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TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON

Inuyasha - my latest Anime Obsession - Inuyasha is a manga and anime from the early 2000's. The manga was created by Rumiko Takahashi, the same lady who created one of my long-time guilty p...
3 hours ago
Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets-An oldschool gaming blog….

[New Magic Item] Wand of Whiskers - Wand of Whiskers Wrilk’s eyes gleamed as he saw who entered the tavern.‘You!’ the dwarf roared.One of the trio that spun on his heel.‘Oh no you don’t. For ...
9 hours ago
The Dungeoneering Dad

Crom! Happy Father's Day -
10 hours ago
B/X BLACKRAZOR

M is for Modules - *I missed the April A-Z Blog Challenge this year, so I'm doing my own...in June. This year, I will be posting one post per day discussing my AD&D campaign,...
10 hours ago
Monster Island News

Facing Your Fears: Steps to Stand Strong | Why It’s Okay to Feel Scared and Keep Going - 2 Timothy 4:6-18 paints a vivid picture of Paul’s unwavering courage in the face of trials. He faced opposition from religious leaders, endured mistreat...
13 hours ago
Reviews from R'lyeh

Achtung! Ardennes - Achtung! Cthulhu is the roleplaying game of fast-paced pulp action and Mythos magic published by Modiphius Entertainment. It is pitches the Allied Agents...
14 hours ago
The Grand Tapestry

[Music] Cover of Def Leopard's Photograph - ❤Cover of Def Leopard'sPHOTOGRAPH
15 hours ago
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

This Week in Geek (8-14/06/25) - *"Accomplishments"* In theaters: Wes Anderson dedicated The Phoenician Scheme to his late father-in-law, a bigger-than-life Lebanese engineer who did the ...
16 hours ago
For It Is Man's Number

Netflix And Chill: Straw (2025) - Taraji P. Henson is someone I really like. She's a fantastic acting talent, and I keep wishing that she would get more roles fully deserving of her talen...
20 hours ago
A Storybook World

Thoughts on AI – The Good and the Scary - Hey everyone, I want to share some thoughts today on AI technology, touching on both the exciting possibilities it offers and some of the ethical and sp...
1 day ago
GROGNARDIA

Rich and Creamy - A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that, after so many years of refereeing *Empire of the Petal Throne*, I found myself craving a vanilla fantasy setting...
1 day ago
Tenkar's Tavern

Review - Under Tenkar's Tavern, Levels 1-3 (PWYW OSR Adventurr) - Looking for a short, low-level distraction for your group? Maybe something to run at a gaming convention in a 3 to 4-hour time slot.? Look no further ...
1 day ago
Raven Crowking's Nest

Let’s Convert the Monster Manual: Yeenoghu, Demon Lord of Gnolls - I’ve been asked to convert the original *Monster Manual* in a manner similar to my conversion of the *Fiend Folio*. I am going to do this a bit differ...
1 day ago
Super-DuperToyBox

McFarlane Movie '66 Italian Movie Poster & Robot Batman - I've followed this line of McFarlane action figures for a while now, only recently dipping my toes into it, and really find them appealing. Of particula...
1 day ago
Monsters and Manuals

DMing Styles: Beethoven to the Beatles - Speaking in very broad brushstrokes (where would the fun be otherwise?), there have been two different ways to approach making music in the time since it...
2 days ago
Realms of Chirak

Handheld Gaming Update: ROG Ally X vs. the Switch 2 - Well much has gone on in this weird space of "video game devices you can hold in your hand." In prior posts I talked about my experience with the Asus R...
2 days ago
Halls of the Nephilim

Welcome Campers, Time To Die! - Intro and OverviewCamp Blood is the second part of Bloat Games bloody grindhouse trilogy. Like the first, Bloody Appalachia, it's a stand alone game but fu...
2 days ago
False Machine

“The Map of Five-Times-Five - *The paper was flayed skin. Around its borders were these words; “A map of Signs, like those which show the way to Grace or Down to Damnation, through go...
2 days ago
Swords & Stitchery - Old Time Sewing & Table Top Rpg Blog

Adventures In the Borderlands - OSR Commentary on Barrows & Borderlands - Men & Mutants Rpg From Matthew Tapp - ' Time is broken & the barriers of physics no longer keep past, present, and future apart. Alternative timelines have crossed over into the Borderlands inc...
2 days ago
Tower of the Archmage

Rappan: Black Monastery Yellow Lightning - Session 278 was played on 04/13/25 Morgana, wizard 10 (Rob) Borumar, Triton Thief 11 (Josh) Blotto, Goblin Fighter 8 (Lanse) Nick, Fighter 9 (Me) Koltic, ...
2 days ago
Supergirl Comic Box Commentary

Review: Supergirl #2 (v8) - *Supergirl #2* came out last week and just built on the good will that I felt from the last issue. I find Supergirl such a complex character. It is why I...
2 days ago
From the Sorcerer's Skull

The Ruin of Mogh's Fort - Mogh's fortress is a ruin. Pigs root in the courtyard and roam noisily in his empty halls or drowse in sunbeams beneath a decaying roof. Mogh's once gre...
2 days ago
Expelled Grey Matter

A Bay of Blood (1971) - There are numerous movies that almost fit the slasher genre way before *Halloween *hit the theater. Often *Black Christmas *is cited as one of the earli...
2 days ago
The Armchair Squid

Star Trek: Death Wish - Episode: "Death Wish" Series: *Star Trek: Voyager* Season 2, Episode 18 Original Air Date: February 19, 1996 via Memory Alpha Our heroes encounter Quinn (Ge...
2 days ago
Gizmo's Reviews

#Review - Four Ruined Realms by Mai Corland #Fantasy - *Series:* * The Broken Blades # 2 Format: * *409 pages, Kindle Edition Release Date: January 7, 2025 Publisher: Entangled: Red Tower Books Source: Kin...
2 days ago
Fabled Lands

The world of 2050 - “The ‘gods’ in [Lovecraft’s] tales are symbols of all that lies unknown in the boundless cosmos, and the randomness with which they can intrude violently...
3 days ago
Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

PLANET MOTHERFUCKER IN PRINT - I used my own instructions (*here*) and printed myself a copy of *PLANET MOTHERFUCKER: SATANICO PANDEMONIUM EDITION. * It turned out great! You know it'...
3 days ago
BASTIONLAND

Seerbones - Bastiards of the electric epoch are known for their badly designed dice games, but what about the knights, vassals, and vagabonds of the mythic age? Th...
4 days ago
Stargazer's World

How (Not) To Play D&D 4th Edition in 2025 - In the last few months I really got excited about D&D 4th Edition again. I actually wrote a post about this a couple of weeks ago. After not having run any...
4 days ago
CROSS PLANES

Monster Monday: The Hush for Shadowdark - The Hush for Shadowdark PDF download here. Septimus Odrik, the Necromancer Lord of Haverhill and the author of the Infernemans, a treatise on undeath c...
6 days ago
Tower of Zenopus

The "Barriers" to Old and Out of Print RPGs. - Thought I would put an AD&D PHB cover here didn't you? This post was spurred by a couple of things: 1. A post asking why anyone would choose to pla...
6 days ago
GRUBB STREET

Theatre: Kinetic Bard - * Duel Reality, *Written, Directed & Choreographed by Shana Carroll, Seattle Rep through 22 June. I've talked about Shakespeare-adjacent plays a couple t...
6 days ago
el blog de Victor Santos

- *ENCARGOS DE ALPHA FLIGHT Y EXCALIBUR * * ALPHA FLIGHT & EXCALIBUR COMMISSIONS* ENCARGOS/ COMMISSIONS http://victorsantoscomics.blogspot.com.es/p/pric...
6 days ago
What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...

Daegu One-Shot TTRPG Extravaganza - As I start to type this, the Daegu One-Shot TTRPG Extravaganza is just wrapping up (according to the schedule). I wasn't there today, but yesterday Flynn...
1 week ago
World of Ortix

Mystical Elbow Amulet - new magic Item! - Magical artifact, made from the fractured tip of the Demented Scribe's ulna. - -1 Strength; - +1 Charisma; - Wearer fails all checks and saves w...
1 week ago
Bat in the Attic

The Old School Renaissance - Debates about what the OSR is have been going on since at least the late 2000s. Lately I seen more rounds of discussion on this topic on various forums ...
1 week ago
Elfmaids & Octopi

Minotaurs, the horned headed herd humanoids - *MinotaursAbhuman beast folk Young Minotaur* AC+4 HD 4d12 (26hp) Att Axe d8+2 or Javelin d6+2 or unarmed d4+2 Mov 1...
1 week ago
Beyond Fomalhaut

[ZINE] Echoes From Fomalhaut #13: Isle of the Ascended Ones (NOW AVAILABLE!) - Echoes From Fomalhaut #13 I am pleased to announce the publication of the thirteenth issue of my fanzine, *Echoes From Fomalhaut*, which will hopefully pr...
1 week ago
MINION FACTORY

Purple of Doom! - FVOC #097 - EGGPLANT WIZARD And remember, vegetables are trying to kill you.
1 week ago
Dyson's Dodecahedron

Time to take a break. - I’m going to be logging off from the internet tonight and won’t be back online until the 16th or so. … Continue reading →
1 week ago
Quest for Fun!

Talking to Myself - *AI: *Hey Gary, sounds like things are going well. You mentioned being up 20% last month and 25% year-to-date—that’s some serious growth. Are you feelin...
1 week ago
Gothridge Manor

What to do on a Gaming Break - It's summer again. Well it's supposed to be but with temperatures lingering around 40 it doesn't feel like it. Most summers I take time off. A couple mon...
1 week ago
Havards Blackmoor Blog

The Piazza celebrated its 17th birthday this Weekend! - The Piazza website was created for fans who wanted to discuss the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. 17 years later, the forum is still going on strong! The ...
2 weeks ago
Save Vs. Dragon

New Magic Items: Rings I - Earthwhisperer *Description* This heavy, rough-hewn ring is carved from a single chunk of dark deep-earth schist, with veins of lighter quartz running t...
2 weeks ago
Hidden in Shadows

The Weird, The Wonderful, and The Garbage Pits of Despair - Arneson's works, like his life, is largely obscure to the D&D community. His best known writing credit is no doubt the TSR DA series starting with A*dven...
3 weeks ago
Quag Keep

Dark Tower (1979) - From the back cover: *An Ancient Evil* has overtaken a once holy shrine. Thus, a sleepy mountain hamlet becomes a focal point for mysterious disappear...
3 weeks 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 weeks ago
Krell Laboratories

Hide Me Among the Graves - *"And mother, when the big tears fall, (And fall, God knows, they may) Tell him I died of my great love And my dying heart was gay. And mother dea...
4 weeks ago
Akratic Wizardry

OSRIC the Third - The wise sages at Mythmere Games are hard at work on the third version of *OSRIC* (“Old School Reference and Index Compilation”). You can support this proj...
5 weeks ago
Akratic Wizardry

OSRIC the Third - The wise sages at Mythmere Games are hard at work on the third version of *OSRIC* (“Old School Reference and Index Compilation”). You can support this proj...
5 weeks 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...
1 month ago
The Ongoing Campaign

[Obscure Games] Rolemaster - Originally published as an alternative combat system for *Dungeons & Dragons*, followed up by an alternative magic system and finally an alternative ch...
1 month ago
The Troll Dens

State of the Trolls: April '25 -
1 month ago
Batgirl - Mera - Batwoman

Birds Of Prey #9 - *Birds Of Prey #9* *Variant Cover Artwork by Ejikure*
2 months ago
Roles, Rules, and Rolls

The Next 52 (26?) Pages - As promised, here is the pdf of the first 26 of the Next 52 pages. It's an expansion to my preferred homebrew adventure game system that, like the Expert...
2 months ago
Adventures in Gaming v2

Adventures in the Three Kingdoms - A while back I worked up a combined, modified map, based on three old-school *Heritage Dwarfstar* mini-game maps from *Barbarian Prince*, *Goblin*, and ...
2 months ago
Blog of Holding

Distances in the 2024 Monster Manual - As a d20 monster designer, a question I often have is “how D&D is this distance?” D&D has certain speeds, distances, and ranges that it likes more than oth...
2 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 ...
2 months ago
Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness

Pure Ruby -
2 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...
3 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...
3 months ago
Daddy Rolled a 1

Warring States: A Mini Setting for Old-School Fantasy RPGs - This is another "mini-setting" that I posted as a series of graphic images on Twitter and Instagram just about a year and a half ago, but thought it was ...
3 months ago
About Bruce Heard and New Stories

D&D Class: The Cryptreaver - BBC, Tales of the Old Bailey (unknown artist)This derivative of the *D&D BECMI* thief class describes a specialized tomb robber and somewhat of a scaveng...
3 months ago
Servitor Ludi

The New Game: Completed - With huge apologies to anyone out there who has been waiting for this, I'd like to bring to a close the *TenStones* Glass Bead Game that I started in *Dec...
3 months ago
Lasgunpacker

Beta Strike - This weekend past, I had the chance to play Alpha strike again with P, this time to celebrate the completion of his new hobby and gaming shed. It is har...
4 months ago
The Wasted Lands

Alignment in O.G.R.E.S. Addendum - Additional Thoughts on Alignment In case you all haven't seen it, Tim Brannan has been doing a super fun exercise with the O.G.R.E.S. games over on his Th...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 months ago
There's more to Oz than the Yellow Brick Road

Another Year Gone - Hello 2025! I'm a little disappointed, since I did not achieve my New Year's Resolutions for 2024. My main resolution was to run a campaign. Specifical...
5 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...
5 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...
5 months ago
The Cryptic Archivist

New English Rule Book for Star Trek: The Invasion of Klingon Empire - Get the Rule Book on BoardGameGeek.com *Star Trek: The Invasion of Klingon Empire *(Tsukuda Hobby, 1982) Scott Muldoon and I have completed our English tran...
5 months ago
Literalchemy

Knight in the Ruins of the End [S1.11] - Gertrude opened her eyes. She felt something soft and plush between her legs. Dim illumination filtered from under the door, and when she began to move ...
5 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...
6 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...
9 months ago
The Semi-Retired Gamer

Monster Entries Inspired by Dragonbane - As I compile information for my fantasy setting into a document for tabletop use, I find inspiration in the *Dragonbane* Bestiary entries. Instead of mer...
9 months 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...
9 months 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...
1 year ago
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms

A Short Update - Nothing new to share in terms of D&D stuff, but I have to say I've been a little more productive on another project now that all social media sites are u...
1 year ago
Forgotten Realms Campaigns

Sexy Goblins? - Not sure how I feel about this...
2 years 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 ...
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...
2 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...
2 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.
2 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...
3 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. ...
3 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...
5 years ago
Mesmerized by Sirens

PARCHMENTS FROM THE CATACOMB! - My new project is hosted at the following *LINK*
5 years ago
Horror Blogger Alliance

Howlin' Wolf Records presents "BETTER WATCH OUT" and a few more to complete your Holiday! - One more score in the end of the year... Howlin' Wolf Records presents "BETTER WATCH OUT" music by Brian Cachia. BETTER WATCH OUT is a horror/dark comed...
5 years ago
Thac0 forever!

The Infernals - Soooo,the beholder ended up sucking to the point where I don't even want to post pics until I paint it again. However, work has been a bit light this week ...
5 years ago
Kaijuville

Still here, part 2 - As mentioned in Part 1, I've been posting more elsewhere and I need to refresh this neglected blog. Along with more gaming content, I want to update the H...
5 years ago
Graph Paper Games

Mine Playset Finished - Boy, it feels good to see a project through to completion. The color scheme looks really good. It was a good first run, especially in getting an idea...
5 years ago
Strange Magic

The Hanging Cage - This is a pair of short encounters for use with Basic Dungeons & Dragons although it can be used with other editions and game systems without much extra wo...
5 years ago
Teach Game Design

Another way for Udemy to screw things up - Udemy now expires all free coupons older than 30 days. This is to prevent "coupon abuse", though they don't say what that actually is. It's in Udemy's inte...
6 years ago
Spirit of the Blank

[DFAE] Ace Squadron's Aces - [image: Related image] The ships of Ace Squadron, which consists of "aces," all have the word "Ace" in their names. I'm not sure if this is confusing or j...
6 years ago
Ruminations of a Geek

Thinking out loud about Procedural Generation - DunGen has been around awhile now. The theming tags are a success in making the kind of rooms & monsters used make sense together when applied, but the ran...
6 years ago
Dark Corners Of Role Playing

A Pipeful Of Trouble Adventure By Bret James Stewart From D-oom Products For Labyrinth Lord Or Your Old School Campaigns - "All is not well in Brierfield. The idyllic halfling village has fallen prey to unknown bandits and marauders. These peaceful victims of shattered loves ...
6 years ago
The Eye of Joyful Sitting Amongst Friends

The G+ Apocalypse - This is where to find me after the fall of the G+ empire. Facebook https://m.facebook.com/brett.slocum Blog Https://joyfulsitting.blogspot.com The Tekumel ...
6 years ago
House of Self-Indulgence

The Amateurs (Usama Alshaibi, 2003) - I don't remember François Truffaut or Karen Finley being mentioned in any of Ed Powers' depressing Dirty Debutantes movies. But then again, I haven't ...
6 years ago
Beyond the Pale Gate

Lost in Translation - the Fighting-Man - I've been pondering a lot lately about the LBB fighting-man. No shock there. I have several posts in draft form that I'm working on addressing this. Hopefu...
6 years ago
A Paladin In Citadel

The Fantasy Trip Kickstarter: A Good Deal? - After 35 years, Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson Games has finally re-acquired the rights to The Fantasy Trip, the tactical fantasy combat and light rolepl...
6 years ago
Sword+1

Hirelings for my Barrowmaze campaign - I have been creating a random generation spreadsheet for hirelings for my new Barrowmaze campaign, which is set in my Japan-like setting called Oyashima. ...
7 years ago
Beyond the Black Gate

Adventure Lookup - This looks like a handy resource : AdventureLookup.com Looks like more than 200 1e/B/x/osr adventures in the database so far. Should come in handy next tim...
7 years ago
Rended Press

Lasers & Feelings & Assorted L&F Mods - *THIS LIST IS NO LONGER UPDATED AS OF 2022-10-18* *I have a soft spot in my heart for Lasers & Feelings. I use it in my Digital Narratives class to introdu...
7 years ago
Ostensible Cat

A little playing around - So, I've been going through some of my older work and giving it the colour treatment. Daisey does most of my colour work but I do like to play around with ...
8 years ago
Murky Murky: Roleplaying Advice and Fiction

Full-Armor Alexa and more fiction excerpts! - More Alexa concept art, this time regarding the heavier armor that she brings along when she knows she will need it. At first, I was really in love wit...
8 years ago
Dynasty Zero

Vikings on my Mind - Crap. I'm doing it again. I can never focus long enough on one campaign idea to get any meaningful work done on it. A couple of months ago it was *White ...
8 years 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...
9 years ago
Secrets of the Shadowend

Monster/Adventure: Apisastes [S&W] [5e] - I'm experimenting with dual-stat blocks for monsters. This is a first draft, so expect changes and feedback is strongly desired. *Update: Revised stat block...
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