It's (nearly) October once again here at The Other Side, and you know what that means!
I have a TON going on, so let's get going.
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RPG Blog Carnival
It has been my pleasure to host the RPG Blog Carnival in the past, and I am happy to do it again this October the spookiest of all months.
This month my topic is Horror and Fantasy.
I am going to be focusing on how to add more horror elements to your fantasy games and hor to make your horror games more fantastical.
If you want to participate in the RPG Blog Carnival on this topic, just post what you want (that concerns this topic) and share your link below. Or share it on social media with the #RPGBlogCarnival hashtag, and feel free to tag me. I'll do a round-up of all the posts in November.
Monster Movie Marathon
In that vein, I am going to watch a lot of fantasy, horror, and horror fantasy movies this time around. I am not focusing on a theme this year, but I am going to try to watch movies that feature monsters from the original AD&D 1st Edition Monster Manual.
This is the 50th Anniversary of D&D, and I am still celebrating my enjoyment of the game. Since it was the Monster Manual and Horror that got me into D&D, I am going to watch a bunch of "Monster Movies."
Reviews, Dice, and More!
I am also going to get out some reviews of various Ravenloft products (horror, D&D, fitting my theme). I also have my nightly Advent-ure Dice reveals at Midnight. Plus more as I come up with it.
Like I said. A very busy month here at The Other Side!
I'm going to follow this closely for two reasons:
ReplyDelete1) to learn what I can incorporate into my new horror campaign set in Innistrad; 2) to share what anyone can incorporate into their horror campaign from mine.
Well, this dovetails nicely with my plans for the month. Starting with: https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/tuesday-magic-item-corpse-mask/
ReplyDeleteAnd something body horror adjacent: https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/tuesday-magic-item-necroanimate-prothesis/
ReplyDeleteA con-draining will o'wisp cousin - the Darkling Wisp - spawned where the veil to the Fey shifts - something new to use for 'zombie hordes'
ReplyDeletehttps://seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2024/10/death-by-thousand-claws-rpg-blog.html
Now here is a genuine cursed item, it even says so on the tin: https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/tuesday-magic-item-contagious-curse-collar/
ReplyDeleteFantastic stuff! Thanks
ReplyDeleteI gave zombies a re-work, because, well, they just weren't horrifying enough.
ReplyDeletehttps://elementalreductions.blogspot.com/2024/10/describing-and-modifing-zombies-to.html
I posted on Dice Monkey! https://www.dicemonkey.net/2024/10/22/rpg-blog-carnival-october-horror-in-different-rpg-settings/
ReplyDeleteI've written about some weird and vain elves:
ReplyDeletehttps://foreignplanets.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-selv.html
I've written about some weird and vain elves: https://foreignplanets.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-selv.html
ReplyDeleteI bring a new look at classic horror monsters:
ReplyDeleteVol.I: Vampires and werewolves
https://codexanathema.com/2024/10/19/monstruos-de-la-noche-vol-1/
Vol.II: Zombies and ghosts
https://codexanathema.com/2024/10/22/monstruos-de-la-noche-vol-2/
Magic item? Monster? Both? https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/tuesday-magic-item-liquid-and-powdered-skeletons/
ReplyDeleteOne last one for this month's carnival, on evoking horror in old school games: https://elementalreductions.blogspot.com/2024/10/evoking-horror-in-old-school-games.html
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