What another table personality article? Hello, again folks, I know it has been a bit since I have written with the electronic quill. There are few reasons for this. I have been back and forth at the VA (Veteran’s Hospital here in the USA) with various health issues. I have also been very busy on the side with working on …
Welcome to the Abandoned Land: The Compleat Arduin and the legacy of Dave Hargrave
The jump to Arduin took it out of me. I arrived in an alley of the city of Talismonde shaking from the effort. Arduin is one of the most distant of the planes of imagination, and there is no easy road to take there. Even the talismans of passage–never exactly common–have become coveted, prized, nigh-impossible to come by. Fog …
Learning to Hack with Hackmaster Ted
Ghengis Con 41 Hackmaster playthrough! I recently had the pleasure of attending Genghis Con 41, held in lovely Colorado every year on the third weekend of the month of February. I will be writing up a short review of the convention, but there was one piece due to the previous Hackmaster articles that I felt deserved to be the subject …
Modern Gamer: Kickstarters and gaming, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
Kickstarter, the good, the bad and the ugly? I think it is no surprise these days that Kickstarter is a word we see a lot in our industry. It has become the go-to for funding for both small start-up companies and bigger more established companies. With both fish swimming in the same waters, there has been a lot of discussion …
The Gearhead Gamer: No XP
View PostWhat’s On Your Shelf? Shelves of the Past and Present
This week we are spotlighting Jan Egil Bjune’s extensive shelf collection all the way from Norway . Nearly game shop-like in arrangement and density, Jan’s shelves show off a collection of both older, classic RPGs and an embracing of new, currently published games. There is quite a breadth of companies’ games he’s collected. I chose the feature image from the …
Treasures of Greyhawk is a Fun Trove
View PostRolling Bones: Behind the Screen Advice – Map Making for your new town
Creating your first town Part 3: The Map Welcome back readers, and I hope you had a pleasant and joyous holiday season. So let me address the 800 lb gorilla in the room. You might notice the name of this article series has changed. This is due to me doing some RPG browsing and finding products by Nord games known …
England Upturn’d Swashbuckling Historical Adventure
Guest Writer: Tim Myers -This article was made possible with a gift of a review copy, QWERTY and rolling natural 20s. Who doesn’t love this period in history? It brings to mind cannon-fire roaring, dandies swashbuckling, and an insulted man removing his glove to slap another gentleman across the face with it, declaring, “you have insulted my honor! I challenge …
Old School Gamer Radio Launched
Matt Finch co-developer of OSRIC and creator of Swords & Wizardry, launched a Kickstarter in mid-September, that funded October 1, 2017. The purpose of this Kickstarter is to gather links to OSR blogs and other social media outlets so they are no longer lost in the noise. Both a website, Old School Gamer Radio, and a YouTube channel, Uncle Matt’s D&D Studio …