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The Armchair Squid

Squiddies 2017 - *The Armchair Squid* turns eight years old today. It's time to hand out some hardware. And the Squiddy goes to... *Biggest Surprise: *Patrick and Marcell...
6 minutes ago
Points of Light

#RPGaDay: Which RPGs are the easiest for you to run? - Before I get into this day, I'm going to lightning-round tackle the previous three: - *Day 19 (best writing): *Unsure. Depends on what you mean. I've s...
22 minutes ago
Gizmo's Reviews

Thursday #Review - In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody #YALit #Contemporary - *Series:* Standalone *Format: Hardcover, 464 pages* *Release Date:* August 8, 2017 *Publisher:* Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) *Source:* Publisher *Genre: ...
1 hour ago
herding cats & burning soup

3.5 stars-- The Escape Diaries (Life and Love on the Lam #1) by Juliet Rosetti - Soooooo. Blogger Shame. Yes. *The Escape Diaries *landed on my review pile in, erm, 2013? And I'm just finishing it. LOL Oops! *The Escape Diaries* is a m...
1 hour ago
Tenkar's Tavern

Experience some Discord at the Tenkar's Tavern Community Discord Channel - Now we've gone and done it! *The Tenkar's Tavern Community* now has its own Discord Channel. What is Discord? Its a voice and text chat service that is ...
1 hour ago
Servitor Ludi

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

Lone Wolf AD&D - Part 2 - Encounters - The area around the Kai Monastery is not developed and only a few small steadings which house servants of the Kai are nearby. To the west are the mountai...
2 hours ago
Cross Planes

D&D Beyond: An Unexpected Upside - I spend quite a bit of time with my 3 Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Core books, while making posts here. I love PDFs, actually prefering them to print b...
2 hours ago
B/X BLACKRAZOR

RPGaDAY 2017 #23 - From the *#RPGaDAY2017* challenge (info here): *Which RPG has the most jaw-dropping layout?* Layout, huh? I can only interpret this question as meaning "ja...
4 hours ago
Halls of the Nephilim

#RPGADAY2017 - Day 23 - Day 23: Which RPG has the most jaw-dropping layout? I think I'm going to give this one to Lamentations of the Flame Princess. I am constantly impressed by ...
5 hours ago
Dr. Theda's Crypt

Wow... only 26 Views away from 1.5 Million !!!! - We greatly thank All of the many Viewers who have made this possible...!!! since we are broke (as usual)...
6 hours ago
HeroPress

#RPGaDAY: Which RPG Has The Most Jaw-Dropping Layout? - I have two answers for this question: one positive and one negative. The most "jaw-dropping" (in a good way) game layout I have seen recently is Tales From...
9 hours ago
Tower of Zenopus

Day 23: Which RPG has the most jaw-dropping layout? - Now we enter what for me is a less interesting section of the question list. Jaw-dropping layout? Does it matter that much? I mean, once you've read thr...
12 hours ago
OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS

During an argument with his friend... -
12 hours ago
Playing D&D With Porn Stars

Terrorize Them With Quality - *1. A Year Ago...* ...after the last Gen Con I said *D&D with Porn Stars will be throwing a party next Gen Con. It'll be big and it'll be loud and it'll ...
13 hours ago
About Bruce Heard and New Stories

Caldwen's Wizard Towers - Having completed all the details of Caldwen's* climate zones,* I followed up with brainstorming about what should go on the magiocracy's map. This process ...
13 hours ago
Hidden in Shadows

Monson On Playing and Wargaming - More of my discussion with Blackmoor Original Player Chuck Monson. Again, my questions in italics: * Did (do?) you prefer tabletop wargaming over D&D styl...
13 hours ago
Super-DuperToyBox

Funko POP! Homecoming Spider-Man - Marked down at 1/2 off, plus my Target Red Card 5% discount, I found it too hard to resist this Funko POP! Homecoming Spider-Man! I love the classic elem...
14 hours ago
el blog de Victor Santos

- *PROCESO DE PÁGINA DE VIOLENT LOVE #7 (5)* *VIOLENT LOVE #7 PAGE PROCESS (5)* Proceso de página de Violent Love #7 para Image comics, ya a la venta, ...
16 hours ago
The Warrior Muse

Horror List Book Review: Swan Song - I'm reading through three lists of best horror with two friends (*DeAnna Knippling* and *M.B. Partlow*), posting reviews as we go. (For more information, i...
16 hours ago
Bat in the Attic

Harnworld Master Module only $5 - Columbia Games has been running periodic discounts on the different PDFs for Harn. There is a particularly good deal on the Harnworld Master Module for $5...
16 hours ago
Realms of Chirak

Some Combat House Rules for The Hero's Journey - After messing around with The Hero's Journey, in thinking about how combat is handled with a mixture of deflective (AC) and reductive (reduction value). Th...
17 hours ago
Supergirl Comic Box Commentary

Boston Comic Con 2017: Overview & Tom Grummett Commission - I wasn’t 100% sure if I was going to head to Boston ComicCon this year. I liked the more comic-centric feel this show has had since its inception. I knew...
17 hours ago
Big Ball of No Fun

RPGaDAY #23 - Best RPG layout - Which RPG has the most jaw-dropping layout? I'm going to go with the 5E Monster Manual. There are so many to choose from that I have to go with one of the...
17 hours ago
Quag Keep

Judges Guild - The Astrogators Chartbook - *From the cover:* *"Complete science fiction mapping system. Four different mapping grids. Special map key & record pages."* *From the website:* *"A s...
17 hours ago
From the Sorcerer's Skull

Wednesday Comics: Moving Fortress & Subterra - *Moving Fortress* by writer Ricardo Barreiro and artist Enrique Alcatena first appeared in the comics anthology *Skorpio* in Argentina. In 1988, it was t...
18 hours ago
Stargazer's World

#RPGaDay2017 Day 23: The layout of the book - 00Wednesday post for #RPGaDay2017. We’re in Europe territory now… The Final Countdown! Ok, you’re not here for the lame jokes, but for today’s question, wh...
19 hours ago
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

One Panel #221-223: Quality Fails - *From The Red Torpedo: "The Pirate Subs" by Henry Kiefer, Crack Comics #3 (July 1940)* Don't worry, my title is facetious this week. All panels from Quali...
20 hours ago
Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness

Morning Captions -
20 hours ago
[Retro-Z]

Just going to leave this here... Heaven must be the place to be, rest in peace. Mr. Jerry Lewis - ----------------------------- ------------------------- I am everywhere: *TWITTER*, *FACEBOOK*, *HWR: SIX STRINGS MAGAZINE* and *HBA [HORROR SITES]*. Last...
21 hours ago
Sharing Links and Wisdom

The Sullivans Box Set (Books 1-3) VBT - *Blurb:* More than 6 million readers have already fallen in love with the Sullivans! Now get ready to meet your new favorite family in Bella Andre's New Yo...
23 hours ago
Elfmaids & Octopi

Space Cults 4: Mythos Space Colonies - Cults In Space was a good Series and I have been in my flu state been dreaming of horrors in the stars and the poor sp...
1 day ago
Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

5e Backgrounds for The City - I've been thinking about running some games set in Trey Causey's The City from his Weird Adventures book next time I get a chance to run some in-person ga...
1 day ago
deeply shallow

#bookreview: Diadem of Death | BR Myers - [image: Diadem of Death (Nefertari Hughes Mystery, #2)]Diadem of Death by B.R. Myers My rating: 3 of 5 stars Terry's life has changed drastically. She's a ...
1 day ago
Advanced Dungeons and Parenting

The Marvel SAGA RPG is the Easiest Game in the World to Run and Play! #RPGaDay 22 - Image Source Wayne's Books I love super hero role playing games. There was a time, before the digital explosion, that I could claim that I owned every supe...
1 day ago
False Machine

Memory Fragments of Gen Con - Here it is as I remember it - a lot of this will be turgid or pointless to anyone who has gone to America, or who is American - so most of you. Airports a...
1 day ago
There's more to Oz than the Yellow Brick Road

RPGaDay 2017 #22 Which RPGs are the easiest for you to run? - GURPS and Adventures in Oz: Fantasy Roleplaying Beyond the Yellow Brick Road. GURPS because I've had a lot of experience running it over the years. I've i...
1 day ago
OEF

Gen Con 50 - With all the preparation for Gen Con, and being so busy at the con I haven't posted much here lately. Time to change that! I first attended Gen Con back in...
1 day ago
Monsters and Manuals

The Dragon Body Snatchers of Vesper Autumnale - The northern mountains of Vesper Autumnale are burrowed through with the lairs of dragons of many different types - red, white, gold, silver, amethyst, cry...
1 day ago
Age of Ravens

Mystery Academy: My Masks: A New Generation Hack - *A SINISTER SEMESTER* A couple of times I’ve run a game frame I call “Mystery Academy.” Teen characters get sent to a new and strange school. They can tell...
1 day ago
The Troll Dens

In the Mountains Shadow - You find her beneath the shadow of the Voralbergs in fields of wild grass. The air is heavy, uncertain. What seemed a simple rescue . . . .
1 day ago
Oubliette Magazine

Black Pudding 3 Print Edition Out Now! - Printed editions of *Black Pudding* are now available to order. They can be ordered using the Paypal buttons below (if all you want is a single copy then t...
1 day ago
A character for every game

Return to the Medusa’s Chasm - The Dark Huntress, a medusa most foul, has turned this old shrine into her lair which she shares with her … Continue reading →
1 day ago
SciFiChick.com

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Released Today and Bonus Clips! - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is out today on 4K UHD & Blu-ray! To celebrate, here are some Rocket and Groot bonus clips that shows behind the scenes glimp...
1 day ago
I Fly By Night

New Campaign Starting - It's Normandy, France, August 1940. The French army has been overrun, and most of France is occupied. Chantal De Marais, a 19 year old girl, has had her mo...
1 day ago
STUFFER SHACK

What Made D&D a Genre-Defining Classic? - Ever since the creation of such board games as Mice and Mystics and Gloom that utilize aspects of tabletop roleplaying games, the line between roleplaying ...
2 days 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 days ago
19th Level

#RPGaDay 2017 Instrument of Surrender - I thought I'd be able to catch up on this year's RPGaDay upon my return from Manhattan but I've come down with a cold that I'm fairly certain is Captain ...
3 days ago
Expelled Grey Matter

The Satan Bug (1965) - With all the recent talk of nuclear destruction, it's easy to forget the many ways we can destroy the human race without the benefit of someone pushing a ...
3 days ago
Quest for Fun!

Passion and Business (Tradecraft) - If game store owners could run their businesses on passion, good intentions, and love of games alone, we most certainly would. Believe me, many of us have ...
3 days ago
The City of Iron

B/X Essentials: Encumbrance Preview! - I recently received the first batch of finished illustrations for the first book in the *B/X Essentials* line: *Core Rules*. This batch included one of the...
3 days ago
Akratic Wizardry

New Mirkwood Campaign - Last year I noted that I was pleasantly surprised by *Adventures in Middle-earth*—Cubicle 7’s adaptation of the 5th edition *Dungeons & Dragons* rules to t...
4 days ago
Trollsmyth

Making History - My very first issue of DRAGON magazine was #74, an out-of-nowhere gift from my brother while we were on summer vacation. That issue is still magical to me...
4 days ago
RetroRoleplaying: The Blog

BX Advanced: A Draft Barbarian Class - [image: BX Advanced Playtest 0.1 Cover]One of the most requested classes so far for *BX Advanced* is the Barbarian. It's not found in either *Labyrinth L...
4 days ago
Venger's old school gaming blog

Adventure Writing Contest Criteria - Before August ends, I wanted to set down my own personal criteria for judging the Adventure Writing Contest - submissions due November 1st! The following...
4 days ago
Mesmerized by sirens

Your rare chance to get a copy of Phantasy Conclave - This one is pretty rare...maybe you think the price is high, but it is said only 1,000 copies were ever printed. And, it is damning old-school. *LINK HERE.*
4 days ago
Aggregate Cognizance

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

Celebrate the Small Things - This weekly blog hop is sponsored by the amazing Lexa Cain, and co-hosted by L.G. Keltner from Writing Off the Edge and myself. What exactly are we cele...
5 days ago
Tower of the Archmage

Stonehell: Small Men, Slime, and Flowers - Session 40 was played on 6/20 Eiric, wizard 5 (Kat) - torch bearers (Kali) - men at arms (B, C, D, PP) - Namish (dog) A-A-Ron, Thief 5 (Henchman) Orpheus, H...
5 days ago
My Baffling Brain

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

"Murder Your Darlings" (1890s scenario) - *Here’s a Victorian-era roleplaying scenario - and before I say another word, I’d better point out there are spoilers throughout. If you’re going to play i...
6 days ago
MONSTER BRAINS

Dante Visiting the Underworld, 17th century - [image: Dante Visiting the Underworld, Dutch school, 17th century] While not mentioned on the Jan Muller Antiques site where the painting was found, It has...
6 days ago
Graphs, Paper, and Games

Getting caught up on things - First of all, I switched out the "new" fancy theme of the blog, because I wasn't really caring for it. Back to the classic layout, I say! Second, I haven'...
1 week ago
Minding Spot

I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi - *A story from debut author Abby Fabiaschi that is "as absorbing as it is illuminating, and as witty as it is heartbreaking."* *Maddy is a devoted stay-at-...
1 week ago
THE HORRORS OF IT ALL

HAUNTED HORROR #29 - In stores today! Special guest horror host *Dr. Odd* (a.k.a. David O'Dell) foists his great gobs of greasy grimy horror tales on rancid readers. This face-...
1 week ago
Dyvers

Let's Make Something Challenging Together - The more that I've thought about creating a 30 Day Challenge list the more that I've become serious about actually doing it; and after my little rant yeste...
1 week ago
Back to the Dungeon!

MASSIVE SALES OF DUNGEONPUNK RPG! and an attack by The Holy Zion Southern Women's Baptist Association! - HOLY CRAP! MASSIVE SALES OF DUNGEONPUNK RPG! I have set all sales records! I am trying to sell 1.5 million copies! AND I GOT ATTACKED BY NONE OTHER THAN...
1 week ago
Monster Island News

Skyhigh (TV Series)(2003-2004) - Skyhigh is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run, from 200...
1 week ago
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...

Holy flurging shnit! - Pinch me... I must be dreaming...
1 week 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 week ago
Reviews from R'lyeh

The Professional Traveller - Although it was not the first Science Fiction roleplaying game—that distinction would fall to Flying Buffalo Incorporated’s *Starfaring*, published in 197...
1 week ago
Thoul's Paradise

The State of the World in 2035 - *Trans-American Union CC Bases Map (South)* The Introduction to the CYB✪RG C✪MMAND✪™ Campaign Book explains, “This rules set demands your creativity.” (I...
1 week ago
The Disoriented Ranger

[400] State of the game, state of the blog (400th post!) - *I wondered what I should do for my 400th post and I decided to muse a bit about what makes this blog tick right now and where it is headed. The short of i...
1 week ago
Dreams in the Lich House

Flat Plastic Miniatures - and GenCon - I'm off to Gencon in a couple of days after taking a couple of years off. I don't have a rigidly structured agenda; a friend registered us for a bunch of...
1 week ago
Raven Crowking's Nest

Offline for a Bit - *As of this moment, I will be offline until mid-September. * *Scotland bound!*
1 week ago
Spellmaking

Amazon Review Policy Madness - Pretty obviously, Amazon get a lot of things right, and they offer a valuable platform to indie and hybrid authors, as well as your traditional publishers....
1 week ago
Fantasy Ink

Robert E. Howard Illustrations by Gary Gianni - *Bran Mak Morn the Last King*. Print, 2000. Conan illustration, 2002. Illustration for *The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane*, 1998. Illustration for ...
1 week ago
Greyhawk Grognard

Exciting News from Frank Mentzer! - Press Release: Historic Dungeons & Dragons® Campaign Returns Loxley, Madison WI, August 11 2017 Legendary game designer Frank Mentzer, famed for his worl...
1 week ago
MINION FACTORY

Zorak Who?! - FVOC #003 - ZORAK Finally! all things you ever wanted to know about Zorak but were afraid to ask. In this issue we will go behind the scenes with Space Gh...
1 week ago
Written In Blood

End of Summer Back to School Book Sale! - The kids are going back to school, and you know what that means..... I'll be sending 2/3 of my kids to school this year. My middle child has finally come ...
1 week ago
Ramblings of a Great Khan

Setting the stage- - I just sent this out to the Facebook Group for my new West Marches style campaign. Setting the stage- Fort Augustus is the “safe town area”, it is the onl...
1 week ago
The Savage AfterWorld

Sketchbook Of Grotesqueries Updated -- Now With 21 THINGS For Cryptworld - (Today's my birthday, but YOU get a present!) I have updated The Sketchbook of Grotesqueries yet again, and it now contains 21 unique monsters for your Cry...
1 week ago
Wild West History

Colorado's Deadliest Floods by Darla Sue Dollman -
1 week ago
The Spirits of Eden

E.S.P. (72.2) - This chapter contains violence and strong language. Ayvarta, Solstice City — Conqueror’s Way, Eerie Cloud It is as true that I can win this contest as it i...
2 weeks ago
GRUBB STREET

The Model of Major Middle Manager - *The Red Sphinx *by Alexandre Dumas, Translated by Lawrence Ellsworth, Pegasus Books, 2017 *Provenance* (Or how I came to read this book): I asked for this...
2 weeks ago
Sorcery & Super Science!

Bingham Art for AA 36 - John's done several pieces for the upcoming Aerie of the Cloud Giant Strategos and here's one that perfectly captures the moment. Really like this piece a...
2 weeks ago
All Games Considered

AGC 216 August 8th 2017 (Surviving The Pips) (45:17) - With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games! The perils of cliffhanging. Yet Another New Mark Project. Updates from Third Eye! The recentl...
2 weeks ago
Dorkland!

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

Trickster in the Stone: Micro-Adventure - Just so you know, I had this post finished yesterday and it went away. Like vanished. Gone. I swore a little. But only a little. And now I'm here to try ...
2 weeks ago
Mythopoeic Rambling

Frightful Fridays! Elemental Swarms (air and earth) - Hello, and welcome to another (slightly late) edition of Frightful Fridays! I have two semi-related monsters for you this time, thanks to a discussion whe...
2 weeks ago
Toyriffic

Darla's Ducks - My Intern Darla wanted me to take a picture of some of her ducks to share on the blog. Which of course lead to a few other toys joining in on the photo o...
2 weeks ago
Erotiterrorist

Blood Drive: Booby Traps - This episode of Blood Drive sends our Heroes into a wasteland that also just happens to have the women’s penitentiary where Grace’s sister is being held. ...
2 weeks ago
Pulsipher Game Design

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

Next Week Then! - Wow. So my return to work this week was more draining than I accounted for. A month off to recover from surgery sapped all my endurance, it seems. I came h...
2 weeks ago
Lasgunpacker

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - My favorite piece of art from the whole series Over the last couple years I have been slowly reading *Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin*, a manga retelling o...
2 weeks ago
Once More Unto the Breach!

End-of-Week Elmore (8/4/17): Stern Shaman! -
2 weeks ago
Bobert the Hoosier expatriate

Onward we go... - Last night, I dreamed I was back in my parents' house, where I was under siege from people. Not bad people. Perfectly friendly people. But people. Th...
3 weeks ago
The Groovy Age of Horror

Translation: Storie Blu Special #41 - Lotta Segreta (Secret Fight) - Hey, I'm back, with a new translation of the final *original* story in the "Storie Blu Special" series! STORIE BLU SPECIAL #41: LOTTA SEGRETA was first r...
3 weeks ago
Horror Blogger Alliance

Breaking News: "BOOGEYMAN CHRONICLES - The Series" - *Hollywood Action House, in collaboration with Storz Medienfabrik and Hollywood Storybook, are currently in production for the first eight episodes of "...
3 weeks ago
Forgotten Runes

Hawk and Moor Vols 1 and 2 review - I picked up Kent David Kellys Castle Oldskull bundle a couple of months ago. Included in were Kelly's histories of Dungeons and Dragons "Hawk and Moor" (I ...
3 weeks ago
Gamers & Grognards

Swords & Wizardry Metro Detroit Tap Room Tour! - I find myself with some extra time this Wednesday and Thursday night. After having a few successful nights at The Loaded Die's Board Game Night on Thursday...
3 weeks ago
Rended Press

Lasers & Feelings & Assorted L&F Mods - I have a soft spot in my heart for *Lasers & Feelings*. I use it in my Digital Narratives class to introduce narrative design to my cRPG-loving students w...
3 weeks ago
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms

On the Fly Spell Research - Carrying on from the starting spells post: I’ve repurposed two columns from the Intelligence table in *Greyhawk*: *Minimum # per Level* as the base numbe...
3 weeks ago
Genius Loci

Question for the Gallery - Up front information, this is a topic I've been discussing with my wife for a while and find that she is highly supportive of the concept that I am about t...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks ago
Daddy Rolled a 1

The Horseclans Series - My first exposure to fantasy and science-fiction, other than fairy tales found in kids books, was Star Wars, as I've talked about before, both the movies ...
3 weeks ago
Adventures in Gaming v2

Rules for Black Lotus use... - Went looking for these rules for Black Lotus, realized I no longer had them on any of my computers, and thanked my lucky stars I had posted them on another...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks ago
Worlds in a Handful of Dice

My Ropecon Schedule - Ropecon is just around the corner! Like, starting this Friday. As usual, I’m busy expounding my opinions on all kinds of things. The programme’s been out f...
4 weeks ago
Havards Blackmoor Blog

500 Likes! - My blog just got 500 Likes on Facebook. Thank you very much! :) Thank you everyone who keep coming back to check out my articles. Thank you for the comm...
4 weeks ago
Dynasty Zero

One-on-One Campaign Background - I have mentioned elsewhere that my co-worker T and I have been planning a one-on-one White Box campaign during lunch hours at work. Here is the background...
4 weeks ago
Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword

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4 weeks ago
Armchair Gamer

Star Trek Adventures -- The New Star Trek RPG - On the Radar: Star Trek Adventures Star Trek Adventures is the latest Star Trek RPG to come out, and it's full of promise. I've written some things on Star...
4 weeks ago
What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...

Review: Castlevania Netflix Series - I just finished watching the four episode Season 1 of the Netflix Castlevania series. Seeing that it was written by Warren Ellis, who I've heard does good...
5 weeks ago
Batgirl - Mera - Batwoman

Mera and the Justice League - *Justice League #24* *Cover by Paul Pelletier, Sandra Hope, and Hi-Fi* *"Fury"* *Variant Cover by Nick Bradshaw and Alex Sinclair* *Is Mera the newest Jus...
5 weeks ago
A Life Full of Adventure

[WFRP 2e] Renegade Princeps 50 - *My PC* Vaervenshyael - Female Elf Assassin (suffering from a Host of Fiends disability and carrying a magical stone linked to gluttony) *My companions* Ta...
5 weeks ago
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...
5 weeks ago
Close Encounters with the Night Kind

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

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

Iteration 2: Hero Plus Minions - This is related to the idea I posted the other day, where this one turns into a combination of card and skirmish game. You pick out a hero and then you get...
1 month ago
In Places Deep

Nightwick News Catch Up - My Nightwick players have been so busy with things in the dungeon that I have neglected the news for several months (since January!). Here is a short summ...
1 month ago
destination unknown

Currently Reading -
1 month ago
Krell Laboratories

Hey kids! Comics! A Teachable Moment - The editors of We're Still Here have linked to my movie blog instead of my comics and art blog, so I thought I'd provide a landing sport that shows some o...
1 month ago
The Ongoing Campaign

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

Free items - Items listed below can be obtained by PCs for free at various locations (marketplaces etc.). Treat them as a garbage (items, not the PCs!). 1. Slightl...
1 month ago
Robert Atkins Art

Daily Sketch - Elders of the RuneStone: Smiley... - Next up in the Elders of the RuneStone Kickstarter Campaign sketch rewards is this character sketch of Smiley! This was initially Quinn pushing me to draw ...
1 month ago
Green Skeleton Gaming Guild

The Wasteland of Gath: Part 3 - I was lucky enough to get in another session in Christian's Wasteland of Gath Campaign. I'm using the Labyrinth Lord rules for my foray and having a blast ...
1 month 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 month ago
My Dice Are Older Than You

Sins of the Past - Revisited - The three or four of you who still read this may recall that I've got a pretty solid history with ICONS. Some years ago, I posted a character a day for qu...
1 month ago
Little Gothic Horrors

Welcome to the Beautiful Freaks Fest 2017! - My beautiful freak is Miss Harriet Valcadash, a little wolf girl. "Valcadash" is an old English name meaning "bright, strong-willed, and hairy", which sui...
2 months ago
Ellen Dugan's Blog of Witchery

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

Best Father's Day yet--DIY Star Wars WITH DICE! - Last week I mailed my nephew's birthday present (he turned 11) which was a care package filled with Star Wars treats, including the Star Wars West End Ga...
2 months ago
LotFP: RPG

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

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

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

Temple of the Moon Priests - No Text - As it's been requested a couple of times, here's a version of "Temple of the Moon Priests" with text tags removed!
2 months ago
Gorgonmilk

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

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

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

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

An Experiment In Thuggery - At GaryCon IX this past March, I had the pleasure of meeting +Paolo Greco. Paolo and I hadn't really interacted before this, other than a passing admission...
2 months ago
Billy Goes to Mordor

Supply and Demand in Minos and Airam - So here's another rule extension to our Star Wars/Cyberpunk 2020 mashup, thanks to West End Games' "Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters", published in 1994. ...
2 months ago
The Eye of Joyful Sitting Amongst Friends

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

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

BLAZON releasing tomorrow on Patreon! - BLAZON, my Green Lantern and Elric-inspired game of cosmic superheroes in a universe of Law and Chaos, will be released to Patreon backers tomorrow. If you...
2 months ago
Almost Darwyn Cooke's Blog

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

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

Elm One Day In - I've been interested in the Elm programming language for several months, reading and poking around some at code examples but with too many hobbies competin...
3 months ago
Mike's Amazing RPG Fun Pad

Weird Map: Moo Mesa - A map of Moo Mesa from the 90's animated series *The Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa. * All pun-based names aside, this makes a fun map for a small west...
3 months ago
A Storybook World

Aphrodite's Closet by Suzy Turner - *Aphrodite's Closet* Agatha Trout didn’t even know she had a Great Aunt Petunia, so imagine her surprise when she finds Petunia left her a corner shop in...
3 months ago
Fustians so Sublimely Bad...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Realmscrawl] The Incompleat Realmscrawl - So last year I tried to jump into the 5E market on the *Dungeon Masters Guild*, with some hex-based mapping of the *Forgotten Realms* called *Realmscrawl* ...
4 months ago
Rather Gamey

Harley Quinn -
4 months ago
Held Action

Northern Crown: Defending the Trading Post - One of my bucket list role-playing games has been Northern Crown ever since the setting was first published in the mid-aughts. In a fantasy-infused version...
4 months ago
The Cryptic Archivist

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

I Have Moved… - This site won’t be updated more than once or thrice a year. For regular bits of my fiction, poetry and witchy living, please visit/follow my active blog: w...
4 months ago
Under Siege

Castles & Crusades: A $15 Players Handbook - I need more time to actually relax and enjoy myself. Castles & Crusades has been my go to FRPG for years now and I realize that it's been a over a decade...
4 months ago
Rachel Bonuses

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

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

Bernie Wrightson, 1948-2017 - Bernie Wrightson passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2017. He was 68 years old. Wrightson had been ill for some time and had only recently announced that ...
5 months ago
Stocking The Dungeon

- Issue: 10 (1983) Title: Under Construction - The Beloved Rose Garden of Nedragesor Author: Mary Kirchoff Setting: Dungeon Location Levels: Expert or Higher...
5 months ago
The OSR Library

Hyboria: A few NPC's - *Amzi Sayid*, 23 Turanian Warrior-3/Raider-1 Str- 13, Con-13, Int-13 Hp: 28 Ac: 5/14 (mail) Attack: F4 Save: F4 Special Abilities: ⦁ Warrior: +1 to melee att...
5 months ago
People them with Monsters

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

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

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

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

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

Chaos Corrupted Dragons Across Three Games - Sunday 1: 'Old Characters': After having blown themselves up out of mortal existence while fighting the chaos corrupted dragons, the PCs have ascended to I...
6 months ago
The Happy Undertaker

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

Better pics -
6 months ago
The Semi-Retired Gamer

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

Five Minute Friday.... CONNECT - I've always enjoyed being a part of the Five Minute Friday group. If you would like to join in the fun, hop over and like the FMF facebook page. We take...
7 months ago
Gaming Ronin

Adventures in Middle Earth player's guide - I finally made my way through the players guide. It's been a crazy month with very little time to do a single read through. A few sections got a twice ov...
7 months ago
Spirit of the Blank

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

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

Title here - content
7 months ago
Over the Misty Mountains

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

Turtle Island - Some of you may have noticed the new game image to the right. This is the game we are currently playing. My wife’s Dragon Age game got put on hold for v...
8 months ago
Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings

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

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

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

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

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

The DC Bloodlines Podcast: The Vixen is a Lady Fox - Look for us on iTunes, ShoutEngine or directly download an art-tagged MP3 from the Internet Archive Finally, the DC Bloodlines Podcast reveals its great...
9 months ago
Heroes & Other Worlds

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

Barrowmaze For 5th Edition - Barrowmaze Complete for D&D 5th Edition Kickstarter I've bought the original Barrowmaze, Barrowmaze II, Barrowmaze Complete and loved every single one. Th...
11 months 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...
11 months 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...
11 months 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...
11 months ago
A Field Guide To Doomsday

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

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

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

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

In the corner pocket... - I think it shows how tired people are of political wrangling that the absolute most-active post on my facebook page is about cargo shorts. If you're going...
1 year ago
Dreams of Mythic Fantasy

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

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

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

The Shady Side of Nottingham - THE SHADY SIDE OF NOTTINGHAM No.IV A BALL AT A "WORKING MAN'S CLUB" (BY AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT) "The harp, the viol, the timbrel, the lute, and the p...
1 year ago
The Omnipotent Eye

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Diabetes-friendly "Almost" Sugar-Free Chocolate Chunk Cookies - Back in September I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. It was, as it is for many people, a devastating discovery and it's been a hard road. I'm not quite ...
1 year ago
The Free RPG Blog

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Solstice and New Beginnings - First, I'd like to wish everyone who bothers to read my random ramblings a very blessed and joyous Yule! Overall 2015 was a difficult year for me. I feel h...
1 year ago
The Moldy Vale

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Colecţia de primăvară-vară la echipamente de protectie! - Acum că a început să se topească gheaţa de pe drumuri încep să ni se dezvăluie tendinţele din evoluţia craterelor şi gropilor răsărite şi dezvoltate pe ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
The Atlantis Blog

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...
2 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...
2 years ago
The Age of Reason -- 21st Century

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3 years ago
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3 years ago
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3 years ago
Good Lesbian Books

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3 years ago
The Book of Worlds

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3 years ago
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The RPG Corner

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3 years ago
Old Guard Gaming Accoutrements

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Design du Jour

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Swords Against the Outer Dark

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3 years ago
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4 years ago
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4 years ago
All the Fun Starts After Dark

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Amber Benson's Official Blog

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Bad Librarianship Now!

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Dangerous Games

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Ode to Black Dougal

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4 years ago
Skull Crushing For Great Justice

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Underworld Cleaning Service

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