CoC - Horror's Heart
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I am a strong believer in the adage that you should never judge a book by
it's cover. I try to live this in the real world and when it comes to
gaming. I...
Item Generator
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Here is my take on a tool to help DMs come up with items. I'm assuming
that qualities of the items would be handled by a separate chart. And if
the items...
Vin Diesel on D&D and Riddick
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From io9:
I make these movies […] because somebody's paying attention. That's my
motto about Hollywood and films, continuing these franchises. There's two...
War Games
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I’m sure I’ve previously mentioned my interest and fascination with *war*and most things military in general...this despite being a real world
anti-war *c...
Scheckkarten-Würfel
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Die spinnen, die Japaner… Ein Beitrag auf Ubihex über den
“Dial-Dice”-Kickstarter hat mich an etwas erinnert, was ich fast vergessen
hatte. Als ich vor 6 J...
Warlord Wednesday: Vengeful Legacies
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Let's re-enter the lost world with another installment of my issue by issue
examination of DC Comic's Warlord*, the earlier installments of which can
be fo...
Alternate XP Systems
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I've always used the original method of calculating XP by counting up gold
pieces and kills. Over the last few years I've also started awarding XP for ...
random forest monsters
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In the D&D game we're running in the sidebar, we just spent two real-time
months running around the Elven Forests. Early on, I realized I needed
random mon...
Random Encounters in Canada
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At work I am doing some important software R&D on a new type of machine. A
couple of weeks ago I went to the factory to test out the final version.
Now thi...
Save the world, I want to get off
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You know when you first started role-playing and every other campaign
seemed to be about saving the world? Because that’s the ultimate goal,
isn’t it? The...
A Paladin In Pineview?
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The home we purchased in Pineview, St. Albert (just outside of Edmonton).
I can't see myself changing the name of this Blog. But A Paladin In
Pinevi...
Positive Notes
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Aside from some dodgy LGS shenanigans detailed last post, I think Free RPG
Day was a spectacular success!
Thousands of people got Better Than Any Man in th...
Blackmoor Appears in Shadowrun Module
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Dave Arneson may not have written a large body of RPG sourcebooks and
supplements, but while he is best known for the Blackmoor modules, he also
authored ...
Tentacle-monsters Beware! Free RPG Day is Nigh!
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Don't forget that this Saturday is FREE RPG DAY! Yaaaaaaaay! **does the
Kermit flail**
Among the goodies on tap are a new LotFP adventure, a *Swords & Wi...
Iain M. Banks Succumbs to Cancer
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Sad news today.
Iain M. Banks, author of the 'Culture' science-fiction novels (among them, *Player
of Games*, *Use of Weapons*, and *Consider Phlebas*) an...
Help Me Find.... Monsters!
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*UPDATED:* Case closed thanks to The Archmage and his Collection of Creepy
Horrors!
Last month there was an A-Z blog festy thing. Some great OSR blogger...
eating out with renfield
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I was at a holiday party with some folks at Tor a long while back, and the
editors were telling me that (at that time) the big thing was the
Supernatural R...
Reading Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Part 41
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*MULTIPLE CHARACTERS FOR A SINGLE PLAYER*
This section is an idea that for many modern games is anathema--the very
idea that a player could or should split ...
Obscure RPG Appreciation Day - Ironhedge 1987
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This post is my participation in the inaugural Obscure RPG Appreciation
Day, brainchild of Catacomb Librarian of the wonderful Mesmerized by Sirensblog.
...
Moons of Minaria
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For my upcoming old-school reunion one-shot:
(Extra bonus fun - the three pregens for the session are based on the three
characters in the old D&D ad)
Summer on the Convention Trail
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Hey, looky there. It looks like I’ll actually post something here before
the month runs out.
OK, so every now and then I get to pick the lock on my cage an...
Tyre
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*Tyre is old. It was already old when the well-greaved Achaeans butchered
the sons of Troy. Its purple has died the the robes of kings since the...
Miniature Mania in Center Stage
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These days, a new Kickstarter isn't anything like the big event that they
used to be, since there are so many, but this one is fairly unique. Center
Stage...
Against the Cult of the Reptile God
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Wizards just made N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God available in PDF.
I have fond memories of running this game back when it first came out. On
the su...
Retirement
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I think it’s unlikely that there will be any more activity on this blog.
The advent of Google+ seems to have taken the wind out of the sails of the
OSR ...
Back To Planescape: Rozkmina #2
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Szybka sesja *AD&D* z wątkiem planarnym. Złodziejka trafiła nocą do
przydrożnej knajpy, której wcześniej w tym miejscu nie było. Był to typowy,
międzyplan...
Faster Monkey/Goblinoid Booth at Gary Con V
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In case you haven't seen Jeff's twitter feed (Faster Monkey Games), he
posted a pic of the Faster Monkey/Goblinoid booths from Gary Con. I wish I
could mak...
Sounds About Right...
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Law's Game Style You Scored as *Butt-Kicker*
You like a streightforward combat character. After a long day at the
office, you want to clobber foes and o...
Medieval France Mapping Project
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I have started mapping all of France using hexographer, mostly because I
think it would be fun - and perhaps to use it in a future game. Regardless,
I have...
2012 - a great year of just plain gaming
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With the Temple of Demogorgon 4 year anniversary just this last week, I
thought it might a good time to talk about some of my gaming from the last
year (...
Imagine Magazine: Issue #6
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Issue #6 of *Imagine *dates from September 1983 and features cover art by
Emmanuel, who's probably best known in *D&D *circles for having provided
the cov...
Back. Sort of.
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So the other morning at breakfast I was telling my kids a story about a D&D
session from way back in the day. My daughter asked, “Why don’t we play
that an...
Tufty Terror
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The Tufty Terror’s secret remains unknown most of the year, appearing as it
does to be nothing more than a common squirrel. For several weeks every
Autumn...
Drei nette Gesellen für Gamma World
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Hallo Allerseits,
gedanklich spinne ich mal wieder mit einer Idee rum, die ich noch nie
wirklich umsetzen konnte... ein Megadungeon! Leider hapert es da be...
Closing Today
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The Underdark Gazette will go Down, sometime after 11:00 PM, Central Time,
this evening. Please, if you would be so kind, update your links to my new
blog ...
Fin.
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This blog is no longer actively maintained. This blog was a personal
journey and exploration of an old guy who loves playing OD&D (Original 1974
D&D), AD&D...
Aerth
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Recently reading the Shadow of executioner and watching Beowulf movie
starring Christopher Lambert I wanted to run a sci-fantasy game. Since I
have many ma...
Final Post
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After nearly three years, this is the final post on this blog, which has
served its purpose of hashing out ideas about the game I wanted to write
for mysel...
Hexer & Helden in vier Bänden
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Seit dem Wochenende reift in mir das Gefühl, dass Hexer & Helden in vier
Bänden erscheinen wird. Warum der Sinneswandel?
Einfach... ich habe mittlerweile z...
The Shame of it All
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Alright, so here’s the deal: I’ve had this post sitting in my unpublished
tray for a year now. I wasn’t ever entirely sure where I was going with
this; it’...
Play post of the Brigand Crypt
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Hey!
Just popping my head in to direct you to TKB's Blog. On there, you will
find a play by play account of PRG's Fabled Curse of the Brigand Cryptadventur...
Final AGP Subscriber Compensation Deal
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Okay, here's the final deal... I now have permission from both *Judges Guild
* and *Troll Lord Games* to compensate subscribers for their remaining
balance ...