Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings: NPR is Having a Vote on the Best Sci-fi/Fantasy Books of All Time

Thursday, August 4, 2011

NPR is Having a Vote on the Best Sci-fi/Fantasy Books of All Time

Check it out...

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/02/138894873/vote-for-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-titles

1 comment:

grodog said...: Thanks for the pointer, Joe!

Allan.; August 4, 2011 at 6:52 PM

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Sorry, I'm Going To Pass On Your $10K Pre-Order - Anyone *really* like the Morrow Project? Link
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SANDBOX EMPIRE

First Flight of the Laughing Buddha, Part 1 - Step right up and rub my belly!Everyone gathered at my house last Sunday morning, and the Traveller campaign began! *Ship:* *The Laughing* *Buddha*, re-pur...
1 month ago
Evil Machinations

Beyond ‘Fred’: Sumerian Names - Finding a character’s name can sometimes be the hardest part of building a character. If you’re looking for something different from the usual fantasy sour...
2 months ago
Unfrozen caveman dice-chucker

Celebrate the Feast of St. Cuthbert - As all you hagiophiles already know March 20th marks the feast day of St. Cuthbert who died on this day in 687. Greyhawkophiles will know St. Cuddy as one...
2 months ago
The Moldy Vale

I'm shutting it down - Haven't written something in a few months and I haven't had a lot to write or think about about gaming, mostly due to college. I'm not closing the blog, I'm...
2 months ago
Neitherworld Stories

A Single Google Search for All the RPG Inspiration Pictures You Need - One of my new gaming buddies recently asked for advice about finding inspirational pictures for RPGs. He'd been mostly looking at video game concept art (w...
2 months ago
Uhluht'c Awakens

Faster Monkey/Goblinoid Booth at Gary Con V - In case you haven't seen Jeff's twitter feed (Faster Monkey Games), he posted a pic of the Faster Monkey/Goblinoid booths from Gary Con. I wish I could mak...
2 months ago
Threads of Adventure!

Knight's tomb found under parking lot - It's not just his royal majesty Richard III, that took a dirt name under a parking lot--it turns out a knight has been found under a lot in Scotland. The...
2 months ago
Swashbuckler's Hideout

Palace of the Wind Sultan, Part 1 - Maps for Wednesday's heist game. 2 more maps coming tomorrow afternoon. *Outside* * Level 1* *Level 2-3*
2 months ago
Ode to Black Dougal

Hex Stocking Density - For interest sake I pulled out one of my copies of Isle of Dread. For most, it is the benchmark for hex-crawling modules. I wanted to approximate the rat...
2 months ago
Vaults of Nagoh

Lets Read Mythus pt 25 - *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...
2 months ago
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...

Sounds About Right... - Law's Game Style You Scored as *Butt-Kicker* You like a streightforward combat character. After a long day at the office, you want to clobber foes and o...
2 months ago
Skull Crushing For Great Justice

I don't need to post anymore - Because you can just read this sort of crap. Or, instead of wasting ten minutes of your life, you could play a game. Fuck, I don't want to harp on this sh...
2 months ago
New Adventures in Fantasy Fiction

Weird Lies Advance Press -
2 months ago
criticalanklebites.com

Warlords and Healing in D&D Next - I listened to the latest #dndnext podcast, and I have to say, I take issue with the discussion on warlords. Specifically, Mike Mearls asks whether warlords...
2 months ago
Tales of the Rambling Bumblers

Zap! updated! - There’s a new version of Zap! on RPGNow. A lot of work went into this one. There are some rules clarifications, and significant new optional rules for th...
2 months ago
Moebius Adventures Blog

One Spot #0: Hand’s Goods Is Now Available! - Welcome to Hand’s Goods… A place to find preowned items of all shapes and sizes, for a negotiable price. Mr. Hand isn’t the cheeriest of folk, but he’ll ma...
2 months ago
1d30

It’s not sandbox vs. railroad, really. New terminology for the middle ground. - While I think the terms Railroad and Sandbox are descriptive, they are awfully value-laden. They’re also the extremes: frequently a campaign with a strict ...
2 months ago
The Hydra's Grotto

Clerical Issues - Real quick: JB over at B/X Blackrazor has been talking a bit about clerics. Mainly its about how they really don't work given the source material that D&D...
2 months ago
Gamers Closet

It is here My Air brushes - They came in today and all three cost me $100 with e air compressor Look out now i can paint my figs and Hirst stuff in the house
2 months ago
A Hero Twice A Month

Forgotten Realms Annual 1: Waterdhavian Nights (Chapters 5 & 6) - Chapter 5: Leaders This chapter opens with Foxilion examining the smoking ruin that used to be the Temple of Gond. While he is trying to figure out if th...
2 months ago
"The Troll Ate My Homework"

2013 Three Castles Award Nominees - The North Texas RPG Con is proud to present our finalists for the Third Annual Three Castles Award for RPG Design. This year we have five finalists and I ...
2 months ago
sword +1

Medieval France Mapping Project - I have started mapping all of France using hexographer, mostly because I think it would be fun - and perhaps to use it in a future game. Regardless, I have...
3 months ago
kathulhu fhtagn!

Who's Yer Con 2013 - I haven't really been able to game since Gen Con of last year so I am super excited about Who's Yer Con. It's on the west side of Indy from March 15 - 17t...
3 months ago
James Games

Science Diet Dog Food Coupons - If you are interested in Science Diet Dog Food Coupons then you need to check out PetMOZ.com. They have a promo code that is good for $10 off a science die...
3 months ago
Key Our Cars

Zombicide module I played… - So after a partial day of polish on the Zombicide module I made for Vassal I played the tutorial mission with it a couple of times to kick the tires. First...
3 months ago
The Silver Key

Conan Meets the Academy: Multidisciplinary Essays on the Enduring Barbarian: A review - *Conan Meets the Academy: Multidisciplinary Essays on the Enduring Barbarian * (McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013) offers a broad selection of ...
3 months ago
Tankards & Broadswords

FREE TODAY: The Pirates of Alnari by Dan Eldredge - Click Above to Visit the Book's Amazon PageMy good friend Dan Eldredge's debut novel is free today on Amazon. If you dig pirates, swordfighting, intrigue, ...
3 months ago
Mighty Thews and Non-Euclidean Geometry

So I Got Level Drained Tonight - FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU and I'm over it. Since I'm usually the one running games, and have been since I was a kid, this has actually never happ...
3 months ago
Curmudgeons & Dragons

Back on Patrol - Finally getting back to getting some drawing and painting done. Still about a month out from getting to go back to my day job, so I'm making time to ...
3 months ago
Elliot Wilen's RPG theory/design/philosophy journal

Interpreting failure and dice rolls in-game - Here's one idea I first came across in discussions about Theatrix, which was also highlighted by some old Forgie-story-gamer discussion. It dovetails with ...
3 months ago
Lords of Tyr - The Dark Lord of Bartlett Welcomes You!

Wizards of the Coast FINALLY Releases PDFs - After years of leaving money on the table for older D&D content and grumbling about all the Torrents of awesome homemade PDFs of their products (I know r...
4 months ago
52 Weeks, 52 Miniatures

Ral Partha Orcs - Here are four Ral Partha orcs I painted late in 2012. I have an bunch of minis from the old AD&D line, and decided to paint a few up. The BattleSystem Sk...
4 months ago
TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON

2012 - a great year of just plain gaming - With the Temple of Demogorgon 4 year anniversary just this last week, I thought it might a good time to talk about some of my gaming from the last year (...
4 months ago
Beyond the Black Gate

Once, there was a dream called Camelot - I still love watching Excalibur, after all these years. Not in the least because of Nicol Williamson's brilliant portrayal of Merlin.
4 months ago
KABUKI KAISER

RUINS OF THE UNDERCITY - * **Deep beneath the streets of the City-State of Cryptopolis, sanctuary of the lich-thieves and abode of the Red Goddess, sewers and ancient ruins mingle...
4 months ago
Elf Lair Games

Amazing Adventures Support Materials! - I'm happy to announce that I came to an agreement with Troll Lord Games to produce support materials for Amazing Adventures. These will consist of a sec...
4 months ago
The Fine Art of the TPK

Digital card and boardgames are a balm to my battered gaming soul. - An interesting development is tabletop gaming has quietly been taking shape in the shadows of the gaming world, and it is totally not of the Chinese variet...
4 months ago
How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less

More on Amateur Hour - When I say that RPGs are "amateur hour" I mean a couple of different things. On the one hand that term has a pretty negative connotation-- of unprofessiona...
4 months ago
helsmuth

The Age of Teleportation - One of the things that clearly distinguishes life in the Wild West from the "default setting" of D&D is the availability of rail transportation ... and the...
4 months ago
Encounter-a-Day

DWSW: The Corruption of the Dark Side - I’ve given a bit of thought for how I’d use the Dark Side in a Dungeon World / Star Wars game. I’m taking some inspiration from Star Wars Saga Edition, whe...
4 months ago
Lemuria Press

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4 months ago
UncleBear

Let’s Talk Elric of Melnibone - What I love about about Michael Moorcock’s fiction is that it’s crammed full of ideas, most of which never get fleshed out in the work in which they’re int...
5 months ago
Vedron's Potion Shop

Newtown - I don't normally intrude into the real world on this blog as that is not the intent. The events at Newtown elementary were shocking and obviously terrible....
5 months ago
Lord of the Green Dragons

My New Blog - *SEE YOU THERE!* LAKE GENEVA ORIGINAL CAMPAIGN
5 months ago
GROGNARDIA

Imagine Magazine: Issue #6 - Issue #6 of *Imagine *dates from September 1983 and features cover art by Emmanuel, who's probably best known in *D&D *circles for having provided the cov...
5 months ago
lokipan

lokipan -
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Dungeons & Kobolds

dungeonskobolds -
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Robertson Games

Weird West Miniatures - [image: Weird West Miniatures]
6 months ago
The Lair of the Evil DM

Guarding Kalas - I was going through a new purchase I made for my Castles and Crusades game: The Town of Kalas. I'm very impressed so far. I was reading one of the suggested...
6 months ago
The Smart Party

[Friday Map] Regional Map of Lake Velth - [Friday Map] Regional Map of Lake Velth. Love this blog. You’ll see hints of this sort of thing in my Knee Deep book. Tagged: 13th age, D&D, inspiration
6 months ago
Geoffrey McKinney's CARCOSA

Five Signs of a Home that Will Appreciate in Value - It has been abundantly clear in the last few years that the housing market is a gamble. And whether you're buying a home as an investment or a place to ret...
6 months ago
Lord Kilgore

Back. Sort of. - So the other morning at breakfast I was telling my kids a story about a D&D session from way back in the day. My daughter asked, “Why don’t we play that an...
6 months ago
Paper & Plastic

[Review] 6d6 Core + Outbreak! - This is the joined review of the 6d6 Core and of the adventure Outbreak! by Chris Tregenza. I review them as a single product because I brought them togeth...
6 months ago
6d6 Fireball » Role-playing

6d6 Fireball is hanging out with 1 person right now in a live Hangout On Air! #hangoutsonair - Josh Mannon Originally posted from: Chris Tregenza – Google+ Postshttps://plus.google.com/107726962705736524877/posts/DGRrMsHaYehNovember 04, 2012 at 12:09AM
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Dungeons and Digressions

Tufty Terror - The Tufty Terror’s secret remains unknown most of the year, appearing as it does to be nothing more than a common squirrel. For several weeks every Autumn...
6 months ago
The Dungeon-Crawl

dungeon-crawl -
7 months ago
S[i]G[i]LS & Sinews

Rogues and Roguery - To be a Fighter in my game, the player needs to roll at least 9 STR. To be a Wizard, at least 9 INT. What if both those rolls get missed? What are the odd...
7 months ago
Mediocre Tales

Kindred: A Fiasco Playset for Vampire: The Masquerade - You are a vampire. More specifically, you are a vampire living in a large city controlled by the Camarilla.
8 months ago
Nerdy Girl's Game Blog

Our new kitten - I grabbed the camera and decided to take another picture of Wookie, our new kitten. All of the others have been action shots and mostly of him running off...
8 months ago
Coffee swillin' analog gamer

Schroedinger's Game - For many months I've just been a player, not running anything. It's my default state, really. But every once in awhile I want to run a game. The problem, ...
8 months ago
Cogito, ergo ludo.

Playtest report of Coyotes of Chicago by Peter Borah - You can find the document we used over here, but it may change in the near future: https://semielgames.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/the-coyotes-of-chicago-play...
8 months ago
The Vorpal Spork

Pathfinder: the Comic Book #1 - If you enjoy Role-Playing Games and Comic Books (who doesn't) you should add this to your pull at your local comic book store. The fine folks at Paizo and...
8 months ago
RPG Diehard

FOR SALE: 10mm WWII German and Russian armies - For sale here are two fully painted WWII armies in 10mm scale: Germans and Russians (Soviets). The infantry figures are Pendraken. The vehicles are all pre...
8 months ago
The Heroes of Fallcrest and other stories

Clean - I liked *Clean*. On its surface it is a detective novel with telepathy added as a twist. In fact, the first several chapters unfold in typical crime dram...
8 months ago
Mad Brew Labs

Post Gen Con 2012 Wrap-Up - Another Gen Con has come and gone (been history for at least a couple of weeks now) and I’m sure there are plenty of gamers feeling the PostGenConBlues… ...
8 months ago
The Tao of Zen Nihilism

Heroes Don’t Need Dice - Originally published at John Wick Presents. You can comment here or there. My continuing blog about game design at Ancient Scroll is now up! *Last time w...
9 months ago
StupidRanger.com

GenCon once again! - As I write this, we are waiting for the baby to wake up from her nap. After that, we make the trek to the storied heights of Denver International Airport ...
9 months ago
Codex of the Infinite Pains

GenCon 2012 Schedule - Getting ready for Gencon? Here is my schedule for the big show! THURSDAY 9am-12:30pm Paizo Booth 4pm-5pm Paizo 2012 and Beyond Seminar (spoilers abound) FR...
9 months ago
Old School Heretic

Third Time is the Charm - Okay. So it seemed like a great idea at the time, but all those blog rolls arranged in-between the ABCs we used to have on the Left-Hand side-bar are now h...
9 months ago
Theo Dudek, Ultimate Game Master

D&D 4e vs. D&D Next - As promised, I have finally participated in the D&D Next playtest! If the past few months have been quiet on this blog, it is because I have been exploring...
9 months ago
The Bone Scroll

GenCon 2012 Fever Coming On! - As of this writing, there are now only 21 days til GenCon 2012. I know for myself, it's been a long time coming. I'm not sure if it's because I'm excited...
9 months ago
Robin D. Laws

Find This Blog At Its New Home - [image: page hit counter] After serving for many years as my main blogging site, I've retired this LiveJournal. Find me wherever I have roamed by clicking ...
10 months ago
The Chapel Perilous

New Site - I won't be using my Livejournal much more, I'm afraid. All of my new blog posts can now be found at montecook.com. Hope to see you there! Thanks!
10 months ago
thedelve

Tips to Sell Used Textbooks and Get Maximum Profits - Selling used textbooks now become many people’s first consideration when they think about getting rid of used textbooks because selling used textbooks does...
10 months ago
There's a Bugbear in My Kitchen!

Last Call - Dear Readers, My electricity was knocked out last week by a storm...so I am posting from a remote location. This is the last day this blog will be up, I am...
10 months ago
A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons

Monster: Mask - MaskArmour Class: 4 Hit Dice: 1+2**Move: 90' (30')Attacks: 2 Damage: 1-6/1-6 No. Appearing: 1-4 (2-20) Save As: MU3 Morale: 7 Treasure Type: G Alignment: Ch...
10 months ago
"It's okay; Gary sent us."

Take my Zagyg...Please! - Sad to say, I just moved and I need money for new furniture and other boring things. That means selling my precious Castle Zagyg Upper Works boxed set. A ...
10 months ago
malevolent & benign

Work in Progress -
10 months ago
Dungeonskull Mountain

The Bladed Earth: Twenty Questions (Part IV) - *16. How about gladiatorial arenas complete with hard-won glory and fabulous cash prizes?* In Port Canciare, far to the east, there are several such arenas...
11 months ago
The RPG Athenaeum

New 4e item: The Looking Glass of the Ixenos - While reviewing some old campaign files, I happened across the following description of a magic item I invented for a 4e campaign a few years ago. The item...
11 months ago
Dungeon Mastering 101

Playtesting D&D Next with Two AD&D Grognards - I had the opportunity to run the Caves of Chaos D&D Next playtest on Sunday for a couple of old friends. They have both been playing RPGs for 25+ years and t...
11 months ago
The Borderlands

Crawl Fanzine Coolness! - A pleasant little surprise awaited me in the mailbox Thursday -- the first issue of Crawl fanzine for the DCC RPG by Dak Ultimak (aka Reverend Dak) over a...
11 months ago
Grimmhaus

Urgent Cash Loan For Every People Who Need Money - Being in trouble is not a surprising fact but it is an ordinary fact that makes people in trouble in every day. To ban the finance of problems that is faced ...
11 months ago
Rule of the Dice

3 Mini Reviews: Costumes, Content, and Posters. - Today we have a fun trio of goodies to look at, including a free system for your superhero needs, a magazine of content for OSR gaming, and a poster handou...
1 year ago
Online B/X Dungeons & Dragons

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Ubiquitous Orcs

Unimportant update - 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...
1 year ago
Under A Blood Red Sky

Touchdown - Well, we finally did it. I managed to get my family relocated to Edmonton in Canada. There's a zillion things we are catching up on and trying to do so I c...
1 year ago
Faux Discolor Online

Ronin Roundtable: Marc Schmalz - Late-breaking Green Ronin Publishing update: Director of Electronic Publishing Marc Schmalz talks about the making, posting, and selling of Green Ronin's h...
1 year ago
Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies

Tuesday Hooks - Saint Patrick's Day Edition - And about her courts were seen Liveried angels robed in green, Wearing, by St Patrick’s bounty, Emeralds big as half the county. ~Walter Savage Landor Adv...
1 year ago
Big Iron Vault the Blog

Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II Inkjet Photo Printer (3295B002) - *Canon Pixma Pro9000 Mark II Provides Vivid Photo Printing* For people who are so into photography, having a photo printer in their own home is something t...
1 year ago
Behind the Screens

Google Nexus 7 Tablet (16 GB) - *A Review of the Google Nexus 7 Tablet* The Nexus 7 is the first Android based product I've owned and surprisingly i think it's an amazing product. That's ...
1 year ago
At Will

New Heresies - This is just quick note to let those interested know that I have a new blog! The blog is for Thoughtcrime Games, my new gaming imprint. It will be deali...
1 year ago
Sham's Grog 'n Blog

Time Flies - 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 ...
1 year ago
QUANTIQUE

New Link-New Blog-New Start - New Link-New Blog-New Start Since I have no idea what will happen after March 1st to all the Google users who have not agreed to the new terms of use I tho...
1 year ago
The Call of the Dungeon

New Link-New Blog-New Start - New Link-New Blog-New Start Since I have no idea what will happen after March 1st to all the Google users who have not agreed to the new terms of use I tho...
1 year ago
Emerald Lich

Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero - Awhile back, I mentioned my involvement in a project called “Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero”. It’s an illustrated paperback anthology of cyberpunk-style...
1 year ago
Legends In Their Own Minds

Community Service - An Argh! session summary. Present: Britani, mean cheerleader, Ron, a dude, Vanessa, goth witch, Luanne, school journalist, George, nerdy magician, Jade, b...
1 year ago
Rustfoot

The End - ...and so, we arrive at the last page in this story! Ironic as it may be, it will also be the first personal post. And last, of course. I've been thinking ...
1 year ago
The Library: Retro and Classic Fantasy Games.

Here Explain Home School Perfectionism - Being a perfectionist is tempting. You know, doing the "dotting your i's, crossing your t's," leaving no blank unanswered, doing what it takes for as long as...
1 year ago
Archive of the Rotted Moon

Bub - Neutral Good Level 1 Human Wizard (Evoker) Played by: Rich STR: 10 (--) DEX: 15 (+2) CON: 15 (+2) INT: 19 (+4) WIS: 11 (--) CHA: 14 (+2) Hit points: 8 Armo...
1 year ago
My mother's a Hobgoblin

Looking for a villian... inquire within - I'm looking for a villain. The first stage of our latest campaign is rapidly coming to a conclusion - probably a bloody, hard-fought conclusion. Once the du...
1 year ago
Old Guard Gaming Accoutrements

Apparently, Wizards of the Coast, do have something to offer me. - Once again, I step away from the intertubes, and stuff happens. I'm sure everyone knows by now that Wizards of the coast are issuing a limited print run of...
1 year ago
Overheard at the Barking Dog

Reprint (?) of 1rst ed AD&D coming in April - Follow the link for details: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/02410000 Doesn't look like it will be something supported outsid...
1 year ago
Back in '81

Unchained and out on the Mean Street(s) again. - 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...
1 year ago
THE WHEEL OF SAMSARA

Wandering Monsters and GNS - So, Fr. Dave's startlingly acute insight into the role of the Wandering Monster Table got me to thinking (an aside: this is at least the second post that c...
1 year ago
The Underdark Gazette

Closing Today - 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 ...
1 year ago
Initiative Or What?

New Year - BIG Changes - 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...
1 year ago
allgeektout

Indefinite Hiatus - In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been a while since I’ve updated allgeektout. Unfortunately, I’ve been finding it increasingly difficult to decide what ki...
1 year ago
American Barbarica

Isle of the Unknown and new blog - I'm thinking about shutting this blog down. I'm finally finished with school and I want to get back to talking about various OSR shenanigans, but I've let ...
1 year ago
Of Dice and Men

A Trip Down Memory Lane…. - Or “How I Learned to Stop Playing 4e and Love Pathfinder” So it seems I am not along on my trek across the desert to the promised land of “plagues, floods,...
1 year ago
SHARK EMPIRE

Adventures of Roadside Inns and Mysterious Charcacters - Greetings! I shall update this blog soon. Semper Fidelis, Richard Saturday, November 26, 2011 2246 Hours
1 year ago
The Old Guy's RPG Blog

Fin. - This blog is no longer actively maintained. This blog was a personal journey and exploration of an old guy who loves playing OD&D (Original 1974 D&D), AD&D...
1 year ago
3POINT75

JourneyQuest - Episode 2: Sod the Quest -
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seankreynolds

Sean's Beginner Box giveaway! - I spent five months working on this project, and it's finally available-the *Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Beginner Box*! Paizo is having a Beginner Box Ba...
1 year ago
KILL THE MONSTER. SPEND THE LOOT.

Building Websites with Easy Service from Online Website Builder - [image: http://www.handsonsites.com/] Everyone have a dream of creating a professional looking websites to let the world know about the products or services...
1 year ago
Gaming Brouhaha

Apocalypse World: Mis’igan - I’m still tweaking the map and need to add some additional labels, a frame, etc. but here’s the nearly finished map of Mis’igan, the setting of our Apocaly...
1 year ago
Musings of the Chatty DM

By: ChattyDM - Just a quick note to tell you all that all sites have been cleaned out, thanks to my good friend Eric Maziade. I owe him big! Also it appears that the thre...
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RoleplayingPro

Benefits Of Internet Marketing - The increasing use of the World Wide Web has opened up doors for businesses to market their products online. As a result, many businesses, new as well as e...
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