Ramblings of a Great Khan: 2023

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Swords & Wizardry Revised Kickstarter

Alternate Erol Otus cover art

New Swords & Wizardry Kickstarter today - here. I heartily recommend it. Matt Finch is a stand up guy, and S&W pretty much kicked off the OSR for me.

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8 months ago
3d6, Traps and Thieves

Through Doors Both Secret and One-Way - Hello to anyone remaining in this neglected and abandoned dungeon. It may be apparent that this blog no longer serves me well. I might start another. I mi...
9 months ago
Bernie the Flumph

- So do I only post on this blog to promote Kickstarters anymore? It seems like that may be the case. Anyway… Fantastical Classes: Blobs vs. BladesNow on Ki...
9 months ago
Secrets of the Shadowend

Convert 5e monsters to OSR standards - I can't remember what group I was in, but someone asked about converting 5e monsters to OSR/BFRPG. This is how -I- would do it. I usually work with S&W s...
9 months ago
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...

A Bevy of Beyond the Supernatural Sheets - I don't know if anyone out there is still playing *Beyond the Supernatural* ("BtS"), Palladium's fun* little game of proto-super heroes hunting the para...
9 months ago
The DM from Outremer

I'M BAAACK! - Okay, so it's been....almost four years since my last post (*gasp*) but for many reasons I've decided to re-activate The DM from Outremer. I have quite ...
9 months ago
Lamentations of the Blood Countess

Has the Countess Been Framed? - On the 31st of December 1612, the countess Elizabeth Báthory is arrested by the men of count György Thurzó, the Palatine of Hungary, at Csejte Castle, h...
10 months ago
ChicagoWiz's Games

Last move - to self-hosting! - As my vote regarding Substack in the “marketplace of ideas”, I’m moving to self-hosting. I’m now at (and hopefully staying for a long time at) Blog: ht...
10 months ago
The Forbidden Mazes of the Jennerak

Two Ahoģgya (Or are there six?) - These creatures are of four armed, four legged and three faced swamp dwelling warrior race living on Tekùmel. They are anatomically incorrect but I gav...
10 months ago
Hill Cantons

Sex-Crazed Falling Stars, Free Weather Magic, and Adventures: News of the Hill Cantons - *Grandma Gaya, the Rav-Witch of High Kezmarok*, seeks the stout of limb and humble of mind in the *obtaining of fallen stars* from an upcoming prophesied ...
10 months ago
Axes and Orcs

Of Urbanity in Troika! - This was sparked by someone asking about Orbital Intelligence's crapland. which is about crappy suburbian.I jokingly call it a crappy suburb of Troika! (t...
10 months ago
Ramblings of a Great Khan

2023 retrospective & 2024 plans - On the last day of 2022 I got married. In February 2023 I was invested as Baron of Delftwood, an SCA thing. Over the course of 2023 I ran D&D (OSE) fairly ...
10 months ago
Basic Red

BREAK!!ing My Silence - *Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I officially inform you in an official capacity that Tenebrate Sage Shijin Goodmorning is my first ...
10 months ago
What Would Conan Do?

Spider Bankers of the Bureau of Universal Exchange - I'll put in a picture when I have one. We're working on these a bit at a time. The Spider Bankers have been in Troika since the beginning and I've alway...
11 months ago
Sorcery & Super Science!

- Heya folks, the 21st Salt Mine book, Import Export, has hit the digital shelves! In the 21st book we follow Aaron Haddock-codename Stigma-as he tries to ...
1 year ago
The Blog With No Name

Bounding Fire Tournament 2023 Prizes - This year the organisers of the ASL Tournament Bounding Fire have decided to broaden the prize table and so went for smaller dioramas with the theme bein...
1 year ago
Below the Rusty Lantern

Idalium Game 118: The Great Wizard Quiquaequod - Session date: Monday, November 4, 2019 Game date: Monday, November 14, 211 to Sunday, November 27, 211 *PCs:* Gulleck Stonefoot, Dwarf 7, hp 41, xp 74051/...
1 year ago
Tales from the Flaming Faggot

Back to Neverwhere - I was delighted to come home from vacation the other day to find an Amazon delivery waiting for me. I'd pre-ordered *Den Volume I: Neverwhere* months a...
1 year ago
Caliban-somewhen

Cannich Scots - Also known as part two of the *Shadows of Yog-Sothoth* segment in our *Call of Cthulhu *campaign. Arriving in Scotland, our three intrepid investigators ...
1 year ago
Adventures in Gaming v2

The End - In January of 2011 I launched a new blog, this blog, *Adventures in Gaming version 2*. I had had several blogs before this one, most notably of course, *...
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
Wondering Monsters?

Writing an RPG versus Publishing an RPG - Writing an RPG is like playing solitaire, and publishing one is like playing poker. No, that's not right, let me try again. . . . . . writing an Rpg is ...
1 year ago
Save Vs. Dragon

Monster Stat Concept: Disposition - Yesterday, I introduced the concept of monster Motivations as a way to help understand how to use that monster when designing encounters, or what they mi...
1 year ago
The Warlock's Home Brew

Moving On... - So, my D&D 5e experiment has blown up the lab in a puff of green smoke leaving my face blackened like Wile E. Coyote after a failed roadrunner Acme trap...
1 year ago
The OSR Library

GUARDIANS OSR Superhero RPG- DC Heroics House Rules - It's been a rough year with sickness. But here I am. Let's go. Guardians is a fun little game from Night Owl Workshop games. They have a lot of fun OS...
1 year ago
Power Score

D&D Risks, Evolution and Witchlight - Chris Perkins - I am continuing my somewhat exhaustive research of all things related to The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, as I've finished the guide to it (will be posted...
1 year ago
Rather Gamey

Is There Anybody Out There? - Testing . . . testing. Is this thing on? -Ark
1 year ago
The XP Experience

⭐ 537A Allegro Bus Wiring Diagram ⭐ - * 537A Allegro Bus Wiring Diagram *. The Basic Principles Of schematic wiring diagram To start with, You need to inquire you “why am I designed to do t...
1 year ago
Blue Boxer Rebellion

[Update] Comments Disabled For Now - Hi All, just a bit of housekeeping. I've disabled comments on the blog except to blog members because of spam comments, but I'm keeping the blog up so t...
1 year ago
Under Siege

The Writing's on the Wall - It's been four years (to the day) since I last wrote something on this blog. It's been a weird and interesting trip. Here's the cliffsnotes version: I...
1 year ago
Age of Ravens

Now at ageofravensgames.com - We've moved locations-- you can now find my blog content, hacks, scenarios, reviews, TTRPG histories, AP videos and more at ageofravensgames.com. I'm...
1 year ago
Save Vs. Poison

There Were Dice - I started my Spelljammer game last weekend. It was my first time DMing since December 2021. I wasn't as rusty as I thought I was going to be, but I *was ...
1 year ago
The Geek Flag

Mad Max custom figure - This amazing custom was posted on ebay at the beginning of 2023. The seller's account was listed as Old Colony Hobbies. It looks like there are a lo...
1 year ago
The Benign Brown Beast

Moving to Markdown - In one sense, it's a no-brainer to move away from Blogger. The interface is archaic and unpredictable, the platform is limited in capability, and as a fr...
1 year ago
Creative Mountain Games

Dusting Off the CMG Blog - It's been almost three years since I made my last blog post. I was introducing The Okay Grognard Show right at the start of the lockdown in Spring of 2...
1 year ago
Once More Unto the Breach!

Chronicles of the Adventures in the Dune Imperium! - Cover art for Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium core rulebook I have one of the few copies of the Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium core rulebook that were ...
1 year ago
Halfling's Luck

Master Treasure Seeker: A Dungeon23 MegaDungeon - Introduction - Sean McCoy, author of Mothership, posted an article on his substack titled Dungeon23 and it's taken the indie RPG scene by storm. So, I'm throwing my hat...
1 year ago
Breath of Mystara

- Broken Lands Gazetteer Expansion Today 21-12-2022 GMT time 22:47 it is the original New Year, and then we have 12 days of Yuletiden. Overlapping all the ...
1 year ago
The Savant's Rants

Assault on Pillbox 12: an OWB "Trial by Fire" Funnel attempt - *This post is based on a recent "one-shot" session I ran my group through using the "Trial by Fire" rules from OWB and the "Assault on Pillbox 12" scenar...
1 year ago
Lawful Indifferent

Looking Back - They say that if you don't look back at who who were from a year ago and cringe that you haven't grown enough. What if I look back five or seven years? It...
2 years ago
Wampus Country

Legends of Law: Von Hoff - Wampus Country has had its share of heroes, both in antiquity and in the modern era, but perhaps none is held up as the flower of knighthood quite as mu...
2 years ago
The Cateran Society | An Comunn Ceatharnach

New Level 1 Mentor: Jean Philipe Wojas - Jean Philipe Wojas is now a level 1 mentor. From Montreal, Compagnie Medieval, he and did his training under Jay Maas Preforming beautifully at the 2022 Gl...
2 years ago
The Anderson Collection

Aztecs - The book Eagle Knight warriors Conquistadors All painted by DJ These figures are a cross over from the Malta collection. Still a fair bit of this to see.
2 years ago
Buildings Are People

I'm back, but I'm at a new blog - Blogger is ugly and full of comment spam. Here's my new blog.
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
To Distant Lands

Moving the blog - I am moving this blog to a git-based version at todistantlands.github.io. For your convenience, here is a link to its RSS feed. I have migrated many of my...
2 years ago
The Tao of D&D

This is an Important Game Mechanic - *"That's the GM's Regional Map from my AOWG. And it's a damned good regional map. It's not a good map for a Simple Homebrew Campaign. It does some s$&...
2 years ago
Semper Initiativus Unum

The Brave Art of Running Away - In last night's game, on two separate occasions the player characters decided that discretion is often the better part of valor, and decided not to fight...
2 years ago
The Road to Episode Infinity

Aliens of Doctor Who - Daleks were the unfortunate result of a thousand year war between two societies on the planet Skaro. The Kaleds and the Thals were two warring societies...
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...
2 years ago
Blue Max Studios

More on Anti-Canon: Ways to Imply a Setting - The other day on Twitter the question was asked: "When world building, what do you start with?" My answer was probably obvious to anyone who has read ...
2 years ago
Dungeons of Klang

Dungeon Meshi for Dungeons and Dragons: Ape to Bear - I was talking to a friend on twitter. This is my one internet friend I have who I met in person at a con. He wanted a supplement based on some Manga. No...
2 years ago
EndTransmission's gaming stuff

Out on the banks of a river... - Over on DakkaDakka there's a regular terrain challenge that I've started to take part in thanks to the modular boards. While most people take the themes...
2 years ago
Musings from the Moathouse

- REVIEW I4 - OASIS OF THE WHITE PALM By Philip Meyers and Tracy Hickman Published by TSR in 1983. Oasis of the White Palm was the 2nd adventure in the ...
2 years ago
Telecanter's Receding Rules

Abiørn's Satchel - This weathered leather satchel is tooled in nautical designs and is full of rose-colored salt. Rubbing the salt on a sea creature will dry it out and sh...
3 years ago
Have dice, will travel...

[ Kinship ] The Shadow Riders - I float above what is called by many the Road, some call it the Highway, some call it something worse. Highway to Hell is a favorite. And if you end ...
3 years ago
Savage Timmy's Playhouse

Lost Tomb of the Bitchin Chimera Characters - It has been a LONG time since I posted here... I backed the Lost Tomb of the Bitchin Chimera kickstarter last year. I don’t back a LOT of kickstarters ...
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
Kellri

New OSR Games for 2021 - *ZORK DORK! TPK Edition* (ArtSpunk Corp.): It's all about killing PCs and rolling up new ones illustrated by emotionally unstable kindergarten kids. *The...
3 years ago
Doctor Skull's Workshop

Orc Axe Regiment - Finished painting the 20-orc axe regiment (Kings of War Brand) that my kids got me for my birthday.
3 years 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 years ago
The Bogeyman's Cave

"Things to Find" tables and Velonia - So in my Lost Carcosa supplement something I did was have an encounter table as well as a "Things To Find" table for each region. I initially assumed th...
3 years ago
Vargold: The Wolf-Time

Digital Vision Cards 1: Vladimir Kush - Ever since the *Everway* RPG was published back in 1995, its fans have been supplementing the official Vision Card pictures with images found online. In ...
3 years 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.
3 years ago
Unguarded Treasure (B52)

- I was going to post about my hopes for roleplaying in 2021 a few months ago but I kept putting the post off. The reason? I wasn't quite sure I knew what...
3 years ago
Skullsword's Tower

- The cover for the revised edition of Thews! Thews!: Dead Sorcerer Edition So named for the removal of the janky sorcery rules (to be included in a later su...
3 years ago
The Axe Lands

The Axe Lands Campaign Initial Pitch - The Axe Lands campaign takes place in the “new world” of my setting. About 30 years ago, the great dwarf king (pendragon) Ozark the 4th of his name comm...
3 years ago
Rolling Bones

The Library of Alexandria Pt 2 - The Library of Alexandria existed for almost 600 years. The concept of the library however was formed more or less two decades before the first s...
3 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 ...
3 years ago
Dark Corners Of Role Playing

OSR Review & Commentary On Swords and Super-Science of Xuhlan Campaign Setting By Terje Nordin For The Warriors of the Red Planet Rpg - * "Swords and Super-Science of Xuhlan is a campaign setting for use with the Warriors of the Red Planet Roleplaying Game.* *New character races: Mutant, ...
3 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." ...
3 years ago
Goatman's Goblet

An Attempted Framework Conversion for: The Hole in the Oak set in Dolmenwood - The Hole in the Oak is a low level adventure about venturing into the Mythic Underworld for Old-School Essentials, and though it features some tonal item...
3 years ago
The Borderlands

Horrors of the Sepulchre - Zine Quest 3 Launch Friday! - Hey folks! My Zine Quest 3 zine is going to launch tonight! I'm creating this zine with Matt Jackson and artist Del Teigeler. Here's the link to the pre...
3 years ago
The Dragon's Flagon

A new beginning - I've been blogging here for a while now, but I think it's time to move on to a new blog with a new title. There's a lot of dragons and flagons and flago...
3 years ago
The Eye of Joyful Sitting Amongst Friends

The Best of the Journal: The Pettigrew Selections - Mark Pettigrew wrote the delightful swashbuckling role-playing game, Flashing Blades. He also wrote two Tekumel adventures, A Jakallan Intrigue and The Tom...
3 years ago
Necrotic Gnome

- This blog is no longer maintained. For news on Necrotic Gnome please visit our official website: necroticgnome.com/blogs/news.
3 years ago
Reality Refracted

Eleven Years! That's Probably Long Enough... - This blog began in January of 2010. It moved to Blogger on January 10th I believe but started before that. The nice thing about starting in 2010 is it m...
3 years ago
Into the Dark

Two Kinds of Wilderness Maps in Original D&D - It's well-known among old school gamers that original D&D calls for using the game board from the Outdoor Survival board game for wilderness adventures. ...
3 years ago
The Sign of the Frothing Mug

Arkwood Golem - CLIMATE/TERRAIN: AnyFREQUENCY: Very rareINTELLIGENCE: Semi (2-4)TREASURE: NoneALIGNMENT: NoneNO. APPEARING: 1ARMOR CLASS: 4MOVEMENT: 6HIT DICE: 11 (50 hp)...
3 years ago
Tomb Of The Wandering Millennial

Blog Reboot - How starting over feels... After the disaster that was 2020 I decided it would be best to start over on a new blog. Wipe the state clean as they say. It'll...
3 years 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...
3 years ago
DwarfCrypt

My second most beautiful miniature! / Moja druga najpiękniejsza miniaturka! - *Janek / Johnny* *urodzony / born 15.11.2020*
4 years 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...
4 years ago
The Tolling of the Great Black Bell

The Tolling of the Great Black Bell nos. 34 and 35 -
4 years ago
The Lair

6 Bandit Adventure Seeds - A collection of adventure seeds, encounters, and/or random thoughts. 1. While staying at the local inn the group is approached by a woman. Her son has ...
4 years ago
The Grue Next Door

House Rule: (More) Cannon Fodder - One issue that people can have with LotFP/OSR games is high character turnover. Sometimes the module is too deadly, the players too green, the GM too evil...
4 years ago
Dono's Gaming & Etc Blog

Wow, look how time's flown! - My how the world has changed since I last posted. Needless to say, anyone's expectations for how 2020 would turn out have been largely scuttled, especiall...
4 years ago
Hall of the Mountain King

Ghost Riders of Geoff - http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=75200&sid=00c143114e4349c0351533c72b14bd6c#75200
4 years ago
Hari Ragat Games

The Madness Strikes Again ... -
4 years ago
The Miniatures Man

Aerosan OSGA 6 - More stuff for Whiteout, this time 2 Aerosans from Baker Company. In Whiteout you can have Sno-Cats as equipment or find them as terrain-encounters. My ta...
4 years ago
ANXIETY WIZARD

Half-Organized Thoughts About Monsters - When I think of a Monster it's all images and impressions at first, then it eventually settles into something like this, a loose sort of novelistic encyclo...
4 years ago
Known World, Old World

Blood Sundown Review - I've actually been running games recently! Bully for me. I decided that I'd start reviewing the products I actually use - this was my first review on Driv...
4 years ago
White Box

WB:FMAG Total Print Sales - Hello Folks, The last time I did a quick sales report was in September 2018. I pulled reports from Amazon, Lulu and DrivethruRPG from October to current fo...
4 years ago
Blue Heaven Sims

Moved! - I have migrated this blog in its entirety to Wordpress. In March, Google changed Blogspot's TOU to prohibit adult content (I've been blogging with Blog...
4 years ago
Star Trek Fact Check

Announcing FACT TREK - Seven years ago, I started STAR TREK FACT CHECK as a platform to debunk some of the most common myths and misconceptions about the making of *Star Trek*...
4 years ago
SWORD & SHIELD

DIE 20! - Blame the stay at home order if you like. Well you cannot blame it for what this is. I guess the social distancing and stay at home order gave me uninter...
4 years ago
The Dwarven Stronghold

I Cast RESURRECTION!!! - So, I know it's been awhile. I didn't realize it had been quite *that *long. I hope some of you are still around out there. I know I've talked about some ...
4 years ago
The Gallery: Art of Russ Nicholson

Hate hijackers ...but here is a couple of new and old pieces - have been inundated by lots of hijackers using my little blog to spew their own agendas - personally, besides saying, 'piss off' they should find there own...
4 years ago
Roll for Surprise

Necrotic Gnome Bundle of Holding - Hi fellow gamers, You may have heard of Gavin Norman's Old-School Essentials and Dolmenwood - well good news for you, as you can nab a Bundle of Holding ch...
4 years ago
Appendix M

WIZARDS OF POHJOLA - Init +0 Melee Atk • sword or dagger +1 (1d5 or 1d3) Ranged Atk • hot iron sparks +3 (1d4+2 to two targets within 20' but not closer than 5') AC 14 HD 12d...
4 years ago
Saturday Night Sandbox

MERRY CHRISTMAS! - Peace on Earth, good will to men! (And elves, dwarves, and halflings if you allow those in your campaign.)
4 years ago
Hits To Kill

Mordux on Throne of Bones for DuckQuest - Yesterday a small and unassuming parcel arrived from Macrocosm with some resin dungeon terrain for me to paint. I really enjoyed giving the Throne of Bones...
4 years ago
Polar Bear Dreams and Stranger Things

Wargaming Wednesday: Blood Cross Chapter - Well, I'm a month behind already. ~sigh~ I'll just have to get better. As usual, Amazon affiliate links at the end. A Tactical Battle Brother of the Blood ...
5 years ago
The Angry Lurker

15mm Battered Markers for Dragon Rampant...... - *........and some ladders!* *The gravestones are leftovers and MDF from Blotz, these are used to signify a unit in distress marker for the rules, rather t...
5 years ago
Gamers & Grognards

Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule - *As you know, I run public classic Dungeons & Dragons games at **The Loaded Die**/Metro Detroit Game Night's Board Game Nigh at **Dragonmead**, in Warren...
5 years ago
Old School DnD

Dungeoneering Blog - This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
5 years ago
Mage of the Striped Tower

Rutger Hauer - The Hitcher Nighthawks
5 years ago
The Clash of Spear on Shield

D&D Sling Damage vs. Large Targets - In many early editions of D&D, weapons were assigned two damage values: one for small/medium targets (i.e. man-sized) and one for large targets (giants and...
5 years ago
The Savage Sword of Scadgrad

How to Cleric in Moog - *This is a quick, down and dirty guide for Clerics and other faith-based characters in the World of Moog. It is written for 5E but much of it can be easi...
5 years ago
World of Garnia

Dun Gwyn - There are a couple of things about the setting I don't think I have adequately conveyed during gaming, so I want to clear this up, for the purposes of Blu...
5 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...
5 years ago
PLANET ALGOL

[chapter 2] - The children’s names were Abdan and Mershi. Preteens, traumatized. Everyone helped, but Mazi turned out to be surprisingly good with them. Jase started tea...
5 years ago
Outremer: Faith and Blood

New Military Order Commanders - With my latest campaign of *Outremer: Faith and Blood* underway my output of models has increased exponentially. Given that in our most recent game my Mi...
5 years ago
Menace Miniatures

Rose Tyler - Doctor Who Miniatures - This month I have two miniatures meant to represent Rose Tyler (played by Billie Piper) from Doctor Who. First is Warlord Games' Rose Tyler from the Ten...
5 years ago
Coffee swillin' analog gamer

I got mine! - The Fantasy Trip Legacy Edition kickstarter has started shipping. I got mine yesterday! It's a pretty big box (lower left) that shipped in a much bigger...
5 years ago
Goblin Stomper

Let's Talk About Pacing! - The idea, I think, is that the RPG is ultimately about the long game. Even rolling back to the early days of Basic & Expert, the goal of the player was...
5 years ago
Spells and Steel

"Alignments that aren't stupid" in action - I wrote about a new concept to map onto the term alignment some years ago here: https://spellsandsteel.blogspot.com/2015/12/alignments-that-arent-stupid.ht...
5 years ago
Charm Monster

Random Yuan-ti Pureblood Snake-Like Features - The following are random serpentine features for Yuan-ti Pureblood characters. The features are generally subtle but if the same result comes up twice, the...
5 years ago
The Hyqueous Vaults

The Hyqueous Vaults Reference & Handout Pack now available! - The Hyqueous Vaults Reference & Handout Pack contains extra maps (including an un-keyed one for virtual tabletops), the monster roster, and the player hand...
5 years ago
Unofficial Games

So long and thanks for all the fish - If you want to find me someday check here
5 years ago
Random Diversions

Mini-Review: Sennheiser MX 365 Earphones - No, you're not misreading that title. This is not gaming related. I've been shopping for replacement earbuds for my SanDisk Clip Sport Plus. It came with e...
5 years ago
Ruins of Arduin

Final Version of Ruins of Arduin - The proofreading is finished and a few additions I wasn't going to include slipped in - mostly due to popular demand (I'm looking at you Deodanths ...) Ima...
5 years ago
Episode Nothing: Star Wars in the 1970s

Star Wars v Superman: The two biggest fantasy films of the 1970s - *Superman *(1978) had a lot in common with *Star Wars* *Episode Nothing has occasionally looked at some of the other big films of 1977.* *But today I'...
5 years ago
Mythmere's Blog

Iain Lovecraft, 3D Sculptor - Nope, it's got nothing to do with Cthulhu. I just did a video conversation with Iain Lovecraft, who designs 3D miniatures and terrain. If you're not doi...
5 years ago
CYCLOPEANA

Eddison’s Zimiamvia e-book - The Worm Ouroboros is the best fantasy of the 20th century. At this point, for me, the only competitor is either of the first two Gormenghast books. (It ...
5 years ago
Save Versus
All Wands

Announcing the Contest Winner! (Plus Some Interesting US Coin Facts) - The third semi-annual Save Versus All Wands contest - What is the Value of this Coin Hoard - is over. $1,000 was the winning guess, only a bit below the ...
6 years ago
Greyhawk Grognard

Please Update Your Link! - If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is out of date. Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com (RSS feed is h...
6 years ago
Stocking The Dungeon

A lighthearted open letter to Greyhawk fans. - Let me start by saying I don't dislike Greyhawk. I play in a current AD&D 2nd ed. game set in that setting, Greyhawk and Blackmoor also, as the settings de...
6 years ago
Quickly, Quietly, Carefully

My new blog: devilghost.com - For months, I’ve been slowly moving entries from my old blog (here) to my new blog. I want to escape Blogger both because of technology preferences (I li...
6 years ago
Cold War Gamer

Review Book - Red Armour an Examination of the Soviet Mobile Force Concept, R Simpkin, 1984 - So this was the summer reading, all part of a project called Deep Battle that I have yet to really start writing about or indeed executing but have bee...
6 years ago
Roll for Initiative

Pathfinder Second Edition - I was initially a bit disappointed to hear of the second edition. But after some though I realized that Pathfinder 1 has some issues and maybe a new versio...
6 years ago
My Dice Are Older Than You

Review: Mutants & Masterminds Basic Hero's Handbook - Most of y'all know that superheroes is kind of my best genre. Certainly the gaming I've done the most of and (I'd like to think) know the most about. I've ...
6 years ago
The Omnipotent Eye

Long overdue closing down message - Friends. I guess if you see this in you notifications or feed reader you will be quite surprised. This blog have now been dormant for a long time, and much...
6 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 b...
6 years ago
Bramble & Thickets

A Small, Quiet Plea - There has been a great deal of discussing political agendas, social grievances, and personal attacks within the little corner of gaming that is my hobby....
6 years ago
Impetus News

New url for the forum - The new url for the Impetus forum is http://impetus.darkbb.com/
6 years ago
STARLOGGED - GEEK MEDIA AGAIN

STAR WARS WEEKLY REVIEW - ISSUE 4 - ON-SALE: Wednesday 22 February 1978 COVER DATE: Wednesday 29 February 1978 (see below) 28 pages 10p CONTENTS: - Cover - Who’s Who in Star Wa...
6 years ago
Redbeard's Ravings

Pondering: Getting to the Good Parts in a Megadungeon - Thinking out loud: suppose you’ve got an episodic megadungeon campaign. Each session, the group picks a location in the megadungeon to explore. Somet...
6 years ago
The Lands of Ara

Harbinger - Since I last checked in I have played some *Labyrinth Lord* off and on, but not for quite awhile, and my online group has basically fizzled out -- the ca...
6 years ago
The City of Iron

Migration - A note to anyone checking this blog: I've moved my blogging activity to https://necroticgnome.com/blogs/news. This blog will remain indefinitely, but will ...
7 years ago
I have wrought my simple plan...

Another Custom Dice Bag from Saddle Goose Designs - I have a bit of a thing about dice. I've got quite a few. Few hundred...that is. Maybe even several hundred. I know...I need help. But with so many dice ...
7 years ago
Dragon Grumbles

- *Life below armpit level* I just spent 4 days using a mobility cart at GenCon 50. I never realized that my fellow gamers were so: (take your pick) obliviou...
7 years ago
THE LAND OF NOD

The Migration Has Begun - It was inevitable - whether Sarmaks, swallows or Indo-Europeans, folks have to migrate eventually. Thus, the good old Land of Nod blog is making a move to ...
7 years ago
space1970

PLANET OF DINOSAURS (1978) Behind-The-Scenes Effects Gallery - Animator Jim Aupperle I'm very fond of the 1978 sci-fi film *Planet Of Dinosaurs*. Sure, it's cheap as hell and the script is banal and the performances ...
7 years ago
Sword and Board

Director George Romero passed away. - http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...716-story.html Hard to believe he's gone. I've seen all of his movies. He's the man who made everyone know what a zo...
7 years ago
The Adventurous GIT

"The Wotan Network" Part 2 - How to Exploit a God - In my last post, I raised the alarm about Stephen McNallen's latest endeavor, which appears to not only involve partnering with out-lout-n-proud AltRight ...
7 years ago
Gorgonmilk

Abject Shillery, Ladies and Gentlemen -
7 years ago
JohnnyBorgCastings.com

Dungeon Scenery & Anthropomorphic Adventurers 28mm - My last Kickstarter with products shipping in June 2017. Casting equipment and molds to be sold later in the year. Free Fursona PDF stats of all 10 ...
7 years ago
Triumph & Despair

The Plague Star – Rumors - There are ten Rumors. Seven are true, three are false. The Temporal Null Chamber is a devious trap that will break down all organic matter inside to be dep...
7 years ago
Gjallarhorn

Blood Eagle - First Warband. - Pointed up the first warband for Blood Eagle. A pretty simple process but each individual needs to be thought about and the figure looked at. Meet the s...
7 years ago
War beneath the earth

Pirate adventures and pirate codes - Piracy is as popular in RPGs as it is in the rest of mass-media - perhaps even more so. A semi-criminal or outright criminal band primarily loyal to one...
7 years ago
Crom! Count the Dead

Talking OSR - Dungeon Crawl Classics pt.1 - http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5U0F_JAwyI/T_QCnOSIJXI/AAAAAAAAASI/8Vl0RT4xCzY/s1600/osrlogo-newblue.gif It probably comes as no surprise to anyo...
7 years ago
The Ever Expanding Sandbox

The Ruins of Ramat (part one) - *What follows is a (poor) write-up of my first solo adventure using the Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells (4S) ruleset and the OSR adventure The Ruins of Rama...
7 years ago
Barbaric Frontier

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7 years ago
ST Wild: On Roleplaying

Dark Before Dawn: Puzzle Briefing - This is the document I handed out to everyone shortly before the last Dark Before Dawn session. Since the actual session used hard skills (though pretty e...
7 years ago
The Rusty Dagger

Daily Monster Art- Axe Beak - This art series is more like the monsters I've never actually used in a game series. I think the axe beak is pretty cool, I mean, it is weird dumb crea...
7 years ago
Over the Misty Mountains

Not QUITE a TPK... - But you could see one from there! I know my players read these, so I'm going to try to avoid campaign spoilers. But there will be some. Last night the par...
7 years ago
Dying Stylishly

Four Steps to Divinity - Four new spells for Wolf-Packs and Winter Snow. They make the caster into a god. Maybe not a particularly mighty one, but a god none the less. Probably don...
7 years ago
Random Generation

Flash Cards | almostadoctor.com free medical student revision notes - [image: Flash Cards | almostadoctor.com free medical student revision notes] Hello, are you looking for article Flash Cards | almostadoctor.com free medica...
7 years ago
From the Raven's Quill

The Glittering Isles of Greyhawk: Kings and Queens - *KINGS AND QUEENS OF THE GLITTERING ISLES* (and other "Lesser" Folk) From the great hall of the King of Hahntar (pictured above) to the small and smoke f...
8 years ago
Gaming Ballistic

GURPS Day Summary Oct 14 - Oct 20, 2016 - Thursday is GURPSDay, and I need more sleep. Things hum along in the background on the DFRPG and other projects, according to small birds and other things...
8 years ago
Zero Level Blog

Occultist - A Class for Adventurers of the Lost World - *Sorcery is a definetly a important part of the DCC RPG and it should be present in the Adventurers of the Lost World setting. The atlanteans are masters ...
8 years ago
Final Thoughts of a Murdered Guard

Fancy Familiars and Suspicious Summons - Summon: The Dread Cherub The dread cherub is one of the more grotesque and obvious of demonic creatures a witch has at their disposal. Familiar: Sass Cat ...
8 years ago
Rule of the Dice

5 More of the Most Despicable Things Ever Done by Player Characters - Player characters in role-playing games are generally supposed to be the "heroes" of the story, the good guys or at least the "anti-heroes." But as well al...
8 years ago
Deep Delving

A Dragon - Suddenly, in my campaign, I needed a dragon. I use them rarely, but now the players would eventually meet one, and even though I doubt they will come to bl...
8 years ago
FAR TREK RPG

+++LIMITED TIME OPPORTUNITY+++ - For a very limited time a hard copy edition of the free Far Trek rules is now available! THIS IS PRODUCED AT COST--I MAKE NO PROFIT AT ALL FROM YOUR PURCH...
8 years ago
Troll Gods

Troll Gods Want You! -
8 years ago
The Evil GM

This Blog has moved, http://theevildm.com - This Blog has moved, http://theevildm.com
8 years ago
The World According to Carp

The Cthulhu Hack Review - *The Cthulhu Hack Review* This is author Paul Baldowski’s answer to old-school style Black Hack Call of Cthulhu. It’s a reasonably priced PDF that printed...
8 years ago
The Dungeon Seamstress

Week 6 of Alpha Blue! - Hello Sweeties, I decided to post week 6 & week 7 close together as week 6 ended part way through the finale. Week 7 should be posted tomorrow. There is a...
8 years ago
DISCOURSE AND DRAGONS

Wanted: Citadel Uruk-Hai - I am looking to buy or trade for these Citadel Uruk-Hai orcs (not X-ed out). Can you help me out or know someone who can?
8 years ago
The Dark Dungeon Vaults

Welcome to the Dark Dungeon Vaults - While waiting for an ok to join the RPG Bloggers network, I became a bit frustrated. So, here is a current blogroll of 1000+ English Language RPG blogs, an...
8 years ago
Cambronne's Reply

A Cambronne Christmas - May your holidays be filled with peace, good company, and childlike joy! *"It is for you, dear reader, now to get a floor, a friend, some soldiers and som...
8 years ago
The Moldy Vale

Panduan Berwisata dengan Bandros City Tour di Bandung - Bandros City Tour atau Bandung Tour On Bus CityTour adalah alat transportasi darat yang difungsikan untuk mengantarkan wisatawan berkeliling menikmati wisa...
8 years ago
The Sandbox of Doom

Picking Up Where I Left Off - It's been a bit since I have posted to The Sandbox of Doom. In the intervening time, a lot of things have changed, most of them good. - I have been ga...
9 years ago
Random Wizard

Moved - The Random Wizard Blog has moved to https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
9 years ago
The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope

Stonehell Dungeon: Into the Heart of Hell On Sale Now - *The day many undoubtedly believed would never arrived is finally here! The sequel to the original *Stonehell Dungeon: Down Night-Haunted Halls* is availab...
9 years ago
aldeboran

MOVED - I've moved everything to www.stefanpoag.com. Thank you, blogger.com, for the years of hosting; please visit my new site.
9 years ago
Vaults Of Antiquity

Quante Cose ci Stiamo Perdendo? - Teoricamente non dovrei postare nulla al momento perchè sono ancora in piena sessione esami, ma visto che è ben dal mese di dicembre che non posto nulla ...
9 years ago
Porky's Expanse!

The legendary Thuloid's gold - If you're reading this, you might be interested in a solid and fairly wide-ranging batch of discussions going on at *Thuloid's latest post* at the House,...
9 years ago
SimPQR

More Akodo Kotaro - Level 200 Level 202 Level 210 Level 213 An L5R CCG card designed for my character. The old point-crawl map from the Emerald Empire Facebook gam...
9 years ago
GM Games

The Manor, Issue #8 - Where is it going? USA $5.00 USD Canada $5.50 USD Rest of the World $6.00 USD Issue #8 is also available in PDF at RPGNow and Lulu. This issue is fil...
9 years ago
Places to Go, People to Be

This is Phase World…It’s Nothing Like Regular Rifts, Honest - Tonight was character generation for the Phase World Game: Mary, a 10′ bipedal dinosaur (Seljuk) mercenary with a grenade launcher, a power halberd, a comb...
9 years ago
They Stalk the Underworld

ECHOLALIACS - *Number Appearing:* 2-8 *Size:* 10' to peak of cone *Armor:* Rolls of thick, dense hide as plate armor *Resilience:* As 8 human warriors *Intelligence:* S...
9 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...
9 years ago
Rended Press

Random Dungeon Generator Exercise: Heart of the Missing Shroom Wizard's Lair - Found the picture through a Google search. Generated the encounters using Wizardawn's excellent Dungeon Builder using the options for Swords & Wizardry. Di...
10 years ago
Psychedelic Fantasies

The EIGHTH Psychedelic Fantasies module is now available! - *Proteus Sinking* by Bjorn Warmedal This adventure is set on a crashed starship of gelatinous beings. You do not have to wait until the PCs are high-level ...
10 years ago
Dungeon Mastering by Candlelight

More Encounters - Hi Guys. Diving right in to some additional encounters for the map to the right. Picking up where we left off... H8 The Hard Ride Bridge This stone br...
10 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...
10 years ago
For A Fistful Of Coppers

So why aren't there more action movie RPGs? - I went to a used book store this weekend and ended up grabbing a handful of "men's adventure" novels from the 70s and 80s. I'm sure that my older reader...
10 years ago
still practicing_

5 Minute History: Adeptus Mechanicus Organization - Organization Fabricator-General Rouge Trader Tech Adept - Artist Unknown The Fabricator-General of Mars is the leader of the Adeptus Mechanicus, and as th...
10 years ago
The Yaqqothl Grimoire

Still alive and more useless crap - I wonder if anyone still reads this blog. Anyway, things have been changing at the speed of light in the last few months so I feel like a little update is ...
10 years ago
Spell Card!

Superheroes don't get their due - *It should come as a shock to no one that I'm a huge fan of superheroes.* In fact, I've often thought about retooling this blog to be more of a "spells and...
11 years ago
Captain's Blogs

2500 scale ships - Captain's Blog Stardate 201308.25 I got this in from Del (Multi-Verse Models) the other day. It is a resin copy of my M-4 Strike Cruiser I submitted for ...
11 years ago
BladeSharp

Another Prize Draw - Those homosocial homicidal er... blokes are up for grabs HERE
11 years ago
Skull Crushing For Great Justice

I don't need to post anymore - Because you can just read this sort of crap. Or, instead of wasting ten minutes of your life, you could play a game. Fuck, I don't want to harp on this sh...
11 years ago
A Wizard in a bottle

Les Essarts : A draft map of my Dodecaedron World - This map is intended for the publication of the second opus of my Dodecaedron world.
12 years ago
ADD Grognard

New Website & Blog Live - Finally the pieces start to come together. The new website is up (not much on the front page to look at yet) and the blog is located on the second tab at t...
12 years ago
Bruno's Demise

[Comic book] Captain Marvel and CC Beck - This is the second in an irregular series of posts about stuff, possibly a bit outside the rpg norm, that has sidled into my subconscious, crept into my co...
12 years ago
Limited Wish

BECMI Domain Rules - I've done a bit more re-reading, this time of the domain rules from the old "BECMI" D&D (the Frank Mentzer "Basic" edition) Companion Set. Since my reading...
12 years ago
Back in '81

Unchained and out on the Mean Street(s) again. - In the wake of some recent (mediocre) tuneage from the yet-again reunited VH/DLR combo, I feel the need to post the following old school masterpiece for yo...
12 years ago
Putting On The Ridges

The Party Ends - Four AM, 22 December 2005, my alarm went off. It was going to be a long day. I had two hours sleep and I was facing a twelve hour shift at the Arrest Pro...
13 years ago
The Outlook is Grim

Mythrus Tower Maps - NTRPGCON 2011 - Mythmere gave me permission to share this little artifact from the Mythrus Tower sessions last year, enjoy. You can download the file to access the sticky ...
13 years ago
Wonderful times with Ruby Cloverleaf

I got the best piggy back ride in the entire world... - Something very odd happened after we woke up. We found a half orc in our room with us. I found my heart beating fast like a war drum and my first inclinati...
13 years ago
Monelun's Sketchbook

Hellooooooo........ - So, I had an insightful discussion about the nature of creativity and the urge to create with my oldest daughter recently. Out of the where ever that fuel...
13 years ago
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