The Good Guys win! The OGL will remain
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From *Polygon*:
Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast will abandon attempts to
alter the Open Gaming License (OGL). The announcement, made F...
[New Encounter] Stone of the Mountain Troll Sage
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Stone of the Mountain Troll Sage ‘Is there a safe path out of here? What
dangers are ahead? Go on, ask your little stone,’ Captain Varrax said. The
mountai...
[#dungeon23] Raum 27: Rash’Ann
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Vorletzter Beitrag zum Thema Liebe – und Aldones durfte sich wieder
verewigen. Raum 27 – Rash‘Ann Ausmaße: Etwa 20×20 Fuß, die Decke ist in
etwa 9 Fuß Höhe...
Hex Crawl 23 #27: Tomb of Belu
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Two hexes southeast, one south of Alakran.
Another damnation tomb carved in the eastern slope of the Scarp. The name
of its inmate has been stricken ...
The subjectivity of star ratings
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What do you consider to be a five-star book (on a rating of 1-5 stars)? Or
a one star book?
Is the former a book that you couldn’t put down? Or that covers...
An Advanced D&D Campaign
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Damn. I was not going to post anything today, but this one's too good not
to share. From *42 Rolls of Duck Tape*:
"I've got this one player who keeps askin...
Nothing New Under the Sun
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This week's installment of Pulp Fantasy Library discussed Robert E.
Howard's story of Kull, "The Cat and the Skull." To the extent that the
story is known...
DriveThruRPG numbers for 2022
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For those who don't know, there is rarely a day that doesn't go by when
somebody doesn't download a free copy of Blackmarsh from DriveThruRPG. Over
13,00...
There Will Be (Belated) Dice
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So my Spelljammer game didn't happen. Two players ghosted. I have,
however, replaced them with two different players, one of whom basically
played in ev...
Advancement in Classic D&D
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[image: Graph trending up]
We frequently marvel at how sketchy the advice was in Original D&D (and
other early editions) was for the number of monsters, ...
On OGL, ORC, and an Attempt at a Timeline
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It’s been over a year since I’ve last posted here. It was a hell of a year.
They’re saying blogs are poised to make a comeback. It would be nice. While
I g...
Auldgoryan Witchcraft, parte the seconde
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Between guitaring, lyricing, music theory and watching gaming grow apart
from the D&D IP-owners, I continue to work on Auldgory.Here is some more on
Auldgo...
This Just In: Holiday Gift Wrapup
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This latest batch of games and other stuff is interesting in that they are
mostly not things I paid money for. And by that I don't mean
I-got-it-on-Kicks...
a videro grame review
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*Fateful Lore* is the first outing from Fantaseel Interactive. It's a tiny
Japanese-style retro RPG for your phone (iOS or Android). You play a lone
hero...
They Could Never Control The Game
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I do and I don't know why the OGL thing made fans turn against corporate
D&D in numbers big enough to cost them money.
On the one hand it makes the owner...
5e Session V: Into the Wild
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*Aurora Boree Alice *- Human Cleric
*Chuck Norris *- Elf Ranger
*Purina* - Half-elf Druid
*Your Majesty* - Human Wizard
Leaving the Stone Hill Inn before ...
Well this is just dandy... OGL 1.1 provisions
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... from the (hopefully preliminary) draft of the OGL 1.1 that's been
posted:
"We know this may come off strong, but this is important: If You attempt t...
In Fair Cuccagna: Cuccagnat Catch Up
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I've missed a couple of sessions in addition to having a report for this
week, so before our main event we have two truncated reports in the style
of the...
Gaming in the Abstract
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I was thinking about a more general, abstract way to describe play in RPGs
the other day, and I'm still sort of working through these ideas, but
wanted t...
Big Fun with Dynamic Lighting in Roll20
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I had been doing stuff on Roll20 for a couple of years now, but only now
getting around to using dynamic lighting. I have always had an advanced
acco...
Looking Back
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They say that if you don't look back at who who were from a year ago and
cringe that you haven't grown enough.
What if I look back five or seven years?
It...
d100 - Five Hundred Names for Dolmenwood Games
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One can never have enough Names. A while back to assist a Referee in
distress, I put together a few for Dolmenwood. Here are Five Hundred Names
for Dolmen...
Midjourney and Campaign Inspiration
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I'm an improvisational GM.
I love random tables. I believe in the oracular power of the dice. I
believe in emergent storytelling and character backstori...
This is an Important Game Mechanic
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*"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$&...
The Brave Art of Running Away
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In last night's game, on two separate occasions the player characters
decided that discretion is often the better part of valor, and decided not
to fight...
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...
Session Five: The Dungeon of Xenopus
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Feted as heroes by the townsfolk for having put an end to the menace of
the draugr, Hafrgim Bloodslakir, who had for generations haunted the Barrow
Hill...
Drop Wolves Art
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A quick post about an old monster of mine. Remember drop wolves? Well,
here’s what they look like.
Drop Wolves
(Or, at least, what a text to image AI thi...
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...
Random Plane Shift Destinations in Mutant Future
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Mutant Future characters with the Plane Shift mutation might be able to
escape the world (and the game) entirely, but when the ability is first
used (and ...
New OSR Games for 2021
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*ZORK DORK! TPK Edition* (ArtSpunk Corp.): It's all about killing PCs and
rolling up new ones illustrated by emotionally unstable kindergarten kids.
*The...
Hey, what's going on in here?
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It seems the Mad Scientist is working on something secret in his laboratory
of horrors... I wonder what it will be? Is it anything to do with Warrior...
GRIDSHOCK 20XX
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Perhaps you've been wondering what I've been up to for the past few years.
I have good news for you: The Kickstarter campaign for GRIDSHOCK 20XX is
now l...
Hamsterish Hoard of Hexes is live!
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Today's the day!The day that Hamsterish Hoard of Hexes is live! :D
Brought to you by Paolo Greco of Lost Pages (lostpaolo @ Twitter), with
lovely art by ...
NEW Appendix N Video Review Series
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Daniel, over at The Dungeon Dive, is starting up a Youtube review series
of various Appendix N authors, I highly recommend you follow along with his
inves...
The Broken Lands - The Undertemple of Arkon
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As part of our current online campaign, The Broken Lands, I used an
adventure called, "The Undertemple of Arkon" from The Dragon Horde Zine #1.
This isn't ...
Blood Machines looks awesome
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So the trailer looks awesome - anyone see this yet?
EDIT:
Did the week-long free trial of the Shudder streaming service, watched it.
a. Visually amazing...
Gen Con 2019 - Pictures and Brief Recap
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Last August me and my local gaming pals, Steve Ellis and Matt Ryan, made a
road trip to Gen Con. Steve is an artist who does the excellent Only Living
Boy ...
New start, new blog.
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This bad boy has been neglected, and now I am leaving it behind. I'm
starting fresh at http://douglaseasterly.blogspot.com with posts featuring
art and gam...
The Return of Xeveninti
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I can't believe that I've forgotten about this blog for nine years and it
still exists. Miraculously, I still had access to it. I rediscovered it by
acci...
How to Cleric in Moog
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*This is a quick, down and dirty guide for Clerics and other faith-based
characters in the World of Moog. It is written for 5E but much of it can be
easi...
Attacking the Stat for Fun and Profit*
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Ascending Armor Class at the time of 3rd edition was a major intuitive and
time saving innovation. But what is more important is how it points to
rolling ...
[chapter 2]
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The children’s names were Abdan and Mershi. Preteens, traumatized. Everyone
helped, but Mazi turned out to be surprisingly good with them. Jase started
tea...
I got mine!
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The Fantasy Trip Legacy Edition kickstarter has started shipping. I got
mine yesterday! It's a pretty big box (lower left) that shipped in a much
bigger ...
Chase Scene Variations
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Chase scenes (like many other RPG situations) are easy to over-orchestrate.
If you find yourself planning where every pushcart and baby-toting mother
will...
Gaining New Level-0 Skills in Classic Traveller
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As my campaigns go forward, folks are interested in learning skills at
level-0. I play Books 1-3 Classic Traveller, so the Instruction skill is
not in play...
Please Update Your Link!
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If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is
out of date.
Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com (RSS feed is
h...
The Great Google+ Exodus
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I am irritated. The news says that Google+ was a failure, even though many
of us prefer it. I suppose that if you place it up against Facebook, then
every...
Pathfinder Second Edition
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I was initially a bit disappointed to hear of the second edition. But after
some though I realized that Pathfinder 1 has some issues and maybe a new
versio...
Long overdue closing down message
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Friends.
I guess if you see this in you notifications or feed reader you will be
quite surprised. This blog have now been dormant for a long time, and much...
Behold Beyond Dread Portals now has a cover!
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Our upcoming release of Paul Mitchener's Dimension Hopping Fantasy
Adventure game, Beyond Dread Portals, now has a cover courtesy of Jon
Hodgson. Continue ...
The Migration Has Begun
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It was inevitable - whether Sarmaks, swallows or Indo-Europeans, folks have
to migrate eventually. Thus, the good old Land of Nod blog is making a move
to ...
Director George Romero passed away.
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http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...716-story.html
Hard to believe he's gone. I've seen all of his movies. He's the man who
made everyone know what a zo...
Not QUITE a TPK...
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But you could see one from there! I know my players read these, so I'm
going to try to avoid campaign spoilers. But there will be some. Last
night the par...
Swords & Glory, Vol. 2: Tekumel Player's Handbook
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Hello, 14 year-old me...I stumbled across this post on the Tekumel
Foundation blog early this last week, on Facebook (I think I traced that
back correctly...
Permanently Deleting Blog on Tuesday
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Back from holiday on Tuesday I will be *permanently* deleting this blog as
I retire my Kent cognomen, Kent of fond sweet memory and enduring laughter.
S...
In Memory of Steve
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This is Steve's wife Jenn. I am sorry to say that Steve passed away on
December 21. My love for him will live on, as will his art. Steve's art can
be seen ...
The gallery is down, for now...
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So the gallery software we use to host the archive stopped working.
Fortunately we were already most of the way toward a replacement method
when the colla...
Picking Up Where I Left Off
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It's been a bit since I have posted to The Sandbox of Doom. In the
intervening time, a lot of things have changed, most of them good.
- I have been ga...
I ran Torchbearer
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I ran Torchbearer this weekend. I had fun, and I want to run it again.
Damn does this game have a learning curve, though. We were fumbling around
with the ...
Vanity, thy name is "A New Blog"
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*"Don't call it a comeback. I've been here for years..."*
- apologies to LLCoolJ for the use of his lyrics.
I've started a new blog. It's not the "OSR" blo...
No Mean City Session 1.1 "National Express"
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Session 1.1 THE NATIONAL EXPRESS
* Take the National Express when your life's in a mess It'll make you smile
All human life is here...
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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...
0-Level ACKS Alices
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Introductory Complaining If I’m running a low-power game, I like 0-level
play: It sets the tone, establishes more of the character at the table, and
introd...
Mad Wizards and Demented Godlings
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*Achaierai:* "Though the foul motives which caused these loathsome birds to
be first summoned from the infernal depths are now lost from memory,
remnants ...
Team Adventure - Fun and Fungus
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Alagon dived into the pool, using his ability to breathe underwater that he
had acquired in the Tomb of the Holy Avenger. Alurax joined him and they
invest...
Support My Friend's Patreon Page Cause He's Awesome
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Hey guys, if you like supporting independent artists / musicians and
creative types then please check out my friend Mike TV of the band Get Set
Go's Patreo...
Lost in the Jungle
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Lately I’ve been reading a lot of Jungle-themed comics from the Golden Age.
While there are a ton of really cool genre elements like monsters, lost
cities,...
North Texas RPG Con 2014 Lineup
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Well it's time for the 6th Annual North Texas RPG Convention! The NTRPG Con
focuses on old-school Dungeons & Dragons gaming (mainly OD&D, 1E, 2E, or
Bas...
Dark Heresy - Campaign Continues
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Time for another update... things have been messed up since I've been
staying away from the computer the last month or so. Dark Heresy
continues. The grou...
[Article] Dwarves
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A notably prominent demi-human race in *Dungeons & Dragons*, dwarves no
doubt owe their popularity to the success and mythology of Middle Earth.
Whilst w...
Lets Read Mythus pt 25
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*Mythus* spell lists: my face when.
Last section of the *Advanced Mythus* spell lists sample castings, which so
far have been boring enough to make a Ch...
A Very Gainsbourg Christmas (Year 7)
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Is anyone still on LiveJournal? I'm not.
I am, however, still posting annual Serge Gainsbourg mega-posts every
Christmas.
Come join my over at my current,...
The Bookish Life
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I don't normally do this, but I'm going to plug our business. My wife and
I have been on Etsy for almost 7 years and have been doing arts and craft
shows...
New Website & Blog Live
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Finally the pieces start to come together. The new website is up (not much
on the front page to look at yet) and the blog is located on the second tab
at t...
Unimportant update
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It seems I am required to link this blog to my Gmail/G+ accounts...much to
my chagrin. If I don't, I lose access to this blog and content.
Sorry for the ra...
Time Flies
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In celebration of the first true anniversary for Sham's Grog & Blog a theme
inspired new Monster is in order.
*Time Flies(N): AC 2 Move 9 HD 1* Swarm of ...
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Terminal Space blog is closed. Time has showed that I am unable to maintain
two blogs at the same time, so I decided to move all creative content from
here...
Unchained and out on the Mean Street(s) again.
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In the wake of some recent (mediocre) tuneage from the yet-again reunited
VH/DLR combo, I feel the need to post the following old school masterpiece
for yo...
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 ...
New Year - BIG Changes
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Greetings, Kids, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
It's the new year, and while you might have noticed that I didn't do a
"year in review" type post, there's a good reas...
First Session Winter 2011
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We got back to it yesterday...And here's a brief look at how it went:
The girls started off in Sandpoint (where we left of before), and decided
to spend t...
Dark Dungeons has Moved!
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Dark Dungeons is no longer alone. It now has a sister game – Darker
Dungeons – and another one on the way. Because of this expansion, I’m
moving from this ...
A Ruined Castle of Aventurien
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Another map courtesy of *Das Schwarze Auge*, in this case, a ruined keep on
the water. I imagine the keep above plagued by skeletons and the ghosts,
rat...
Old things and rare my treasures are.
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*Survivors beyond memoryOld things and rare my treasures are.Times folded
gates, fast closed to me,These lonely sentinels unbar.Years do no...
Dungeon Magazine Indexes
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So the other day I was thinking to myself about how it would be good to
have the various Dungeon Adventures organized not only by level, but also
by topic,...
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...
Pallas Cat
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I am fascinated with the Pallas cat. If you notice, the pupil of their
eyes are round, not slit-like other cats.
Since it is Monday, here is a random beh...
Our debt to the Wizard of Chicago
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So, I’ve been waiting to write this sorta naively hoping Mike would change
his mind, put up his blog, and keep going like he hadn’t been gone. Looks
like t...
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...
Building the Sandbox
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After thinking about running a campaign to the roots of gaming and
considering the various possibilities offered to me for a while, I finally
settled for t...
D&D was a Wargame
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I have been giving this one some thought recently. I was first introduced
to wargames, and it was only afterwards that I started into D&D. The
concept of t...
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