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  • Roll for Initiative (05/25/2013)(02/10/2016)
  • Wobblies & Wizards (07/16//2022)
  • Greycast (World of Greyhawk) (08/15/2022)
  • Monster Movie Fun Time Go! (10/01/2022)
  • Raven Wulfgar (01/21/2023)
  • Geek and Greet (05/02/2023)
  • GREYHAWK - Special Guest: Timothy Brannan on Gabbin #323; Witches & More! (10/21/2024)
    • And on his Twitch channel
  • Tabeltop Weekly: #16 - The lost TSR game, R.I.P.


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  • Tower of Zenopus
    Valiant Swords of Greyhawk: Session 14 - The Bandit Tower - *Our Her**oes:* - *Braeden (Human Ranger)played by Battletech Terry* - *Sir Kentor (Human Paladin) played by Paladin Steve* - *Sir Lantor (Human...
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  • GROGNARDIA
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  • From the Sorcerer's Skull
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    8 hours ago
  • BASTIONLAND
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    9 hours ago
  • What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...
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    10 hours ago
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    11 hours ago
  • Expelled Grey Matter
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    11 hours ago
  • Tenkar's Tavern
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    15 hours ago
  • Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque
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    15 hours ago
  • Monsters and Manuals
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    1 day ago
  • The Armchair Squid
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    1 day ago
  • Reviews from R'lyeh
    Companion Chronicles #21: An Arthurian Gaggle of NPCs - Much like the Miskatonic Repository for Call of Cthulhu, Seventh Edition and the Jonstown Compendium for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha, The Companion...
    2 days ago
  • Dyson's Dodecahedron
    The Lantern Crypt - A burial site turned into a hiding place for forbidden knowledge, the lantern vault was consecrated to a god of … Continue reading →
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    2 days ago
  • el blog de Victor Santos
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  • Gizmo's Reviews
    #Review - Silver and Lead by Seanan McGuire #Urban #Fantasy - *Series:* * October Daye # 19 Format: Hardcover, 400 pages* * Release Date: September 30, 2025Publisher: Tor Books Source: PublisherGenre: Urban Fantasy...
    2 days ago
  • The Dungeoneering Dad
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    3 days ago
  • Gothridge Manor
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    3 days ago
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    3 days ago
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    3 days ago
  • Halls of the Nephilim
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    4 days ago
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    5 days ago
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    5 days ago
  • MINION FACTORY
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    5 days ago
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    5 days ago
  • B/X BLACKRAZOR
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    1 week ago
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  • TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON
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    1 week ago
  • Bat in the Attic
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    1 week ago
  • False Machine
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  • Adventures in Gaming v2
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    2 weeks ago
  • The Cryptic Archivist
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    2 weeks ago
  • Lasgunpacker
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    2 weeks ago
  • Roles, Rules, and Rolls
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    2 weeks ago
  • Super-DuperToyBox
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    2 weeks ago
  • GRUBB STREET
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    3 weeks ago
  • World of Ortix
    Egua, God of Eyeballs - - Minor deity, worshiped in many small fisherman settlements; - Accepts various eyeballs as offering, especially fond of those belonging to l...
    3 weeks ago
  • The Ongoing Campaign
    [Archival] Mandragora: The Mandrake March - I haven't posted about it in about 8 or 9 years now, but Scott Driver, known for settings like the World of Thool, had briefly outlined one of the more i...
    3 weeks ago
  • Krell Laboratories
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    3 weeks ago
  • A Paladin In Citadel
    Appendix N: September 2025 Edition - It's long-since-past the time that this Appendix N list needed to be updated. Several additional books have been added to the collection, including s...
    4 weeks ago
  • Stargazer's World
    RPG a Day 2025 Day 31: Reward - So, we come to the end of RPG a Day 2025. Allow me to get a little sentimental. I’ve been participating in RPG a Day for 11 years, and this process has bee...
    4 weeks ago
  • Ostensible Cat
    Take Stock of my Stock Art :) - Sorry for the really bad pun. OK, not really. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I've got things up and running with both my Ko-fi and DriveThruRPG shop...
    4 weeks ago
  • Akratic Wizardry
    Against the Starmaster: Playtest materials available - I thought that I would mention that there is a space opera version of *Against the Darkmaster* coming out. It’s called (somewhat unsurprisingly) *Against ...
    5 weeks ago
  • Akratic Wizardry
    Against the Starmaster: Playtest materials available - I thought that I would mention that there is a space opera version of *Against the Darkmaster* coming out. It’s called (somewhat unsurprisingly) *Against ...
    5 weeks ago
  • Literalchemy
    The Solstice War: How It Would’ve Gone, Part 1 - So! In 2013 I started The Solstice War, the beginning of my webnovel journey. I am going to be honest and say I’m a little bit embarrassed about it looking...
    5 weeks ago
  • Havards Blackmoor Blog
    The MN Gathering 2025 - The MN Gathering 2025 is the annual meetup of Minnesota Gamers, including several of the original Blackmoor Bunch.This year the event took place last ...
    5 weeks ago
  • CROSS PLANES
    Tuesday Terrors: Xenomorph for Shadowdark - Xenomporph for Shadowdark *"Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility."**-- Ash, regarding The Alien (from Alien)*...
    1 month ago
  • Blog of Holding
    where are psionics from? - A kind of crazy in-game explanation for D&D psionics occurred to me. I haven’t seen it before so I figured I’d share it. The canonical explanation for psio...
    1 month ago
  • Quest for Fun!
    Last Man Standing: Life at the Bottom of the Retail Funnel - In roleplaying games there is the funnel. You throw a bunch of zero level townsfolk into a meat grinder and see who crawls out. The survivors become hero...
    1 month ago
  • About Bruce Heard and New Stories
    WWII Aviation Industry Part 4 - This article has been more of a whopper after having had a look at French and British wartime industries (click here for *France* or *Britain*). I posted...
    1 month ago
  • Beyond Fomalhaut
    [BLOG] News on the March! Episode X. - This post continues the series of brief play reports I have been posting on Discord. This does not cover every single session (sometimes, recon and setup...
    1 month ago
  • Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword
    Sonja Reborn - New Series...yay... - "In a contest to decide the fate of the world, the ancient (and codependent) gods The Light and The Dark transport Maggie Sutherland, a young Bri...
    1 month ago
  • Hidden in Shadows
    The First Dungeon Crawl in History - Mapping a Lost Session Report, Part II - Today detailed reports from game sessions are common. Until recently, some of the oldest I knew of were to be found in Alarums & Excursions, but only ra...
    2 months ago
  • Mesmerized by Sirens
    The Crypt of Atan-Thu - I was one of the first backers for this adventure. It looks so promising! Kickstarter ends on 26th August. Check it out at the following link: htt...
    2 months ago
  • Beyond the Pale Gate
    Ground Zero - This is where it begins, my "journey" with One D&D. I don't care for that name, so I will be using D&D 2024, or when the context is understood, simply 2...
    2 months ago
  • Dynasty Zero
    White Box Cyclopedia - I finally had a chance to sit down and take a closer look at James Spahn's *White Box Cyclopedia*. I haven't done a thorough read through yet but I did d...
    2 months ago
  • Coins and Scrolls
    Pulp: Adventure Location: Trindade & Martim Vaz - History is fractally interesting. Start examine any event, or following any citation, and interesting facts emerge. But some places, for whatever reason,...
    4 months ago
  • In Places Deep
    Cringe Ye Be Lest Cringe Ye Become: A Nightwick Miscelany - Here's some random stuff from the long running Nightwick campaigns that doesn't really fit in the book and doesn't really have a coherent enough theme...
    4 months ago
  • Batgirl - Mera - Batwoman
    Birds Of Prey #9 - *Birds Of Prey #9* *Variant Cover Artwork by Ejikure*
    5 months ago
  • Pulsipher Game Design
    A "special" review of my book "Game Design," with a twist (the book is NOT the point) - A special book “review” of my book Game Design [ Note. This was submitted as a column for “Worlds of Design” on enworld.org. I’ve written more than 200 ...
    6 months ago
  • Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness
    Pure Ruby -
    6 months ago
  • Trollsmyth
    Lexicon of Klarkash-Ton, Hierophant of Atlantis: Lupanar - This time, we follow the good High Priest to the far future, to the final continent of Earth, Zothique, for a a tale of ennui and love: Morthylla. Witho...
    6 months ago
  • Worlds in a Handful of Dice
    Vampire: The Masquerade 1st Edition, Year Two - Some years ago, I read through all of Vampire: The Masquerade 1st Edition. I covered the products from 1991 in a pair of posts and then kept up the posting...
    6 months ago
  • Servitor Ludi
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    7 months ago
  • The Wasted Lands
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    8 months ago
  • The Disoriented Ranger
    DM Style Questionnaire: What are you playing like? - *Hey folks. Quick little post here since I had a discussion with a good friend about the different types of rpg out there and what that means (please tra...
    8 months ago
  • Once More Unto the Breach!
    Forever unto the breach, dear friends... - Sorry, I haven't been around. But it's for all the right reasons. My roleplaying card is constantly filled, these days. I started Once More Unto the Brea...
    8 months ago
  • Elf Lair Games
    Reminder: We have MOVED! - Just a quick reminder, folks! The official Elf Lair Games blog has merged with my Wasted Lands fantasy blog. If you're following us, we can now be found...
    8 months ago
  • Forgotten Runes
    2024 Kickstarters - My annual update of the status of the Kickstarters I have backed. No new additions to the wall of shame and "Lady Ingrade" actually posted a draft in No...
    8 months ago
  • Ramblings of a Great Khan
    2024 Retrospective - A pic I thought was cool on FB, just to grab attention. I didn't do much of anything in 2024. My health took a nose dive this past year, although, looki...
    8 months ago
  • Carjacked Seraphim
    Kanoodle as In-Game Puzzle - Part 1 - For a very long time, I've been interested in integrating real puzzles into my tabletop games. I know that some folks prefer to keep character skills separ...
    9 months ago
  • The House of Little Fears
    Favorite Child - As much as I love Streets of Bedlam, Wyrd is Bond, Normal, Texas, and all the other worlds I’ve created over the years, Little Fears remains my favorite ch...
    1 year ago
  • The Semi-Retired Gamer
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    1 year ago
  • Armchair Gamer
    More Moria - Thanks to Free League's Moria: Through the Doors of Durin sourcebook for their Lord of the Rings RPG The One Ring, we have an updated & official map, guid...
    1 year ago
  • The Savage AfterWorld
    The Savage AfterWorld -- From Gaming Blog To Publishing House - Although The Savage AfterWorld (TSAW, for short) has fallen silent for a while, it's never gone away. Folks still stop by to read old reviews of different ...
    1 year ago
  • HeroPress
    Gwenevere (2023) - Poster by Sarah McIntyreBanished from Camelot, Queen Gwenevere (Laura Frances Martin) must travel across wild country to the abbey where she is to live out...
    1 year ago
  • Katie Salidas
    Shout out to My MMA coach and my youngest kiddo for this amazing new book -
    1 year ago
  • JAMES MISHLER GAMES
    [Now Available] Hawkmoor Geographica -- A Shadowdark Campaign Setting - *Hawkmoor Geographica* *Designed for use with the Shadowdark RPG* *By James Mishler and Jodi Moran-Mishler* *Hawkmoor Geographica* describes the geography o...
    2 years ago
  • Forgotten Realms Campaigns
    Sexy Goblins? - Not sure how I feel about this...
    2 years ago
  • Dr. Theda's Crypt
    Almost Time !!! - Only Two ,ore Weeka... Ans it will be Gallow'een
    2 years 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...
    3 years 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...
    3 years 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.
    3 years 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...
    3 years 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...
    3 years 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...
    3 years 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...
    4 years 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. ...
    4 years 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...
    4 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 ...
    4 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." ...
    4 years ago
  • A Very Creepy Blog
    NIghtmare #20 - Sebastian Boada provides the cover for this issue of Nightmare, cover dated August 1974. We start with the one page "Horror Fragments: The Demon Whale" by ...
    5 years ago
  • STUFFER SHACK
    The Kickstarter has Funded! - Our first Kickstarter has funded in the first day. Pretty pumped! Some of you reading this have already received some version of these accessories in the...
    5 years ago
  • Billy Goes to Mordor
    Call of Cthulhu 9: the Wolf Within! - The Clue January 27th, following up on clues from Session 8, the investigators traveled North to the village of Lesser Edale in Derbyshire to investigate...
    5 years ago
  • I Fly By Night - clash bowley's blog
    Blood Games 4 Bestiary - We are currently working on the Blood Games 4 Bestiary. We are completely revamping it. I just essentially copied the original bestiary when I came out sit...
    5 years ago
  • BACK TO THE DUNGEON!
    Reevaluating My RPG Gamer (NON) Life - CAUTION LANGUAGE! *After the 4E Apocalypse and the OSR* Well my old group from back in 2006-2009, well some of the people started to suck and make it n...
    5 years ago
  • Troll and Flame
    VR Digital Table Top - Been lot of OSR / Nostalgia posts here recently. Just to show I'm also hip to new fangled things too. Virtual Reality isn't as smooth and effortless as oth...
    5 years ago
  • Armor Goes Clank!
    Armor Goes Clank 018 February 5, 2020 (I Don't Know What This Andorra Country Here Is) (55:45) - Brian pretends he's an expert on the Ottoman Empire, both hosts talk about their favorite video games of the 1990s, and Mark lays some Man from Taured know...
    5 years ago
  • Sorcery & Super Science!
    More Arden Vul Art - Another great piece from Del, this one's the Forum of Set: a place that the PCs may spend quite a bit of time within.
    5 years ago
  • Heroes & Other Worlds
    Not Necromancy... - I am indeed alive! AN incredibly busy year of travel just got more crazy as the year ended. In between I continued to work and play-test a different mag...
    5 years ago
  • Geekerati
    [From the Archives] Episode 24: An Interview with Jeff Mariotte and a Discussion of Vampires and Other Things that Prefer the Night - On October 15, 2007, Jeff Mariotte visited our show for a short 15-minute interview that helped us kick off a conversation about Vampire movies and televis...
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