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Friday, January 8, 2016

Friday Night Videos: Happy Birthday Elvis & David Bowie!

Happy Birthday to two great kings of rock, Elvis and David Bowie.

Posted by Timothy S. Brannan at 11:30 PM

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A Paladin In Citadel

NEW Appendix N Video Review Series - Daniel, over at The Dungeon Dive, is starting up a Youtube review series of various Appendix N authors, I highly recommend you follow along with his inves...
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Forgotten Depths - Dungeon Crawling Tile Action - So it appears that all I do is pimp out Kickstarters on this blog once every eighty years... ... but this one needs some love. Check it out - Forgotten...
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Rended Press

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