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HeroPress

Issue Seven of The Indispensable Black Pudding Zine Is Now On Kickstarter... - My love of James V West's Black Pudding zine (an old school fantasy adventure publication full of wonderous character classes, usual adventures, and peculi...
1 hour ago
Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness

More Glorious Girls Of The Redheaded Rebellion -
2 hours ago
Roles, Rules, and Rolls

Hex Crawl 23 #86: Bridge of the Gray Blessing - Five hexes northwest of Alakran. At the western edge of the Dhuga Hills, commanding a view into central Wahattu and almost to the capital of Mu-Asha...
2 hours ago
GROGNARDIA

Pulp Fantasy Library: The Master of the Crabs - Something that's often overlooked when discussing the "Big Three" of *Weird Tales *is that, while both Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft were dead by M...
2 hours ago
About Bruce Heard and New Stories

Dragon Cults - *Dragon Temple in the Infinite Snow* by *Claudio Pilia* on Deviantart There can be as many cults as there are dragon breeds, and then some. The diversity...
3 hours ago
Supergirl Comic Box Commentary

Review: Superman #2 - *Superman #2*, the second issue of the Joshua Williamson run on the character, came out this week and continued to dazzle. Williamson is at the beginning...
3 hours ago
Reviews from R'lyeh

Miskatonic Monday #185: Game Night - Between October 2003 and October 2013, Chaosium, Inc. published a series of books for *Call of Cthulhu* under the Miskatonic University Library Associati...
4 hours ago
From the Sorcerer's Skull

Mythic Exalted: Lookshy - The city-state of Lookshy is pretty easy to get a handle on: it's Sparta-Shogun era Japan to the Realm's Imperial China-Imperial Rome. "Sparta-Shogun er...
4 hours ago
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

Star Trek #1614: The Red King - *PUBLICATION: *Star Trek: Titan #2, Pocket Books, October 2005 *CREATORS: *Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels *STARDATE: *57024.0 (following directly from...
6 hours ago
Dynasty Zero

A Hobbit Inspired Campaign II - You can find the first part of A Hobbit Inspired Campaign here. So, it's time to get away for OSR type games. I mentioned the *Lord of the Rings Adventure...
9 hours ago
For It Is Man's Number

Mubi Monday: La Cérémonie (1995) - Adapted from “A Judgement In Stone”, a 1977 novel by Ruth Rendell, *La Cérémonie* is yet another wonderful film from writer-director Claude Chabrol (help...
9 hours ago
Halls of the Nephilim

Music Monday - Fighting Myself - Last week more new old Linkin Park music dropped. I'm really looking forward to the Meteora 20 release.
11 hours ago
Gizmo's Reviews

#Review - Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth #SyFy #Apocalyptic - *Series:* * Standalone* *Format: Hardcover, 128 pages* *Release Date: February 21, 2023* *Publisher: Tor Books* *Source: Library**Genre: Science Fiction / ...
11 hours ago
Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

PLANET MOTHERFUCKER Returns - I regret to inform you all that I am working on a new edition of *PLANET MOTHERFUCKER*. Gird your loins, shitheads, it's coming this summer. As the pile...
13 hours ago
Trollsmyth

Magical Magic That Feels Magical - *14. Heart Of The Beast: Cast this spell on a slain monster’s heart (or reasonably equivalent organ or portion), then consume it. At any time, you may ...
20 hours ago
Tenkar's Tavern

Get Your Zine on: Black Pudding #7 - [image: Get Your Zine on: Black Pudding #7] My favorite Black Pudding CoverOne of the biggest perks of this Sunday gig that Erik has given me is that I ha...
22 hours ago
Swords & Stitchery - Old Time Sewing & Table Top Rpg Blog

A Case of First & Second edition Gamma World & the Hand Drawn First Edition Gamma World rpg Campaign Map. - So let's pick it up from here the other day on the blog. Something has been bothering me about this map that Wayne's books posted on Gamma World first edi...
22 hours ago
Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets-An oldschool gaming blog….

[New Spell] Boat Like a Cork - Boat Like a Cork ‘Perhaps, in retrospect, we should have found a more seaworthy, or, in this case, lakeworthy, boat,’ admitted Lakko the sorcerer. The ten ...
1 day ago
Super-DuperToyBox

Marvel Select Apocalypse & Super Skrull - I coulc not believe these two new Marvel Select figures that dropped recently, two classic Marvel characters that aren't really in the forefront of the e...
1 day ago
Raven Crowking's Nest

Conversion Crawl Classes 3: Basic D&D: The Keep on the Borderlands (3) - *Joseph Goodman*once said that great adventures start with great stories, or words to that effect. As we examined and converted the Keep and the wilderne...
1 day ago
CROSS PLANES

Deadlands: From the Journal of Erebus Bullfinch - The Siege Perilous - August 15th, 1883 As autumn approaches I can scarcely guess where the spring and summer of this year have gone. It was late February when Simeon Whately...
1 day ago
Dyson's Dodecahedron

DungeonMorphs – Crypts Set 7 - As we roll into the end of March, it’s time to break out more of the DungeonMorph series of dungeon … Continue reading →
3 days ago
Elfmaids & Octopi

Reviews Again, the never ending battle vs new stuff - Finally finished this *Advanced Adventures Compendium Four 💓💓💓💓*Not quite as good as some previous ones but still very good. Was on LuLu and I've...
3 days ago
MINION FACTORY

More Brains! - MORE BRAINS! MORE BRAINS! "2-4-5 Trioxin, it's called. It was to kinda spray on marijuana or something. And the Darrow Chemical Company was tryin...
3 days ago
The Armchair Squid

Star Trek: Cardassians - Episode: "Cardassians" Series: *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* Season 2, Episode 5 Original Air Date: October 24, 1993 via Memory Alpha Garak episode! A Carda...
3 days ago
Expelled Grey Matter

Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) - I have seen many attempts to celebrate the influence different decades and genres have had modern movies. There have been successful - or at least semi...
3 days ago
Fabled Lands

Did Stan Lee steal ideas? - It’s the time of year for me to weigh in on a claim that’s causing controversy – not to deny that the claim if true would be outrageous, but to say that ...
3 days ago
el blog de Victor Santos

- *PARANOIA KILLER: VIRYA * *PARANOIA KILLER: VIRYA* Una nueva historia de Paranoia Killer, un número especial, junto con el recopilatorio de la primer...
4 days ago
Beyond Fomalhaut

[CAMPAIGN JOURNAL] The Inverted Tower of Hyél Singh - I bring you news of glory and death from the City of Vultures! Four adventurers, sworn to take revenge for the destruction of the fair city of Avendar, h...
4 days ago
The Grand Tapestry

Patreon Announcement (First time?) - I'm surprised I can't find a post of mine announcing my Patreon; I thought that I had posted it.:: patreon.com/user?u=2387787I know better than to talk abo...
4 days ago
Elf Lair Games

Welcome to the NIGHT SHIFT - I have a little project going on, and it would be nice to make a formal introduction to *the NIGHT SHIFT: VETERANS OF THE SUPERNATURAL WARS Role-Playing ...
4 days ago
Blog of Holding

New game: Quest For the Crown 20th Anniversary Edition! - One afternoon in 2003, as a gag, I made an intentionally bad Flash game, Quest for the Crown. It had an epic intro, long credits, and then hilariously (to ...
5 days ago
BASTIONLAND

Universal Creature Profile - It was fun playing around with another type of Universal Profile last week, so let's keep it rolling. Can we make this work for creatures? *UNIVERSAL CR...
5 days ago
There's more to Oz than the Yellow Brick Road

- Well, it was a little bit of good news. The local RPG group I belong to had their monthly meeting and I offered to run an OSRIC one-shot which managed t...
5 days ago
Tower of Zenopus

Miniature Musings - Building for Age of Sigmar - Well, I've let it happen. Pretty much every one of my 40K armies has some kind of backlog but they also can all make playable and at least partially p...
5 days ago
Coins and Scrolls

Sci-Fi: Unexpected Desirable Outcome - Paul Pepera Unexpected Desirable Outcome They’d let him name his ship. He picked “Hope”, after the virtue and after his sister. Translating Hope into Gal...
5 days ago
Realms of Chirak

Most Exciting News of 2023: Basic Roleplaying Returns! - I just got the Ab Chaos newsletter from Chaosium this morning and here was the announcement: Holy cats....a new release of the BRP book in April, with p...
5 days ago
World of Ortix

On Artpunk, AI Art And General OSR Dickery - Well, I've thought about it. Alot. I've seen your crusades against Artpunk games, contests and burning crosses. I have seen the badges and icons about ...
6 days ago
Shon Richards || Erotiterrorist

Slip and Sprain - This past Friday I slipped on the ice outside and landed on my hand and ass. My ass hurts but nothing compared to the shooting pain that went up my arm. It...
6 days ago
What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...

The movie, huh? And TS&R Updates - So it's been 10 days since my last post. I figure I should put something up here on the old blog. But I don't have a lot to say about gaming at the momen...
1 week ago
False Machine

Post-Singularity Hardcopy Concepts - Chatbot evolution, deepfakes. conspiracy and counter-conspiracy and counter-counter conspiracy. re-editing of children's books (is your copy of 'The Twits'...
1 week ago
Literalchemy

Bandits Amid the Festival [11.10] - Recall the First Memory… Her body felt like it was spiraling without end down a blue and green tunnel. Lights from ‘outside’ shone in the same patterns a...
1 week ago
Forgotten Realms Campaigns

Exacalus School of Conjuration and Wizardry, Valls - Okonios Exacalus*Valls, 18/9/61. For once things seem quiet at the Exacalus School of Conjuration and Wizardry. A skimpily clad maidservant escorts Kev...
1 week ago
Monsters and Manuals

Analysis of Causes of PC Death in OSR Games - In my previous post, I mentioned that in my weekly campaign we average around one PC death a month. In the comments somebody asked me about the causes of...
1 week ago
Spirit of the Blank

Fate: Best Practices - In a fit of nostalgia this week, I appeared on a podcast (Mastering Dungeons; long-time listener, first-time guest) talking about Fate, of all things. ...
1 week ago
Quest for Fun!

12 Years Free of the LLC - Twelve years ago, I wrote about converting my business from an LLC to an S-Corporation. The common wisdom at the time, which is still the common wisdom, ...
1 week ago
BACK TO THE DUNGEON!

Back to the Dungeon RPG Hardcover Coming - Back to the Dungeon RPG Hardcover Coming Why did I write it? Because! It was 2002-2003 and I was missing that BX feeling! We were all playing 2E but for...
1 week ago
Hidden in Shadows

Arnesonian Time Keeping - The original Blackmoor game as Dave Arneson ran it between 1971 and 1975 may be described as a living world campaign. - that is, the world moves through ...
1 week ago
Lasgunpacker

Marching forward - I have been quite busy lately with dealing with my uncle's estate issues, so I have had little time for painting and other hobby activities. I did recent...
1 week ago
A Storybook World

WHAT DRIVES AN AUTHOR? Guest Post by MICHAEL R. FRENCH - WHAT DRIVES AN AUTHOR? I sat at a typewriter behind a closed bedroom door for a lot of my adolescence...
1 week ago
Tower of the Archmage

Stonehell: Wilderness Girls Calling! - Session 201 was played on 6/5 Morgana, Mage 8 (Rob) Joho, Mystic, 7 (Chris) Koltic, Cleric 6 (NPC) Aroon, Fighter 4 (NPC) Jameth, Fighter 4 (NPC) Lor’Koth, ...
2 weeks ago
Quag Keep

Monster Manual (AD&D 1e) (1977) - Third Printing - From the front cover: "An illustrated compendium of monsters: Aerial Servant to Zombie" From the back cover:"*OVER 350 MONSTERS* This book provides a com...
2 weeks ago
Krell Laboratories

True/False 2023: Fathers and Mothers - *Red Herring* (2023, directed by Kit Vincent) starts with an image of a man swimming at twilight. This man is the director's father, Lawrence, who is de...
2 weeks ago
Akratic Wizardry

Into the Unknown vs 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons - I learned about the *Into the Unknown *fantasy role-playing game last summer at the RPG Pub. Intrigued, I ordered it from *DrivethruRPG *(both PDF and pr...
2 weeks ago
GRUBB STREET

Book: Planet of Women - * Unnatural Death* by Dorothy L. Sayers HarperPaperbacks, Original copyright 1927 *Provenance:* The Crazy Book Lady, a used bookstore in Acworth, Georgi...
2 weeks ago
Monster Island News

MAX FLEISCHER’S 40s ANIMATED SUPERMAN SERIES COMES TO BLU-RAY - From DC Comics (Press Release) Warner Bros. Discovery has meticulously remastered Max Fleischer’s treasured set of 17 animated Superman shorts from the...
2 weeks ago
Katie Salidas

Tann Talks - The Mandalorian Season 3 Episodes 1 and 2 - On this edition of Tann Talks, Bryan is joined by Katie Salidas and Melinda D to discuss The Mandalorian Season 3 episodes 1 and 2! We also get a little b...
2 weeks ago
Armchair Gamer

Champions: One Earth - Short post.Surprisingly, I have begun running a Champions campaign in my Earth 641 setting.It's a superheroic campaign where DC & Marvel Universes have mer...
2 weeks ago
In Places Deep

The Adventures of Otzi the Ice Jerk - *A Player Character* I'm not sure how common it is in the OSR/Post-OSR/NSR/[whatever you want to call the remnants of the blogosphere that exists] spaces,...
2 weeks ago
The Semi-Retired Gamer

[Miniature Monday] Naga Part II - I completed the second Naga using mostly Vallejo Xpress Color paints for the majority of the miniature. I would have used them for all of the miniature ...
3 weeks ago
The Disoriented Ranger

REVIEW: Of Dice And Men - *Let's try a new thing. It will be a variety of "I read a book and talk about it", the difference being: I'm not doing it alone. My good friend Eric Diaz...
3 weeks ago
Havards Blackmoor Blog

Happy Gary Gygax Game Day 2023! - Happy Gary Gygax Game Day 2023!
3 weeks ago
The Ongoing Campaign

Surprises - When Chaosium announced that they were going to be making a big announcement, I was underwhelmed. Years of disappointments from gaming companies has con...
3 weeks ago
B/X BLACKRAZOR

Hiatus Redux - I need to write. But I don't want to blog. I was in *Port Angeles* over the weekend. So much I could say...much of it (probably) intensely personal. Saw th...
3 weeks ago
JAMES MISHLER GAMES

[Shadowdark] The Shadowdark RPG Kickstarter is Live! - The Kickstarter for the *Shadowdark RPG* by *The Arcane Library* is now live! *Click here to go to the Shadowdark Kickstarter*. This is the best new RP...
3 weeks ago
Adventures in Gaming v2

[Shadowdark] The Shadowdark RPG Kickstarter is Live! - The Kickstarter for the *Shadowdark RPG* by *The Arcane Library* is now live! *Click here to go to the Shadowdark Kickstarter*. This is the best new RP...
3 weeks ago
The Wasted Lands

Diabetes-Friendly Orange Julius Clone! - One of the things I've missed the most after being diagnosed with the 'beetus is a good old-fashioned Orange Julius! I used to love these things - Oran...
3 weeks ago
Secrets of the Shadowend

Minor Planes - I posted about 17 years ago on ENWorld, in a thread describing minor planes in a paragraph. (Note: It's wicked cool this stuff is still around and disco...
4 weeks ago
Bat in the Attic

Harnworld in Hardback Kickstarter - I have been a fan of Harn, both the setting and the Harnmaster rules, for a long time. Ever since I encountered the original Harn setting folio at Games...
5 weeks ago
Servitor Ludi

Dinners with Erik and Andre - At some point, I'm *really* hoping to surprise everyone by bringing this ol' blog back to vibrant activity again. We'll see if 2023 is the year for that...
1 month ago
Daddy Rolled a 1

12 YEARS OF DADDY ROLLED A 1 (BLOG ANNIVERSARY) - *It's been 12 years* since I made my first post here at Daddy Rolled a 1. It's amazing to think it's been more than a decade since I jumped into a commu...
1 month ago
Sorcery & Super Science!

Advanced Adventures Bundle of Holding - Only Three Days Left! - Only three days left! All 43 Advanced Adventures -adventure modules for the OSRIC gaming system, a 1e retro-clone- are in the bundle of holding for an extr...
1 month ago
Stargazer's World

ChatGPT and Game Design - Using AI to create art or texts is all the rage right now. But it’s also a highly controversial topic. These AI models are trained using existing art which...
1 month ago
Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword

Red Sonja Pearl's Before Swine - So Dynamite have (as of Feb 2023) ended all Red Sonja series, but have decided to launch an Indiegogo campaign for a cosplayer and "influencer" writing ...
1 month ago
Worlds in a Handful of Dice

WotC Caves — 5E Under Creative Commons - I do not think anyone foresaw how Wizards of the Coast would react to the popular pressure. After the outrage at the overreach detailed in my last post, on...
1 month ago
Save Vs. Dragon

Playing Around with AI Images - Thinking about using these to create my first project with a color interior. Stay tuned.
2 months ago
Thac0 forever!

Open Locks and Update - Been busy with various dungeon23-esque prompts this year, but I can't post most of it because my players look at this blog. Also, due to playing locatio...
2 months ago
TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON

Big Fun with Dynamic Lighting in Roll20 - I had been doing stuff on Roll20 for a couple of years now, but only now getting around to using dynamic lighting. I have always had an advanced acco...
2 months ago
Forgotten Runes

Kickstarters 2022 Year end - Once again an update on the Kickstarters I backed. 2022 was a good year for Kickstarters including several escapes from the wall of shame. I seem to stil...
2 months ago
Troll and Flame

Recent History of the Ancients - [Old, old file in my pile of Gold and Glory Campaign notes] After their final war a few Ancients scrabbled for survival in the nuclear wasteland they had c...
2 months ago
Once More Unto the Breach!

Chronicles of the Adventures in the Dune Imperium! - Cover art for Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium core rulebook I have one of the few copies of the Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium core rulebook that were ...
2 months ago
Ruminations of a Geek

Marco Arnaudo's Pulp! skirmish rules from Osprey, a first impressions review - This weekend I've been reading the rules to Pulp!, Osprey's latest skirmish title, by Marco Arnaudo who most of you probably know from his Youtube board...
3 months ago
Geekerati

Appendix N May Have Influenced Dungeons & Dragons, but Moldvay Basic Influenced How I Read Fantasy - As James Maliszewski-- author of the underappreciated science fiction role playing game Thousand Suns -- has pointed out, the Appendix N that Gary Gygax p...
4 months ago
Pulsipher Game Design

- A while ago, Sam Bennett wrote to me about my Barroom Brawl convention scenario for D&D that appeared long ago in White Dwarf. He has compiled a lot of in...
5 months ago
Rended Press

This Blog Is Now In Maintenance Mode - As the post title indicates, I am sunsetting this space. Read more »
5 months ago
Dr. Theda's Crypt

Almost Time !!! - Only Two ,ore Weeka... Ans it will be Gallow'een
5 months ago
The Savage AfterWorld

Running A Con Game Part 2: Table Prep And Behind The Screen - This summer, I offered some advice on how to plan and write a scenario you'll be running at game conventions. Now that you have your new player-killer in h...
5 months ago
The Cryptic Archivist

New English Rule Book for Tsukuda Hobby's Mobile Suit Gundam: Jabro Simulation Game - Get the Rule Book on BoardGameGeek.com My translated Jabro rule book, reference sheets, and custom game counters. I've completed my English translation of ...
6 months ago
Gothridge Manor

Starter Set: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Review - I thought it odd when I saw big name YouTubers talking about the new starter set WotC published, but I hadn't heard anything about it. I don't keep up...
6 months ago
MONSTER BRAINS

Osamu Tezuka (1928 - 1989) - [image: Osamu Tezuka - Shonen Magazine Cover, 1970]Shonen Magazine Cover, 1970 [image: Osamu Tezuka - Shonen Magazine Cover Illustration 1970]Shonen Maga...
7 months ago
Carjacked Seraphim

Midjourney and Campaign Inspiration - I'm an improvisational GM. I love random tables. I believe in the oracular power of the dice. I believe in emergent storytelling and character backstori...
7 months ago
Armor Goes Clank!

Armor Goes Clank 032 August 9, 2022 (Guess Who's Back!) (55:03) - What we've been up to, how to run one shots, and the Chicago Exposition part II! -- Download mp3 (20.8 MB) *Show links* - Play Cancer Away - How...
7 months ago
The Troll Dens

Miniatures Combat in the SIEGE Engine - SIEGE Engine games tend to eschew miniatures in favor of a "theatre of the mind" approach. This is, admittedly, a factor of your preferences as a gamer,...
7 months ago
The House of Little Fears

Back but a Little Different - Not a particularly meaningful update other than to say, yes, this site was down for a very long time but is now back up and running. But something got hose...
7 months ago
Against The Wicked City

Notes on a semi-successful skill system - When I finished my Team Tsathogga campaign back in 2019, one of the things that I noted afterwards was the extent to which fighters had struggled to keep...
8 months ago
destination unknown

Legends of Gath #69; Two Skellies Under a Fig Tree - There's a lot to be said for finding a vine or fig tree to sit under with your guitar.
9 months ago
Ramblings of a Great Khan

More play, less blogging - I am about to move to Syracuse, NY, and have been packing up stuff this week, so there's been a break in play. However, prior to me needing to move (my ...
9 months ago
Strange Magic

Down in the Cellar - Mistress Moorvak hurried about the kitchen with the two coils of rope and a pair of lanterns Ted had asked her to provide the band. The kitchen was full of...
11 months ago
I Fly By Night - clash bowley's blog

Cradle of Wyrms - I have decided - Fantasy BloodGames 4 is now to be called BloodGames 4 - Cradle of Wyrms setting. The Cradle of Wyrms is a continent sized bowl of lands ...
11 months ago
Ostensible Cat

Neurodiversity and Dragons - the adventure begins! - Tl;dr: Kia ora all! I don’t often post much about my personal life, but as a parent of two neurodiverse teens, I reckoned that I’d post some of my exp...
11 months ago
Batgirl - Mera - Batwoman

Batwoman by Jason Badower - *Batman-FaZe Clan* *(March, 2022)* *Batwoman Variant Cover by Jason Badower*
11 months ago
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...

Just a Note... - Hey, all. Just a quick note to visitors who may be trying to download a character sheet, adventure, whatever: I closed down my hosting account for the s...
11 months ago
Being Retro

Billy F'n Gibbons: "She's On Fire" - *William Frederick Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) is an American rock musician who is the guitarist and primary vocalist of ZZ Top. He began his career...
1 year ago
Genius Loci Games

~Into the Unknown~ - Sorry, couldn’t help myself! Seriously speaking though Pacesetter games have just released a 5e version of Into the Unknown which Pacesetter describes as...
1 year ago
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms

Drop Wolves Art - A quick post about an old monster of mine. Remember drop wolves? Well, here’s what they look like. Drop Wolves (Or, at least, what a text to image AI thi...
1 year ago
Billy Goes to Mordor

Star Fontiers Crewman: Enoch Whitestar - Our group started playing a Star Frontiers game over zoom. Enoch Whitestar is my character. Star Frontiers is a TSR Science Fiction RPG from the 80'...
1 year ago
Thoul's Paradise

It's 2021 and the Dream is Dead - So reads the cover caption of Mayfair's *Underground*, published in 1993. Taking place in 2021, *Underground* is unusual in terms of genre; perhaps “dys...
1 year ago
Murky Murky: Roleplaying Advice and Fiction

Why I (usually) oppose RPG design intentions - I can't find it for the life of me, but in one of the Mage the Ascension books (the Revised Era of the late 90's, not the M20 stuff), there was a gre...
1 year ago
A Very Creepy Blog

Highlights of Warren Publishing (Part 4) - Today I cover three separate stories from Jose Bea. Bea provided among the most bizarre stories and artwork that Warren would feature in its magazines, a...
1 year ago
herding cats & burning soup

Tasty Delights-- What's Been In My Kitchen Lately - I'm just doing a terrible job of getting blog momentum going other than the odd garden post. Oof! I've been spending my time at the pantry, in the garden. ...
1 year ago
Beyond the Black Gate

Hey, what's going on in here? - It seems the Mad Scientist is working on something secret in his laboratory of horrors... I wonder what it will be? Is it anything to do with Warrior...
1 year ago
Mesmerized by Sirens

Fantasy paths (1981) - Three rarities from 1981.
1 year ago
Heroes & Other Worlds

O.G.R.E. RPG - A rough collection of notes, lists and scribbles of ideas is slowly taking some sort of shape. O.G.R.E. stands for Occultists, Grunts, Rogues and Eccl...
1 year ago
Sword+1

Ten Dead Rats Character Sheet - I have created a quick & dirty character sheet for Ten Dead Rats, it can be downloaded from my sidebar or here.
1 year ago
House of Self-Indulgence

Untamed Cowgirls of the Wild West Part 2: Jammy Glands from the Rio Grande (Rinse Dream, 1993) - Contempt... pure, unadulterated contempt. You can feel it pouring off the screen. If your climax-based discharge resembles molasses, monetize that shit, ...
1 year ago
osarmory.com

Design Journal: Star Wars Playtest Characters! - I mentioned in my post last Thursday that I ran my first playtest of my new rules engine last Wednesday, and it went swimmingly! I also mentioned that I wa...
2 years ago
Teach Game Design

"Good old Udemy" (not) - Good old Udemy.I was unable to submit tax paperwork because the submission process failed many times over the course of some weeks.Now that I need a 1098/...
2 years ago
Swords Against the Outer Dark

The Spine of Night Premiering at SXSW Tonight! - *The Spine of Night* will be premiering tonight at *SXSW*. I am extremely excited about this one! If the past output from Morgan King/Gorgonaut has been ...
2 years ago
Dark Corners Of Role Playing

OSR Review & Commentary On Swords and Super-Science of Xuhlan Campaign Setting By Terje Nordin For The Warriors of the Red Planet Rpg - * "Swords and Super-Science of Xuhlan is a campaign setting for use with the Warriors of the Red Planet Roleplaying Game.* *New character races: Mutant, ...
2 years ago
Horror Blogger Alliance

Okay, this place got a little messed up! - *I need to update the live blog feed below and in my great super-skills deleted it. So I have to fix it, that might take awhile cause I believe you have...
2 years ago
Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings

Classic Rock Artists as D&D Character Classes and Tropes - Which classes would various classic rock artists be? Inspired by a podcast over on Gothridge Manor by Tim and Ivy called "Three Chickens and a Whisk." ...
2 years ago
STUFFER SHACK

Circle of the Moon Druid Magic Item - Looking to enhance a Circle of the Moon Druid, but having a hard time finding a magic item that can do it? Look no further... The post Circle of the Moon...
2 years ago
Beyond the Pale Gate

A Game of What-if Pt 1 - It has always been on my mind, the familial bond between Chainmail and D&D. I have always been entranced by the OSR titles that explore that DNA. I have...
2 years ago
Kaijuville

Where the Wheat Grows Tall zine on Kickstarter - *Gaming Zine Quest Kickstarter post #2: * Where the Wheat Grows Tall is an old-school fantasy adventure for low level characters inspired by Slavic myth....
2 years ago
Graph Paper Games

I moved ages ago, but forgot to tell anyone - I decided to get my own domain name: strangevistas.org and have been posting there for over a year. When Adam at Barking Alien mentioned that he wanted...
2 years ago
The Eye of Joyful Sitting Amongst Friends

The Best of the Journal: The Pettigrew Selections - Mark Pettigrew wrote the delightful swashbuckling role-playing game, Flashing Blades. He also wrote two Tekumel adventures, A Jakallan Intrigue and The Tom...
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A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons

Hamsterish Hoard of Hexes is live! - Today's the day!The day that Hamsterish Hoard of Hexes is live! :D Brought to you by Paolo Greco of Lost Pages (lostpaolo @ Twitter), with lovely art by ...
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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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The Dungeoneering Dad

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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