The Other Side blog: RPG a Day 2015, Day 17

Monday, August 17, 2015

RPG a Day 2015, Day 17

Day 17: Favorite Fantasy RPG

No question. Dungeons and Dragons.

Hail to the King baby.

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destination unknown

The Secret Lives of Fish: Fishing Cottage - The fishing cottage features a secure place to store a skiff. It also has a small bedroom and a fireplace. Perfect for those cool evenings after a long d...
3 months ago
Hill Cantons

Radegast Speaks: Ask Me Anything about the Hill Cantons - I've been fielding a lot of questions by email and DM on the various books of the Hill Cantons (Slumbering Ursine Dunes, Fever-Dreaming Marlinko, Misty I...
3 months ago
Lawful Indifferent

Can't Stop Thinking About Weapons - Predictably enough, when I set down to whittle the 5e rules down to something that I'm interested in running, one of the first things that I take a look at...
3 months ago
Wild West History

Independence Rock, Wyoming: Birthplace of American Graffiti - *Independence Rock, Wyoming. The birthplace of American graffiti. * *Yes folks, it's true. Those silly webpages claiming graffiti started in the 1960s are...
3 months ago
Toyriffic

My Little Pony Stranger Things Upside-Down Applejack - Target has been in the reissued My Little Pony game for a while now. I've been paying them mild attention because my youngest daughter is getting into M...
3 months ago
RetroRoleplaying: The Blog

All RetroRoleplaying Games are 50% Off Now Through US Independence Day - To celebrate the Fourth of July, all RetroRoleplaying games are a FIFTY PERCENT (50%) off from today through July 4, 2019. These are our lowest prices ever...
3 months ago
Strange Magic

The Hanging Cage - This is a pair of short encounters for use with Basic Dungeons & Dragons although it can be used with other editions and game systems without much extra wo...
3 months ago
Teach Game Design

Another way for Udemy to screw things up - Udemy now expires all free coupons older than 30 days. This is to prevent "coupon abuse", though they don't say what that actually is. It's in Udemy's inte...
4 months ago
Spirit of the Blank

[DFAE] Ace Squadron: L'il Tweaks - [image: Related image] So those Ace Squadron games a couple weeks ago went well! But it was also clear that I needed to make some tweaks, much to the appar...
4 months ago
The Contemptible Cube of Quazar

Planet Eris Gazetteer & World Map - *[CLICK TO EMBIGGEN.]* The *Planet Eris Gazetteer & World Map* are complete. A limited run was sold at *NTRPG Con 2019*, June 5-9 (and the response was f...
4 months ago
MUTANTS AND MAGIC

Weird Coincidences: A Game with Thrones - I haven't written anything in a long time, but I found this interesting. First off, here's an illustration I did for Secret Santicore 2013: Okay? So here'...
4 months ago
Age of Ravens

Hearts of Wulin Kickstarter - *Hearts of Wulin*,* an RPG of wuxia melodrama, funded in less than an hour.* Driven by the characters’ duties, desires, and entanglements with other charac...
4 months ago
EXONAUTS!

Adventures in the Cave of Wonders! - Friday, I took the Geeklet to see the new Aladdin film, expecting it to be passable. But WHOA was I wrong--it's awesome! Disney did a great job updating t...
4 months ago
Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword

Red Sonja Birth of a She Devil, SubaComic Exclusive - SubaComic in the UK has gotten themselves an exclusive cover for the upcoming Birth of a She Devil mini series, available here https://www.redhotcomics.c...
5 months ago
SWORD & SHIELD

FROSTCRAWL AVAILABLE NOW - DOWNLOAD FROSTCRAWL HEREFrostcrawl is a hexcrawl for use with Heroes & Other Worlds or Blades & Black Magic. The map coves 441 hexes to explore and I put...
5 months ago
Rather Gamey

. . . Aaand an Experiment with Color Copics -
5 months ago
Hit Adjacent Ally

Bestiary By Kids For Kids... Mostly - I once ran a game of Dagger (kid-friendly OSR clone compatible with most old rules) for my kids. They still remember it. Thinking back on that gave me an i...
5 months ago
Dreams of Mythic Fantasy

James A. Smith, Jr. Memorial Video - A beloved father, devoted friend, and D&D Dungeon Master extraordinaire. We miss you! To view video, click here Memorial Video Note - The original video...
5 months ago
Ruminations of a Geek

Thinking out loud about Procedural Generation - DunGen has been around awhile now. The theming tags are a success in making the kind of rooms & monsters used make sense together when applied, but the ran...
6 months ago
The Savage AfterWorld

"Unskilled" Skill Attempts In Cryptworld/Timemaster/Rotworld - So you're playing Cryptworld (or Timemaster or Majus or Rotworld -- any of the Pacesetter-brand RPGs) and you want to perform an action you're unskilled at...
6 months ago
The Eye of Joyful Sitting Amongst Friends

Supernova! Starship Redux - I designed a new ship for my Supernova! explorers. The Scout was too small and the 400-ton Explorer (in Cepheus Light) is just too big for my purposes. I s...
6 months ago
Sand Castles and Snow Forts

A to Z Challenge - B - One of the hardest moments in writing is when an idea surprises me, and I have to add and extend the concept. There is the glorious moment all the pieces ...
6 months ago
Mythopoeic Rambling

New content! New look! New locale! - What comes first? The dungeon or the wilderness? https://mythopoeicrambling.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/leveling-up-and-world-building/
6 months ago
Gothridge Manor

Session 4: Into the Wolf Creek Ruins - Session 4 is in the books. This is the first session with @erik tenkar and @Jason Hobbs, along with @Joethelawyer and @Matt Jackson. The party is unravelin...
6 months ago
ABRAXAS

A commentary by Dr. Tommaso Tamihatco on certain excerpts of "A Little Diary that Fell from the Moon," by Fr. Filippo Dell'Amore - Tommaso Tamihatco, Man of Letters, Snakebird Clan* I look down on an earth rotating from Fifth to Sixth. I see Tseen Tsang crack open. From the mouth of...
7 months ago
Dark Corners Of Role Playing

A Pipeful Of Trouble Adventure By Bret James Stewart From D-oom Products For Labyrinth Lord Or Your Old School Campaigns - "All is not well in Brierfield. The idyllic halfling village has fallen prey to unknown bandits and marauders. These peaceful victims of shattered loves a...
7 months ago
Middenmurk

Bestiary of the Fabled Occident - A long time ago I started to put together a bestiary. I've pursued various other projects in the time since but I still have a fair bit of material I'd lik...
7 months ago
A Life Full of Adventure

Goodbye Blogger/Blogspot World! - Not only is Google+ riding into the sunset, but I have also established a new blog so as not to be caught unawares the next time Google wants to take a pro...
7 months ago
House of Self-Indulgence

The Amateurs (Usama Alshaibi, 2003) - I don't remember François Truffaut or Karen Finley being mentioned in any of Ed Powers' depressing Dirty Debutantes movies. But then again, I haven't s...
8 months ago
19th Level

Stepping Away and a New Beginning - After maintaining this blog for nearly seven years (an eternity in internet time), I've decided to step away from it. When I first began I wasn't 100% c...
8 months ago
Howling Tower

Chase Scene Variations - Chase scenes (like many other RPG situations) are easy to over-orchestrate. If you find yourself planning where every pushcart and baby-toting mother will...
8 months ago
Under Siege

Board Game Overload! - As a kid growing up, I liked playing board games and cards. Up to the age of 12 or 13, most of this sort of gaming was confined to the likes of Monopoly,...
8 months ago
Secrets of the Shadowend

Maps and Mapping Stuff, aka the hexcrawl writing game - I've finally done the thing I've been meaning to do for decades, which is assign a functional scale to the Shadowend map. I did this to break it into a hex...
8 months ago
Little Gothic Horrors

Groovy Gothic - In October, 2018, I opened a new shop on Etsy called Groovy Gothic. I have big plans for my little GG, which means I need to devote more time to nurturing...
9 months ago
Spellmaking

The Last Post - This is the last post on my old Blogger-powered website and blog. It's served me well for quite a few years, but I decided it was time to move on to greate...
9 months ago
Robert Atkins Art

Work Files - Character Design - Spider-Gwen
9 months ago
What Worries Jeff Dee?

Tabletop RPGs offer living, infinite worlds - I enjoy computer RPGs (CRPGs) like Skyrim, but one can't escape their finite maps or even just pick up a grain of sand. Tabletop RPGs (TTRPGs) lack those ...
9 months ago
Murky Murky: Roleplaying Advice and Fiction

GM BURNOUT, and how I fix mine - [image: Image result for burnout] Doctors get a lot of burnout: long hours, lots of regs, busted technology, and patients with problems they cannot solve. ...
9 months ago
Mike's Amazing RPG Fun Pad

Christmas Eve with Full Moon Entertainment 2018 - Christmas Eve is here again! This is a night of personal and family traditions, and I have several of my own. Now after a year hiatus, the Amazing RPG Fun ...
9 months ago
Mythmere's Blog

Iain Lovecraft, 3D Sculptor - Nope, it's got nothing to do with Cthulhu. I just did a video conversation with Iain Lovecraft, who designs 3D miniatures and terrain. If you're not doin...
10 months 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...
11 months 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 ...
11 months 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...
11 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 (RSS feed is h...
11 months 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...
11 months 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 year 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 year 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 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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. ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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,...
1 year 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...
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
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 ...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
THE LAND OF NOD

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

B/X: Ability score adjustments - This is kind of an interesting idiosyncrasy of B/X. Its also one of those odd rules that seemed to make it's way informally into a lot of the 1E campaig...
2 years ago
space1970

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

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

Free RPG Day is THIS SATURDAY, June 17! -
2 years 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...
2 years ago
Gorgonmilk

Abject Shillery, Ladies and Gentlemen -
2 years ago
Fustians so Sublimely Bad...

- I love that he looks exactly like would would think a young Patton Oswalt looks like.
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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 ...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
Barbaric Frontier

Better pics -
2 years 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...
2 years 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 ...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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 ...
3 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...
3 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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 years ago
Purple Duck Games

Moving - The Purple Duck Games blog can now be found here.
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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?
3 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...
3 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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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
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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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, ...
4 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!
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 years ago
Twisting Minds One Word At A Time...

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

- Not going to be maintaining the FF blog on Google anymore. Mainly because of this which seems to be the thin end of the wedge. http://www.theguardian.co...
4 years ago
Ramblings of Sheldon

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

I MADE IT! YAY! - There it is, kids. I got my fifty-thou' in just now and am going to promptly dunk my hands into a bucket of bengay. This is, for those of you keeping tra...
4 years ago
Geek's Elixir

Believe in YOUR Passion - the Comic Life - Is it just me or does it seem like 2014 has taken wings and flew on by! Looking at a calendar is almost scary now. I remember a time when hours seemed l...
4 years ago
The Age of Reason -- 21st Century

DEATH COMES TO ALL - I just learned that my first wife who divorced me mainly because I would not tow the line to the religion I had fallen for earlier in life is on her death ...
4 years ago
TBR

City of Toys "Excerpt" - City of Toys by Lindy Hudis What would *you* do to become famous in Hollywood? In *City of Toys,* four beautiful women confront that very question. It ta...
5 years ago
Forgotten Classics of Yesteryear

I've Moved!! - Hello everyone! You might have noticed that I haven't updated in a while. The reason why was because I have moved to a new website! I'm now writing for Th...
5 years ago
Victorian Adventure Enthusiast

post - Originally posted by *sepiachord* at post sepiachord sepiachord.comSource: Best Steampunk Bands on Ranker http://www.sepiachord.com/index/best-steampunk-ba...
5 years ago
Cyclopeatron

Menoth Avatar Conversion with Scourge of Heresy Sword - I've been working on improving the Avatar of Menoth to make it look a little more threatening, as it should. I want to get this thing on the table, though,...
5 years ago
Grognardling

Consolidating - Readers of this blog will know that I'm into heavily homebrewing my campaign. If I were running games right now, I'd be running a weird cross between S&W a...
5 years ago
Daddy Grognard

Team Adventure - Fun and Fungus - Alagon dived into the pool, using his ability to breathe underwater that he had acquired in the Tomb of the Holy Avenger. Alurax joined him and they invest...
5 years ago
Cavalcade of Perversions

- Hi!
5 years ago
Scrolls of the PlatinumWarlock

The Warlock's (Double) Review: Zombicide and Ghost Stories - I've made no bones about the fact that, because of my work on demoing *Cold Steel Wardens*, my time at gaming conventions has significantly changed. At th...
5 years ago
Thoughtcrime Inc.

Sharkraptors and Space Cadets - Hey, I have a blog! Who knew?! Yeah, I know. It's been about a year since I last posted anything, and there's a few good reasons for it. So in the last y...
5 years ago
The Grim Reader

Shepperton Screams! THE MONSTER CLUB (1981) - *Shepperton Screams is a continuing series being hosted here and at **Nessun timore** where the horrific oeuvre of Amicus Studios is discussed in full by...
5 years ago
Ivory Underworld

Sapphire Beach - Beeeaaauuutiful beach shots by Tony Lin - Playing with Shadows - taken in Australia last November. How gorgeous is that light??!!
5 years ago
Hazard Gaming

Post 118- A Hike Across Scotland - Download this Episode (right-click & Save As), watch it on YouTube or get it through iTunes. This week's guest is Ethan Gilsdorf, writer of *Fantasy Fr...
5 years ago
Tesseract

It gets better - I went to visit a friend and her two-day-old daughter, a tiny pink bundle topped with a full head of thick black hair. After a sad end to her previous preg...
5 years ago
No Rest for the Wicked

THE LES DANIELS BLOG TOUR: Getting Graphic: What Les Daniels Did (and Meant) for Comic Books - Guest Blog by Matt Bechtel of Necon E-Books Our host today, Christopher Golden, has been amazing in his support of our Blog Tour and has gone out of his wa...
5 years ago
Burning Zeppelin Experience

We Blog - We Live! - Blogging, yo. I still do it. I'm not going to waste pixels on "blah blah blah, here's why I've been gone for oh so many years." I'm going to get right back...
5 years ago
Tits And a Scream

Women in Horror Month – An Interview - Luckily, I am far, *far* from the only person preoccupied with the gender dynamics of the horror genre. I constantly discover new and different approaches ...
5 years ago
The Jovial Priest

My FIVE favourite house rules - Two more rules added and then republished to my last 'Three favourite rule' post. 29th August 2013: "Long time no post. Life, work, other priorities. But ...
5 years ago
The Steampunk Tribune

The Final Edition of the Steampunk Tribune - *My home in the Steamlands, New Babbage Travel photo #3, * *by Mr. A.E. Cleanslate* Yes, the header is correct. After much deliberation and consultation,...
5 years ago
Good Lesbian Books

YA Book Review: Darkness of Morning by Samantha Boyette - *Darkness of Morning by Samantha Boyette *is a young adult fantasy novel. The second in the Guardian of Morning series, it follows the relationship and o...
5 years ago
Alien Shores

Monster Monday: Mirror Demon - *Just in time for Halloween... * *Mirror Demon* *No. Enc.: *1 *Size: *Medium *HD: *5 (d12) *Move: *30 ft *AC: *18 *Attacks: *Grapple (1d6) *Special:* Reduc...
5 years ago
The RPG Corner

[Campaign Analysis] Deadlands Reloaded: Lost in the Maze - My *Deadlands* campaign wrapped up yesterday. As is my wont, with the closure of another campaign it's now time to take a look at "[w]hat worked, what di...
6 years ago
Spell Card!

Superheroes don't get their due - *It should come as a shock to no one that I'm a huge fan of superheroes.* In fact, I've often thought about retooling this blog to be more of a "spells and...
6 years ago
Design du Jour

How to add a Vignette border to your blog background - This is a great effect which adds depth to a webpage or blog. From my experience, it completely changes a drab website to something deeper i.e. a layere...
6 years ago
Swords Against the Outer Dark

Cthulhu vs. The Vikings Kickstarter - I wanted to point out an interesting project on Kickstarter which is live right now called, Cthulhu vs. The Vikings. Those who have followed this blog for ...
6 years ago
Frog God Games - Tsathogga's Blog

- Hey all…here it comes, and soon. In about two weeks, Frog God Games will begin its new Kickstarter on the next installment of the temple of elemental….I me...
6 years ago
All the Fun Starts After Dark

Free Ebooks for Kindle - *ADULT CONTENT WARNING: * BDSM means bondage, Dominance/submission, sadomasochism, and other kink-related things. If you prefer close-door "vanilla" sex i...
6 years ago
Passionate About Books

Living Rooms George Street Edinburgh - The Living Room Restaurant Reviews, Edinburgh, United Kingdom ...The Living Room Restaurant Reviews, Edinburgh, United KingdomFine Dining in George Street ...
6 years ago
Vibrant Oxymoron - An Obsessive Society

Gold Key Star Trek Comic Issue 2 Tyvek Mighty Wallet - A few months ago, I was working at my job when my best friend came over and told me that she had gotten something for me and gave me the most amazing walle...
6 years ago
UNDERWORLD INK

now with more pictures part two -
6 years ago
Bad Librarianship Now!

Worra beauty -
6 years ago
Dangerous Games

A Recommendation -- Toolcards - One of the things I've been avoiding for the past year or so is Kickstarter. I've been happy to make myself available to friends as a stretch goal, as if g...
6 years ago
Zalchis

Zalchis Endures...For Now... - What Once Was...Is No More.Everything is Permitted. Anything is Negotiable. Nothing is Inevitable.The Worlds are Broken, Lost or Forgotten.The Stars are De...
6 years ago
Skull Crushing For Great Justice

I don't need to post anymore - Because you can just read this sort of crap. Or, instead of wasting ten minutes of your life, you could play a game. Fuck, I don't want to harp on this sh...
6 years ago
Underworld Cleaning Service

Large List of RPG Items for Sale - I've decided to sell off a bunch of my RPG products, so if you're interested either comment to this post or shoot me an email at gvaughn1@gmail.com. You c...
6 years ago
Capes, Cowls and Villains Foul Designer's Blog

Detriment Dice - Sorry I've been absent, game has been released, we've Kickstarted a huge villain book, and when I say we, Cynthia has asked me to come on board as a Spectr...
6 years ago
Beyond the North Wind

AS&SH Resource: Masks - From Ghul's FB page: "Masks" is the newest downloadable resource created by Colin Chapman for the AS&SH game. It is a 4-page PDF document that provides a m...
6 years ago
Ramblings of a Gentleman Gamer

2295 Stellar Survey - Appendix F (Anomolies & Restricted Worlds) - Captain's Log, U.S.S. _________, H_____ S___, commanding... We have completed our remote survey of stellar system ZA-9748PJF, usually known as the Zelazny ...
7 years ago
A Pagan Tapestry

Happy Ostara - Ostara is my favorite Sabbat. And I am certainly not the only one (even though my basic practice is rooted in Celtic beliefs with an overlay of Bast). L...
7 years ago
Grudge Monster

Nightclub - Modern Map - I made this map, using Campaign Cartographer 3, some years ago for my BTVS rpg campaign. I remember the slayer character turning hand-springs on the bar. A...
7 years ago
The Gygaxian Bag of Holding

Dave Trampier Thursday - Goblin - For my money Trampier's version of the Goblin is the definitive one. Page 47 of the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual. Every thing about th...
7 years ago
The Old School Renaissance Group

Good News! The OSR at GenCon Again! - I'm passing along a post by Bill Barsh of Pacesetter Games & Simulations... :-) I would like to announce that for the second straight year, there will be ...
7 years ago
The Blighted World of Zaoth

Androids and Robots of Zaoth - Eons ago, before their attempts at creating life, the Ancient Ones delved into advanced forms of science creating androids and robots to act as servants. ...
7 years ago
The Geek Gazette

Quick comic recommendations and reviews - There are a lot of really great comics out there and with the changes at Marvel & DC there is a lot to be excited about for comic book fans. Here are a few ...
8 years ago
Old Guard Gaming Accoutrements

Old things and rare my treasures are. - *Survivors beyond memoryOld things and rare my treasures are.Times folded gates, fast closed to me,These lonely sentinels unbar.Years do no...
8 years ago
Sublime Depravity

If I were not an Atheist, I'd call it Kismet - I have not posted here in over a year. Sorry to all you folks, but I think many of you follow me on Adventures in Nerdliness, so know I am not dead. I was ...
8 years ago
Heroes of Mystara

Night's Dark Terror Conversion XVIII- Threshold NPCs - [image: Photobucket] Sergeant Arthol Fighter 4/Marshall 1, medium sized human, CR 5; HD 4d10+1d8+10; HP 42; Initiative +4; Speed 20; AC 18 (touch 12, flat 1...
8 years ago
A Borrowed Book of Charms

Full Moon Cleansing Ritual - First clean your ritual space, get rid of any clutter, clean and dust the area. *Lay out the items you need.* Cauldron or other heat proof container Whit...
8 years ago
Adventures in Gaming

More Dreaming Games - I'm trying to get this down while the dream is still fresh and has not yet faded, so it won't be very coherent... The dream started in Washington, DC, wher...
10 years ago
HeroPress

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Untimately

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A Coffee Driven & Adventure Bound Life

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Goblinoid Games

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Pull Up A Toadstool

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NeoGrognard

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Cat Miller Books

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Rebecca's Dystopia

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Satine Pheonix

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Old School Random

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RPG Blog II

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TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON

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Bonnie Rae, Just Words...

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Où Est Mon Dinosaure?

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Bite My Book

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The Enchanted Writer

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Digital Orc

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Seriously-WTH?

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