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Another Futuristic Cross Section - As the lady says: "Very impressive." You'll have to embiggen it to get the full effect, though. Even then, the writing is sort of small. This is a cross ...
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Guest Posting on A to Z: The Value of the Blogfest - I am guest posting over at *Blogging from A to Z Challenge* today. Here is a copy of my post. Hello everyone and my name is Tim Brannan, some of you might...
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Pre-Balticon 47 - Tonight is the first night of Balticon, and I’m stoked! While it isn’t a gaming convention, it is a con that focuses on science fiction and fantasy literat...5 hours ago
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BTS, Dinosaur Swamp, and Unadulterated Joy - Tonight our Thursday game at last resumed our Beyond the Supernatural campaign. We were a little unfocused, but given that the GM just finished his degree ...12 hours ago
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Game Collection : Third Third Third, Third is the Word - Well, Third Edition plus D20. See, back in the 90s AD&D 2nd edition ran for nearly 10 years. And considering it was little more than just a cleaned up 1st...
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Why isn't there an Andrew Lang Monster Manual? - We should do a short pamphlet. I'm kind of loving the Three-Headed Draken right now. (The dryadic bond between these goblinoids and their fruit trees is a ...
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Infinite Corpse - Who knows me also knows that I'm a sucker for comic jams. Here's my contribution to the great web-based jam Infinite Corpse. Any of you guys wanna join?19 hours ago
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Serendipity XXIII - You may not have noticed, but my next silhouettes post will be my fiftieth. I've been searching hard to find some extra-special ones to mark the occasion....
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What coming to me in the Fall; Dwarven Forge - So I got confirmation of my order from the Dwarven Forge Kickstarter. So here what coming to me in the fall. First off I ordered five sets plus the stretch...
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The Creeps (Part 2) [Monsters] - Today I have the second installment of the Creeps. Enjoy! *GEMINETTES* *Medium Fey, Chaotic (LE), Average Intelligence; Pair* HD: 4 AC: 13 ATK: 1 strike (s...
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New Post-Apocalyptic Supplements From Fishwife Games - The merry mutants over at Fishwife Games has been busily churning out some new settings and scenarios for your post-apocalyptic RPG games, including their ...
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The Piazza is 5 Years! - On this day, 5 years ago my friend Ashtagon, set up The Piazza. It immediately became the home of hundreds of D&D fans. Now the site has more than 1300 me...
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Microlite74 Special Version I Now Available (FREE) - [image: Microlite74 Special Version I Cover]When I announced this project, I figured it would only take a week to ten days to do as the material was writte...
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The Outer Space Men & The Forgotten History of the Rubbermanians… - 1) I was friendly with Connor from the time we were in Nursery School together. This school was housed in a giant Victorian-era home in our town, and it st...1 day ago
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Coming Attractions: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND SPECIAL EDITION (1980) Theatrical Trailer - Today we've got the theatrical trailer for the controversial (at least, among *some *Star Kids) 1980 "Special Edition" theatrical presentation of *Steven ...
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Meet 32, Adv 2, 5/4/13 - *This was the final big fight of the campaign. The way I had envisioned the adventure was that Sisspak and his 2 other yuan-ti were the equivalent of the B...2 days ago
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Reviews - I need to do more of them. I've got a small backlog of products I've been given or bought over the past few months I need to review. A few of them off th...2 days ago
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The Thieves' Guilds of Minaria - The poor thief has been the subject of many debates and contentions since his incipient introduction in *Supplement I: Greyhawk*. The most common complaint...
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half-life of gaming lust - After flirting with several different game systems lately, I am now conducting a scientific experiment: how long will it take for me to get sick of Vampire...2 days ago
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Summer on the Convention Trail - 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...2 days ago
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Porphyry - Initial Thoughts - Over the weekend I was able to peruse through a copy of Porphyry - World of the Burn and form a few thoughts. I don't play Tunnels & Trolls so I'll just b...2 days ago
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Wikipedia is the DMs Friend: Medieval Demographics - Most (A)D&D worlds are generally sparse in population, with but a single village in an entire 30-mile hex, if that. Many find that sort of emptiness unsat...
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Anybody want a cloth map for their campaign world? - I ask because zazzle.com will let you put your graphic on a towel and that ought to get the job done. I've wanted a cloth map of a campaign world of mine ...
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Brave the Labyrinth Fanzine Accepting Submissions - Just spreading the word that Pete Spahn's new fanzine for Labyrinth Lord, "Brave the Labyrinth", is looking for submissions by the end of May. See here for...3 days ago
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Better Living Through Chemistry, Part III -- Control Has Enabled The Abandoned Wires Again, But The Copper Cables All Rust In The Acid Rain - *WAIT! Didja read Part II first? How 'bout Part I?* More drama! Admit it, this is like gamer *Honey Boo-Boo*. Click through, ya Lookie-Lous. When I wen...
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I want to live in Los Angeles Not the one in Los Angeles no. 2 - May 20, 2013 - This week we take a look at the snot green warehouse where you and the other investigators hang out on Thursday nights. Better bring your boxing gloves bec...
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Your swords library! - I just read The book of swords — not the Fred Saberhagen series (the first three of which were pretty good but not strong enough to make me really want to ...3 days ago
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Bloggers For Charity - New Bloggers for Charity is in the works. Check it out here to check out the outline for the upcoming year.
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Thanks For The List, TSR - As blogland well knows, every sneezerag and post-it Tactical Studies Rules ever produced is secretly useful so long as you read it right. And so, yes, that...
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Spells Through the Ages -- Dispel Magic - I haven't done a historical look at *Dispel Magic*? Really? Okay, let me remedy that... *Chainmail* -- As is often the case for the most archetypal D&D ...
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What I Did On A Saturday - Tai Chi: Fighting Slow Invisible NinjasSo I had a full Saturday, this Saturday last. Tai Chi demonstrations, glasswork of the elder gods, Seattle traffic r...
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Back to the Dungeon RPG Update - Well I am currently cleaning up the documents and trying to clarify and fix grammatical errors as a natural progression of Game Development. Been working ...4 days ago
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Apologies to WotC - When I posted yesterday about the new release of *Dungeon!* I had more than a few unkind words to say about WotC's re-release of the classic board game. I...5 days ago
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Simian Saturday - Hope everyone is having a great Simian Saturday! Here is some more amazing Gorilla art by Marco-Itri
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Google+ Overload or Back from my travels, Darling. - Hi, I was one of those folks who had made a migration of interest from Blogging to Google+, and I'm sorry for having neglected my readership for so long. ...6 days ago
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On the Effects of Magic, 2nd level Wizard - DKZ The magical energies contained in the brain could cause side effects. When the wizard acts as a conduit there are risks. As these are second level side...1 week ago
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RPG Musings: Setting and Mechanics - There is an interesting aspect of rpg design which I've only recently begun to contemplate: the connection between setting and mechanics. You'll notice th...1 week ago
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Story Games Seattle FAQ - I put together a Frequently Asked Questions page for Story Games Seattle. “But wait,” you ask, “you’ve been running the thing for three years? You’re just ...1 week ago
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We need a Hero - Friday night the wife and I went to see Iron Man 3. It was good. I think it was really good. I especially enjoyed when… No. I’m not going to spoil it for a...1 week ago
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Essay on Lovecraft - My fellow Lovecraft fans, I think that this piece in the *Los Angeles Review of Books *may be of interest to you! It is a fine essay on Lovecraft's work (...1 week ago
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And the winner is... - *MU!!!* Despite all the mispellings and grammar errors, my Lovecraftian weird fantasy setting took first place in the *Swords & Wizardry*Appreciation Day Bl...1 week ago
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An Adventure for Every Monster - Demon, Type VI - What will happen to your party if you're successful in this adventure (artwork from Craig J Spearing - check his stuff out here) Frequency RareNo. ap...
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R.I.P.: Andrew J. Offutt 1934-2013 - Saddened by the news of andrew j. offutt's passing. Having only recently drunk deeply from the Advanced Dungeon And Dragons Appendix N well, Mr. offutt's ...2 weeks ago
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[New Encounter] Red Road - The Red Road Valance collapsed on the side of the road. ‘Are we ever going to get there?’ he complained. ‘I know, this is taking forever and I feel half de...3 weeks ago
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Fin de Siecle Maps of Britain and Outdoor Adventuring; Or, Yet Another Post About Wilderness Maps - I can't remember how I came across this (it may have been through somebody on Google+ - has there ever been a more serendipitous age than the one we live i...
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H.P. Lovecraft Bronze Bust Project Kickstarter - The H.P. Lovecraft Bronze Bust Project Kickstarter just went live. This looks like a worthy project that deserves to get funded. Check it out...3 weeks ago
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April Blogroll Additions - Sites added to my blog roll recently. http://hereticwerks.blogspot.com/ Space Age Sorcery! and I'm a sucker for purple. http://josephbrowning.blogspot.co...3 weeks ago
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Playing with Play-by-Post Mechanics - Oddysey and I were chatting last night about play-by-post gaming. Her recent adventures in learning to code has her intrigued by the idea of creating GM to...
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Recovering from vacation - recovering from disney vacation. playing on mog tonight after missing two sessions. last session ended on a cliff hanger...3 weeks ago
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Relative Popularities of OSR Games - If G+ community size is any indicator... 634 - Swords & Wizardry 551 - Original D&D 549 - Dungeon Crawl Classics 512 - Advanced D&D 329 - Lamentations of...3 weeks ago
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Against the Cult of the Reptile God - 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...4 weeks ago
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Two Cultures Clash--Which Will Survive? Come to Zak's Show and Find Out! - On May 2, in NYC, +Zak Smith has a new art show at his gallery. Last time we had a decent turnout of DnD types, maybe 15 or so. It was a good time and a ...
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Ten Creatures I'm Using Beneath the Broken Moon - In keeping with a far-future, non-Tolkien inspired theme I want to stock the random monster tables with appropriate creatures. Here are ten that ...5 weeks ago
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Another couple of mash-ups - I spotted the first of these from Nick Mizer's G+ commentary, and the second one has been on my radar ever since the good people at Gamegrene cast a jaundi...1 month ago
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Carl's Creatures pt.3 - Temple Toad Temon - This is your garden variety six legged toad demon bred by were-toad cultists in the mutating energy of the Huwawa complex. It is large enough to swallow a...
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Bored - Lately, I've lost all enthusiasm for RPG's. At first, I thought it was just the uglosity of the online community, or maybe internet addiction or somethin...1 month ago
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The Easter Bunny brought me Science Fiction! - Thank you Easter Bunny! And no, I'm not trying to relive my high school years with Nausicaa and now Gundam. Why do you ask? The gundam book is incredibly...
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Delightful Deluxe T&T Photo - I was just updating some links and checking back in on the *Trollhalla*forumwhen I came a cross this blog offering updates on the new forthcoming Deluxe edi...1 month ago
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Sorry, I'm Going To Pass On Your $10K Pre-Order - Anyone *really* like the Morrow Project? Link
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First Flight of the Laughing Buddha, Part 1 - Step right up and rub my belly!Everyone gathered at my house last Sunday morning, and the Traveller campaign began! *Ship:* *The Laughing* *Buddha*, re-pur...
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Faster Monkey/Goblinoid Booth at Gary Con V - 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...
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Hex Stocking Density - For interest sake I pulled out one of my copies of Isle of Dread. For most, it is the benchmark for hex-crawling modules. I wanted to approximate the rat...
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Lets Read Mythus pt 25 - *Mythus* spell lists: my face when. Last section of the *Advanced Mythus* spell lists sample castings, which so far have been boring enough to make a Ch...
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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...2 months ago
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Sailing the Starlit Sea Update - The latest update on *Sailing the Starlit Sea* has just been posted to the Kickstarter page. This is a public post, so anyone who follows the link below c...2 months ago
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Medieval France Mapping Project - 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...
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Kickstarters - Is anyone else as sick of kickstarters as I am? I hate to be the bearer of the ring of doom, but could we just possibly tone it down a bit? I realize that ...3 months ago
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Back on Patrol - Finally getting back to getting some drawing and painting done. Still about a month out from getting to go back to my day job, so I'm making time to ...
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Minor Noble’s Entouage - Claytonian on said: Members of the noble’s entourage. Interesting and dangerous characters that attend to the noble and protect him while doing in vogue th...3 months ago
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Ral Partha Orcs - Here are four Ral Partha orcs I painted late in 2012. I have an bunch of minis from the old AD&D line, and decided to paint a few up. The BattleSystem Sk...
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2012 - a great year of just plain gaming - 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 (...4 months ago
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Amazing Adventures Support Materials! - I'm happy to announce that I came to an agreement with Troll Lord Games to produce support materials for Amazing Adventures. These will consist of a sec...
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Eye of the Tiger (Supercut) - The *Risus Companion* has rules that gives a character the ability to spend Lucky Shots (or Questing Dice) to summon a training montage sequence. I couldn'...4 months ago
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Imagine Magazine: Issue #6 - 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...
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Five Signs of a Home that Will Appreciate in Value - It has been abundantly clear in the last few years that the housing market is a gamble. And whether you're buying a home as an investment or a place to ret...6 months ago
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Back. Sort of. - 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...6 months ago
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6d6 Fireball is hanging out with 1 person right now in a live Hangout On Air! #hangoutsonair - Josh Mannon Originally posted from: Chris Tregenza – Google+ Postshttps://plus.google.com/107726962705736524877/posts/DGRrMsHaYehNovember 04, 2012 at 12:09AM6 months ago
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Guest Post: Setting Out for the Lost City - Reblogged from Jeffro's Car Wars Blog: Earlburt is my closest gaming friend, and has done more than any other person to help bring the games I've wanted to...7 months ago
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Schroedinger's Game - For many months I've just been a player, not running anything. It's my default state, really. But every once in awhile I want to run a game. The problem, ...
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Actual Game Prep Report - There are lots of actual play reports floating around the intertubes but not a whole lot of actual game prep reporting going on. Most DMs who blog like to...
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Likes and Dislikes Part 3 - Levels, Experience Points, and Multiclassing So many people think that balanced classes are a requirement. I agree just a little. Too much balance gets yo...9 months ago
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Take my Zagyg...Please! - Sad to say, I just moved and I need money for new furniture and other boring things. That means selling my precious Castle Zagyg Upper Works boxed set. A ...10 months ago
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Tampa Real Estate Goes Green - Wіth the world іn а tizzу оvеr thе сlіmate chаngеѕ аnd the effect оf carbon emіsѕіons, what іѕ thе latеѕt bug to hаvе bitten реоple? 'Gо Green' sеems tо ѕu...11 months ago
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The Bladed Earth: Twenty Questions (Part IV) - *16. How about gladiatorial arenas complete with hard-won glory and fabulous cash prizes?* In Port Canciare, far to the east, there are several such arenas...
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Please Advise: The Effects of High Temperatures on TSR Products - A question that I think only the assorted RPG blogosphere could answer: I'm having my current apartment heat treated for bedbugs at the end of the week. Th...11 months ago
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(Re) introducing Wizards World - Back in 1983 A small California company put out a very good fantasy game called Wizards World. It had so many different and groovy ideas that were ahead of...11 months ago
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Bub - Neutral Good Level 1 Human Wizard (Evoker) Played by: Rich STR: 10 (--) DEX: 15 (+2) CON: 15 (+2) INT: 19 (+4) WIS: 11 (--) CHA: 14 (+2) Hit points: 8 Armo...1 year ago
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