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I made these
Inspired by the rainbow logo and tagline at the end of this classic commercial, I spent a few minutes on pixlr.com turning Chad Thorson's OSR logo into this stuff. This was primarily for my own...
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LotFP vs BX - operations
"Operations" is my pet term for the things you do to make an adventure happen that aren't the fighty rules. Obviously in some games most of the operations rules are in the skill section, while others...
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the Broodmother that might have been
Here's a little trivia about Broodmother Skyfortress (still available here and in PDF-only here). At one time in the development process I wanted this to be the cover art:That's an illustration by...
View Articlehow to do a thing like the Wessex online campaign
Over on the Google+ I was queried about the ins and outs of running a many-player online campaign like I did with my last big Wessex game. I've had a couple of days to think about this, and here are...
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the Winter War meeple encounter
Over the weekend I managed to get over to Winter War 44, the forty-fourth annual gathering of game weirdos in Champaign, Il. Sometimes I give the false impression that I am an old school guy. The...
View Articledonate, get free book
So here's an announcement from James Raggi of Lamentations of the Flame Princess:29.01.2017: Donate, Get a BookLotFP is offering a free book to anyone who donates US$50 or more to the...
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20 areas that might hold dungeon levels in Piranesi's Carceri, plate VI
I am slightly obsessed with 18th century artist Giovanni Piranesi's collection Carceri d'invenzione ("Imaginary Prisons"). Piranesi draws vast, gothic 3-dimensional structures that I would love to...
View ArticleBroodmother Skyfortress invades the US!
After an unusually long transatlantic transit time, Noble Knight games finally has Broodmother Skyfortressin stock (though they got the name slightly wrong)! If you've been avoiding buying it because...
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just orcs, please
As a kid I was never really a miniatures guy, and my friends and I all went BattleTech crazy about the same time we got part-time jobs in high school, so I never really owned much from Citadel. I...
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MERP, Rolemaster, and system hybridity
Back when I was a kid just getting started in the hobby, we tried out a lot of different role-playing games. Mostly we experimented with TSR stuff: Boot Hill, Gangbusters, the original Marvel game,...
View Articlethis game does not exist
For the last few days the thinky portions of my consciousness has been hyper-focused on a couple of presentations I did on Friday, so I haven't really had any game thoughts. Last night this resulted...
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Welcome to your doom
The Sorcerer of the Blue Mask has designed the four main structures of his fortress to each feature one of his hobbies.The Citrine Hall, home to craftsmen who construct musical instruments designed in...
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Vaults of Vyzor session report
RosterBelisariusBelisarius Grouse (August Aronsson), fighter 1Persimion Finch (Galen Fogarty), fighter 1Elfbraham Lincoln (Jeff Call), elf 1Sneakerly Trull (Zak S), half-orc thief 1ResultsThe party...
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Vaults of Vyzor, session #2
RosterDarluk of the Hill People, fighter (Doyle Taverner)Brutal Pete, dwarf (Aleksandr Revzin)Sneakerly Trull, half-orc thief (Zak S)Elfbraham Lincoln, elf (Jeff Call)Limpy the Kobold (NPC)ResultsOnce...
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Vaults of Vyzor, session #3
So after the most recent raid on the Vaults of Vyzor, the half-orc Sneakerly Trull (Zak S.) opts to carouse and is unable to hold his liquor, so he blabs about the whole thing. The expedition began...
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Sunshine in a Bag
Okay, so this is an idea for a spell point system that has a little suspense built into it. It won't work in online play, though, so I doubt I'll give it a try anytime soon. Consider this just an...
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Vaults of Vyzor, session #4
Today's party consisted of Belisarius Grouse (fighter played by August Aronsson), Limpy the Naileteer (kobold eunuch played by Jeff Call), Engsal the Enchanter (precocious magic-user played by Alex...
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My Free RPG Day adventure
So this morning I ventured out of my lair to Red Raccoon Games of Bloomington, IL, my friendly local games store. (RIP Armored Gopher Games of Urbana, IL) Red Raccoon doesn't offer a large variety of...
View ArticleSunshine in a Bag, part 2
So thanks for all the great feedback (both here and on Google Plus) to my idea about drawing beads from a bag to power spells. I'd like to pitch an alternate angle on the whole thing, where there's...
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