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My Top 10 Fantasy and Science-Fiction Films: 2001 A Space Odyssey (#10)
I thought it would be fun to write a brief post on each of my ten favourite science-fiction and fantasy films. All of these films are at least fifteen years old (most much older). I do think that there...
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Trailer for Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Here’s the poster for the forthcoming Dungeons and Dragons movie: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. As you might note, it looks like there’s an owlbear, mimic, brain devourer, displacer...
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David Warner, RIP
David Warner was very accomplished actor. But I’ll forever associate him with the character “Jon Irenicus” of the computer role-playing game, Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn. Anyone who has ever...
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First Visit to Hommlet (Greyhawk Classics Campaign)
PART 3: ARRIVING IN HOMMLET(Flocktime 578 CY)[Part 2 here] 3.1 First Night in Hommlet(Flocktime 5th) After a difficult journey from Verbobonc, the doughty adventures— Erik (the mountain dwarf fighter...
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Crypts And Things had gone Platinum
Kudos to D101 Games on the platinum status of Crypts and Things at DrivethruRPG! 👍 @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0;...
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Against the Darkmaster Player’s Handbook now available
As I’ve written here before, I’m a big fan of Against the Darkmaster. It's my favourite FRPG since Mythras. But the core rule-book, while magnificent, is rather huge and unwieldy, and includes a lot of...
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Planescape coming in 2023
Here’s the lineup of 2023 releases for Dungeons and Dragons (5th edition): - Keys from the Golden Vault- Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants- Phandelver Campaign- The Book of...
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One Dungeons and Dragons: the 2024 version (edition 5.5)
I guess it was inevitable. A new “version” (the word “edition” seems to be verboten at Wizards of the Coast these days) of Dungeons and Dragons is coming in 2024. It’s currently being called “One...
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Into the Moathouse (Greyhawk campaign)
PART 4: INTO THE MOATHOUSE(Flocktime 578 CY) 4.1 First Foray into the Moathouse(Flocktime 7th– 8th) The seemingly inebriated yet strangely competent Elmo leads the intrepid adventurers —Erik (the...
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From the Shroud #3: A Crypts and Things Fanzine
Want some new material for Crypts & Things? Well, you’re in luck! Newt Newport of D101 Games is at work on the third issue of the From the Shroud fanzine for C&T. I’ve backed the kickstarter...
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Greyhawk Classics Campaign Index
As I’ve done for some of my other campaigns, I’ll be maintaining a master page with links to all posts concerning my World of Greyhawk campaign. This is that page, and henceforth it’ll be listed on the...
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Fictional worlds and the RPGs that I would use for them
Below I list some of my favourite settings from fantasy fiction that I think could serve as viable RPG settings and the rules that I would use if I were to run adventures in them. Fictional setting:...
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The Sandman – Season 1
Here’s my quick review of “The Sandman” (the 2022 Netflix series)…I recently finished watching “The Sandman.” The series is named after its protagonist, also known as “Morpheus,"“The King of Dreams,”...
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A new campaign setting coming for Against the Darkmaster!
I’ve mentioned my profound fondness for the Against the Darkmaster (VsD) FRPG before here. (If you ever liked MERP, or thought that Rolemaster was cool but could use some streamlining, then do...
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Further thoughts on One Dungeons and Dragons (DnD 5.5e)
After the disaster of 4th edition “Dungeons and Dragons” (which I realized was not for me at all after reading one quarter of the Player’s Handbook), and my intense dislike for 3e/3.5e, I thought that...
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Mournblade soon available in English
It’s been about a decade since the last official Elric-based roleplaying game went out of print in the English-speaking world: the excellent Elric of Melniboné (EoM) supplements written for Mongoose’s...
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Thoughts on the Rings of Power and House of the Dragon
[Note: minor spoilers below.] “The Rings of Power” (TRoP) and “House of the Dragon” (HotD) are both just past the halfway points for their respective seasons. Overall, there is no denying that the...
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The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying 5e (Dungeons & Dragons)
I was wondering whether the Free League would be revising and re-releasing Adventures in Middle-earth (AiME), the 5thedition Dungeons and Dragons rules developed by Cubicle 7. In addition to...
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Forthcoming Mythras loot
The wheels keep turning over at the Design Mechanism. There are some cool things coming out for Mythras later this year or early 2023. Among them: Mythic Polynesia: the latest addition to the Mythic...
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Secrets of the Golden Throne for Against the Darkmaster
Last month I mentioned that a new campaign setting was in the works for the Against the Darkmaster FRPG (“VsD”): Secrets of the Golden Throne. Well, the project has been successfully funded on...
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