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I've enjoyed reading the updates from DDXP recently.Normally I wouldn't give a rat's arse, but 1) I'm interested in the old edition reprints, 2) WotC is always good for entertainment value.Some of their new crap from 2012 warrants comment:If these are indeed the new covers for the AD&D reprints, then I'm just so-so on them. They could be a lot better, they could have been a lot worse.The other

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Here's a look at a key faction operating in the Barrowmaze - The Acolytes of Orcus, illustrated by Stefan Poag.The Acolytes are looking for something hidden in the Barrowmaze and won't let anyone, or anything, stand in their way.Update: I'm just waiting for Stefan to finish the color cover and then it's off to RPGnow. We're getting really close and I'm getting pretty excited to let it loose

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So am I correct that blogger has managed to derail the Eternal Keep?I use that site and Old School RPG Planet, to catch up on stuff I've missed.Blogger keeps messing me over too, I can only see comments if I view through safari.

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I need some help with a map but my graphics-fu is not strong.I want to take the map, cut it into three equal sections, and paste those into my word document.It needs to be such that all the squares line up exactly, so folks can have the option of putting them all together in one glorious map (if they wish).

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Two things about the new edition that I don't understand:1.If they aren't keen on Fifth Edition or 5E, and lets face it nobody will call it D&D Next for any length of time, why didn't they label the edition their preferred name when they made the announcement? You won't be able to fight down 5E two years after the fact.2. What are they going to do with monsters? I mean to say, how many OD&D/Basic

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Somewhere, either on the interwebs or in a fanzine, I recall seeing a monster entry for mummified cats but with a more exotic name. Can anybody throw me a bone?

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I have to admit, I do get a kick out of some of the stuff that comes out of WotC - if only for entertainment value.Mearls is quoted here in a 5E interview as saying the following:The D&D Fantasy Roleplaying Game Starter Set in the red box has also been a real success for us. It highlights the importance of having a good intro product—something that is definitely on our radar as we plan for the

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I know, I know, I'm late in the game but I just added myself to Google+Feel free to add me there.

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Red Box Niagara met last night. We were going to continue with the Barrowmaze sessions but, because we didn't play in December, we thought we would have a shoot-the-shit session and play some different games.I'm a pretty hardcore D&D guy, mostly because one gets so few opportunities to play, but wanted to try out the Munchkin card game. I wasn't sure what to make of it at first, but it was pretty

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Looks like WotC will reprint the AD&D core books for release on April 17th in North America. This will help support the Gygax Memorial.Interesting the timing of it - right after the death knell of 4E :)I wonder if they will come in the sleeves like the 3.5 and 4E books did? Just wondering aloud.Count me in for a set, maybe two.Very interesting times for D&D right now.Link

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Just received this illustration for the Barrowmaze from Toren Atkinson, who did a great job on Meatshields! and is a fellow Red Boxer.This is a Blood Thirsty Spider - I'll say no more. I don't want to spoil all the surprises.BTW Barrowmaze will be compatible with Labyrinth Lord and the Advanced Edition Companion. Although if you don't use AEC that won't pose a problem.

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Based on everyone else's post I read the Full Monte post and have two questions:1. Why the hell would I want to play a character that didn't match what the DM wanted to do with their game/campaign? That doesn't seem like very good gamesmanship.2. Say for example you have a group playing largely new school characters and an old school character. What the hell are you going to do when the group

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I was reading an interesting post on Mythmere's blog about some of the differences between OE through 2E and the follow-up comments.One of the comments (by Brendan) struck a note with me, part of which I cite here:"The more I have been reading old modules, the more I think this is one of the key differences between old school design and new school design. Old school challenges will often be

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From the EnWorld 5E thread:"The Forgotten Realms will be supported from the start, and a video game art studio from China has been hired to fully detail the Realms. We asked if going forward support would be continued for the current time after the Spellplague and the Neverwinter Campaign. A WotC spokesperson answered, "The Forgotten Realms has a rich history and we will support all of it. It is

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Does anyone have any insight or experience with either lulu or RPGnow? Experiences? Preferences? I know the Canadian shipping blows really hard via lulu. I'm unsure where to go with the Barrowmaze project...

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The Barrowmaze has sections for new spells, magic items, and monsters.Speaking of monsters, here's a fun one.These are Sapphire Skeletons, illustrated by Stefan Poag. Enjoy.

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Now that I've had a chance to catch-up on the news, I thought I'd pen a few initial thoughts on the recent 5E announcement.Yes, a mild rant follows. What can I say, I'm tired and sick.I've been reading the 5E feed on Enworld. I'm struck how they want this edition to be of the people, and yet made no effort to use grassroots platforms to (at least in part) make the announcement. If you want people

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One of my readers noted in the coments section that he'd like to hear a bit more information on the Barrowmaze. Ask and you shall receive!The Barrowmaze is an exploration style-megadungeon that emerged from play at Red Box Niagara. The dungeon was designed and written by me. It started out as a curiosity. I never had the opportunity to play a megadungeon in my youth, my entry to D&D in 1982 was

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I've had my head down and my sleeves rolled up for the last 48 hours, working to edit and complete the first release of the Barrowmaze. This will be a two part release (basically character levels 1-4ish and then later mid and high level play) because I can only peck away at it when the time allows. It is going to be packed with new art. I've spared no expense. More on that later.Speaking of art,

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I'm using Word (I get it free through work) for the dungeon layout. I have it looking all swanky.But when I use adobe to create a pdf it Fs with spaces here and there. It's frustrating.Is there any rhyme or reason to this? Does anyone have suggestions?Thanks.

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When I first thought of rewriting the Barrowmaze for publication, I had a short list of artists I wanted to help bring it to life. Stefan Poag was at the top of the list.Stefan is a wonderful person to work with, and we certainly share the same aesthetic view of fantasy role-playing. I've argued here before that art communicates and forwards ideology, and the illustrations for this project will

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To this point, either during play or on the blog, I've been referring to my mega dungeon as simply the Barrowmze.But now that I'm at the layout stage, I'm wondering whether I need something more creative than simply The Barrowaze or The Barrowmaze Megadungeon.Should I have something more elaborate like The Forbidden Crypts of the Barrowmaze or somesuch? There are lots of crypts, tombs, and

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This morning I read the Escapist articles on The State of D&D.They tread over familiar ground, but there are interesting quotes and perspectives to be had. Here are links to the articles, they are worth a read: The State of D&D: Past, Present, and Future.To be forward the author has a conflict of interest (developing a retro clone) and that informs his perspective at various points.There are a

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It has been interesting to read the discussions about publishing and the OGL going on right now across the interwebs.I'm interested because I'm literally dealing with similar questions right now.I plan on using the OGL for my Barrowmaze Megadungeon. I'm specifically wrapping my mind around Section 6:6.Notice of License Copyright: You must update the COPYRIGHT NOTICE portion of this License to

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I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.I won't be posting for the next week or so, but your (somewhat) regular blogging schedule will return thereafter.I've got some exciting plans for both academic and RPG self-publishing in 2012 and I look forward to sharing those shortly.All the best to you and yours.

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One thing has always bugged me about the Hirst Arts fieldstone molds - they only have single doors. Now, the doors across all the HA molds are quite good. However, the mundane sameness of single doors really started to bug me after awhile. So, I decided to make some from scratch.I miked a two square arch and then cut a piece of hardboard to size and then cut that in half (this is the same

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I'm looking for old school artists to provide interior illustration for my Barrowmaze dungeon.I've contacted a couple and combed a few forums, but I'm sure there are others.Stefan Poag and Pete Mullen are obvious no-brainers.I'm looking for good black and white line art.Do you have a favorite OSR illustrator or can you make a suggestion?

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I've been pecking away at some unique pieces for my Hirst Arts Dungeon.I'll spare you a narrative and just put a few notes below where appropriate.I wanted a few floor pieces with sewer grates and trapdoors for the odd situation that might come up. These were custom done using some tiles from Megaminiatures (please support them). These were slightly less than one inch HA tiles, so it took some

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In case you haven't heard, former TSR artist Jeff Dee has initiated a new Kickstarter project wherein he will re-create his artwork from Q1 Queen of the Demonweb Pits. How great is that? Be sure to have a look.

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Just wanted to post a Happy Thanksgiving to our American neighbours.As a kid, my older brother hooked me on the Dallas Cowboys. So with the 'Boys always playing on the US Thanksgiving, I adopted the holiday long ago. Going to school and working for a time in the US helped things along too.The Canadian Thanksgiving is in early October (because our harvest is earlier) but I always try to do

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Dragons occupy a strange space in D&D. The game is Dungeons and Dragons, after all, but you really don't see them until of sufficient level - and if your group is anything like mine you won't be facing one in the foreseeable future (we just had a TPK in Session 25 of the Northern Reaches - but I digress).I always loved the dragons from the original Monster Manual. I suppose my fondness for them -

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The Moldy Vale is keeping it real on the WotC Legends and Lore column.Check it out.

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I'm looking at examples of dramatic irony in the art of TSR D&D - and you don't need to go very far to find some :)By dramatic irony I'm referring to examples where the viewer possesses more knowledge than the character(s) depicted in the scene.This is perhaps the best I can think of 1) because it's Trampier, 2) because the guy off-camera to the right points at the spider and thus "freezes" the

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Before D&D, my Saturday mornings consisted of a wonderful, if twisted, children's show called The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.This show was created in the early 1970s at CHCH TV in Hamilton, Ontario. Basically, right in my backyard.If you were a Canadian child in the late 70s or early 80s you likely remember this show.The majority of the characters in the show were voiced by Canadian actor

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This morning I've read a few interesting posts dealing with OSR art.The first was at The Temple of Demogorgon where he rants about the sameness of OSR art, specifically taking aim at the piece shown on the Grognardia Blog.Although not as hard-core a post as the first, the other was at Aldeboran where Stefan Poag (one of my favorite artists) wrote that he'd like to see more diversity in OSR

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I'm looking for some Deathknell Burning skeletons.I'll buy or trade. Ebay prices are a bit wacky, so I thought I'd try here.Cheers.

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The Moldy Vale goes off on WotC.I have my own bits to add, but I'm playing tonight and need to prepare.

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I just wanted to bring this post to your attention about character generation across the editions. It's great.If character generation can't be done under 10 minutes that's a serious, serious impediment to the hobby. Chargen needs to be old school, insofar as you are up and playing immediately. Trash powers, feats, proficiencies, specializations, etc. Let role-players role-play.It reminds me of a

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I wrote some time ago about the motif of giant mushrooms, or mushroom forests, as signifiers of otherworldliness in D&D modules.I'm compiling a list. So far I have:B1 In Search of the UnknownD3 Vault of the DrowEX1 DungeonlandX8 Drums of Fire MountainI know there are others. Any additions?

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Am I the only one that finds this type of softball article a joke?Ooooh, look! Cook and WotC are riding in on their white horse to preserve D&D's past!Seriously?What a slap in the face. It's this type of article that, I'd argue, continues to drive people away as much as bring them back. I'm not looking for an olive branch.The grassroots who play, write, create, DM, and publish Gygax's D&D are the

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I've finally had an opportunity to sift through the Tome of Horrors Complete for Swords and Wizardry.I do think it has excellent upside, but I can't give it a resounding endorsement either.Initially, I wanted the hardback book. The book is $99 from the Frog God Website (I still think they have a few available). When you add $30 shipping to Ontario, Canada plus and addition $20-30 in duty it

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That Monte Cook felt the need to write this column is a reflection of how far off the beaten path the game has gone.On the plus side, I like the cartoony art rather than the High Fantasy realism of the 4E PHB (aesthetically, anything is an improvement).

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We D&Ders see variations of the image above repeated periodically. This one, by Holloway I believe, is from one of the 3.5 Dungeon Crawl Classics (of which I'm a big fan).A couple questions:1. I'm assuming this motif stems from mythology and fantasy literature. Do you know of other examples?2. What do you take from the symbolism? The cave-as-mouth can represent consumption. As if the landscape

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If I was 12 with no children or profession, I'd probably be playing the Pathfinder RPG.I don't talk about Pathfinder much, and I only talk about 4E when I want to slag contemporary RPGs. Having said that, I watched the 10 minute video of Eric Mona's crotch where he unboxes the new introductory boxed set for Pathfinder. It looks super-cool with crippleware after 5th level.I'm torn when it comes to

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I just read Monte Cook's first Legends and Lore article from last week.There are some things in D&D that simply do not require quantification. They don't needs ranks, they don't need rolls. Fight the impulse to quantify everything.Searching for treasure 'n' stuff is one of them.Creating (continuing with) categories like passive and active perception is a pipeline to nowhere.Don't kill

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Has anyone read any new information on the upcoming D&D movie?There was the contest to be involved in the movie and then news just sorta stopped.The Internet Movie Database does list Dungeons and Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness as a 2011 release. There has been speculation that the release of this movie on Syfy (or whatever) will coincide with the release of the book in December, and that

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I have an old citadel miniature I'm trying to clean. The miniature is fine, but it's covered with a light brown tarnish and I can't seem to get it off. I've tried simple green which is really good for removing paint, but this is going to require something else. Suggestions?

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The after-action report of our 22nd session is now available, if interestedNot only do we have pictures but you can also leave your comments (if I did it correctly).In this episode, semi-new group of adventurers probes the depths of the Barrowmaze.

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Looks like WotC is looking to fill a D&D Brand Marketing position.There's a good observation in the Enworld post that perhaps they are gearing up for the next edition in 2014 - the 40th anniversary of D&D.If so, let's hope the game actually looks and feels like the real deal, rather than the bucolic, MMO, 4E shite. That is all.

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Apparently Monte Cook was re-hired by WotC and will be taking over Mike Mearls' column.I don't know jack about dungeon-a-day, and I was underwhelmed by 3/3.5 edition when I played it. I can't see them going backwards from 4E, so I really don't know what this means.What do folks think of this development?Good/bad/indifferent for D&D long-term?

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So I made it through the draft and my first week - winning handedly :)It's a 12 team league with .5 point for receptions.Today my starters are:QB: Tony RomoWR: Miles AustinWR: Mike WilliamsWR: Robert MeachumRB: LeSean McoyRB: Tim HightowerTE: Jimmy GrahamK: Robbie GouldDEF: PittsburghOn the bench I have:QB: Ryan FitzpatrickWR: Plaxico BurressWR: Early DoucetRB: Beenie WellsRB: Ryan MathewsTE:

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I have my fantasy football draft tomorrow. I know it's late but schedules didn't line up.The draft order won't be established until right before the draft (buzzkill).There are 12 players, so I'll be scraping the bottom of the barrel by the time we are done.Speaking of fantasy football, did you notice that Darth Vader took a kicker too early?

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Funny youtube video...

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Here's a neat link to some D&D miniatures created and painted by Erol Otus. From the link go Gallery and then Miniatures. Sweet.

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We played our 21st session of the Northern Reaches prior to me going on holiday. Again, another near TPK as an evil magic-user cast sleep on the party. Check out the details in our Session Summary.

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Just returned from a week in Punta Cana Regular blogging will resume shortly. I've read the OSRcon reports at Grognardia, I'd be happy if you could point me in the direction of other posts on the subject. Cheers.

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I'm a bit pissed off that I can't make the OSRcon held in Toronto this weekend. I'm in very close driving distance, which makes it worse. The date for the con came out too late for me, as I had already made holiday plans to the Carribean on Friday. It just sucks donkey-balls. I'll also be away from the Conan premiere. Why the hell does cool shit happen during the only holiday sans-kids that

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For all those interested, I've listed some Hirst Arts molds on Ebay. The auctions end in 10 days. Buy from me and save some bucks. Just search for hirst arts in ebay or by seller sggillespie

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I'm selling five Hirst Arts molds.This isn't a fire-sale, so make me a solid offer I can't refuse :)I just thought I'd try to sell them here first prior to going to Evilbay.These were bought by me from Bruce Hirst at GenCon last year.The molds include:Water Cavern Wall Mold #82($34 from website)Cavern Floor Mold #281 ($29 from website)Cavern Floor Accessories #282 ($29 from website)Fieldstone

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In the last couple months I've been creating custom molds from RTV Silicone.I started with a small mold of shields, and then some custom bases.Finally I progressed to larger molds of the HA fieldstone and cavern floors.I've come to the conclusion that, if I didn't have kids, I would stick strictly to the HA materials because I like to custom-do most things to suit exactly what I want. However,

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I'm curious how many of you own, or play in a game with, the Dwarven Forge terrain?As you know I've been using my Hirst Arts fieldstone dungeon. I'm happy with it, but I'm finding the production process more of a labour than a labour of love.So, if you are familiar with the Master Maze or Caverns sets can you tell me about the quality of the pieces? Do they chip easily? Obviously they look great,

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The members of Red Box Niagara will gather together tonight for a special Gygax Birthday Edition of The Barrowmaze.In other news I took the Gygax quiz, I did not use google, and I spelt one incorrect.border-radius: 15px; border: 4px solid blue; padding: 5px; width: 250px; background: #ffc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;">Greg Gillespie took the Hardest Gary Gygax Quiz

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We are banging out sessions left and right lately, which is great to get my Barrowmaze dungeon off the ground.Session 19 involved random encounters with Coffer Corpses - and a near TPK.Check it out, feel free to leave comments here.

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We've been bashing on with our Northern Reaches sandbox campaign set within the megadungeon known as The Barrowmaze.You can check them out here: Session 17 and Session 18.

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The new John Carter trailer looks pretty swank.Check it out.

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I'm in the home stretch looking for citadel three stage adventurers.I've narrowed my list down to five. Can anyone throw me a bone?I'm missing the mid and high-level human magic-user (top). The mid-level druid (center left), the high-level female cleric (center right), and the high-level elf magic user (bottom)I'll trade or buy.Thanks!

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I've been reading The Caverns of Thracia with much enjoyment.I'm looking over it for ideas for my own game. It's nice to see some of the things I'm doing already contained therein, as well as giving me some new ideas.Judges Guild materials weren't on the shelves of the gaming stores of my youth, so I find it interesting to look them over.I'm curious have you ever played, DMed, or read a good

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First, Happy 4th Of July to all our American neighbours!Second, against my better judgement I saw Transformers 3 last night. I won't reveal spoilers but I will say this: How do I get those two hours back? I seem to say that after each Transformers movie. The first was a big commercial for Ebay, the second was just terrible, and the third is just dreadful. Plot holes, stupid scenes, overt

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Happy Dominion Day!Yes, I prefer the old flag, the old national anthem, and the old name.If Trudeau was alive, he could bite me.

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Tre at Red Box Games is pumping out some cool miniatures.How about these bad boys from his infernal range? Sweet!Well done, Tre! I need a couple of these...You can check out his latest stuff in his dragonsfoot post.

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The write-up for Session 16 is now up for our Northern Reaches game.This is the first session of my megadungeon The Forbidden Maze of the Jennorak, called The Barrowmaze byt the locals.You can read it here. Enjoy.

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So we are rolling new characters and kicking off a new campaign tonight, still set in the Northern Reaches sandbox setting we've been adventuring in the last 8 months or so.Tonight we'll be rolling 3d6 in order. I'm going to have each player roll two characters. We'll be using my own "insanity" house-rule that I jokingly label Fear Factor so I think it's best to roll two characters to begin.We'll

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As you know, this is the Summer of (painting) the Undead for me. I've accumulated a horde of various undead in the last year, and now I've started to tackle the leadpile.Specifically, I'm paiting the undead range from Otherworld Miniatures and also their corresponding Citadel cousins from back in the day.I've painted OW and Citadel skeletons and shadows, so here are the mummies. I'm sorta, kinda,

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I've had some rust monsters sitting half-painted for months. Thank goodness those are off my plate.As an aside, I think I mentioned before that I've accumulated a bunch of undead to paint this summer. I recently started on that project with Shadows (both OW and citadel) and now I'm on to the ghouls (again both OW and Citadel). If anyone has a good recipe for ghoul/zombie/vampire skin let me

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I just recently joined the party regarding the Dungeon Alphabet.I read all the hubbub when it was first released but, as is often the case, I simply didn't have the time to get to it.I did read Stonehell cover-to-cover and came away most impressed with the exactness and level of detail. Michael Curtis must get way better sleep than I do (lol). My capacity to manage detail has decreased

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Mongrelmen are said to have names derived, in part, from animal sounds.My lame attempt is Grr'Woof-nubWhatcha got?

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After a month hiatus (for various life reasons among the group), Red Box Niagara is ready to resume on the 20th.In our last session, we were playing a B/X edition of Goodman Games' Halls of the Minotaur. Given that it has been over a month, and that we had just started new characters, we decided to abandon those adventurers to their fate and start anew.This works well because we are going to

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Just a note via the Otherworld Miniatures forum.Richard Scott has hired Kev Adams to sculpt zombies!If you are unfamiliar with Kev Adams excellent C-Series zombies from Ctiadel Miniatures (1980s) then follow the link for pics.

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I've read two interesting blog posts that, although it wasn't their primary reason for posting, have interesting subtextual commentary on reality versus fantasy.Read this post looking for the divides the author, but more specifically the commentators, make between reality and fantasy...The first is here on Raggi's blog. Raggi is responding to a comment from another blog.The second is here on

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So, I'm interested in looking at examples of siple insanity rules for my next game.These need to be of the old school sensibility.I'm aware that insanity rules exist for other games, but I'm not really sure which games/examples would be worth looking reviewing.Left to my own devices I'm thinking of using perhaps the wisdom or intelligence score as a base threshold. Characters start at zero and

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I haven't had a chance to read the Beta in full; however, I did want to say something quick about the DCC RPG.The art is just WOW. What an all-star line-up.Sure, we all have our favorite TSR artists but I was more excited about the new old school artists like Stefan Poag and Pete Mullen (among others) - great job guys!!!Also, those wrap-arounds on the character pages are brilliant. I love those.I

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I've completed the details for the first "level" of my sprawling 450 room mega dungeon. It's more of an "area" of the dungeon than a "level" in the traditional sense. Everything has been randomly generated - although I have selected about 3-5 rooms for specific encounters etc. All tolled this works out to about 88 rooms. I created (what seems like) innumerable random charts in excel to determine

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Has anyone bumped into random tables for minor magic items (say levels 1-2 or 1-3)?

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Is anyone's google-fu strong enough to find the Mazes and Monsters script?Is there like a script database somewhere or would that be too easy?I started thinking about this when we watched a portion of the film in my spring class.

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So I'd like to post some new monsters and some monster tweaks.However, I'm unclear as to "how" to do that within the confines of the OGL.I noticed James at Grognardia posted the OGL on his blog and references monsters as open game content under said license with his Grognard's Grimoire monsters.Rather than fumbling around in the dark, can someone light a torch on this issue for me?

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I just finished the first draft of my megadungeon map.I've rounded out at 375 keyed areas, excluding sub-areas. So likely 450-ish total rooms.I used Dungeon Crafter with the blue tile set from Dragonsfoot.It does the job, but it doesn't get style points.Has anyone bumped into easy-to-use but aesthetically pleasing mapping software? Alternatively, is anyone particularly adept at this sort of thing

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I've been reflecting on A Paladin in Citadel's post about the use of the portcullis and the brocked-up wall as alternatives to doors.I love this idea because it fits in nicely with some other mechanics I've been thinking of regarding player choices and providing more of them in my one level sprawling megadungeon.The bricked-up wall is super cool, because there's the hint of the unknown but also

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Hi folks,I'm not sure what's going on with the blog at the moment, but I've noticed that my new posts aren't updating as normal on other sites.Perhaps this relates to the whole RSS issue, I'm not overly knowledgeable with the interwebs to know.Also, my pc is in getting looked after which further complicates posting and other jobs.I'll try to figure it out here shortly.Lecture topic tonight:

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The results for the 2011 One Page Dungeon Contest were announced today.I'm very excited to share with you that my entry entitled The Bastion of the Boglings won the Best Monster Lair category! WooHoo!I have played a number of dungeons from the one page contest over the last two years and hope that someone out there gets some fun and enjoyment from my adventure too.I want to say thank you to all

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In order to make my busy life more difficult, I've been pecking away at a megadungeon.This will have some differences from your standard run-of-the-mill megadungeon.This will be a massive sprawling crypt that spans 6 8x11 pieces of graph paper. The idea being that the crypts were expanded and added-to over time creating a massive labyrinth. Also, to do something different I'm eschewing

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[First, I apologize for the blogging hiatus. Getting this spring course underway has taken every waking moment of my time for the last 10 days.]I'm not quite sure how I imagined it, but teaching D&D to 30 people at the same time was a very interesting experience.In short, we have had three classes and I've used a combination of fish-bowl style modelling where I DM a small group while the rest of

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A site that shall remain nameless is poaching blog posts (mine and other blogs) without giving sufficient credit.Can folks tell me how (and where) to adjust my RSS feed to stop this?Thanks.

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Stuart Robertson over at Strange Magic has offered his take on the OSR logo.I think it's magically delicious.Check out what he has to say.

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So the Toronto OSRcon is August 12-13th?That Fing figures.That's like the only weekend of the summer I have something I can't cancel.Buzzkill.

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I'm starting to settle on a list of lecture and discussion topics for the RPG course.Here's some of the introductory material followed by a list of topics I hope to address. As you can see, I try to create titles that will help encourage attendance :) I also try to link keywords from the readings into the lecture titles. This course focuses on tabletop role-playing games, specifically Dungeons

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Here's the minotaur (variant) from Otherworld Miniatures.Double click to embiggen.Enjoy.

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So I'm going to a conference next week in San Antonio.I've never been, so I'm wondering if there are any good gaming stores worth hitting downtown? Or perhaps used book stores? I'd be looking for miniatures, out-of-print gaming stuff, and used fantasy fiction.Cheers.

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As you know, I'm teaching a course on the history and culture of RPGs this spring.I plan on posting the list of readings here shortly, so that you can follow at home if you like.In addition to the required course readings, I plan on including a list of recommended readings, movies, and fan-films.If you had to introduce a bunch of early 20s newbs to D&D, what sort of background reading/viewing

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Last week I busted out my original classic Dungeon! Boardgame.As I had a look-through, I noticed that I was down a few cards, mostly monsters.Does anyone know if there is an itemized list somewhere on the interwebs of the monsters and treasures by level for this game?Alternatively, if you have a copy of this game and feel confident you have all the cards for all/some of the various levels can you

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In our Northern Reaches campaign we have been playing double rolled damage on a critical hit. That was an extension of how I played AD&D and AD&D 2nd Ed. back in the day. If you rolled snake-eyes for your dmg that was just too bad.[On a critical miss I have the players must roll on a custom table to see what happens. Formerly, I had monsters roll double damage but it just killed way too many PCs

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