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the Broodmother cover, a better look
(Click to embiggen.)And here's the official ad copy written by James Raggi (which I must admit I signed off on):THE MOST AWESOME ADVENTURE EVER Since the invention of the adventure module, there have...
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Do the alignment shuffle
"The Meaning of Law and Chaos in Dungeons & Dragons And Their Relationships to Good and Evil" first appeared in issue #6 of The Strategic Review, the predecessor to Dragon magazine, but I first...
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A plurality of platinum and chromatic dragons
In my previous post I mentioned in passing that Uncle Gary's prototype alignment chart from Strategic Review #6 mentions Platinum Dragons, plural. It also mentions the existence of more than one...
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You can now buy my stupid adventure!Print + PDF from the Lamentations storeI got a message from James today: his stock of books are selling fast.PDF from DriveThruThe hard copies from LotFP will be...
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Last I talked to James Raggi the print version of Broodmother Skyfortress was selling at a brisk pace and PDF sales have been sufficient that it's now #2 on the Hottest Titles list there, with Blood in...
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Just Out of Reach
I was only briefly into computer RPGs for a few years in the 80's and 90's, but I learned some lessons about exploring virtual environments that are transferable to the tabletop. Today I'm going to...
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Advice for Casual Broodmother Play
So I got an nice email from my buddy Dane, one of the gamestore players who competed with the online crew to loot the Dungeons of Dundagel. In it he congratulated me on the publication of Broodmother...
View ArticleDragonlance expertise needed
In the introduction to Broodmother Skyfortress I basically invite readers to email me if they have any questions or need any advice about running it. Well, the first query is in and I'm already out of...
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LotFP vs BX - chargen/ability scores
It's not exactly a state secret that, at its heart, James Raggi's Lamentations of the Flame Princess role-playing game is a revision and extrapolation of the 1981 Basic/Expert D&D rules, a.k.a. the...
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Let us talk about Hubris
Hubris: A World of Visceral Adventure is a 350 page campaign setting from Mike Evans. When I first opened the PDF file I hesitated for a moment, because I've reached a point in my life where a two or...
View Article1st level spell handouts for Lamentations
One of my few gripes with the Lamentations of the Flame Princess Rules & Magic book is the spell section. I hate, hate, hate getting all the spells as a single long alphabetical list. For too...
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Kiel gets all the credit for coming up with the idea of doing this and turning our chat into something you can hear on the internet. All I did was talk into a microphone for an hour.
View ArticleLotFP vs BX - alignment, saves, to-hits
So today I'm going to look at some more of the differences between between the Lamentations of the Flame Princess rpg and its key predecessors, the 1981 Basic/Expert version of D&D.AlignmentLotFP...
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The Mystery of the Mistletoe Men
'Tis the season, etcetera, etcetera. In addition to eggnog and the Grinch and goodwill toward men, one of the things the holiday season brings to my mind is those crazy wielders of scimitars and...
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LotFP vs BX - classes
Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird Fantasy Role-Playing employs a sevenfold class system similar to the 1981 Basic/Expert D&D rules. In this installment I'm going to run down the mechanical...
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Two new Broodmother reviews
Review at Vorpal MaceBroodmother is included in Reviews from R'yleh's Christmas Dozen 2016Also, I have to share this beautiful photo posted to google plus by David Rollins (check out his blog Searching...
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LotFP vs BX - weapons & armor
Merry Christmas! In the spirit of the season here's a post all about murder technology.WeaponsThe biggest change in weapons rules in LotFP is that melee weapons have been more abstracted. There are...
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Who goes there
RPG Covers is a great little tumblr. It does what it says on the tin, offering cover scans of various RPG products. Here's one old cover posted a week or so ago:SPI was one of the great historical...
View ArticleLotFP vs BX - equipment
Happy New Year! Today I continue scouring through the Lamentations of the Flame Princess Rules & Magic hardbound and comparing it to good ol’ Basic/Expert D&D. Let’s look at equipment.BASIC...
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