Castles & Crusades Witch
The Castles & Crusades WitchCastles & Crusades is often called the Rosetta Stone of RPGS. Actually that is not to bad of a claim. Here is my Witch class from The Witch, converted to C&C. I [...]Read on >>
Reaper Bones: Kobolds are they dogs or dragons?
The next milestone of this marathon painting challenge is the kobolds. Just like the Giant Rats I painted last time, these are one of the monsters in my Monster Mini Box: Level One and are a classic low level minio[...]Read on >>
CoC Blocking!
Bill Cavalier, The Dungeon Bastard, has strong opinions on DMs who want to run Call Of Cthulhu as a change from Dungeons & Dragons![...]Read on >>
D&DVD Of The Week: Genghis – The Legend Of The Ten (2012)
Locked in a civil war with the rebellious Hulin tribe, the hordes of Genghis Khan (aka Chinggis Khaan aka Temujin) are stricken by plague and so a ten-man squad (an "aravt") is dispatched into the mountains to retrieve T[...]Read on >>
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 goals. I looked at the various layouts and my experience with the[...]Read on >>
What Do You Want More Of?
Quick, non-gaming related post today.First off, I apologize about the sporadic nature of the blog lately. I've had a lot going on, and it's made keeping focus on the blog a bit harder than normal. This should resolve its[...]Read on >>
Buy this Axe
Thanks to the generous helping layout hand of Mike Davison, next week I will finally be releasing into the wild By This Axe, my mercifully short and (hopefully) easily digestible 12-page set of rules for running Mediev[...]Read on >>
Creating The World Of Tomorrow: Putting the SF into Sci-Fi Pt 2
May 23, 2013 from Campaign Mastery
Filed under: campaign setting, Campaigns, DM Advice, Inspiration, RPG Hub
In part one, I looked at techniques for extrapolating from the world of today into a future world where technology has changed. These techniques have served me well in both fiction writing and developing sci-fi oriented [...] Filed under: campaign setting, Campaigns, DM Advice, Inspiration, RPG Hub
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Vampires vs. Liches Pt 5: Experiment Prep! B/X Liches are B/S
Here is where I see these experiments beginning to fall apart. Companion & Master Set levels present a massive scaling problem. Note that both of these Liches are underpowered by B/X standards and I haven&rsq[...]Read on >>
en garde!
If I had been reading Strategic Review 1.4 in winter 1975, this ad would have caught my eye: EN GARDE! is Game Designers' Workshop's newest, and most unusual game. The 17th Century, with musketeers, and swordfights in th[...]Read on >>
The Asylum
Mental institutions are an icon in Western fiction, and they’ve seeped into our consciousness as gamers. But are we adequately prepared to use them well in games? Institutions as a game element are a combination of[...]Read on >>
D&D Encounters: Storm Over Neverwinter (Week 6)
Last week the PCs travelled to Helm’s Hold, a cathedral turned hospital dedicated to helping those inflicted by the Spellplague. A safe haven for those in need, the doors of Helm’s Hold are always open. Howev[...]Read on >>
Monsters of Sin Now Available
Avarice, gluttony, and wrath. The seven sins dangerous enough to be called deadly are now collected under one set of covers, with all errata and some expanded text to make these Sin Monsters as complete and dangerous as [...]Read on >>
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 biggest setting yet -- the town of Minco! Their materials are sys[...]Read on >>
Gaming Inspiration: More Visuals!
I think I've said it before, but the GI Joe cartoon has some of the neatest locations. There always seems to be a Cobra hideout in some tropical jungle or idyllic island. The cartoon takes us to deserts and polar ice cap[...]Read on >>
Centaur and Goblin Character Classes – Leveling Creatures Old School
May 23, 2013 from A Character for Every Game
Filed under: dungeons & dragons, Labyrinth Lord, RPG, RPG Hub
Setting the wayback machine to the very origin of the hobby, the game encouraged players to play whatever they really …Continue reading »
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Don’t Forget about Oklahoma
I have seen the damage tornados do close up. It's not pretty.So our thoughts are with Oklahoma, but thoughts alone are nothing.DriveThruRPG makes it easy to donate money to the American Red Cross.This one of my fav[...]Read on >>
Daily Cosplay
He's going to cosplay your head into the ground! [...]Read on >>
When Worlds Collide
The Hershel Space Observatory found two galaxies in the act of colliding. This helps us understand the nature of how elliptical galaxies came to be; these galaxies are generally populated by older stars and the odd shape[...]Read on >>
Finally! Cooking Star Trek Style
It looks NASA has decided to take another page out of the Star Trek book. You've all seen it, an ensign in the mess hall walks up to the wall, orders his food, there's a wooshing sound, a door opens, and bam! He ha[...]Read on >>
Armor Up
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Torn Asunder
Seems some fellow in Minnesota was remodeling his house. After removing a section of wall he discovered a great deal of papers used for insulation and what nots . . . this was pretty common some decades ago, I remember p[...]Read on >>
We’re the Millers – Wolverine – Movie Preview
Okay, this is definitely worth a look see, a whole new take on crossing the border with the drugs theme, and with Jennifer Aniston as a stripper, well there you go. And then there is Wolverine!! This is movie trail[...]Read on >>
Dragon Caves
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The New Timecop
It looks like the old Van Damme movie, Timecop is coming back to the big screen. Universal is behind the movie's return. I seem to remember that the film had some really cool twists at the end, good sci fi and time trave[...]Read on >>
New Magic Item: Armadillo Throne
"Bring them forward" The queen ordered. Her fancy orange coat draped artistically over the ridged arms of the throne, and her black nails tapped impatiently. The all female guard snapped to attention as the companions st[...]Read on >>
GM Advice: Solo Adventures
It’s game night — snacks are laid out, drinks are in the fridge, the minis are selected, the dungeon map is ready and you’re rearing to go. There’s just one problem — life happens and only o[...]Read on >>
Wednesday Night Writing Exercise: Infestation
This is the beginning of a very bizarre idea that popped into my head today. The idea itself doesn’t quite make it into the text, but the character it created does. The door was opened by a man whose suit and loose[...]Read on >>
One Page Dungeon Contest Status Update
Google Spreadsheet is my friend…[...]Read on >>
Gnasty Gnolls: Cultists and Guardians in AGE
Gnolls have slaughtered their way to gaming infamy, and they are a favorite of gamemasters (GMs) and players alike. This article can be used by GMs to round out this age-old monster, or players can use it to create new c[...]Read on >>
[Let's Look At] Mutants & Machine-Guns: A Gonzo Post-Apocalyptic RPG, Part 2: Character Creation
Several weeks ago, I was delighted to find a couple friends of mine in my hometown have been up to something exciting, and I thought what better way than to launch a new series of posts to revive this long-dead blog.&nbs[...]Read on >>
Setting the tone
If time is like a river, flowing from one point to another inevitably from the start of creation to the end, then everything in reality is just flotsam and jetsam caught in the current. Every element of reality swirls i[...]Read on >>
EN World Review – Rapture: End of Days by Joe Sweeney
Many welcomes and greetings to you, my Gentle Readers and Fellow Gamers! Well, it has certainly been a terrible week of storms, and I’m sure that many of you are as disturbed and saddened as I was by the terrible t[...]Read on >>
