The Vacuous Grimoire
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From page 155 of the *Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide *(1979)
by Gary Gygax:
A book of this sort is totally impossible to tell from a no...
A couple of high powered magic items for Normandie
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*Ancient Armor of the First Men*
This rare, magical armor of the First Men provides excellent protection as
well as increased physical strength. The wearer...
Super-Duper
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Yesterday I had the day off work AND off *“baby duty,”* and consequently
had a chance to get down and finish proofing (first proofing) the new game,
*CDF*....
Misc III
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Yeah, boring post titles, sorry. I'm 50% done with a fun subsystem for
your old school games but I'm having a tough time fitting all the flavor I
want whi...
Crowdfunding a Three-Ring Circus?
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I think it's pretty clear now that crowdfunding through places like
Kickstarter and IndieGoGo has totally changed the dynamic of small press
publishing (...
D&D Next: The math behind advantages/distadvantages
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There been a lot of talk over the new advantage/disadvantage system in D&D
Next where instead bonuses you get to take the best of two rolls for an
advantag...
Warlord Wednesday: Devil's Wings
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*Let's re-enter the lost world with another installment of my issue by
issue examination of DC Comic's *Warlord*, the earlier installments of
which can be ...
One More DCC RPG-Related Announcement
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A new Kickstarter campaign has just been launched for *Tales From the
Fallen Empire*, a 3PP supplement for Goodman Games’ *Dungeon Crawl Classics
RPG*. T...
Light Posting Ahead
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You're probably going to see a lighter-than-normal posting schedule from me
in the next few weeks. I've got three big gaming projects that are all
coming d...
Oranj / Birthplace of the Ice Elementals
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Northern Finland I've been trying to squeeze in some D&D before the move
north. I have three unreported sessions in our whitebox campaign I'm hoping
to ma...
The Obligatory 5e Playtest Materials Post
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No worries. A good night's rest will take care of those
3rd degree burns! *Or, Why I Seriously Doubt I'll Ever DM 5e.*
There's stuff I like about the fledgli...
Amazing Adventures Pre-Sales!
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http://www.trolllord.com/cnc/aa_preorder.html
As some of you may or may not know, awhile back I wrote a core roleplaying
game for Troll Lord Games. It's a ...
History of Dice
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Kilgore is not a big dice fanatic like so many oldschool gamers, but
History of Dice at Awesome Dice blog is definitely worth a look. And the
discussion in...
D&D Next Playtest - The Caves of Chaos
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I couldn't be more chuffed, the public playtest for 5e D&D is out and
amongst the files is a sample dungeon - The Caves of Chaos - from the old
TSR module...
Death Spray of the Ancient Ones
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Thank you Thrash Geek for this actual laugh-out-loud moment. It's worth
clicking to see it larger, so you can read all about what this amazing
product does.
300
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This is my 300th post!
I'm somewhat amazed that this blog is still chugging along. Its focus has
changed slightly over the past three years. Lately I'...
All your base are belong to me
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You fuckers got sloppy with your IP and now I’m gonna come over and burn
your dick with a candlestick. After doing a little research I have
copyrighted, tr...
Surfeit of white
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If you have so far escaped the attention of Dirk Lloyd, the evil boy genius
and erstwhile Dark Lord, then you have two options. Option one is to hide
unde...
A Pathfinder AP for Blackmoor fans?
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I have previously suggested that Numeria is the equivalent of Blackmoor in
Pathinder's Golarion Setting. I was therefore disappointed by Paizo
officials m...
Runequest: Dragon’s Pass is so Passe
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So far so good with my old school Dragon’s Pass Runequest campaign. I think
the players are liking it, despite not everybody really investing a ton of
i...
ICONS Issue 5
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*DEATH AT 30,000 FEET!!*
Lord Genovasis - The father of Meta-humans
Automaton - The Mechanical Marvel
Nate Brown - Lowly janitor (AKA The Sponge)
The Scarle...
Why Won't Whistler Call?
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Why Won't Whistler Call?: Today is Mother's Day. If you're fortunate enough
to have one, call her. She's wanting to hear from you, I'm sure. If you are
a m...
The Bestiary - Bard Games
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The Bestiary portion of the Atlantean trilogy is another of the books that
I have never sued for the system it was written for but it has been well
used....
Anaboria Revised
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Chciałem podziękować ściągającym Anaborię (nawet wisiała na Chomiku - lol)
i inne nasze PDFy. W niedalekiej przyszłości zamieszczę jej nową wersję.
Będzie ...
Happy Star Wars Day!!!
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May the 4th is upon us once again; a day specifically set aside to fondly
recall that sense of awe and wonder that seems - for me at least - to have
been s...
You Say "Industry," I Say "Potato!"
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Recent discussion about Monte Cook bowing out of the development of 5e has
lead a certain someone to declare that her initial decision to not care
about 5e...
Dwimmermount: Once More Unto The Breach
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I waited and waited, and it was almost too late.
I'm sure most readers of this blog are at least aware of James Maliszewski's
*Dwimmermount Kickstarter* pr...
Congregation of Wizards
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Hello! I'm well and stuff. Took a long break from blogging in order to play
more.
To amuse you here's a picture of three deans of some polish universities a...
Closing Today
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The Underdark Gazette will go Down, sometime after 11:00 PM, Central Time,
this evening. Please, if you would be so kind, update your links to my new
blog ...
Fin.
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This blog is no longer actively maintained. This blog was a personal
journey and exploration of an old guy who loves playing OD&D (Original 1974
D&D), AD&D...
Spielemesse, ho!
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Hallo Allerseits!
Morgen geht es also wieder los, Zeit für die Spielemesse in Essen!
Wie jedes Jahr werde ich natürlich auch wieder da sein!
Dieses Jahr ...
Aerth
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Recently reading the Shadow of executioner and watching Beowulf movie
starring Christopher Lambert I wanted to run a sci-fantasy game. Since I
have many ma...
Final Post
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After nearly three years, this is the final post on this blog, which has
served its purpose of hashing out ideas about the game I wanted to write
for mysel...
Kolossale Ereignisse auf dem Gen Con?
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Nicht weniger als eine Enthüllung, die die Rollenspielwelt “in ihren
Grundfesten erschüttern wird” , verspricht Blogger und Drehbuchautor George
Strayton (...
Hexer & Helden in vier Bänden
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Seit dem Wochenende reift in mir das Gefühl, dass Hexer & Helden in vier
Bänden erscheinen wird. Warum der Sinneswandel?
Einfach... ich habe mittlerweile z...
The Shame of it All
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Alright, so here’s the deal: I’ve had this post sitting in my unpublished
tray for a year now. I wasn’t ever entirely sure where I was going with
this; it’...
Play post of the Brigand Crypt
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Hey!
Just popping my head in to direct you to TKB's Blog. On there, you will
find a play by play account of PRG's Fabled Curse of the Brigand Cryptadventur...
Final AGP Subscriber Compensation Deal
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Okay, here's the final deal... I now have permission from both *Judges Guild
* and *Troll Lord Games* to compensate subscribers for their remaining
balance ...