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  • Quest for Fun!
    Crumbling Pyramids - There's a retail inventory concept of the product pyramid. The pyramid is a collection of products, in which a small number of top sellers at the top sup...
    28 minutes ago
  • Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness
    180 Likes From My Facebook Dune Group So Far For This Caption - DUNE is coming out this Friday. Go see it and return to discuss. Another fellow cat caption person did the following. What have I started again?
    54 minutes ago
  • Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets-An oldschool gaming blog….
    [New Monster] Hunters of the Cursed - Hunters of the Cursed ‘Will you lose that necklace somewhere?’ Murgi pleaded with Guvno. ‘I wish that I could, this cursed thing is making my spells go awr...
    2 hours ago
  • HeroPress
    Weird Wednesday... -
    3 hours ago
  • Fabled Lands
    A big thank you to Polish gamebook readers - I wrote *Heart of Ice* nearly thirty years ago, and it's still my own favourite of all my gamebooks. So it was really wonderful to hear that the Polish e...
    4 hours ago
  • Quag Keep
    White Wolf - A World of Darkness (Second Edition) -
    4 hours ago
  • The Troll Dens
    Word of the Day -- Batten - This one came to me today in an email and I realized I really like this word. Usually I do some digging, and I also keep a list of words that I want to ...
    5 hours ago
  • Supergirl Comic Box Commentary
    Review: Challenge of the Super Sons #7 - *Challenge of the Super Sons #7* came out last week and ended the mini-series. I am sad to see it finish. I don't know if these are the best stories. But...
    5 hours ago
  • Being Retro
    "FEAR STREET: PART THREE [1666]"... Scare Scores and the Countdown to October 31, 2021 - ------------------------- I am everywhere: *TWITTER*, *FACEBOOK*, *HWR: SIX STRINGS MAGAZINE* and *HBA [HORROR SITES]*. Last visit MY T-SHIRTS STORE at *...
    6 hours ago
  • From the Sorcerer's Skull
    Wednesday Comics: DC, January 1980 (wk 2, pt 1) - My goal: read DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to *Crisis*! This week, I'm looking at the comics at newsstands around October 23, 1980. *...
    6 hours ago
  • Siskoid's Blog of Geekery
    Buck Rogers #20: Buck's Duel to the Death - *"You're the man who's lived 500 years, and is about to die in seconds."* *WHAT'S UP, BUCK?:* Buck is the Chosen One prophesied to end a tyrant's rule. *...
    8 hours ago
  • Shon Richards || Erotiterrorist
    Fiction: Take Your Due - “Greetings mortals, it is I, Suckubeth, that beautiful chick who really loves dicks. And also pussy. Well, whatever you have down there, I am down to fuck ...
    8 hours ago
  • For It Is Man's Number
    Prime Time: Route 666 (2001) - Between the late ‘90s and early 2000s, a lot of movies limped through to VHS as DVD was taking over as the main home entertainment format of choice. They...
    11 hours ago
  • Swords & Stitchery - Old Time Sewing & Table Top Rpg Blog
    OSR Review & Commentary On 'The Anatomical Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors' From Petersen Games by Luis Merlo - " What is the deep one skeletal structure? How does the byakhee hune organ allow them to travel through interstellar space? What organs and biological mate...
    12 hours ago
  • The Armchair Squid
    Squid Cooks: Gazpacho - My wife does 99% of the cooking at our house and that's probably an underestimate. She's really good at it and she finds it therapeutic at the end of th...
    12 hours ago
  • GROGNARDIA
    Retrospective: Dungeons & Dragons Master Rules - Over the years I've written this blog, I've been a consistent critic of what I call "kiddie *D&D*" – my name for the version of the game developed by Fra...
    13 hours ago
  • Gizmo's Reviews
    #Review - The Ice Coven (Jessica Niemi #2) by Max Seeck #Mysery #Suspense - *Series:* * Jessica Niemi # 1Format: Paperback, 464 pagesRelease Date: September 28, 2021Publisher: Berkley BooksSource: PublisherGenre: Mystery / Occ...
    13 hours ago
  • Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque
    The Canopic Being - I've been running the adventures in *Candlekeep Mysteries* lightly reskinned for my Krevborna setting. The characters are all employed as members of Cree...
    14 hours ago
  • Tenkar's Tavern
    Astral Virtual Table Top to Cease Active Development - Cites Competitive Landscape in Near Future as a Reason - There are certainly a large number of Virtual Table Tops in the market right now. The big two are likely *Roll20* and *Fantasy Grounds*, with *Foundry* a...
    17 hours ago
  • Halls of the Nephilim
    Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League! - Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is an upcoming gaming that lets you take the roles of King Shark, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and Captain Boomerang and...
    17 hours ago
  • Dyson's Dodecahedron
    Beneath the Temple of Sinakad - Two long ramps descend from the ruined temple of Sinakad in the hills above the city. Here the damage from … Continue reading →
    20 hours ago
  • Expelled Grey Matter
    The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1972) - *The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave *is one of those movies I have been wanting to see for a long time. I originally had it on a cheap horror box s...
    20 hours ago
  • Monsters and Manuals
    I Have a Dream - As Pharoah came to Joseph, I call upon the nascent dream interpreters of the OSR blogosphere to tell me the meaning of the dream I had last night. (There...
    21 hours ago
  • MONSTER BRAINS
    Niki de Saint Phalle - La Force XI, 1990 - [image: Niki de Saint Phalle - La Force XI, 1990] There are a few documentaries on Niki on youtube, "Niki de Saint Phalle Instrospections and Reflections" ...
    22 hours ago
  • B/X BLACKRAZOR
    Changing Seasons - The family *Blood Bowl *season ended over the weekend, with my boy's wood elves triumphing over the ork team (me) 4-3. He beat me fair and square despite ...
    1 day ago
  • BASTIONLAND
    Starter Packages - I'm obliged to remind you that there are just a few days left to back *Into the Odd Remastered* on Kickstarter. And I can get away with such rampant mark...
    1 day ago
  • Armor Goes Clank!
    Armor Goes Clank 030 October 19, 2021 (In Terms Of Comic Sales) (1:00:33) - Heroes and monsters and spies oh, my! -- Download mp3 (32.2 MB) *Show links* - Virginia Hall - Marvel Phase I - Ground Effect Vehicle - Casp...
    1 day ago
  • Super-DuperToyBox
    MOTU Origins Battlefield Warriors Battle Armor He-Man & Battle Cat - It was a long time looking, but I finally got ahold of the new Target exclusive Battlefield Warriors Battle Armor He-Man and Battle Cat last weekend. Bas...
    1 day ago
  • Save Vs. Dragon
    And it shall be known as the Creature Cache! - In order to keep the books separate as entities (since the content is different) but still tie them together, Welbo helped me rename the new collection o...
    1 day ago
  • Realms of Chirak
    The Nitty Gritty of Game Collecting (and Balancing the collector with the gamer) - I've been rebuilding my D&D 3.5 collection for almost a year now, and it's looking pretty robust. Almost 80% of the collection as I remembered it....the...
    1 day ago
  • False Machine
    A Review of 'The Corner That Held Them' by Sylvia Townsend-Warner - Why did I read this book about nuns by a communist lesbian and why did I like it? I can answer one of those questions, the other I can "explore" First o...
    2 days ago
  • Reviews from R'lyeh
    Petrarchy - For fans of Tales from the Loop – Roleplaying in the '80s That Never Was and Things from the Flood, the roleplaying games based on the paintings of Simon ...
    2 days ago
  • TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON
    Finally - Betrayal at House of The Hill - Around three years ago just when I was getting ready to move to a new town, I only had free antenna TV for several weeks. It was on one of those cha...
    2 days ago
  • Trollsmyth
    Why Travel to the Grand City of Epic Grandness? - A black magic black market where you can get things you can't get anywhere else. The Running of the Gorgons. Win Fame and Fortune in the Arena...
    2 days ago
  • Krell Laboratories
    Going Ape - I must have been in a bad mood when I saw *Kong: Skull Island* (2017, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts) when it was in theaters because I didn't like it v...
    3 days ago
  • Tower of Zenopus
    Something Funny Saturday -
    4 days ago
  • Tower of the Archmage
    Off to a wedding! - It isn't every day that 2 of your players get married, but today happens to be one of those rare and lucky days. In fact, as this post goes live, the cer...
    4 days ago
  • Lasgunpacker
    Dreadtober 2021 - Alaitoc Eldar Wraithlord part 2 - As mentioned last time, I am working on a Wraithlord (an Eldar Dreadnaught) as a way to expand my Alaitoc army, and also conveniently to get some hobby ...
    4 days ago
  • Akratic Wizardry
    Kiwi Gandalf - News from Middle-earth: "New Zealand council ends contract with wizard after two decades of service" "The official Wizard of New Zealand, perhaps the on...
    4 days ago
  • Adventures in Gaming v2
    [Now Available] Monstrous Miscellany #02 for Labyrinth Lord - *Monstrous Miscellany #02By James Mishler and Jodi Moran-MishlerCompatible with Labyrinth Lord* *Monstrous Miscellany #02* is a collection of four new mo...
    4 days ago
  • JAMES MISHLER GAMES
    [Now Available] Monstrous Miscellany #02 for Labyrinth Lord - *Monstrous Miscellany #02By James Mishler and Jodi Moran-MishlerCompatible with Labyrinth Lord* *Monstrous Miscellany #02* is a collection of four new mo...
    4 days ago
  • GRUBB STREET
    The Delayed Re-Opening of the Political Desk - So, the ballots have shipped, the media recommendations are trickling in, and we are looking at another election. And you're going to have to wait a whi...
    4 days ago
  • MINION FACTORY
    Monster Buddies! - MONSTER BUDDIES CREACH BUDDY DRAC BUDDY FRANKEN BUDDY FRANKEN VIXEN BUDDY GHOST BUDDY INVADER BUDDY MR. BONES BUDDY MUMMY BUDDY ...
    5 days ago
  • Once More Unto the Breach!
    Diggy Diggy Hole! - Careful...this *will *get stuck in your head for days!
    5 days ago
  • The Semi-Retired Gamer
    [Fan Film Friday] BELIAL (a Basket Case Fan Film) - The Basket Case series were low budget entries into the horror genre. Belial is a fan film shot in a very similar looking fashion to the original films.
    5 days ago
  • el blog de Victor Santos
    - *INKTOBER 2021 (DÍAS 8-14) * *INKTOBER 2021 (DAYS 8-14)* El Inktober de este año es un homenaje a los Masters del Universo (MOTU) y sus diferente...
    5 days ago
  • Elfmaids & Octopi
    Leveling Up In Post Apoc Games - So in my Broken Hill Game which now I have been running several years with lots of groups and I thought I would share som...
    6 days ago
  • Monster Island News
    New In The Store This Week: Saga, Walking Dead, Supergirl, Vampirella and More - *Astonishing X-Men #6 December 2004 Marvel Comics Grade Fine* *HOT BOOK!* - 1st Appearance Abigail Brand & S.W.O.R.D. from Wandavision $41.99 - Shop Here...
    6 days ago
  • Dragons Never Forget
    Dungeons, and Walmart, and LJN? part 1 - The other day I was walking through my local Walmart when I saw this: It’s been a long time since we saw Dungeons & Dragons books inside a store like Walma...
    1 week ago
  • What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...
    Good Press - I was curious about why my Chanbara sales have suddenly been much stronger than before, and I think it may have something to do with Ynas Midgard's post ...
    1 week 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 week ago
  • Beyond Fomalhaut
    [ZINE] Echoes From Fomalhaut #09 (NOW AVAILABLE!) - Beyond the Gates of SorrowI am pleased to announce the publication of the ninth issue of my fanzine, *Echoes From Fomalhaut.* This is a 56-page zine dedi...
    1 week ago
  • Literalchemy
    Bury Your Love At Goryk’s Gorge [8.4] - “Gamer, your risible thighs have once again violated the threshold of my station.” “Then move your chair farther away! I have less legroom here than you do...
    1 week ago
  • The Wasted Lands
    Star Wars and Me: Re-Watching The Force Awakens - Let me preface this by saying if you hated the Prequels or Sequels I don't care and I don't want to hear from you about it. Kindly scroll on past. If yo...
    1 week ago
  • Raven Crowking's Nest
    Empire of the Cyclops Con Submitted Events - It's all fun and games until someone loses an..... ......Never mind. It's all fun and games! *EDIT:* I have been told that finding these games on the T...
    1 week ago
  • In Places Deep
    Running Nightwick on Start Playing - *Art by Chris Huth* Starting next Thursday, I'm going to be running my world famous megadungeon Nightwick Abbey on Start Playing. If you want to try OSE...
    1 week ago
  • Coins and Scrolls
    Film Notes: Old Dark Houses - *Magical Murder Mansion* is today's (2021/10/07) DriveThruRPG Deal of the Day. I don't usually do sales but it is October, the month of creaking mansions...
    1 week ago
  • CROSS PLANES
    Halloween Treat: Witchfinder Major Exeter Ambergris IX for Lamentations of the Flame Princess - *Witchfinder Major Exeter Ambergris IX **for **Lamentations of the Flame Princess* Armor 15, Movement 35’, 6 Hit Die, three attacks with blade 1d8+2 or...
    2 weeks ago
  • A Storybook World
    Autumn in the PNW -
    2 weeks ago
  • Blog of Holding
    A5E Kickstarter live! Go back it! - Level Up: Advanced 5E, the project I’ve been working on for a year, is now live on Kickstarter! (Funded in 18 minutes!) Go back it immediately! Let me tell...
    2 weeks ago
  • Worlds in a Handful of Dice
    Grim Noir Out Now! - Northern Realms, best known for their Bronze Age fantasy game Bliaron, has released another game. This time, it is the long-waited Grim Noir, a GUMSHOE-bas...
    2 weeks ago
  • The Disoriented Ranger
    The Monkey Business Ruin Generator in Action (Part 1: Basic Results & 1st Area) - *So a good friend of mine recently informed me that the Ruin Generator I provided in *Monkey Business* (that OSR module I wrote) had no merit at all. The...
    2 weeks ago
  • Havards Blackmoor Blog
    - Dave Arneson Game Day 2021
    2 weeks ago
  • Against The Wicked City
    Magic bags and the things inside them - I've always thought that Aeolus's bag of wind from *The Odyssey *would be a great item for a D&D campaign. It's a bag with a wind inside it: point it in ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Batgirl - Mera - Batwoman
    Batwoman In Urban Legends - *Urban Legends #8* *(October, 2021)* *Back Cover* *Batwoman and Orphan* *Kate Kane and Beth Kane* *Artwork by Vasco Georgiev*
    3 weeks ago
  • Genius Loci Games
    Unboxing the Dungeon in a Box - Dungeon in a Box is a monthly subscription-based loot-crate-style offering. The difference is everything in the box relates to the box’s adventure. Every...
    3 weeks ago
  • The Grand Tapestry
    Two Week Makeup Kiss: Anchor Podcast Up - https://anchor.fm/kyrinn-s-eis/episodes/Recap-and-further-in-Lt--Ioqs-strange-journey-e17oavj
    3 weeks ago
  • The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms
    Last-Minute d6 Dungeons: Map Glyphs - I’m looking at the *Last-Minute d6 Dungeons* series (links below) and wanting to simplify it some more… but also, wanting to make it more readable. Here...
    3 weeks ago
  • World of Ortix
    Cursed Blades (Swordtember) - I've already contributed to the Swordtember on the Instagram, but I realized I haven't posted any random table in a really long time! Soo, prepare a d...
    4 weeks ago
  • Forgotten Realms Campaigns
    5e Faerun Adventures 1360 DR - the Wedding of Elia & Sirondar, Fort Skulnar. - M2 1360 DR: Prior to 'Faerun 7' departure for Rough Run: The wedding of Sirondar Altur Banacath & Elia Chatzoudis is set to take place at Ironwolf Manor/...
    4 weeks ago
  • The Ongoing Campaign
    On The Deities Of The World Of Greyhawk - [image: Images of Some Greyhawk Deities] For the purposes of this article, I am going to stick (mostly) to the so-called "Gold Box" release of *The World o...
    4 weeks ago
  • BACK TO THE DUNGEON!
    - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/368009/FUTURE-STREETS-212X SO WHAT THE F@#% IS FUTURE STREETS 212X AND WHAT THE F&^$% IS CYBERPUNK? FUTURE ST...
    5 weeks ago
  • About Bruce Heard and New Stories
    Local News in Alfdaín - Here I am, running out of space for the miscellaneous news and local rumors in the upcoming players' guide to *Alfdaín*. Ah, heck. Let's masquerade this ...
    1 month ago
  • Bat in the Attic
    Concerning the OSR, Everything is All Right. - Over the summer and recently I seen posts and opinions on the direction of the Old School Renaissance or OSR. Just keep in mind that due to how it came a...
    1 month ago
  • Daddy Rolled a 1
    GUEST POST: OLD SCHOOL ESSENTIALS CAMPAIGN: SESSION 9 (MY DAUGHTER'S CAMPAIGN) - Recapping the 1981 Moldvay Basic (aka "B/X") D&D campaign I'm running for my daughter, using a combination of my original boxed set from back in the day ...
    1 month ago
  • Stargazer's World
    Upcoming Kickstarter: Into The Odd Remastered - Into the Odd by Chris McDowall has always been a game close to my heart. I helped him playtest the game back in the day and without a doubt these were amon...
    1 month ago
  • Elf Lair Games
    Night Companion Kickstarter - THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! - Happy Monday, everyone! I considered posting a link to the video for that song, but I decided not to. You're welcome for that, by the way. But in ...
    1 month 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 month ago
  • destination unknown
    Legends of Gath #65; Try Not To Self-Immolate - I drew this one a while back when idiots were filling plastic bags with gasoline during a short term gas shortage back east. We are more than 18 months ...
    1 month ago
  • A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...
    Back to Aerth(e) - Again! - As I creep ever so slowly toward the realization of my YouTube channel featuring live play recordings (more encounter-focused than full-on Critical Role...
    1 month ago
  • Gothridge Manor
    Who Wants an Adventure? A Cool Location? How about an NPC Card? - July I created three 'things' for my Patreon. You can see *Viviana* above. She is my 34th NPC Card. An elven mage with some anger issues. She is statt...
    2 months ago
  • Geekerati
    "Like Tears in Rain"? Hakon Soreide Has Recreated Famous Blade Runner Scene Using Only PETSCII Text - Tears in Rain by Hakon Soreide The chase scene between Roy Batty and Rick Deckard is one of the most iconic scenes in Science Fiction filmic history. It t...
    2 months ago
  • Dr. Theda's Crypt
    Hello Folks been away from computer for Awhile .... - Hello again ... my IG-11 should arrive by Friday !!
    2 months ago
  • There's more to Oz than the Yellow Brick Road
    RPGaDay 2021 #5 Throne - The idea of putting the players in charge of some piece of the setting is an interesting one, though one I haven't really explored. That doesn't mean th...
    2 months ago
  • Servitor Ludi
    Humanism - *Although I've got some other ideas for posts more relevant to the topics of this blog, I just wanted to take note of an inspiring exchange I saw on Twit...
    2 months ago
  • Roles, Rules, and Rolls
    One Page Dungeon 2021: The Paper Nest of Gabbro Grove - Last week was the OPD deadline again, and Paolo convinced me to do some kind of riff on the "giant beehive" adventure I am currently running my fifth edi...
    2 months ago
  • Thac0 forever!
    Anti-Paladin - Still finding it hard to breathe, but here is some content to hold people over. Anti-Paladin Requirements: Str 12+, Con 9+, Wis 13+, Cha 17+ Prime: Str, Co...
    2 months ago
  • Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword
    Blah blah blah - *Mirka Andolfo in 2017* This past Wednesday the first issue of Dynamite’s *ELVIRA MEETS VINCENT PRICE *hit the stands. As is usual with Dynamite, tucked i...
    2 months ago
  • Katie Salidas
    The Roll Out, Female Writer's Room Episode from #Combatcon 2021 - Hosts Linsay Rousseau and Genevieve Marie are tired of cliche female superhero’s written from a male perspective, so they’ve assembled a panel of female ...
    2 months ago
  • Pulsipher Game Design
    Compendium of Britannia-like Games, Published and Unpublished - Compendium of Britannia-like Games, Published and Unpublished A listing and description This is edited and revised from the transcript of a video. I offe...
    2 months ago
  • Hidden in Shadows
    The Blackmoor Greyhawk Map, an Anniversary Gift - Ten years ago I started this 'blog. To celebrate I have a gift for all of you. Below is a new, top quality map of Arneson's Blackmoor set within the F...
    2 months ago
  • Ruminations of a Geek
    New Old School Campaign - On Wednesday nights, I've been playing online with some of my oldest gaming friends, a group that goes back to the 80s, scattered now around Northern Ca...
    2 months 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...
    2 months 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...
    3 months ago
  • I Fly By Night - clash bowley's blog
    The Court of Worlds Project is Launched - The Court of Worlds project is go for a real start. Research and planning is done, and I am getting down to work! I am releasing it as a toolbox, Tool B...
    3 months 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 months 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...
    3 months ago
  • Troll and Flame
    New B/X Megadungeon Campaign - Got the itch. Starting new OSE (B/X) roll20.com campaign centered on a published megadungeon (being cagey about which cause, I don't know, surprise?). ...
    3 months ago
  • Mesmerized by Sirens
    Fantasy paths (1981) - Three rarities from 1981.
    3 months 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...
    4 months ago
  • Sorcery & Super Science!
    Silent Night (The Salt Mine 16) Cover reveal! - Heya folks, got a new cover in for Silent Night (The Salt Mine 16) and thought I should share.
    4 months ago
  • The Cryptic Archivist
    Tim Kask's Adventure Gaming Magazine Available in PDF - Adventure Gaming magazine is available on DriveThruRPG! Adventure Gaming, vol. 1, no. 5, November 1981 I've written in the past about Adventure Gaming magaz...
    4 months 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.
    4 months 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, ...
    5 months ago
  • Armchair Gamer
    Running Cyberpunk RED (Dual GM) - This year, a friend and I have been more or less alternating the reins on a Cyberpunk Red campaign.We've been marinating in the various videos online and ...
    5 months ago
  • Dynasty Zero
    Damn Lulu - A while back Lulu updated their website. It was a debacle. I, and I believe others, had their libraries destroyed up. I lost many of the PDFs I had a...
    6 months ago
  • The House of Little Fears
    A New Door is Opening - Head on over to FunSizedGames.com for some exciting news about Little Fears. https://www.funsizedgames.com/2021/04/14/a-new-door-is-opening/
    6 months ago
  • Forgotten Runes
    Kickstarter 2021 Update - Once again gentle readers it is time to review my collection of Kickstarters. Although I have tried to cut back once again I find I have signed up for fa...
    6 months ago
  • Secrets of the Shadowend
    The Afterlife of the Shadowend - Beings in the Shadowend are composed of three parts: body, or *corpus*; mind, or spirit, called the *essae*; and soul, or *vitae*. The body, the physical...
    6 months ago
  • Strange Magic
    The Scurrilous Garden - After switching to digital artwork a few years ago, I've started drawing and writing in notebooks and sketchbooks again. Inspired by Christian's Gath Campa...
    6 months 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...
    6 months 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/...
    6 months ago
  • Swords Against the Outer Dark
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