What does D&D Sound like?
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What does D&D sound like?
This is what it sounds like to me.
D&D sounds like Rush.
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"Joe the Lawyer is a known shit-stirrer. He stirred the shit. He got banned. Asking what he did to stir the shit introduces unnecessary complication to the scenario, therefore he was banned for stirring the shit."
Jrients
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ABOUT ME:
"Joe the Lawyer is a known shit-stirrer. He stirred the shit. He got banned. Asking what he did to stir the shit introduces unnecessary complication to the scenario, therefore he was banned for stirring the shit."
Jrients
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Micro encounter - I’ve been asked to contribute to an Old School sandbox adventure. The brief is simple, low level, in a fairy tale forest. As it happens I was working up so...4 days ago
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The OSR is spoiled rotten! - Just wanted to give you all a little heads-up regarding Roger's recent observations over at "Roles, Rules, and Rolls." Definitely some of the most pertinen...5 days ago
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Sparkly Rainbows - Sometimes I think I am pretty clever when I publish a new issue of the zine. Then I take a look at something like this and realize I am not so sharp. I h...1 week ago
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Ten Dragon Traits - Sometimes you just have to mix things up a bit. Maybe the PCs are bloody effective at what they do, or maybe they just know all the stats ... whatever the r...1 week ago
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High Level Play – Concerns - The latest Legends and Lore article on the WotC website worried me, and I responded in the comments. I feel this needs more visibility than hidden in comme...1 week ago
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Learning from Lessnard - When I first started playing D&D, back in 1975 or so, I was just a teenager. I played mostly with my high school friends, but after awhile I wanted to see ...1 week ago
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Bumper Crop of Cthulhu minis - I really don’t do a lot of shopping for figures lately. The other year I bought a few cheap batches of great, prepainted plastic minis from Ebay, and...1 week ago
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My LL Referee Screen - Since I've been so busy with other non-game-related stuff lately, I haven't had a chance to show off my AWESOME *Labyrinth Lord Referee Screen, *which cam...1 week ago
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Finest Hot-Pressed Soylent Bond - Last night, in the course of our semi-regular game, the party wanted to get some paper, pens and ink for mapping (to replace the scrap of oilcloth and bar...2 weeks ago
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too little time - Last week I received in the mail two RPG books I’ve been eagerly awaiting: the Mongoose-published hardcover edition of Stars Without Number and Darkness Vi...2 weeks ago
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The Wanderin' Elvii of Carcosa Want You! - I have mapped 2 levels of my forthcoming "Jale House Rock" Carcosa adventure (starring the Wandering Elvii). The main level is a small keep, with a dungeo...2 weeks ago
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Mix CD - 2/14/12 (Valentine's Edition) - I made a mix cd for my husband for Valentine's Day. It was really hard to pick the songs because we don't like the same kind of music and when I make a mi...2 weeks ago
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Sony's 3D LED TV and 3D Blu-Ray Player 2012 Line-Up - New 3D LED TV releases for 2012 sees the launch of the latest Sony Flagship HX850 model. Released as the HX850 and HX750, both models are the latest in Sma...2 weeks ago
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Adventure Creation Handbook now on Kindle - Just a quick note today letting everyone know that The Adventure Creation Handbook is now available for the Kindle. Obviously, I wasn’t able to include the...2 weeks ago
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Here's What Happened - Part 1: New Ways to Play - D&D is pretty hard to classify. Even experts on D&D can often disagree on exactly what it is. This makes it something that is very difficult to study. As J...2 weeks ago
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Into the Shadow Vale - The Shadow Vale Player's Guide for Torn World is out and available on RPGNow! Alyssa Faden has done a wonderful job with this and it is a product defin...2 weeks ago
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Community Service - An Argh! session summary. Present: Britani, mean cheerleader, Ron, a dude, Vanessa, goth witch, Luanne, school journalist, George, nerdy magician, Jade, b...2 weeks ago
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TrollsZine! #4 - Trollszine! the free Tunnels & Trolls fan created zine is back you can get it here.2 weeks ago
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Famous Female British Authors - Many groundbreaking and influential female authors hail from Great Britain. From Jane Austen to Virginia Woolf, these authors demonstrated to the world tha...3 weeks ago
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ACKS Player's Companion Kickstarter - The kickstarter for the Adventurer Conqueror King System Player's Companion book is here. If you like the quality of the Adventurer Conqueror King System boo...3 weeks ago
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Avengers Assembled! - Those of you who watched the Superbowl this weekend caught a 17 second glimpse of the new Avengers preview clip. As much of a tease as those 17 seconds wer...3 weeks ago
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Vacation Day 2 - I love having vacation. Even it is colder than a snails rear end outside. Besides the fact that I needed a break from work - it's driving me bonkers - I li...3 weeks ago
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True20: A Short Review - In yet another effort to find a good cross-genre rpg system, I got a copy of True20 the other day. To be perfectly honest, I like GURPS but think it's way ...3 weeks ago
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Review: Master of Devils - Paizo doesn’t cut corners or make a hash out of selling their campaign setting; this is particularly true with any major new contributions they bring to th...3 weeks ago
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Changes to the blog... - Please note that this blog is now "the old chirine's workbench". Using the existing "chirine's workbench" link will now take you to the new blog I'm setti...3 weeks ago
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Skyrimic Sandbox Chart revised - Hopefully some of you noticed the roll-up chart I posted a few days ago (unfortunately I double posted on that day got lots more hits on the second one). ...3 weeks ago
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The Mysteries of Internet Explorer 9's Compatibility Modes - It's amazing what a little free time can do. Back in Autumn 2011 I worked hard to come up with wireframes, design comps, and an HTML build out of the new...4 weeks ago
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OSR Library Shares Raid on Black Goat Wood Playlog - A friend of the Outer Dark, David Baymiller, has posted a playlog of the one page adventure I wrote, *Raid on Black Goat Wood*. He has placed his version o...4 weeks ago
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CotMA Recap - Session (I've lost track...) Part A - TLDR (I describe in detail the last two expeditions to CotMA -- Spoilers ahead!!) Three weeks ago, we had our regular game night, but a few players couldn'...4 weeks ago
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Wild West Logo Design, Part I - Mad Brew shows you how to create a custom Wild West Logo for your campaign using Illustrator and Photoshop.4 weeks ago
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How to write a free RPG - Chapter 8: Publish - *Finish your game*. Finish your game. Finish your game. Stop procrastinating and finish it. The act of creation can be exciting and a struggle but if you d...4 weeks ago
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Monday Pointers, Almost the end of January 2012 - D4:If this isn't a Dying Earth curse it should be So, Ancient Vaults gives us a bug covered in coins that also acts as a coin magnet. While the cursed dwar...4 weeks ago
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Awesome Games I Own - Here's a picture of some of my favorite games. Bask in their glory. (And yes, those ARE my crappy ancient slippers on the left side)4 weeks ago
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Ronin Round Table: Nikchick Edition - Ever wonder what I do at @GreenRoninPub? It's my turn for the Ronin Round Table. http://greenronin.com/2012/01/ronin_round_table_nicole_lindr.php4 weeks ago
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Ten Laws to Ponder - Here are Ten Eponymous Laws attributed to science fiction authors, experts, pundits and mythical Irishmen, with a bonus link to a whole pile of other such ...4 weeks ago
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Cthuhu Lives! - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21353-zoologger-unique-life-form-is-half-plant-half-animal.html4 weeks ago
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Geek's Dream Girl DNDNext First Glimpse - Geek's Dream Girl has a "First Glimpse" of the new edition of D&D from DDXP. Monte wants to distill down what’s best about all the editions of D&D. He al...4 weeks ago
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Dukes of Biohazzard - Chapter 2, Part 1 - *CHAPTER 2 “BECAUSE THEY’RE COUSINS” -- Character Creation As mentioned before, all PCs in The Dukes of Biohazzard are cousins. Them’s the rules. In fact...5 weeks ago
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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...5 weeks ago
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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...5 weeks ago
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Year Two and Changes! - I've been writing this blog for two years now and I've been posting every day, covering a wide variety of topics, games and campaign settings. I am very p...5 weeks ago
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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...5 weeks ago
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Diamond in the Rough: Murderhobo with a Plotgun - Once every year or so, amongst the millions of lines of special snowflaking and moral safe placeitude, rpg.net manages to produce a line or two of actual ...5 weeks ago
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A Few Friday Thoughts - -I would be remiss if I did not notice Wizards of the Coast’s gesture in doing a limited-edition run of the original 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragon...5 weeks ago
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New 5-star review of Spellcraft & Swordplay! - http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_reviews_info.php?&reviews_id=65094&products_id=94105 Thanks to Colin Merritt for this excellent review!5 weeks ago
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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 month ago
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The Obligatory SOPA/PIPA Blackout Post - Take steps to secure free speech on the internet Stop SOPA/PIPA1 month ago
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Stop SOPA! - I normally don’t blog about things like the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)here. I figure the few readers I have want to hear about RPGs, comics, or other ...1 month ago
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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 month ago
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Congregation of Wizards - Hello! I'm well and stuff. Took a long break from blogging in order to play more. To amuse you here's a picture of three deans of some polish universities a...1 month ago
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Miniature Modeling and 3D Printing With Minecraft and Mineways - Minecraft players! Have you ever thought to yourself how cool it would be if you could export your creations into a 3d physical model to share with your pe...1 month ago
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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 month ago
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The Currents - Finally another creature! For those of you who keep track of RPG-creatures on facebook, or through DeviantArt this illustration isn't new, but the descript...1 month ago
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Going, going, gone.... - I started my love affair with miniatures as early as my fifth year of life. After my mom gave me a pack full of plastic army men, there was no going back. ...1 month ago
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Game Idea: D&D/Battlestar Galactica - While I was playing the Battlestar Galactica board game the other day (in a brief break from DMing ^^ ), I realized: Wizards needs to make a D&D-branded ve...1 month ago
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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 month ago
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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...2 months ago
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Multiclass Mondays #14 – Psionic Power - Welcome back to the final Multiclass Mondays! It’s been a long journey and I’m glad to see it finally complete. As much as I like writing long, continuing...2 months ago
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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...2 months ago
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A Very Gainsbourg Christmas: Year 6! - It's that time of year again! The presents have all been opened. The Swedish meatballs are being digested. Snow is(n't) in the air and on the ground, and I...2 months ago
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Monstermas 2011 - Originally published at John Wick Presents. You can comment here or there.2 months ago
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More on immersion confusion - Two articles have recently come to my attention: The Play of Simulation (excerpt from Salen and Zimmerman, *Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals*). This...2 months ago
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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 ...2 months ago
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Interlude: Commitment - There are great men in the world - I've met some of them - but caught like everyone else in the vast Titanic millwheels of our world-spanning culture they...2 months ago
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Hot War “Scenarios” - I’ve been asked a few times about creating a Hot War scenario, or the characters, or both, so I’m going to write up a half-baked demo here (done in some sp...2 months ago
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For sale: Painted Khador army for Warmachine - [EDIT: These have sold! I'll leave the post up for posterity's sake.] After almost seven idle years in the foam, it's time to part with my painted Warmachi...2 months ago
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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,...2 months ago
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Eight months later....still pimpin' - Anyone who has published a RPG product in the last year; The 2nd Annual Three Castles Award is still accepting submissions through the end of the year (De...3 months ago
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Adventures of Roadside Inns and Mysterious Charcacters - Greetings! I shall update this blog soon. Semper Fidelis, Richard Saturday, November 26, 2011 2246 Hours3 months ago
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Printing Maps at Miniature Scale - As someone who likes to use miniatures in gaming, drawing vinyl maps can at times be a real pain. They usually don't have all the detail you want. Depend...3 months ago
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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...3 months ago
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Myths and fairy tales - One GM, bunch of players. Players may not get to play the same characters every session. Characters are, for example: Hunter, Moon, Wolf, Spider, Woman. Th...4 months ago
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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...4 months ago
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City of Villains Lambda - Lambda Incarnate trial gives incarnate experience to open interface and destiny incarnate powers. Some helpful hints to having a successful trial. 1. Hav...4 months ago
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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...4 months ago
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So damn predictable. - Still waiting to see anybody take notice of a post on the forge without the comments instantly turning into "hurr they are using terms I can't be bothered ...4 months ago
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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...5 months ago
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Roll Credits - There is no other explanation other than this has become more and more of a chore to keep up. Over time new projects and interests have presented thems...5 months ago
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Dungeonmum Stasis - Hello everyone I've come to a decision about this blog. I'm going to put it into hibernation for the forseeable future. It's not been an easy decision to ...5 months ago
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MESSING AROUND: WHEN A STAR FALLS - The whole UK adventures series were, as an Amazon reviewer said, well ahead of their time. Most of them involve a strong railroading, but not much more t...5 months ago
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New Set Coming Soon--Sneak Peak! - Photography by the lovely and oh-so-easy to pose for Lorelei. http://www.facebook.com/SGLoreleiPhoto I expect you all to vote for it when it goes up! I'm A...5 months ago
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The Far Planet - It's been a while since I did any Flash work professionally, almost a year in fact, but I'm now back onto that after spending the rest of the time in .Ne...5 months ago
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Quick comic recommendations and reviews - There are a lot of really great comics out there and with the changes at Marvel & DC there is a lot to be excited about for comic book fans. Here are a few ...5 months ago
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Behind the Screen: The indignity of a reboot… - My gaming group is a very dedicated group of roleplayers, however we don’t gather with a decent frequency. Even with a recap, notes, session journals and ...5 months ago
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Mini Map - Hey, all! I know it’s been a long time in coming, but attached to this post is a map for a one-shot dungeon crawl entitled The Eagle’s Landing. The ‘offici...5 months ago
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DC's New 52 #1's: Stormwatch, Swamp Thing - DC has relaunched is main line with 52 new issue ones that serve as a jumping on point. Some titles are fresh starts where one doesn't need to have read an...5 months ago
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Unholy Matrimony - Hey look, more Adventurer Conqueror King content! As I was a "Visionary" contributor to ACKS' original Kickstarter funding project, I was given the opport...6 months ago
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Review of Bulldogs! - Bulldogs! A FATE game that isn’t able to stop a bullet? Check. This book checks in 166 pages and is a standard RPG size. Does the book have an index and a ...6 months ago
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Shadowrun Rigger Commands - I recently picked up and started running Shadowrun 4ed. I have a problem with the way they present the “Issue Command” action for drones. Specifically, t...6 months ago
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Across the Wine-Dark Seas - The time has come for me to bid Blogger *adieu*. It has served me well in the past, and I've trod its hallowed halls since late 2004. But, all things mus...6 months ago
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Gen Con 2011 - Hey, what's this fancy blog thing just lying around here? What's my login again? Is this thing on? Oh, hello. I figured I'd pop in here and post my sche...7 months ago
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All Quiet - I have really not been updating very often. Well, what happened is my somewhat regular online Castles & Crusades game using Fantasy Grounds II came to an e...7 months ago
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Captain America - I’m still in the middle of moving — new job and new home means very few blog updates, as I’m sure anyone who’s still following me has noticed — but I had a...7 months ago
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Stories in the Ether, Volume 1 – Open Call For Submissions (@NevermetPress) - *This is a cross post from Nevermet Press* * * Today we are announcing a new product line at Nevermet Press, *Stories In The Ether*. This new anthology wil...7 months ago
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Noodan Rookse Nart - Been spending A LOT of time on the internet recently. I would like to think that this qualifies me as a power user, but there's a connotation of productivi...7 months ago
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Fiend Folio Friday: Monsters as Dungeon Features - The Crypt Thing looking crypticAmong my least favorite monsters in all of D&D are the creatures I think of as dungeon features disguised as monsters. Example...7 months ago
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Averoigne: Notes on the Setting and Rules - 'At that time, the year of our Lord, 1138, Vyones was the principle town of the province of Averoigne. On two sides the great, shadow-haunted forest, a pla...7 months ago
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Games last night on google+ - Circles is the key I think. Sort of like firewalls, you can basically attach labels to people in your circles, creating chat rooms, adventuring groups of p...7 months ago
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{Quest Log} There comes an age....the Dragon Age - Hey all! It's been months since I last updated and real life has been tumultuous along the way. Since my last entry, I was employed into a new job and work...7 months ago
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Kingdoms of Kalamar Play Report: Session III - Mopping up Bandits - Last night's session went off well for the most part, though there was a disagreement as to the procedure for treasure division amongst the players. All sh...8 months ago
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So like a battered and broken partner that I am, I decided to let D&D back in... - But only a little bit! Really! I'm drawing lines on the floor now. There is a strict rulebook that we now follow, and morale-raising measures have been ...8 months ago
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Mauril’s Journal, Entry 11 - The true power of the crystals lies not in what wonders they can perform but in what atrocities they can compel a person to do. They are a tempting power. ...8 months ago
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"So THAT'S what I was up to all this time?" - Catching up once again - Good grief has it really been more than a year since my last update here? I recall once warning my readers (all one of you) that I tend to fall off the fa...8 months ago
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Dealing with Character Death: The Stages of Grief - So here you are, your PC's have returned session after session battling and puzzling through your labyrinth; you have put them through trial after trial an...8 months ago
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Understanding Dark Matter: What We Don't Know - I saw this great video on Boing Boing and thought I'd share in light of the new dark planets discovery. I've read comments on a few sites that the rogue,...9 months ago
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My new blog - As I haven't posted here for over a year, I thought I ought to tell anyone visiting that my new, current blog is the Tales of Kaelaross, a blog that is abo...9 months ago
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Crusader is back! - After a fairly long time of wandering through wastelands, our crusader is back. He looks older and more tired, then he used to be. He has some fine new sca...9 months ago
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From Twitter 05-11-2011 - - 10:52:34: RT @paizo: Look, more wonderful Wayne Reynolds art to grace your desktop! http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lc6c http://fb.me/XUx...9 months ago
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Beneful Dog Food Coupons - *Beneful Dog Food Coupons* The Beneful brand of dog food is marketed by the Nestle Purina group. Although many people know that this brand is one of the be...10 months ago
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Speaking of Morlocks: The Malta Catacombs - From Drow elves to the devil himself, we rarely imagine good-natured, caring folks when we imagine secret underground races. Generally speaking, if it come...1 year ago
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Brave Halfling Website is Live! - Hey folks! After a bunch of work (and a lot of patience on your part) Brave Halfling Publishing’s Home on the web is live! Woot! On this site you will fin...2 years ago
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I initially (mis-)read the title as "half planEt, half animal"! :D
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