parade.
5 days ago
Gothridge Manor

What Are Words Worth? - I started a publisher podcast series on my Anchor channel. I released the first episode, "What Are Words Worth?" These episodes are targeted at individua...
6 days ago
Advanced Dungeons and Parenting

A Look at the First Flash Gordon Role Playing Game - I recently received my copy of the Flash Gordon Role Playing Game for the Savage Worlds system. I cannot be more excited to crack it open and try to convin...
6 days 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 ...
6 days ago
OEF

Adventure Names Bot - I made a Twitter bot that creates a new Adventure Name each hour. If you're on Twitter be sure to follow it. At the end of the month the Adventure Name wit...
6 days ago
Lasgunpacker

Star Empire Ships - Just a bit of a teaser to show that I am in fact still working on these (and not much else lately). [image: Ok Maybe Romulans] Three groups for three desi...
6 days ago
I Fly By Night

All the OTHER Stuff! - So becoming a Rock God is a whole lot more tedious than I thought... I have been joining various artists rights organizations (BMI, Sound Exchange) and pus...
6 days 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...
6 days ago
The Warrior Muse

Guest Post - Swirl: How Being Mixed Race Informs My Writing - *Jessica McDonald is a Colorado author (though she currently resides in Japan). Her first novel, Born to Be Magic, the first in the Council Witch series, i...
1 week ago
Sand Castles and Snow Forts

Take 20 - In a recent conversation with a friend, we discussed the importance taking time for yourself. The non-sharing time of motherhood that has to be guilt free ...
1 week ago
Dynasty Zero

Call of Cthulhu Starter Set - [image: call-of-cthulhu-starter-set-cover.jpg]Chaosium is coming out with a *Call of Cthulhu Starter Set*! Apparently, this news has been out for a couple ...
1 week ago
Elfmaids & Octopi

Bad Books - Books. They are evil. Nobody ever learnificated nuffin good from books. Here are tables to generate bad books. Remove curse might help or just burn it. Fi...
1 week ago
Monster Island News

The Night A Squadron Of UFOs Terrorized Washington And Flew Over The White House - I have to tip my hat to the folks over at the History Channel website and their really good series of articles about UFO sightings over the decades. Toda...
1 week 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. ...
1 week ago
Thoul's Paradise

Combat in Star Frontiers - *Art by George Wilson* The *Star Frontiers* boxed set included a 16 page book of Basic Game Rules and a 60 page book of Expanded Game Rules. The Basic Gam...
1 week ago
19th Level

Actual Play: The Madhouse Meet - With my degree pursuit entering the home stretch, posting has been pretty anemic. But I wanted to give a very brief write-up of our first adventure play...
1 week ago
The Disoriented Ranger

D&D RC Campaign Summerbreak Summary Part 2: The Art of Boredom - *Hello, everyone! I'm still alive and I got lots of writing to do, just not for the blog. Have a great little home campaign cooking and people seem to enjo...
1 week ago
[Retro-Z]

When wannabe... graphic designers, turn 50... lol - ----------------------------- ------------------------- I am everywhere: *TWITTER*, *FACEBOOK*, *HWR: SIX STRINGS MAGAZINE* and *HBA [HORROR SITES]*. Last...
1 week ago
Hidden in Shadows

Almost Forgotten: A Published RPG Ruleset older than D&D - I'm not particularly interested in the vanity of shouting "first" when presenting new information, that's the sort of braggadocio sober researchers leave t...
1 week ago
Super-DuperToyBox

Marvel's Spider-Man Limited Edt. PS4 Pro - I have not been a gamer in my adulthood, my experience in video games stopping short of the mid '80s: Donkey Kong, Defender, and Pole Position in the arc...
1 week ago
The Troll Dens

The Castle in Ruins - At the last Unklar, the Horned God, came to the castle. In a dark cloud of rage he unmade the walls and cast all into ruin. Even so the King, Robert Luther...
1 week ago
Fabled Lands

Critical IF cover design - *Following on from the previous post, here are the cover briefs I sent to Jon Hodgson when Fabled Lands LLP decided to republish the Virtual Reality books ...
1 week ago
Gamers & Grognards

Dungeons & Dragonmead Game - Fall 2018 Schedule - *As you know, I run public classic Dungeons & Dragons games at **The Loaded Die**/Metro Detroit Game Night's Board Game Nigh at **Dragonmead**, in Warren, ...
1 week ago
Lawful Indifferent

5e Weapon List - Ever taken a good look at the weapon list in 5e D&D? You should. It's a great example of negative design- that is, it's a great example of what you shoul...
1 week 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 ...
1 week ago
A Life Full of Adventure

Thoughts on The Midderlands - I didn't take chapter-specific notes like I often do for adventures. This book is a setting. It explains the conceit, the region, rivers, villages, and ...
2 weeks ago
Kidbits

IWSG - A Writer's Fork in the Road of Publishing - It's IWSG time! Every month on the first Wednesday of the month, us writers come together to offer support, advice, encouragement or simply to shed our f...
2 weeks ago
OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS

OVC: Green! (The all new OVC Comic Book!) - New mini-comic with 32 all new OVC comics! Only $4! Only 8 copies left! Order yours at: http://ourvaluedcashgrab.blogspot.com/
2 weeks ago
Horror Blogger Alliance

HBA MEMBERS "ROLL CALL" [2018] - *First, been a long... long... long time since I have been checking in with this place. I miss it, what it was, what it meant and who it meant too. So fo...
2 weeks 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 weeks ago
Bat in the Attic

Original Southlands Map redux - Back in 2009 I released my take on the Outdoor Survival Map mentioned in ODnD. Modifying the map using the guidelines found in Book 3 Underworld and Wilder...
2 weeks ago
The Gallery: Russ Nicholson

Maps, maps, maps... - My original blog seem to be accepted again ....which is nice, so to celebrate here are some maps [in no particular order]. First from the Fabled Lands ser...
2 weeks ago
Back to the Dungeon!

Shade's LARPLIST Memorial... - SHADE'S LARPLIST MEMORIAL To all those who getto LARP and their rules, information, and Values came from Shade's LARPLIST or pretty much the internet ba...
2 weeks 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 weeks ago
The Ongoing Campaign

Adventure Design Consideration - Still haven't written up the Deindustrial Future episode 4 report, and we played a game of MegaTraveller set in a small-ship LBB77-style universe of my own...
2 weeks 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 weeks ago
The Wasted Lands

Chronicling My Star Trek V/VI Communicator Build - So this Halloween, my intent is to go as a Starfleet officer from the Star Trek V/VI era. As a cosplayer, I tend to take pride in my costumes and try to ge...
2 weeks 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...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks ago
Beholder Pie

Here Be Dungeons 17: Yellyark - Click to make bigMy final design for the Batiri goblin village of "Yellyark". Developed for Wizards of the Coast's "Tomb of Annihilation" hardcover. I had...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks ago
Havards Blackmoor Blog

European D&D/MtG handcuffed and denied entry to the USA - Anna Steinbauer, Magali Villenue and Titus Lunter were travelling to the USA on the ESTA visa-waiver. The three artists known for their work on D&D and Ma...
3 weeks ago
Rather Gamey

Tonight's Star Wars Game - This Star Wars FFG campaign has been going on for about 3 months now. The players are all Imperials fighting against Saw Gerrera-esque insurgents around...
3 weeks ago
GRUBB STREET

Triviathlon - So, over on the Facebooks, I have been asking questions. Not my questions, but rather question from 1996 about AD&D Second Edition. This was the *Trivathlo...
3 weeks ago
Batgirl - Mera - Batwoman

Variant Covers :: Week of August 15 - *Batwoman #18* *"The Time of Your Life" - Finale* *Cover by Michael Cho* *Batgirl #25* *"The Reason" "Hopeless Romantic" "Value" "March Madness"* *Cover...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks 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...
4 weeks ago
Oubliette Magazine

Sample 2.5D Dungeon - I've been making a few 2.5D Dungeon tiles over the last few evenings. Below is an example of the size of dungeon that may be created using one set of pre-p...
4 weeks ago
Heroes & Other Worlds

Outlaw King, November - Very much looking forward to this, the trailer looks amazing and full of inspiration! The work continues...
4 weeks 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 ...
4 weeks ago
MONSTER BRAINS

Master of the Worm Eaten Skull - [image: Aeron Alfrey - Master of the Worm-Eaten Skull, Fabric Print] Every day this week I will be running a different discount on available artwork, makin...
4 weeks ago
Spellmaking

Hedge Witch and other great free books! - Hedge Witch is currently available as a free download as part of the following mighty fine promotions: Witches exploring magical realms. Space marines fin...
4 weeks ago
Forgotten Runes

Gencon 2018 - Went to GenCon for Friday. Got to Gencon about noon. Spent a half hour for an open parking lot. Spent another half hour hiking the mile from where I parked...
4 weeks ago
Trollsmyth

The Stars are Right! - Had a character-building session for the new campaign last night. After we worked out who the characters were going to be, I dropped just over a thousand w...
4 weeks 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...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks ago
Sorcery & Super Science!

Advanced Adventures on Kindle - I've finally figured out how to put the Advanced Adventures line into Kindle file format so now I'm uploading them to Amazon. So far I've got 1-4 up and wi...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks ago
Dreams of Mythic Fantasy

Mirror, Mirror - d10 Random Table Logical Madness - 1. Interlopers from an alternative dimension are attempting to murder and replace key inhabitants of the city. So as to better identify their fellow consp...
1 month 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...
1 month 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, ...
1 month 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...
1 month 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...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
My Old-School Renaissance

"Spell to Assume the Form of a Horned Snake. Papyrus of Ani. ca. 1275 BCE" - 'In the *Egyptian Book of the Dead*, spells of transformation into hawks, phoenix birds, the Eye of Horus, and various deities are recorded. A spell to a...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
Tower of Zenopus

Book Review: Cadia Stands - This is another of the "current events" books for Warhammer 40,000 similar to Dark Imperium ... which I realize I never posted a review of on the blog s...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
Hall of the Mountain King

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania index Part 38 Kr-Ky - Kradner, Clinorus SEE Clinorus Kradner Krag (Orc)[NPC] SLV - 54,56 Krak (Half-Orc)[F5][NPC] L2 - 6 Kraken Tribe (Rotting Kraken)(Hobgoblin)[CLN] DRG#16...
1 month ago
Little Gothic Horrors

Trinkets and Armor 2 - For Trinkets and Armor hosted by Magaly Guerrero. Prompt: "Normal Is a Self-Defeating Trap."
1 month 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...
1 month 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...
2 months ago
Krell Laboratories

Kingdom Come - [image: Chris Pratt and friend in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom] Juan Antonio Bayona would not have been the first name on my list to direct a *Jurassic P...
2 months ago
Pulsipher Game Design

Recent screencasts/videos - Recent screencasts/videos mid-July ‘18: Nuts and Bolts: Analysis Paralysis, What it is and How to Avoid it: http://youtu.be/oMQUO_o3YGk?a via @YouTube Top...
2 months ago
Aggregate Cognizance

Vectored (i.e., Zero Gee) Combat in Tachyon Squadron - One of the things I've wanted to do for years was adapt Jovian Chronicles to Fate Core. For those who don't know Jovian Chronicles is a somewhat "firm" sci...
2 months ago
A Storybook World

Game Breaker by Cheree Alsop - GIVE AWAY - Breccan has struggled to adjust to his new life after a tragedy that cost him more than just his arm. To help him cope, his cousin introduces him to the...
2 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...
2 months ago
Rended Press

Have You Reinvented the Wheel Lately? - Today on his blog, Zak S. highlighted an equipment list layout by Shawn Cheng for Zak's Demon City project as if it was something new and revolutionary. I...
2 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...
2 months ago
Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign

Pieces I am Working For Into The Unknown - *Finishing...* *Breakthrough to the Bridge* *An LGTSA Tractics Scenario Battle Report* *© 2018 by Robert J. Kuntz.* *Scenario Designed and Adjudicated...
2 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...
2 months ago
Lord of the Green Dragons

Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign: El Raja Key Archive and the Mapping Styles of Kunt... - Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign: El Raja Key Archive and the Mapping Styles of Kunt...: Take a prolonged look at my Greyhawk City Sewers and Catacombs ma...
2 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 ...
2 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 months ago
The Contemptible Cube of Quazar

New Module at NTRPG Con 2018 - *"Even in the far gulfs of space, the struggle of Law against Chaos, Good versus Evil is eternal. But wherever evil is not extinguished, it will revive to ...
3 months ago
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms

Reaction Table Combat - Over on Reddit’s OSR forum, I joked that I should have done a revised combat system based on the reaction roll table. For all I know, I may have done it, b...
3 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...
4 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...
4 months 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. You're missin...
4 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 ...
4 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 ...
4 months ago
The Savage AfterWorld

"Quill Noir" '30s Pulp Detective Setting for Quill RPG Now Available - Quill: A Letter-Writing Roleplaying Game for a Single Player is one of my favorite stand-alone solo games, as this review I wrote will attest. Last year, I...
4 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. ...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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 ...
5 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 ...
5 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...
5 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...
6 months ago
Stocking The Dungeon

Gary Con 2018; For Whom the Bell Trolls - It was about this time last year that a friend and I sent the self proclaimed leader of the OSR free world into a full on tears and hair pulling schoolgirl...
6 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...
6 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...
7 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...
7 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,...
7 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...
8 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...
8 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...
9 months ago
The Eye of Joyful Sitting Amongst Friends

Classic Traveller -- More Solo Campaigning, part 2 - This is the second in a series. The first is here. For my solo campaign, I decided that I wanted to try out a bunch of Gamelords' Traveller books. So first...
9 months ago
Ruminations of a Geek

Stressed Spell Casting - I am working on houserules for my Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerors of Hyperborea campaign this morning. The main topic of the moment is variation from s...
9 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...
10 months 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...
10 months 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 ...
10 months 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...
11 months 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 ...
11 months 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
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...
1 year ago
LotFP: RPG

Free RPG Day is THIS SATURDAY, June 17! -
1 year 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...
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
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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
Quickly, Quietly, Carefully

Thanks, Evlyn Moreau - UPDATE: Evlyn is back! Cool. I hear Evlyn Moreau is taking a break. That's OK; I hope she feels better soon. But I've really enjoyed her work, and I feel...
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...
2 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...
2 years ago
Random Wizard

Moved - The Random Wizard Blog has moved to https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
2 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...
2 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 ...
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
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...
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
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 ...
3 years ago
Twisting Minds One Word At A Time...

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Saturday, June 13, 2015

Zatannurday: Raven

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