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Adventures Dark & Deep (1.5E-ish) Bestiary Kickstarter from Inkwell Ideas

Inkwell Ideas — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:17:18 +0000

Joseph Bloch is back with his latest volume in a series of books that imagines–based on Gary Gygax’s public comments and articles–what AD&D 2E might have been like. (So I personally like to think of it as 1.5E.) The new Kickstarter will fund the art & printing of a 900...

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Fantasy Dice Ruleset Video – Part 1 from Radical Approach

Radical Approach — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:40:14 +0000

I’ve uploaded the first video for how to use the Fantasy Dice ruleset for the Fantasy Grounds II virtual tabletop software. The ruleset will be released first for backers of the Crimson Exodus 2nd Edition kickstarter, but will eventually be available either on its own or with other Radical...

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Castle Greyhawk: Journeys End? from Greyhawkery

Greyhawkery — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:58:00 +0000

Hola Greyhawk fans! I'm afraid I got behind (as usual) in promoting the latest page, thirty-four of our long running Castle Greyhawk graphic novel. Follow the link to read bonus material by visionary au...

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Riots, Carracks, Celestial Plays and Rolling Back the Weird from Hill Cantons

Hill Cantons — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:15:00 +0000

And now the News... “Ole Wampus” Bartol, captain of the Canton-flagged carrack _The Ocular Bat_, was overheard in a hu'uz hallucinogenic stupor roaring—between exclamations of “everything is so mauve”--about how a Storm-Child gale forced his ship dangerously close to...

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The Gathering from Gothridge Manor

Gothridge Manor — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:00 +0000

This weekend I believe we are going to have the whole gaming crew face to face. We were talking about renting a meeting room at a local hotel so we could gather with some space and comfort. None of us has the space the host all of us. ...

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Repost: Fixing Modules from Advanced Gaming & Theory

Advanced Gaming & Theory — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:52:00 +0000

There is lots of stuff online for experienced players, but what about all of those new DM’s out there that are learning by fire? WELL GOD BLESS YOU!!! I honestly don’t know how you do it, I was lucky and got to play and play until I felt ready to DM competently, and even then I had...

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Original Art Reward Now Available from Greyhawk Grognard

Greyhawk Grognard — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:00 +0000

Thanks to the generosity of one of our artists, there is a new reward level now available for the Adventures Dark and Deep™ Bestiary Kickstarter: ORIGINAL ART SPONSOR: You get your name listed in the Bestiary as the sponsor of a particular monster illustration. In addition, you get a...

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Anybody want a cloth map for their campaign world? from Jeffs Gameblog

Jeff's Gameblog — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:00 +0000

I ask because zazzle.com will let you put your graphic on a towel and that ought to get the job done. I've wanted a cloth map of a campaign world of mine going back to when I opened my shiny new copy of Ultima IV. I was blown away by the cloth map that came with that game (still my...

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Reveiw: Castles & Crusades Monsters from The Other Side blog

The Other Side — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:52:00 +0000

I love monsters. I love monster books. My first introduction to AD&D was via the 1st ed Monster Manual and I was instantly hooked. So these tomes always have a special place in my heart.Castles & Crusades actually has a number of monster ...

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We still need Booth Volunteers! from ENnie Awards

ENnie Awards Blog — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:26:46 +0000

We still have a few slots open in the booth schedule. What for? We need volunteers for the ENnies booth at Gen Con this year! How long will it take? Each shift is two hours and we like to have two people at the booth for each shift. When scheduling your time, please plan to show...

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Commissions for May 2013 and a facepalm from JP on Gaming

JP on Gaming — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:20:00 +0000

Its been a while since I posted commission work. All of these are for my friend Jacob M. The first mini is a halfling. I had initially thought of going with a more green theme for the cloak. However, after talking with Jacob, his character works for Os...

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[HOUSERULES] Corruption Redux… from HeroPress

HeroPress — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Whilst I am determined to keep houserules to a minimum for my planned Castles & Crusades campaign next year, some will be included to help create the flavour of the world. In the world of Tekralh, magic is wild energy that must be 'tamed' by wizards and their ilk (this also includes spiritual...

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Sources of Inspiration: End to End from rpg

Sarah Darkmagic — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:30 +0000

I love to use fairy tales as an inspiration for my games. Ralph, the talking chicken, was a prince transformed by a witch's curse. Rumpelstiltskin served as inspiration for a bargained child tale. Given this, I'm always on the hunt for new tales, especially given how often the current Grimms'...

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Recounting Encounters with Storm Over Neverwinter author Erik Scott de Bie from Dungeon's Master

Dungeon's Master — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:05 +0000

Today Dungeon’s Master and 20ft Radius are proud to present a special episode of our podcast, Recounting Encounters. In this episode we talk to Erik Scott de Bie, author of this season’s adventure Storm Over Neverwinter. Erik is a professional writer and game designer. Storm Over...

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Weapons and Armour in Risus from SoogaGames

SoogaGames — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:17:00 +0000

Hear me out. I don't want gear lists for Risus. I don't want a bunch of modifiers and special rules for specific weapons. It isn't that sort of game. Risus already has a perfectly fine rule in place for handling equipment.If you don't have the required...

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Gaming Inspiration :The Diseased from A Life Full of Adventure

A Life Full of Adventure — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000

This idea didn't come from a cartoon like most of my other Gaming Inspirations do. However, I think our settings, our flavor text, need to include more sick and diseased townsfolk. Most games have healers, clerics, physicians, etc. who can cure th...

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[Tuesday Map] Darkling Depths Level 2 from Dyson's Dodecahedron

A Character for Every Game — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:48:32 +0000

The MegaDungeon Continues! Level 2 of the Darkling Depths is broken up into three distinct areas. The main complex of … Continue reading »

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Wushu Open by Daniel Bayn kicks bottom – through a window on fire from The Free RPG Blog

The Free RPG Blog — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000

I jump, grab a red paper light fitting, swing across the room and boot the first mook through a flowery paper wall, I roll with the momentum over a sloshing fish tank and connect my fist into the face of another. Wushu Open is an action movie roleplay...

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Daily Cosplay from The Troll Dens

The Troll Dens — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:00 +0000

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Walking Dead Spoilers from The Troll Dens

The Troll Dens — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:00 +0000

The 4th season doesn't begin until October of this year (as fast as time flies, its already October) but shooting for the next season has begun. As you may remember the season ended with the grand battle between the two camps, the Governor and the Pris...

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Angry Birds Alight in Movie Near You from The Troll Dens

The Troll Dens — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:00 +0000

As you may or may not have heard, Angry Birds is coming to the big screen. A 3d film is planned for release in 2016. Angry birds of course is the wildly popular video game/everything else that spread about the universe a year or so ago. Its as simple a...

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Armor Up from The Troll Dens

The Troll Dens — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:00 +0000

Being turned to stone . . . this is one very cool piece of work. Mirko Cavalloni

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Quiet Country from The Troll Dens

The Troll Dens — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:33:00 +0000

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Who Made You King from The Troll Dens

The Troll Dens — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:32:00 +0000

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Solar Winds from The Troll Dens

The Troll Dens — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:31:00 +0000

The sun dwells in constant turmoil. Massive storms rage across her surface as she burns with the fires of orc. She generates powerful magnetic fields that rise from her surface in gigantic loops, clawing into the dark reaches of space to collapse back ...

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Rigs Ants from The Troll Dens

The Troll Dens — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:30:00 +0000

That's what they should name these ants, after Riggs from Lethal Weapon. Apparently the southern states are being invaded by an ant whose seemingly purposeless motions and movements have given it the name of 'crazy ant.' These ants hale from Argentina...

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Review: Empires of the Shining Sea (Part I) from Tower of the Archmage

Tower of the Archmage — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

A while ago (I honestly don’t remember exactly when) picked up the Empires of the Shining Sea boxed set. Seeing as I have a stack of stuff I've managed to collect, and haven't really read yet, I decided to pull this one from the pile, and have a go, based solely on the cover. Summoning a...

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Review: Tomorrow’s War from Geek Ken

Geek Ken — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:30:00 +0000

From Ambush Alley Games and Osprey Publishing, Tomorrow’s War is a sfi-fi skirmish ruleset detailing infantry warfare in the future. The system is designed for 15mm but could easily be bumped up to 28mm. As a squad-based force game, the scale is man to model and allows for the...

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Risus Death Roll from SoogaGames

SoogaGames — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:25:00 +0000

In Risus combat, the winner decides the fate of the loser. This could range from embarrassment to a badass scar or even death. Sometimes you'll want to put that down to a roll. Risus Death Roll In a deadly combat, a defeated character rolls to find out their fate. This roll is made using any...

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Freelancer Advice: How To Kill Your Career from Raging Swan

Raging Swan — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:09:30 +0000

You are amazing and your designs are awesome. You have a rare talent and really you should be treated differently to other freelancers. After all, you are doing the publisher a favour working for his company... Art: William McAusland [Outland Arts]) I originally thought of this article title...

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Things You Can Do When the Party Hates Your NPC from Exchange of Realities

Exchange of Realities — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:31 +0000

Yesterday, I talked about situations in which the party hates an NPC you need them not to hate, and how not to make it worse. Today, I’m going to look at the positive side—ways to actively try to get the NPC back into the party’s good graces. If it was something they did, admit...

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1,000-Word Rebuttal: Against the Fetish of Progressive Design from Kobold Press

Kobold Quarterly — Tue, 21 May 2013 07:01:45 +0000

This blog hosted “Penny Dreadfuls: Against the Nostalgia Fetish in Fantasy Roleplaying” yesterday, a pleasant-but-perhaps-confused rant against nostalgia in roleplaying game design, and in favor of progress and modernity. Maybe I’m just old enough to see the upside of the...

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Combat Focused Game from Game in the Brain

Game in the Brain — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:58:00 +0000

I was able to play GURPS Gladiators obsidian portal link +Vaclav Tofl and +Martin Davis. It is a combat focus game, but I still get thrilled about combat.Combat games require accepting character death or losing, keeping characters at arm...

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A few glitches from Observations of the Fox

Observations of the Fox — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:50:00 +0000

I thought I had "Town Guard" ready to go, but final attempts to publish have led to a few glitches.Busy working to overcome them now.

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Confidence from Reality Refracted

Reality Refracted — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Surprisingly enough when it comes to most of life's choices and requirements there actually is one piece of advice that can help almost universally: be confident. Confidence is one of the key things 'required' for attracting the attention of the guy or...

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Legends & Lore: Exploration And Interaction Pillars from Points of Light

Points of Light — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:51:00 +0000

After a two-week absence Legends & Lore returns with a look at two of Next's occasionally-mentioned three-pillar system, which I just now realized that if arranged properly could be referred to as “ICE” (not to be confused with Shadowrun's IC). I have not used the exploration rules...

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New Town Guard Cover Art from Observations of the Fox

Observations of the Fox — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:13:00 +0000

A bit fantasy, a bit "law and order", and a bit heraldic.Getting pretty close to what I originally envisioned.

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I want to live in Los Angeles Not the one in Los Angeles no. 2 – May 20, 2013 from destination unknown

Destination Unknown — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:49:00 +0000

This week we take a look at the snot green warehouse where you and the other investigators hang out on Thursday nights. Better bring your boxing gloves because Dave Stuab (last issue) wants to throw. A free print copy is availa...

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Das Schwarze Auge Schicksalspfade Videos! from Der ewige Held

Der ewige Held — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:59:49 +0000

Hier gibt es jede Menge bemalter “Schicksalspfade” Miniaturen zu bewundern. Ein paar Projekte die wir im Studio in den letzten Monaten für Kunden für das Das Schwarze Auge “Schicksalspfade” Tabletop-Spiel von Ulisses Spiele gemacht haben:

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Lookie What I Got! Mail Call! from Gothridge Manor

Gothridge Manor — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:11:00 +0000

+Rafael Chandler sent me a copy of SlaughterGrid. I've started reading it, but need to give this bad boy more time to read and digest. More to come. Thanks Rafael!

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What I’m Up To from The RPG Corner

The RPG Corner — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:09:00 +0000

These are halcyon days, dear readers.Back in the early 90s, I had the misfortune of coming of age in a gaming desert. For reasons best left to a doctoral thesis on the statistics of population distribution, I attended a junior high and high school that...

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Star Wars from The Troll Dens

The Troll Dens — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:00 +0000

Returns to the small screen in 2014 with Star Wars Rebels. Set in the period between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope the animated series tracks the dying light of the jedi as the Empire tightens its grip on the Galaxy; this while the rebellion begin...

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Salute 2013 Episode 1 from GMS Magazine

G*M*S Magazine — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:03:29 +0000

The first episode of the interviews we recorded at Salute 2013. Bit later than we would have wanted, but here they are.

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Treasures of NeoExodus: Silence from GMS Magazine

G*M*S Magazine — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:36:27 +0000

This installment of the Treasures of NeoExodus-line is 3 pages long, 1 page SRD and 1 page item-cards, leaving us with 1 page content, so let's check this out!

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Imperial Heroes: Pregenerated Characters from GMS Magazine

G*M*S Magazine — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:51:26 +0000

This collection of Pre-gens for the Jade regent-AP is 28 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial/SRD, 1 page introduction/how-to use,1 page author bios/back cover, leaving us with 24 pages of content, so let's take a look!

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Forgive my gloating… from Greyhawk Grognard

Greyhawk Grognard — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:43:00 +0000

I've been collecting books and other products relating to the World of Greyhawk pretty much since there was such a thing to collect. So as you might imagine, there are very few lacunae in my collection. Today, I filled one of those lacunae with somethi...

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My PaizoCon events have been turned in to LPJ from JP on Gaming

JP on Gaming — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:29:00 +0000

I have turned in my PaizoCon events for NeoExodus. This year, I am freed from having to do any Pathfinder Society, so I went "big", offering three adventures. Two of those were already run at Denver events and other such games. Those two adventures, should help give those who participate a better...

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New Monsters: The Thunderstinger, Red Doom, and Flame Wings from RetroRoleplaying: The Blog

RetroRoleplaying — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:23:00 +0000

Long ago, I picked up a copy of The Dungeon #10 at my hobby shop just as they arrived. This was the October 1977 issue and was one of the first issues of The Dragon magazine to be available at Dibbles. This issue had a couple of good articles and the S...

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Playtesting: roll Xd20 keep highest skill checks. from Kobold Enterprise ~ the adventure has just begun

Kobold Enterprise — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:06:04 +0000

In my every other Friday m20 game I am running I am using the tweaked skill and...

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Review: Castles & Crusades Core from The Other Side blog

The Other Side — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:32:00 +0000

Three books make up the Castles & Crusades core. The main one is the Castles & Crusades Players Handbook it focuses on character creation and leveling, plus many of the rules around equipment and combat. The Castles & Crusades C...

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RPG Bloggers

Adventures Dark & Deep (1.5E-ish) Bestiary Kickstarter from Inkwell Ideas

Fantasy Dice Ruleset Video – Part 1 from Radical Approach

Castle Greyhawk: Journeys End? from Greyhawkery

Riots, Carracks, Celestial Plays and Rolling Back the Weird from Hill Cantons

The Gathering from Gothridge Manor

Repost: Fixing Modules from Advanced Gaming & Theory

Original Art Reward Now Available from Greyhawk Grognard

Anybody want a cloth map for their campaign world? from Jeffs Gameblog

Reveiw: Castles & Crusades Monsters from The Other Side blog

We still need Booth Volunteers! from ENnie Awards

Commissions for May 2013 and a facepalm from JP on Gaming

[HOUSERULES] Corruption Redux… from HeroPress

Sources of Inspiration: End to End from rpg

Recounting Encounters with Storm Over Neverwinter author Erik Scott de Bie from Dungeon's Master

Weapons and Armour in Risus from SoogaGames

Gaming Inspiration :The Diseased from A Life Full of Adventure

[Tuesday Map] Darkling Depths Level 2 from Dyson's Dodecahedron

Wushu Open by Daniel Bayn kicks bottom – through a window on fire from The Free RPG Blog

Daily Cosplay from The Troll Dens

Walking Dead Spoilers from The Troll Dens

Angry Birds Alight in Movie Near You from The Troll Dens

Armor Up from The Troll Dens

Quiet Country from The Troll Dens

Who Made You King from The Troll Dens

Solar Winds from The Troll Dens

Rigs Ants from The Troll Dens

Review: Empires of the Shining Sea (Part I) from Tower of the Archmage

Review: Tomorrow’s War from Geek Ken

Risus Death Roll from SoogaGames

Freelancer Advice: How To Kill Your Career from Raging Swan

Things You Can Do When the Party Hates Your NPC from Exchange of Realities

1,000-Word Rebuttal: Against the Fetish of Progressive Design from Kobold Press

Combat Focused Game from Game in the Brain

A few glitches from Observations of the Fox

Confidence from Reality Refracted

Legends & Lore: Exploration And Interaction Pillars from Points of Light

New Town Guard Cover Art from Observations of the Fox

I want to live in Los Angeles Not the one in Los Angeles no. 2 – May 20, 2013 from destination unknown

Das Schwarze Auge Schicksalspfade Videos! from Der ewige Held

Lookie What I Got! Mail Call! from Gothridge Manor

What I’m Up To from The RPG Corner

Star Wars from The Troll Dens

Salute 2013 Episode 1 from G*M*S Magazine

Treasures of NeoExodus: Silence from G*M*S Magazine

Imperial Heroes: Pregenerated Characters from G*M*S Magazine

Forgive my gloating… from Greyhawk Grognard

My PaizoCon events have been turned in to LPJ from JP on Gaming

New Monsters: The Thunderstinger, Red Doom, and Flame Wings from RetroRoleplaying: The Blog

Playtesting: roll Xd20 keep highest skill checks. from Kobold Enterprise ~ the adventure has just begun

Review: Castles & Crusades Core from The Other Side blog

Salute 2013 Episode 1 from GMS Magazine

Treasures of NeoExodus: Silence from GMS Magazine

Imperial Heroes: Pregenerated Characters from GMS Magazine