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Who wrote the Fiend Folio? A-E
The cover of the original 1981 Fiend Folio says "edited by Don Turnbull." The monsters inside were written by seventy different people, half of whom contributed a single monster. I rarely think about...
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Who wrote the Fiend Folio? F-K
Continuing to investigate the people who created the monsters in the best monster book.Name#MonstersAuthor NotesFerguson, Mike5Algoid, Ice lizard, Tiger fly, Trilloch, VisionPublisher and editor of...
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Who wrote the Fiend Folio? L-M
This batch features the most prolific contributor to the Fiend Folio, Ian Livingstone.Name#MonstersAuthor Notes Lawrence, Julian2Doombat, Frost manHas an NPC write-up in White Dwarf #19. Livingstone,...
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Roleplayers are crazy about their dice. Some mathematicians go gaga over them. These two videos are by a toy collector, which is a perspective on dice I hadn't seen before.
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Who wrote the Fiend Folio? The final chapter
Name#MonstersAuthor NotesOracle, Underworld5Apparition, Death dog, Enveloper, Gibberling, Huecuva“Underworld Oracle” is obviously a pseudonym. My guess is that it represents the duo of Lou Nisbet and...
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Who wrote the Fiend Folio? The Turnbull Epilogue
Just a final note on the editor of the Tome of Creatures Malevolent and Benign. From RPGGeek.com:Don Turnbull (? - August 5, 2003) was a game designer, writer, and computer programmer who was once the...
View ArticleThe coming revolution in role-play games?
LindyBeige here is one of my favorite channels on the youtubes.
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those darn gobbos
In the second installment of my recent look at the authors of the Fiend Folio, I discovered that the co-creator of the babbler, Jeremy (Jes) Goodwin, was also an illustrator for some TSR products....
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a side result of some dice math the other day
How To Roll 1d6 When All You Have Are Two Six-Sided DiceRoll Result2 or 6 13 or 5 24 or 10 3 7 48 or 12 59 or 11 6
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in which I show the same illo 16 times
For no clear reason I got it in my head that I wanted to see what the USS Enterprise looked like with its hull painted the colors used by other factions in the Star Fleet Battles series of games. I...
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this post took an unexpected turn
So the shapeways store called National Cheese Emporium sells a dice tower that is the large wooden rabbit from Monty Python:I am enchanted by this idea, but I can't tell from the product write-up how...
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a solo sandbox for Tunnels & Trolls
So I decided to put this together after being inspired by Tony Bath's Setting Up a Wargames Campaign. First I built a matchbox map, using 72 matchboxes and a hot glue gun.Top-down view. You can get...
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So I made a spaceship
So yesterday morning I stumbled across tinkercad.com, a simplified 3-D modeling tool that is completely browser-based. I signed up for a free account, did a few tutorials, and within less than two...
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this one goes out to Dick McGee
Here's my attempt to make a Vektrean ship of some sort.
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love, dedication, or ridiculous gamer machismo?
I don't usually read the GeekLists on boardgamegeek.com but this morning I stumbled across a nice one that is basically a collection of personal reminisces:Longest Gaming Sessions EverMost gamers of a...
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What if the party were... fruit?
Stumbled across this on amazon: HERO Creations – Epic Fruit Adventurers. Not gonna lie, I am digging the pineapple archer.
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a very serious game
(5J) HULL DAMAGE These boxes refer to nonessential systems such as crew quarters, the mess hall, storage areas, and the bowling alley.Just over here reading Federation Commander: First Missions, the...
View ArticleEncounter Critical news?!?
So rpg bad boy Venger Satanis has bought the rights to the best game that isn't D&D.
View ArticleThree hours, fifty eight minutes, and twenty seconds of Zak and friends
0:2:36 - "Couldn't take care of himself" (Mandy) 0:9:51 - "Intentionally exposed Mandy to death threats" (Mandy) 0:16:42"Chin Up" (Hannah) 0:21:28 - "Was violent and angry, and would not stop if...
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