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Friday, November 2, 2012

Virginia Giordano

original artwork by Virginia Giordano used with permission

My friend Virginia Giordano is an amazing artist and craftswoman of all manner of sensory delights. You can check her art here and you can raise the horns and go buy her handmade soaps, salves, and sanitaries at Bath Sabbath.

Mead Hall of Champions

GROGNARDIA

"Call Me Ernie" - Perhaps it's a side effect of my immersion in Lovecraft's Dreamlands, but the other night I had a very vivid dream whose contents I remembered when I awo...
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Dyson's Dodecahedron

Broadsword Vacation - I’m heading out tonight after our Neoclassical Geek Revival game (we’re currently fighting a Genestealer Patriarch!) and won’t be back … Continue reading →
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The Other Side blog

Forgotten Realms Reviews: Elminster's Ecologies (2e) - [image: Elminster's Ecologies (2e)] Last time I talked about my adventures in Forgotten Realms, which was all about the urban adventures of Waterdeep. Thi...
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From the Sorcerer's Skull

Wednesday Comics: DC, December 1984 (week 2) - I'm reading DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to *Crisis*! This week, I read the comics released the week of September 13, 1984. *Flash #3...
2 days ago
Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

Krevborna High - The pitch for this game was simple: an AU of characters from the past couple of Krevborna games, but versions of those characters as high schoolers in th...
3 days ago
Playing D&D With Porn Stars

"The most beautiful game product I've ever seen" - The legendary Tim Kask--first editor of* Dragon Magazine*, publications editor for TSR back in the day and all-around old school legend did a rare--and ...
4 days ago
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms

No Mapping, Just Map Rolls - Back in my post about why players might map and why they should be allowed to choose not to map, I teased “there may be ways to maintain that element of ...
4 days ago
Underworld Kingdom

Egua, God of Eyeballs - - Minor deity, worshiped in many small fisherman settlements; - Accepts various eyeballs as offering, especially fond of those belonging to l...
5 days ago
The Tao of D&D

October Lantern Advance Copy Available - I've finished the advanced version of the October Lantern, posted on patreon. I've taken the requisite three hours rest and now I'm writing about it her...
1 week ago
Ostensible Cat

Take Stock of my Stock Art :) - Sorry for the really bad pun. OK, not really. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I've got things up and running with both my Ko-fi and DriveThruRPG shop...
2 weeks ago
Monsters and Manuals

The 'I Want' PC - Readers who do not live in the dank earth beneath rocks with only woodlice and earthworms for company will no doubt have heard of something called *K-Pop D...
4 weeks ago
LotFP: RPG

New LotFP Books Out Now! - I keep forgetting this blog exists. So might as well give the latest news while I'm here! Nebulith, Altar of Madness, The Music of Ericha Zann, and th...
4 weeks ago
Dungeon Synth

Aura - Rain (2013) - You proceed into the interior of the tower, looking upward to see that it stretches straight up into the clouds, which have somehow made their way into t...
4 weeks ago
Mesmerized by sirens

The Crypt of Atan-Thu - I was one of the first backers for this adventure. It looks so promising! Kickstarter ends on 26th August. Check it out at the following link: htt...
1 month ago
Dreams in the Lich House

Curse of Strahd Campaign (ShadowDark) - Mid-Campaign Update - Our ShadowDark-based *Curse of Strahd* (COS) campaign ("Holiday in Barovia") has been motoring along at a fine pace. We're very consistent, playing mos...
2 months ago
CRAWL!fanzine

SOLD OUT...! - ...of the currently printing on my online store, sorry. If you want a print copy of any issues of *Crawl! *The last few copies can be found at Official ...
3 months ago
The Realm of Zhu

The Mygnskerö Unleashed! - Out latest set of paper minis - The Attack of the Mygnskerö - three fearsome Fungoid invaders, alongside three craft working defenders, hand-drawn in old s...
4 months ago
Dispatches From Kickassistan

The Player Agenda in Hide & Seek - I think one of the hardest things to impart to a reader of any ttrpg is what playing the game should feel like, but yet nothing more useful you can say....
7 months ago
Necropraxis

Articulations - Creating house rules, custom rules specific to a local group or campaign, has been common throughout the history of D&D. What makes an effective house rule...
8 months 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 ...
9 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, w...
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...
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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 ...
3 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.
4 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...
5 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...
5 years ago
OEF

Dungeoneering Blog - This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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 -
7 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...
7 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 -
8 years ago
Wolvserpent

- New Hoodies from Holy Mountain printing. Order from them here: http://bit.ly/2io8Q9k
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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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! -
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
11 years ago
UNDERWORLD INK

now with more pictures part two -
12 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 ...
12 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 ...
12 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,...
12 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 ...
13 years ago