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    Denizens of Restenford: Fairwind - Ah, yes, the Baroness Fairwind, beleaguered spouse of the tepid Baron Grellus; what do we know about her? From the "castle" roster: she is 42 years old, ...
    1 month ago

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  • Sacnoth's Scriptorium
    A Class on THE HOBBIT (Flieger / Rateliff) - So, here's something I've been looking forward to: an online class on J. R. R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT. I'll be co-teaching this one with Verlyn Flieger....
    5 hours ago
  • Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque
    Darkest New England, We Are Folk Horror Villains, Best Horror Books - A few worthy reads: *Darkest New England: What is the Northern Gothic Literary Tradition?* - W.S. Winslow, *Lithub* *In the Resurgence of Folk Horror, ...
    6 hours ago
  • Halls of the Nephilim
    Heads Up Raiders, It's Time To Party! - Reagan's Raiders was a three issue series from Solson Publications in 1986. Solson was a black and white comic book publisher crated by Marvel executive So...
    13 hours ago
  • The Savage AfterWorld
    MCC Playtest Online: "Mayhem On The Magtrain" 2-lvl funnel; Aug. 28, 11a-3p EST - It's time again for Judge Sniderman's Monthly Mutant Mayhem Online! This month, I'll be running a playtest of an upcoming MCC adventure "Mayhem on the Magt...
    15 hours ago
  • Old School FRP
    The Sea Troll Hold is another classic skull mountain (Ellisa... - The Sea Troll Hold is another classic skull mountain (Ellisa Martin, *Blademaster Sourcebook*, Iron Crown Enterprises, 1990)
    17 hours ago
  • False Machine
    The Goblin Polychronicon - What is written in green ink on the golden pages of the Grand Goblin History? The Goblin Polychronicon: a treasure outside Time. A hyper-possible text te...
    20 hours ago
  • From the Sorcerer's Skull
    Wednesday Comics: DC, November 1981 (wk 1 pt 2) - My goal: read DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to *Crisis*! This week, I'm looking at the comics at newsstands around August 6, 1981. *Jus...
    21 hours ago
  • Raven Crowking's Nest
    Let’s Convert the Fiend Folio: Elf (Drow), Enveloper, and Ettercap - Do we need a unique Drow Elf in *Dungeon Crawl Classics*? Well, you have my answer below. I think that Dungeon Crawl Classics captures the flavor of the ...
    1 day ago
  • BASTIONLAND
    Incentives - Sometimes XP is sometimes framed as an amalgam of: - *Reward *for doing something (get XP for Treasure/Killing/RP/Attendance) - *Catalyst *fo...
    1 day ago
  • Monsters and Manuals
    Early Development Sketches for the Great North - 'The Great North' is the working title of what I have previously referred to as, amongst other things, 'Northumberland Yoon-Suin' and 'The Meeting of the...
    2 days ago
  • Leicester's Ramble
    The Beave-phant, coming to a swamp near you! - Ok. So the wife picked up this thing on impulse: Apparently it's a plushy called a Squishmallow. And although the character tag claims that this partic...
    2 days ago
  • Delta's D&D Hotspot
    How I Started with D&D - Our friend Ash reminded us about David Chapman's RPGaDAY 2022 over a his Autocratik.com blog. In particular, the daily prompt for Wednesday of last week ...
    2 days ago
  • ZENOPUS ARCHIVES
    The Sutherland Dragon on Exhibit Continues! - *The cover of the exhibition catalog* This summer, David Sutherland's original painting for the cover of the Holmes Basic Set has been on display again,...
    4 days ago
  • Echoes from the Geekcave
    Giving up the Reins - Well, the Traveller campaign has continued on with a player taking over as GM and my taking a seat on the player's side of the screen, running an NPC th...
    1 week ago
  • . . msjx . .
    NoteQuest: Character sheet & Dungeon Sheet - Scott Kirby, a fine fellow over on the NoteQuest FB group converted the Notequest character sheet from its native Portuguese but he properly put it on pape...
    2 weeks ago
  • B/X BLACKRAZOR
    Pre-August Notes - Monday morning: time for a new post. *Time.* Ugh, that word. One of the most precious, most frustratingly small resources in my (real) world. My kids are...
    2 weeks ago
  • Anniceris
    Campagne Momie (5) Les Mages d'Alexandrie - En plus de la Maison Shaea, il y a plusieurs sociétés de mages qui ont pu avoir de l'influence à Alexandrie. - *Ahl-i-Batin* (les Subtils, "*Bāṭin**...
    2 weeks ago
  • Blog of Holding
    Dungeon Delver’s Guide: The NODES System - (I’m crossposting this post about my Dungeon Delver’s Guide from enworld, because why not have all my D&D theorycrafting writing together on my D&D blog? T...
    2 weeks ago
  • Necropraxis
    Sacrifice of the Bulls - Above the summit of Le Bonnet de l’Evêque, dentelated with scaffoldings, rose that second mountain—a mountain on a mountain—which was the Citadel La Ferriè...
    3 weeks ago
  • Cavegirl's Game Stuff
    Black Death Walking - a Guest Post! - A guest post by Curatrix Ribston, who can be found here on twitter, and also makes various very cool games. And is very lovely. She played the other side...
    3 weeks ago
  • Double O Section
    The Next "James Bond" Novel Puts the Crosshairs on the Double O Section - No sooner has Anthony Horowitz completed his trilogy of excellent, period-set James Bond novels than the next iteration of Ian Fleming Publications' lite...
    4 weeks ago
  • Jeffs Gameblog
    Three hours, fifty eight minutes, and twenty seconds of Zak and friends - 0:2:36 - "Couldn't take care of himself" (Mandy) 0:9:51 - "Intentionally exposed Mandy to death threats" (Mandy) 0:16:42 "Chin Up" (Hannah) 0:21:28 -...
    4 weeks ago
  • The Disoriented Ranger
    That's where my mind's at ... (what's new and what's to come!) - *I've been busy ... and slow about it. Wanted to write and publish more in June, turns out it wasn't to be. It is what it is, but now I have great news t...
    5 weeks ago
  • The Restenford Project
    Denizens of Restenford: Fairwind - Ah, yes, the Baroness Fairwind, beleaguered spouse of the tepid Baron Grellus; what do we know about her? From the "castle" roster: she is 42 years old, ...
    1 month ago
  • From Kuroth's Quill - grodog's AD&D blog
    Mega-Dungeon Map Design Sprints with Henry - *Update - 13 June 2022 at 7:18pm*: Well, just like my lost big posts during Kellri's Module Challenge, blogger crapped out and I lost this huge post de...
    1 month ago
  • Hack & Slash
    On Ecology Completed - So that happened. Bestial Ecosystems created by Monster Inhabitation is out. I'm getting better at it. There was something off about the softcovers, so...
    2 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...
    3 months ago
  • gg no re
    ADND 1e Review - We talk about our experience playing and running first edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Make a Search Check patreon: https://patreon.com/ggnoreyoutub...
    3 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...
    4 months ago
  • Dreams in the Lich House
    Favorite DM Advice of the Week - Writing a blog is a bit outdated. So is hanging out on FaceBook. At one point I joined a "Grognards Who Play 5th Edition" FaceBook group, and it can be...
    4 months ago
  • People them with Monsters
    Google Sheets Character Generator for Hyperborea 3rd Edition - Since COVID started about 22 months ago, my friends and I have been playing RPGs on Zoom/Foundry/Owlbear Rodeo/Google Jamboard/etcetera - every Wednesday...
    6 months 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...
    7 months ago
  • Subterranean Design
    - thesilicontribesman: ‘Thor’s Cave’ Prehistoric Cave System and Bronze Age Burial Site, Wetton, Peak District.
    8 months ago
  • Troll and Flame
    Stars Without Number - Started weekly Roll20 Campaign of SWN a couple weeks ago. Now a few sessions in. I present you the Petunia Ceti Star Sector. Based on my warped brain and...
    9 months ago
  • Musings on DragonQuest
    Rising from the Dead - Download Links Fixed Back in July Google decided to break all the file links on the Downloads Page. Gee, thanks, Google. I believe I have updated them a...
    9 months ago
  • Metal Earth
    Weird Wood: The Star Grove - *Star Grove: *An area filled with strange, alien vegetation, much of which is carnivorous. Star spawn tend the grove. They will give only the most crypti...
    9 months 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'...
    9 months 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...
    10 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.
    1 year 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 ...
    1 year ago
  • @ Padre's
    @ Padre's On Locals - Locals is a great platform. I have enjoyed my engagement over there and look forward to exploring other communities on the Locals platform. LENT for f...
    1 year ago
  • Carjacked Seraphim
    My Ideal OSR Campaign Structure/Setting/Settings - Hi there, it's me, back from a long hiatus... Anyway, I had a thought that I might assemble a series of blog posts where I ruminate upon my favorite bi...
    1 year ago
  • 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...
    1 year ago
  • Dungeon of Signs
    Revised Prison of the Hated Pretender Release - A revised, updated, edited, illustrated and annotated version of my 2012 Prison of the Hated Pretender is now available for purchase and download at Dr...
    1 year ago
  • Built by Gods Long Forgotten
    One Page Dungeon Contest 2020 - I submitted to the One Page Dungeon Contest this year. This was my first entry since 2013 with The Iron Cloud. Like the Iron Cloud, this one is also inte...
    1 year ago
  • Zombiecowboy's Game Blog
    Gygax 75 Challenge Sources - These of the sources for my Gygax 75 Challenge. Technically this post belongs to *Week One*. At first I wasn't going to post my sources, but I changed my m...
    2 years ago
  • Hill Cantons
    The Mauve Plague, Gravy Urns, and Batlace Frills: News from the Hill Cantons - And now the News... In a statement beamed from the Oracular Society today *Morafans the Rickmaster*, the Psychosocial Health Minister of the Overking, ha...
    2 years ago
  • 1d30
    The Elf is Hardcore Mode - In 1E, elves can’t be brought back by 5th level Raise Dead, but they can by 7th level Resurrection or an expensive set of charges from a Rod of Resurrectio...
    2 years ago
  • MUTANTS AND MAGIC
    Gamma World: Wasteland Weirdos - This post is basically just an image dump to use for ideas for Gamma World....
    2 years ago
  • I Waste The Buddha With My Crossbow
    SERBIAN WOMEN ARE WAITING TO PLAY D&D WITH YOU! - The following story is 100% true. It'll sound dubious at first, but no -- it's legit. I've changed names to protect privacy blah blah, and I'm paraphrasing...
    2 years ago
  • Joeskythedungeonbrawler's Blog
    RE: ZAK - FUCK ZAK. MAY BE I;M WRONG TO NOT BE ZAK’S FRIEND. BUT FUCK HIM. **SPOILER HINT: I;M NOT WRONG!!!1
    2 years ago
  • Mage of the Striped Tower
    Rutger Hauer - The Hitcher Nighthawks
    3 years ago
  • Dreams of Mythic Fantasy
    James A. Smith, Jr. Memorial Video - A beloved father, devoted friend, and D&D Dungeon Master extraordinaire. We miss you! To view video, click here Memorial Video Note - The original video...
    3 years ago
  • Mythopoeic Rambling
    New content! New look! New locale! - What comes first? The dungeon or the wilderness? https://mythopoeicrambling.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/leveling-up-and-world-building/
    3 years ago
  • Módulos RPG
    Entrevista com Marcelo Paschoalin - Salve pessoal! Hoje trago uma entrevista que tive o prazer de fazer com o grande Marcelo Paschoalin, prolífico escritor, mestre das artes místicas e gent...
    3 years ago
  • The Dungeon Dozen
    How can We Destroy this Campaign World? - d12 1. You must trick a bard into strumming the *Chords of Fate* on the *Lute of Annihilation* 2. Legends tell of thermonuclear weapons beneath megadungeo...
    3 years ago
  • Asshat Paladins
    Actual Play: Firefly "Old War Horses" Session 4 The Three-Body Problem - Session 4: The Three-Body Problem Friday, December 8, 2017 Dramatis Personae: - *Captain Ramsey Zook*, played by K - *General Samuel Zook*, played by...
    4 years ago
  • The Book of Worlds
    The Orchid Club - Bral caters to almost every vice, from grand scale corruption, via most types of imaginable gambling, to lotus addiction, with each sin having its own v...
    4 years ago
  • Carto Cacography
    The Ramparts of Tharrenton Deep - I only just today realized that I haven't posted anything here since the closing days of 2015. Wow. That's not a good way to maintain a blog. And I look ...
    4 years ago
  • Lost in Time
    “Trouble in Trollwood” en español - A belated post for Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day. Javier García over at El Rincón de Cabo Hicks has done me the great honour of translating my Swords ...
    5 years ago
  • GAMMA WORLD WAR!
    FIRST TRAILER: War for the Planet of the Apes! - In this first trailer to the third entry in the rebooted for Planet of the Apes series, Caesar faces a committed and desperate enemy in Woody Harrelson. A...
    5 years ago
  • Renovating the Temple
    You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all different - Just dropping a quick note here to point out what you all already know: this blog's update schedule has taken a mortal blow. But don't worry. It's just at ...
    5 years ago
  • The Lair of the Evil DM
    Hilarious new series - SuperMansion - I Just caught this via CBR News . Funny as hell. It's a preview episode of a new series on Crackle streaming video coming out on October 8th. It's def...
    6 years ago
  • The Mule Abides
    0-Level ACKS Alices - Introductory Complaining If I’m running a low-power game, I like 0-level play: It sets the tone, establishes more of the character at the table, and introd...
    7 years ago
  • The Lone Delver
    TrollsZine! #8 Is Waiting For You! - [image: http://www.rpgnow.com/product/137077/TrollsZine-8?filters=0_0_0_0&manufacturers_id=2238] *TrollsZine!* #8 is waiting for you! The eighth issue o...
    7 years ago
  • Daddy Grognard
    Team Adventure - Fun and Fungus - Alagon dived into the pool, using his ability to breathe underwater that he had acquired in the Tomb of the Holy Avenger. Alurax joined him and they invest...
    8 years ago
  • Year of the Dungeon
    Other than the vanished empires, ancient manuscripts, and armed rebellion, this post has nothing to do with gaming - Last month, this article showed up in The New Republic: How a team of sneaky librarians duped Al Qaeda . It describes how a team of librarians, archivist...
    9 years ago
  • The Bastard's Blade
    Christian Clerics (part 2) - Obligatory excuse for not posting more frequently: real life. [1] I can't apologise: things have been going really well, and I'm blessed with good fortune....
    9 years ago
  • Rustfoot
    The End - ...and so, we arrive at the last page in this story! Ironic as it may be, it will also be the first personal post. And last, of course. I've been thinking ...
    10 years ago
  • Old Guard Gaming Accoutrements
    Old things and rare my treasures are. - *Survivors beyond memoryOld things and rare my treasures are.Times folded gates, fast closed to me,These lonely sentinels unbar.Years do no...
    11 years ago
  • Subterranean Design
    Another Tuff Town - Here are a few quick photos from Kandovan, a town in Northern Iran near Tabriz. Like Cappadoccia, it's carved into volcanic tuff rock, making excavation ea...
    12 years ago
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