sha-Arthan Appendix N (Part II)
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In Part I of this post, I shared the four *authors* whose stories and
settings have most influenced my development of *Secrets of sha-Arthan. *In
this pa...
Problems, Annoyances, and Misconceptions
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I watched this YouTube video titled "5 Things in D&D that Make No Sense"
[Of course referring to 5E specifically], and I found it interesting that
she fo...
[New Magic Item] Four Bird Tunic
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Four Bird Tunic Thoz knelt beside the large pitcher and pulled his cloak
around himself, a soft hooting sound could be heard and then the thief
stood up an...
It’s Tolkien Reading Day
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I recently started rereading *The Silmarillion*. I had last read it over
two decades ago. I liked it then but I’m really enjoying it this time!
Despite b...
Thoughts on the Theory and Doctrine of Golems
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It is an important question, I'm sure you will agree, as to what qualifies
as a 'golem' as distinct from an automaton, an animated statute, and so on.
It...
Night's Dark Terror 10: Xitaqa 1, Round the Houses
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*This is part of a series of posts with a scene-by-scene critique,
appreciation, and improvement of the 1986 TSR module B10, Night's Dark
Terror. *
[ima...
Recent Arrival: Special Edition
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Other gaming products have shown up at Grubb Street, and they will
eventually get their own write-ups, but this one just showed up, and I feel
it is impo...
Some Jim Ward (RIP) Facts
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Game designer Jim Ward has died.
Some Jim Ward facts:
- Jim Ward wrote the first sci-fi RPG: *Metamorphosis Alpha*, which came
out a year befor...
Adding Psionics
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Another "Friday Funday" post...which is to say, random musings that folks
might check out later this weekend as Fridays are (notoriously) slack for
reading...
Thinkin' 'bout Dragonballs
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The death of Dragonball and DragonballZ creator Akira Toriyama had me
thinking about Dragonball. though I don't know that I am really touched by
the p...
Arneson’s version of Challenge Rating
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One of the more fascinating bits of information to be gleaned from Tonisborg
is a section which reveals Arneson’s methodology of stocking dungeons. For
t...
New edition of Starmada! Huzzah!
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So Daniel Kast's *Starmada* has a new, 30th anniversary edition out. You
can get the pdf from WargameVault (the wargame store of the DriveThru
people) or...
Corkboards & Curiosities: a New Angle on DMing
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Here's a new YouTube channel that's absolutely worth your time. There's
some clever ideas in this video I will absolutely be implementing in my
campaign...
More Adventures in Cuccagna!
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No, not from the previous party, but (hopefully) from a brand new one! At
the suggestion of one of the Weeknights in Nightwick crew I have decided to
r...
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...
Happy New Year, and the annual DriveThruRPG report.
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Happy New Year
I wish everybody a Happy New Year! I have much to be thankful for in 2023,
especially family, friends, and work. I want to thank everyone wh...
Happy New Year from the Dice Mines!
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"Do you think they have Holmes-made pumpkin pie?"
A lot of you wrote in to inquire about yesterday's post* [Does anyone
believe me when I imply that I'v...
Fearful Ends Now on Kickstarter
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[image: Fearful Ends book & cards on Kickstarter]
The long-time passion project of my Wandering DMs partner Paul Siegel is
currently funding on Kickstarter!...
My Weekly Game
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My weekly game with the neighborhood kids. They just completed the good old
Sunless Citadel. They limped out into the sunlight with their pockets full
of...
Back to Neverwhere
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I was delighted to come home from vacation the other day to find an Amazon
delivery waiting for me. I'd pre-ordered *Den Volume I: Neverwhere* months
a...
Publishing Cold Iron Blackmarsh Adventures
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Over the past few years I have been promoting Cold Iron and gaining some
interest. I had started running some play by post, including a samurai
adaptati...
A Short Update
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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...
Moving On...
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So, my D&D 5e experiment has blown up the lab in a puff of green smoke
leaving my face blackened like Wile E. Coyote after a failed roadrunner
Acme trap...
3d printed minis
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A question for all of you - I've been ignoring the OSR and blogs (which I
assume are dead at this point) and forums (also guessing, dead) and reddits
and...
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 ...
WotC Caves — 5E Under Creative Commons
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I do not think anyone foresaw how Wizards of the Coast would react to the
popular pressure. After the outrage at the overreach detailed in my last
post, on...
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...
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...
AbiĂžrn'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...
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...
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 ...
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
acc...
Lots of Microlite20/74/5e Goodness
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I have recently discovered Brian Mathers' blog, The Gnomish Embassy.
Brain's blog has a large number of posts for Microlite20 in general
although his Micr...
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...
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
ever...
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 correct...
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...
Brain Scraper Death Dive
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So, real life has been intruding on my (and my friends') ability to play
*Rifts* lately. This is a familiar story, I suspect, to most people that
are int...
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...
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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 ...
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 HĂ€lfte.
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...
ODD Bits 1
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ODD Bits is a web log series of trivia questions culled from the pages of
Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of original Dungeons & Dragons. If you care to play
along, ans...
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...
How about adjectives?
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