The Ashen Rift
An idea has come to me, for a WoAdWriMo adventure: a rift in the earth, surrounded by ashen wasteland. Within it thrive all manner of strange beasts and factions, and at its heart lies a malevolent, fiery presence. I'll [...]Read on >>
Forward…to Adventure!
World Adventure Writing Month is go, with spiffy new web digs and a flash new logo!My temples have been distended with Encounter Critical scenario ideas for months. It's gotten out of hand, to tell you the truth, and it'[...]Read on >>
Cthulhu Recap(s)
This is a two-for-one Cthulhu recap post. First, my review of the movie of the same name and second, in keeping with the quote I've stuck up under my blog's title, I'm going to chat a bit about the Call of Cthulhu game I[...]Read on >>
DMing into the Depths of the Oerth, Part 2
CAUTION: This series of articles contains many spoilers concerning the modules D1-3 and should only be read by DMs and those players who will not be actually playing through the series at any time in the future. Failure [...]Read on >>
Origins Find: Kenzerco Vintage Western Playing Cards for Faro
Wandering around Origins, I came upon the Kenzerco booth and its display of the "Aces and Eights " RPG. "Aces" looked cool and won an Origins award, but I had already spent a bit more than my budget,[...]Read on >>
Cool Tools
Here are some cool online programs for rpg's I've discovered recently. Gozzy's - lots of very nice dungeon and map generators. joe.caffeinated’s Inns of the Empire - random inn generator for WFRP. Moldvay's Dung[...]Read on >>
Godlike RPG Review
“Godlike” is a role-playing game about super heroes during World War II. But “Godlike” isn't your normal super-powered game. The heroes, called Talents, are normal people with extraordinary powers, but who ultima[...]Read on >>
Old school (or not)
I created a fantasy game and played a session with Gastogh and Nakano. Here’s the somewhat updated rules. The combat rules were inspired by Tunnels and Trolls (which I have never played or read). Chargen Starting c[...]Read on >>
Road Runners, Swamp LARPing & Hannah Barbarians: Influences
James Raggi, he of the lamentably long blog title, has challenged his readers to list their gaming influences. I'm late to the podium and all the good answers are already taken, so here are some of my own haphazard influ[...]Read on >>
Trask Has Lunch with Mike Mearls, Lead Developer of 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons
I was fortunate enough to attend the "Hall of Fame’s Guest of Honor Banquet" at Origins this year. We arrived early hoping to get the most interesting "guest" in attendance. Th[...]Read on >>
Dogs and the AD&D Campaign
Man, these blogs can be a pain in the ass. I have absolutely nothing prepared, what with vacation laziness still in place. We didn't go to the mountains, we went to Lake of the Ozarks, a family friend owns a forested are[...]Read on >>
Media Influences
So... I challenge the role-playing blogosphere (and I know you are reading... :P) to name the primary influences in your personal game, so we get a flavor not of what set of rules you decide to use, but what kind of game[...]Read on >>
Trask Returns from Origins Game Fair
I survived Origins... barely. It was an excellent trip, I got to play some cool games and meet interesting people. I am dead from travelling, but here are some "coming attractions" for this week's pos[...]Read on >>
In-Game Ethics
Two things I've read recently have gotten me thinking about the ethics within a game system again — a subject I've thought about many times before, but until now a subject I've never really considered in much depth[...]Read on >>
DMing into the Depths of the Oerth, Part 1
CAUTION: This series of articles contains many spoilers concerning the modules D1-3 and should only be read by DMs and those players who will not be actually playing through the series at any time in the future. Failure [...]Read on >>
7 Habits of a Successful Dungeon Master
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Less is More
Perhaps if I write a great treastise on game design, that will be the title. With Messiah, I did a very bad thing. After talking with Paul Czege about Messiah, I came away with some very ambitious ideas. (Incidental[...]Read on >>
Checking In; and: “Sometimes An Idea is TOO Obvious”
Hello campers. Not sure where the last week went, but that does happen at times. I'm a writer by trade, and sometimes I'm just all "written out," even with the fun writing.But! I've got plenty I want to write about (incl[...]Read on >>
Lords of Tyr - Lords-of-Tyr-D&D-Podcast-005
Lords of Tyr Topics 20080625Wed June 25th at 8pmLords in Attendance: Brian (aka DLOB), Chad (aka Chadarius and podcast moderator), Mike (aka bronz1369), and TJ (aka HiredGoon).Topic 1: The First DNDI Tool, The D&D [...]Read on >>
The Evolution of the Fighter - Summary
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The Evolution of the Fighter - Part 6: D&D 4e
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Friday Freakshow: British Zombie Haunts Sewers
From the Daily Mail, a UK news service..."Ghostbuster called in after sewage workers stalked by 'zombie' in underground tunnels"An exerpt:It sounds like something out of a Hollywood blockbuster. But staff at a sewage wor[...]Read on >>
The Dunwich Horror
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Rhyme Stealer
Continuing in a fey theme, I dug out a rather nasty sprite I wrote up a few years back, the rhyme stealer. In two versions, the 3rd Edition original and Labyrinth Lord.Rhyme StealerSmall Fey (Sprite)Hit Dice: 1d6 +1 (4 h[...]Read on >>
From the Journals of Mack Brolin
Been pretty slow lately. Just enough business to keep the lights on and the coffee pot full. I keep watching my back for more of those Chinamen, but it looks like they’re laying low for now. Been looking in on[...]Read on >>
Making Combat Better with the 20+Nd9 Critical System
This is part of my RPG series of entries here at SOB. See the inaugural entry in the series for more details. In my previous essay, Open Ended Rolls, I promised I would describe the open-ended rolling system I'll be [...]Read on >>
American Nerd Excerpt Article
Just passing this on to anyone who's interested. I don't think I'll pick up the book, but some people might find this interesting, so I'll pass along this article containing a small excerpt from the book. There's some [...]Read on >>
The Evolution of the Fighter - Part 5: D&D 3e
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The Changeling: A Half-Elf variant [revised]
Noisms posted a trio of excellent elf variants drawn from folklore this week, and I thought I'd try my hand with a Half-Elf class. I've thrown out the Tolkienian underpinnings and taken my influences from folklore and fa[...]Read on >>
Real Orks
This is part of my RPG series of entries here at SOB. See the inaugural entry in the series for more details. All you gamers out there are surely familiar with that "monstrous humanoid" race known as "orcs". You kno[...]Read on >>
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