UP THE DUNGEON PUNKS: May 2015

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GROGNARDIA

Ode to a Classic - One of the things I miss about the early days of the Old School Renaissance is *how many* blogs there were and how *interconnected* they all were. There ...
13 hours ago
Dyson's Dodecahedron

Ironspire Island - On the western side of Loblolly Lake is a small island clearly visible from the shore because of the rust-red … Continue reading →
21 hours ago
Monsters and Manuals

My Shoe is Safe - Yesterday's quiz was a toughie. In it, to recap, commenters were encouraged to guess at what the following pieces of art, generated by Substack's own AI ...
1 day ago
The Other Side blog

This Old Dragon: Issue #115 - [image: Dragon Magazine #115] I think I have enough time left in this year to do another one of these. My box of old Dragons, though, is getting a little li...
1 day ago
From the Sorcerer's Skull

Single Axis Outer Planes - There are a lot of very reasonable criticisms regarding the Gygaxian Great Wheel of Outer Planes, though I also like a lot about it. I've spent a fair numb...
1 day ago
Dispatches From Kickassistan

Hide & Seek RPG: The Neighborhood - As the players build their characters, pay attention to any locations that get named or even specifically mentioned, such as Safe Places or places mentio...
2 days ago
Playing D&D With Porn Stars

Frequently Asked Questions About The Compendium - So lots of people have questions about the Compendium! Here's a newer flip-thru video: Here's the details of its contents. Apparently many people are ...
2 days ago
Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

A History of Horrible Experiments - The hunt for Patchwork Jack continues! This session brought some horrific revelations about the site they had been lured into by their quarry and the mys...
3 days ago
Underworld Kingdom

Exotic hirelings' races/origins - Tired of bland and ordinary meatshields? FUCK 'EM UP! Roll 1d100 and see their totally insane origins: 1. Rhino Man 2. Wooden automaton 3. Se...
2 weeks ago
Between Are the Doors

Inspectres in Grifton - On November 8, we played a one-off Inspectres game set with the Starkweather monster hunter tradition, based in Grifton. My Setup I quickly pulled out and ...
4 weeks ago
Dreams in the Lich House

Curse of Strahd - for Shadowdark - I started running a game with my neighborhood gang for *Horror on the Hill*, a classic module from the 1980's. Meanwhile, my high school group voted to ...
4 weeks ago
The Realm of Zhu

Rise of the Khaös Deth Swordwraiths - Khaös Deth Swordwraiths - ancient daemonic blades that have enslaved disembodied cursed, rag shrouded souls to wield them. Izn-Rvn - a curse of undeath ins...
2 months ago
Necropraxis

D&D Player’s Handbook 2024 - Being an incomplete, visual review of the 2024 Player’s Handbook. I got a copy of this almost entirely on the strength of the new cover art: (This is the “...
3 months ago
LotFP: RPG

The Weird Crushers that will Accompany the Imminent Releases! - 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...
6 months ago
Cyclopeatron

When did the OSR begin? 2008. - 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, ...
7 months ago
CRAWL!fanzine

Introducing DCC AFTER DARK at Gamex 2024 - At this year's GAMEX, May 24-27, 2024, DCC judges from across SoCal will be coordinating a couple nights of weird and wacky adventures across the DCC Mul...
7 months ago
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms

A Short Update - Nothing new to share in terms of D&D stuff, but I have to say I've been a little more productive on another project now that all social media sites are u...
1 year ago
MONSTER BRAINS

Osamu Tezuka (1928 - 1989) - [image: Osamu Tezuka - Shonen Magazine Cover, 1970]Shonen Magazine Cover, 1970 [image: Osamu Tezuka - Shonen Magazine Cover Illustration 1970]Shonen Maga...
2 years ago
Chronicles of Ganth

Cloak of Feathers: Witches of Ganth - Witches are not something you choose to be in Ganth, it's a birth right, something man has dealt with since the foundations of Wynter. Not born of hate ...
2 years ago
The Tao of D&D

This is an Important Game Mechanic - *"That's the GM's Regional Map from my AOWG. And it's a damned good regional map. It's not a good map for a Simple Homebrew Campaign. It does some s$&...
2 years ago
Last Gasp

As Useful As A Pile Of Dicks - Remember STEAL THE EYES OF YASHOGGHUH? Still working on it. The post As Useful As A Pile Of Dicks first appeared on Last Gasp.
3 years ago
Ode to Black Dougal

Nightmoor Abbey Level 1 Saturday Night Specials - Using the Megadungeon - Random Area Name Generator, the area names from the Diablo games, and game reports from In Places Deep as inspiration below are the...
4 years ago
Back to the Dungeon!

Reevaluating My RPG Gamer (NON) Life - CAUTION LANGUAGE! *After the 4E Apocalypse and the OSR* Well my old group from back in 2006-2009, well some of the people started to suck and make it n...
4 years ago
Mesmerized by sirens

PARCHMENTS FROM THE CATACOMB! - My new project is hosted at the following *LINK*
4 years ago
OEF

Dungeoneering Blog - This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
5 years ago
Black Metal and Brews

Dead Satellites- "Burst" & Live Nirvana Cover Premiere! - Brooklyn duo Dead Satellites have been offering up some of the most uniquely charged heavy music in the region since their formation last year. As two-t...
5 years ago
Lawful Indifferent

Can't Stop Thinking About Weapons - Predictably enough, when I set down to whittle the 5e rules down to something that I'm interested in running, one of the first things that I take a look at...
5 years ago
The Gallery: Russ Nicholson

This is only for followers ...with thanks! - Thank you for following and here are a few newer [ish] pieces which I do hope you enjoy. They are in no particular order and if some appear to be 'older' i...
5 years ago
Red & Anarchist Black Metal [and much more!]

Awenden - s/t (2018) - *AWENDEN "Awenden"* *Year:* 2019 *Genre: *Atmospheric Black Metal *Origin:* USA *Track List:* 1. Awake 2. The Wilderness 3. ... 4. A Scou...
5 years ago
Dreams of Mythic Fantasy

James's Celebration of Life - 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 years ago
Beyond the Drowning Woods

10 RPGs that had an impact on me - 10 RPGs that had an impact on me with a short explanation why. I am going to do these all in one post, as I don't want to stretch this out unnecessarily. ...
6 years ago
The Dungeon Dozen

How can We Destroy this Campaign World? - d12 1. You must trick a bard into strumming the *Chords of Fate* on the *Lute of Annihilation* 2. Legends tell of thermonuclear weapons beneath megadunge...
6 years ago
Depraved and destricted

Felisja Piana AKA Fishball Suicide -
6 years ago
Love Train for the Tenebrous Empire

Bad Books Around the Web - Happy 2018, the year that marks the ten-year anniversary of this particular blog! I’m still alive and doing the weird lord’s work at various spots around...
6 years ago
Dungeon Synth

Valor - La Lune Noire (1996) - There is a desolate temple sitting on a hill. It has been abandoned for centuries, its furnishings untouched by man, but ravaged by time and nature. I...
6 years ago
M E T A L vs S K I N

The Prick of Transposition (Magic Item for D&Dish things) - This throwing dagger would appear mundane but for it's lack of wear and dark maroon stain. If it has tasted the blood of it's wielder and is thrown, whoeve...
7 years ago
Saurondor

Are we a step away from 3D augmented reality rpg tabletops? - Wow! That's quite a term there on the post title, LOL! If you're a player from the 80's like myself you certainly remember seeing or at least listening t...
7 years ago
The City of Iron

Dolmenwood: The Book of Monsters So Far - Since the announcement of the work on the Dolmenwood book of monsters in *Wormskin* issue seven, I've been meaning to write a quick blog post about it. Fi...
7 years ago
Gorgonmilk

Abject Shillery, Ladies and Gentlemen -
7 years ago
Wolvserpent

- New Hoodies from Holy Mountain printing. Order from them here: http://bit.ly/2io8Q9k
7 years ago
Ostensible Cat

A little playing around - So, I've been going through some of my older work and giving it the colour treatment. Daisey does most of my colour work but I do like to play around with ...
8 years ago
Rachel Bonuses

Rumors about Froghemoths - Just thought I'd come up with some ideas for everyone's favorite giant three-eyed alien monsters. Roll a dice or whatever to find out which ones are true. ...
8 years ago
CELEBRATED SUMMER

RECORD STORE DAY 2016 - Another year, another Record Store day! This year it is Sat April 16th! We will be ordering a ton of releases and even doing a few surprise ones oursel...
8 years ago
The Crown and the Ring

Setting Up RC Gasoline Cars - What is the authentic difference between Gas Powered RC Cars to Electric Powered Ones? Now this particular is a extremely interesting one! Often when you r...
8 years ago
DISCOURSE AND DRAGONS

Eureka! Password Recovered - Gee, that only took forever. First, I would like to apologize from my prolonged absence from this blog. There are several reasons. I had some major life up...
8 years ago
Codex Apocrypha

THIS IS YNGARR - Opening Crawl - In the earliest memories of the cosmos, there was Yngarr – a colossal planet that slowly orbited a green sun. Yngarr was ruled by powerful denizens cal...
9 years ago
The Aspiring Lich

Dynamic Grappling - Before I say another word, let me direct the reader to Douglas Cole and Peter V. Dell'Orto's article on grappling in *The Manor*, issue #8 ( http://www.rpgn...
9 years ago
A R T O F T Y

Slave Leia! -
9 years ago
How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less

Twenty Questions for the Sewers of San Draso - Jeff’s twenty campaign questions for my Sewers of San Draso campaign, part one. 1. What is the deal with my cleric's religion? You’re probably a p...
9 years ago
FightingFantasist

- 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...
9 years ago
d20 Dark Ages

The Art of Wargaming - The new website, The Word of Stelios, is up. I've been posting there since I switched platforms in December. Here's what I consider the Top 5: 1. How to S...
9 years ago
Asshat Paladins

[Savage Worlds] Alternate Hindrances - I'm a big fan of Savage Worlds and am more than willing to mix it up with the rules a bit. I picked up a little indie game called The Shadow of Yesterda...
10 years ago
UNDERWORLD INK

now with more pictures part two -
11 years ago
Geekery from the Shadows

International TableTop Day at 7th Dimension Games - [image: International Tabletop Day logo] I spent most of the day yesterday at 7th Dimension Games, in Jenkintown, PA celebrating International Tabletop Day ...
11 years ago
DnDIY

PAX EAST - It is that time of year again. If you’re not familiar Pax East (http://east.paxsite.com/) is a three day video game/table top/music/comedy mardi gras that ...
11 years ago
Peace, Love, & Books

Daily life - After the relatives go home for the holidays, it is my grandmother's annual cleanup of *everything*. She routinely goes through every drawer in the house,...
11 years ago
Cosmic Hearse

LOAD Discography - The internet is a buzz with the sad news of Bob Johnston's death. Sucks it would take this horrible occasion to light a fire under my ass to get you the ...
12 years ago
Signals Fill The Void

Lost Tribe - LP - I've been doing a lot of intensely personal writing lately, mainly about abuse, spiritual growth, and existing both in subcultures, and on the planet as a ...
12 years ago

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Thoth Tarot

So, geodes...