OSR Blogs
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"Dear JB" Mailbag #22
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*Dear JB:*
*My player "John" and I had an argument at the very beginning of our
session yesterday. I DM for a party of eight and they are about half-way ...
5 godzin temu
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Yellow Journalism
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Here's another strangely prescient sidebar from that *Dark Conspiracy *preview
insert that appeared in issue #47 of *Challenge *(December 1990). This is
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6 godzin temu
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Supplement IV: Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes (1976)
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From the web:
What the authors have done in this volume is to attempt to set down
guidelines that will enable you to incorporate a number of various
myt...
13 godzin temu
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Children of Trouble - the D&D Suicide Squad
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So, my Isle of Dread campaign has been going well for months, running
almost every week. A couple of months ago we were missing an important
player and ...
16 godzin temu
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Witchcraft Wednesday: Introducing Moria Zami, Part 2
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[image: Moria Zami]
Late post? Yeah, I was playing AD&D with my son until the wee hours of the
morning! I have not done that in a bit. We are playing aga...
20 godzin temu
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Backerkit - WHPA-13 The Demon Curd of St Uguzo
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When I was first exposed to *WHPA-13* at TotalCon in 2024, I wondered what
this quirky little zine of an RPG was. After reading the rules and flashing
b...
22 godziny temu
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Greyhawkery Comic: Saga of Valkaun Dain #9
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Welcome again readers of Greyhawk lore! Today is a new tall tale in the
ongoing *Saga of Valkaun Dain*. If you haven't heard of the most famous *Ice
Barb...
1 dzień temu
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Wednesday Comics: DC, July 1984 (week 1)
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My mission is to read DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to
*Crisis*. This week, I'm looking at the comics that were at newsstands on
the wee...
1 dzień temu
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Alternate versions of Heart of Ice
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This post isn't really an April Fool, but it tickled me. Somebody told me
they'd asked ChatGPT what *The Warlock of Firetop Mountain *might have been
lik...
2 dni temu
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Praise for Songs of the Dying Earth
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Among my favourite works of fantasy fiction are the *Dying Earth* stories
and the *Lyonesse *trilogy by Jack Vance. I’ve read the *Lyonesse *trilogy
three ...
3 dni temu
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Distances in the 2024 Monster Manual
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As a d20 monster designer, a question I often have is “how D&D is this
distance?” D&D has certain speeds, distances, and ranges that it likes more
than oth...
1 tydzień temu
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On the Success of the VOTE
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You voted for it, and it's here!
All the prices on the books I sell on DTRPG will be rising in price, 40-50%
so I can maintain the same margin as now!
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2 tygodnie temu
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Lexicon of Klarkash-Ton, Hierophant of Atlantis: Lupanar
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This time, we follow the good High Priest to the far future, to the final
continent of Earth, Zothique, for a a tale of ennui and love: Morthylla.
Witho...
3 tygodnie temu
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Blackmoor Trademark Now Registered to Estate of Dave Arneson LLC
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As of March 4th, 2025, the Blackmoor Trademark is listed as Registered to
the The Estate of David Arneson LLC. The estate first applied to register
the...
3 tygodnie temu
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Fight On! number 16 is out.
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The new issue of *Fight On!* has been out for a bit. You can get copies via
drivethru or lulu.
I haven't finished reading my copy, but I'd like to reco...
4 tygodnie temu
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Wandering through the Majestic Fantasy Realms
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It's time for another Bat in the Attic update!
I am halfway through the first draft of my upcoming project, Into the
Majestic Fantasy Realms, the Northe...
4 tygodnie temu
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Alignment in O.G.R.E.S. Addendum
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Additional Thoughts on Alignment
In case you all haven't seen it, Tim Brannan has been doing a super fun
exercise with the O.G.R.E.S. games over on his Th...
2 miesiące temu
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The Stats of a Dave Arneson Player Character.
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If you want to find the details for one of the characters that Gary Gygax
made and played as a PC, perhaps to use as an NPC in your own game, it
isn't t...
2 miesiące temu
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Prependix N
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A mere 10 months ago (hot of the presses by what James refers to as our
shambolic standards), “The Problem with Appendix N” over at Grognardia
lamented: Ye...
2 miesiące temu
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The Reynardine
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Reynardines are foxes cursed to go about the world in the manner of men, or
perhaps men that are cursed to go about the world in the manner of foxes.
The...
3 miesiące temu
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Welcome new Greyhawk Fans!
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With the publication of the new Dungeon Master’s Guide, there are doubtless
going to be a lot of new D&D players interested in my favorite setting, the
Wor...
5 miesięcy temu
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The Weird Crushers that will Accompany the Imminent Releases!
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The next upcoming LotFP releases will be delivered from the printer THIS
WEEK!
Leading up to the big new releases... here are the FIVE new Weird Crusher...
9 miesięcy temu
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When did the OSR begin? 2008.
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I was looking through a box of some of my old gaming stuff and I ran across
a bunch of old OSR zines and DIY supplements from 15+ years ago. I thought,
w...
10 miesięcy temu
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Attronarch's Athenaeum
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Over at the forum El Borak mentioned Attronarch in his thread Hirelings,
loyalty, and morale which you should take a look at.
Attronarch has a website Att...
1 rok temu
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A Bevy of Beyond the Supernatural Sheets
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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...
1 rok temu
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There Were Dice
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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 ...
2 lata temu
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2e Character Sheet
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One of the most popular posts on this site over the years has been the 2nd
Edition AD&D character sheet I cooked up for our game in the early 90s. I
cleane...
3 lata temu
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Abiørn's Satchel
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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 lata temu
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The Spine of Night Premiering at SXSW Tonight!
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*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 ...
4 lata temu
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Not Necromancy...
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I am indeed alive! AN incredibly busy year of travel just got more crazy
as the year ended. In between I continued to work and play-test a different
mag...
5 lat temu
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Strange, Dangerous, and Inhuman: The Fey and Fairie
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When I was a boy I loved fairy tales. Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss in
Boots, Rumpelstiltskin - I devoured all of it. My fascination that there
was a strang...
5 lat temu
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PARCHMENTS FROM THE CATACOMB!
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My new project is hosted at the following *LINK*
5 lat temu
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Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign: New EN World Column: #1
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Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign: New EN World Column: #1: I am now an
author for EN World with a monthly column. Six lead columns have been
submitted to...
5 lat temu
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Dungeoneering Blog
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This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
5 lat temu
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No i bye old school
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*Dobra.* Wypierdalam, wreszcie z polskiego fundomu i z tego bloga. Ku
uciesze kuglarskich mas. To ta chwila, na która czekali polterowcy,
stulejarze, nazi...
5 lat temu
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The Mythology of Moog
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*Mythology of Moog*
*The following is a long-accepted translation from the Codex Incarnaeum
which describes the birth of the world. The views expressed...
5 lat temu
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James's Celebration of Life
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We could not have asked for a prettier day for James's service. It was a
bit chilly and windy but gorgeous. A heartfelt thank you to all that joined
us tod...
5 lat temu
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Human Infravision
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Gizmodo reports "By injecting nanoparticles into the eyes of mice,
scientists gave them the ability to see near-infrared light—a wavelength
not normally vi...
6 lat temu
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Regarding Zak
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https://www.facebook.com/amandapatricianagy/posts/10215845527064252
I hope that Zak engages with some sort of accountability process, takes
responsibility ...
6 lat temu
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Please, I don't do paid advertisements - don't ask.
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A little note since people have asked me about this. My video channel's
*not* an advertising platform, so I'm not available for hire if you want to
promote...
6 lat temu
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Save Versus All Wands Contest: What is the Value of the Coin Hoard?
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Treasure Type H
Announcing the third annual (well, not quite) Save Versus All Wands contest!
You can read about and see the results of the first two - *...
6 lat temu
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FREE Version of Microlite20 Comprehensive Edition Now Available
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The Pay What You Want/Free (no art) version of the *Microlite20
Comphrensive Edition* is now available.
*Microlite20* is a tiny version of 3.x designed to ...
6 lat temu
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Goodbye and Good Luck
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Well some of you may have noticed this blog has been down, restricting
access for some time. For various reasons I've decided to step away from
the OSR...
6 lat temu
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Hirelings for my Barrowmaze campaign
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I have been creating a random generation spreadsheet for hirelings for my
new Barrowmaze campaign, which is set in my Japan-like setting called
Oyashima. ...
6 lat temu
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Session XCIII: One Pissed Off Dragon!
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Our ongoing Swords and Wizardry sandbox campaign...
*Current Player Characters:*
*Thenus* (Ranger)
*Wang Du* (Monk)
*Wolfheir* (Viking)
*Arg* (Half-orc)
...
7 lat temu
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Adventure Lookup
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This looks like a handy resource : AdventureLookup.com
Looks like more than 200 1e/B/x/osr adventures in the database so far.
Should come in handy next tim...
7 lat temu
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Cardtography 2: A Simple Dungeon
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The second installment of Cardtography is up at Kobold Press.
We didn’t choose cards as our randomizers because they’re somewhat
room-shaped. That’s a h...
8 lat temu
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I Missed the LL Box Set News
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Now I know I’ve been out of the RPG circles for quite some time, but how
did I not hear of a freakin’ *Labyrinth Lord BOX SET*…and when can I *get*
one (m...
8 lat temu
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The Cosmic Gobsmack: Me and Mr. C
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My gut started bothering me a week or so before the last GenCon.
I had a previously set appointment for Aug. 21st and told my Family Dr.,
who recommended a...
8 lat temu
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Appendix N: May 2016 Edition
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I've been looking for some decent bookcases for about four years.
I finally came across the bookcases, above, which a used bookstore were
getting rid ...
8 lat temu
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Ausblick – RPG Blog-O-Quest Dezember 2015
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1. Das Jahr nähert sich dem Ende. Worauf freust Du Dich RPG-technisch am
meisten in 2016? Unter den momentan angekündigten Spielen gibt es
eigentlich keine...
9 lat temu
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Stonehell Dungeon: Into the Heart of Hell On Sale Now
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*The day many undoubtedly believed would never arrived is finally here!
The sequel to the original *Stonehell Dungeon: Down Night-Haunted Halls* is
availa...
9 lat temu
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Not going to be maintaining the FF blog on Google anymore. Mainly because
of this which seems to be the thin end of the wedge.
http://www.theguardian.co...
10 lat temu
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Fin. With an update
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*Updated 2/24/15* - So when I wrote this over three years ago, I had a huge
life project come upon me, it was time to put my energy into something
else. I ...
10 lat temu
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Legends & Labyrinths
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Please visit us online at http://www.legendsandlabyrinths.com. Filed
under: Uncategorized
10 lat temu
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Meet the Party
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I'm back in Poland for a few days. Which means it's time to move my D&D
campaign a bit. I have little time left to the session, so just take a look
at the...
11 lat temu
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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 ...
13 lat temu
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Closed
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Nothing to see here. Move along.
13 lat temu
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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...
13 lat temu
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Kingdoms of Kalamar Play Report: Session III - Mopping up Bandits
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Last night's session went off well for the most part, though there was a
disagreement as to the procedure for treasure division amongst the players.
All sh...
13 lat temu
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Piece of Cake: Cthulhu Bits
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(Marcus: Heute zur Abwechslung mal ein Gastbeitrag meiner besseren Hälfte.
Ab und an wird sie in Zukunft hier hoffentlich das eine oder andere Posting
verö...
14 lat temu
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More Dreaming Games
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I'm trying to get this down while the dream is still fresh and has not yet
faded, so it won't be very coherent...
The dream started in Washington, DC, wher...
15 lat temu
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