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From the Vault: Tower of the Necromancer
Here are a couple more artifacts from my mid-90s D&D "campaign." I type that in quotes because it was really just a bunch of dungeon crawls with a bare minimum of role playing interludes to stitch...
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From the Vault: Temple of the Moon-Worshippers
I ran some real Monty Haul games back in "The Day," (aka the early '80s) but it seems like I wasn't much better during my mid-90s Dungeons & Dragons renaissance - in fact, I may have even been...
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From the Vault: Catacombs of the Dragon Master
Here's another resurrected post, originally published 10 years ago.The specific date of creation for this dungeon is January 26, 1996. I know this because, by this time, I was aware enough of my own...
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The Obligatory Yuletide Post
I guess it's about that time for my yearly holiday post - a celebration of my introduction to a hobby that allowed me to let my imagination run free. As I crawl toward the final draft of the novel I've...
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From the Vault: Dark World: PC Backgrounds
Recent discussions on the Daddy Rolled a 1 blog have got me thinking about weird or "gonzo" fantasy gaming, which made me harken back to my abandoned Dark World campaign setting. I never got around to...
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The Obligatory Coronavirus Post
Seems like everybody I see is posting about the corononavirus pandemic, whether it's topical to their usual content or not. As an example, I recently received a marketing email from a guitar lesson...
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There's Nothing Quite Like...
... the joy of putting together a 30-year-old miniature.I love the smell of nostalgia in the evening.
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Some Pics from My Hobby Workspace
For Burrows & Badgers: minis from Oathsworn Miniatures and Northumbrian Tin SoldierMore Burrows & Badgers minis from Oathsworn MiniaturesThe completed minis for Burrows & Badgers, plus...
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In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future There Is Only...
...Art that looks like it's advertising a '90s Saturday morning cartoon."Look out, Captain Goodheart - it's Skullotron!"I'm seriously looking forward to 9E - I like 8E a lot and like the things I've...
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From Heavy Metal to Horror Role Playing: The Birth of an RPG Scenario
As I've said before (probably many times) my go-to genre for role playing is horror. Up until the last decade or so, I've run or played in more horror adventures than any other genre. (The count may...
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Conversations with the Other Side
Let me start this post with a huge disclaimer: although today's piece is about something that's ostensibly a game, it doesn't involve role playing games.This tale comes from a period I call my...
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I Tried, I Really, Really Did.
As any long-time reader of this blog knows, I've been playing role playing games for just under 40 years. (Yikes!)In that time, I've played dozens of game systems, and owned (many) dozens more. I like...
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Not in My Game
While indulging in my yearly bout of gaming nostalgia (as this time of year marks my first foray into the world of Dungeons & Dragons) I found myself perusing an old issue of The Dragon. Issue 31,...
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Got the Metal Beneath My Skin, I'm Chippin' In
I used to think those lyrics were goofy - until I heard the Kerry Eurodyne version of the song (from Cyberpunk 2077). Now, not so much.Anyway, Cyberpunk's been on my mind lately (thanks to the release...
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The skies are filled with miracles, and half of them are lies
Following on from yesterday's post, here's another useful sheet from R. Talsorian Games'Cyberpunk 2020, remastered: the "Fast and Dirty Expendables" (aka NPCs) sheet:
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My Friend, Les
My friend, Les, died a little over three months ago.I met Les in 1989, if my post-middle-aged memory serves me right, at the first game I ever ran for people who either weren't already close friends...
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Playing Call of Cthulhu Again - and Why It's Not 7th Edition
This probably won't be a popular post. But first, some backstory:After a two year dry spell during which I played maybe one or two role playing games, I've finally returned to gaming on a somewhat more...
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From the Vault: Gamma World Goodness!
[I was considering posting some Gamma World materials I created back in the mid-'90s - 1st edition, of course! - when I realized I already had scanned and posted the maps. (Oh, my dear memory, how age...
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And Yet More Gamma World Goodness
As I continue to ramp up for some first-edition Gamma World play, I've taken a look back at some of the 30-ish-year-old artifacts (heheh) from my history with the game. I spent a little more time with...
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Oh, the Scary, Scary Goodness
So, I'm sure I'm the only one who still plays Tri Tac Games'Bureau 13 - Stalking the Night Fantastic, right? Aside from my game group, I've never encountered another soul in my area who had ever even...
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Back to Aerth(e) - Again!
As I creep ever so slowly toward the realization of my YouTube channel featuring live play recordings (more encounter-focused than full-on Critical Role-esque play sessions) I started thinking about...
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Don't Call It a Comeback
So, as we're deep in the throes of Halloween season, which means horror gaming roun' these parts, it's time for me to post something seasonal. But this one's not roleplaying related - well, not...
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My Beyond the Supernatural/Bureau 13 Campaign Lexicon
So, recently I was looking through my old PC files and my tons of notes from the last three decades or so, recalling the adventures my game group played in our Arkham-based game over the course of...
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Just a Note...
Hey, all. Just a quick note to visitors who may be trying to download a character sheet, adventure, whatever: I closed down my hosting account for the server that housed all of this groovy stuff. As a...
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