Against the Starmaster news
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*Against the Darkmaster* (VsD) is one of my favourite role-playing games of
the 21st Century (matched only by *Mythras*). I’m currently running a
long-term...
Les spammeurs sont dépassés
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Ça n’intéressera sans doute personne à part moi, mais avec le précédent
billet (le 14.506ème du blog), le total billets +commentaires validés
(5.699) attei...
Dream sequence
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Recently I've been checking the flowcharts of the Vulcanverse books. It's a
task like painting the Forth Bridge, as with more than 6000 sections and
clos...
SARTAR, HOMECOMING AND ADIRONDICON!
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2026 was a big year.
It started with me finishing up Greg Stafford's long-expected novel, *A
Pyre for Gods and Heroes. *This turned out to be a year-lon...
Updates from Patreon
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Patreon is forcing some big changes to the Alexandrian. I started using
Patreon all the way back in 2014. Since then, all of my patrons have
transformed th...
RuneQuest at Contes dʼAutomne
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*Contes dʼAutomne* is a fabulous, friendly convention that takes place in a
breath-taking faux mediaeval monastery (it was built in the 19th century)
in...
Total Skull: October, 2026
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Things that brought me delight in October, 2026:
*The Cramps, Gravest Gravy*
If you're a Cramps fan, you'll recognize a lot of the tracks on *Gravest
G...
The Political Desk: The Jeff Recommends
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So, this list should look familiar. Go back here to see the initial
writeup, along with other resources you can access when considering your
vote. No s...
Guest post from Jonathan: Spells-per-day in 3E
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The spells-per-day tables for spellcasters in 3rd Ed could easily have been
a lot better. Recently I talked with an academic about designing the wizard
and...
Why is the Ogre there?
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Joe's post on the Quantum Ogre raises an old question about sandbox play:
when does moving an encounter around interfere with players' freedom to
decide...
The Old School (Hyperborean) Renaissance
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Are these poorly-masked adventure hooks? Yes, yes they are.
For the last century a peculiar fever has gripped the learned societies of
Marlinko, Kezmaro...
Playing at the World 2E V2 Arrives
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With the release of its second volume, the second edition of *Playing at
the World *is finally complete. The two books combined total well over
1,000 ...
Why Did Natural 20's Become Automatic Hits?
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Here's an observation I just made, that came up from a friend's question
about the 1E AD&D rules for a big project they're working on. Ultimately
this hi...
Pierre Nevejans
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Agrégé d’histoire, Pierre Nevejans, est docteur de L’ École normale
supérieure de Lyon. Il est spécialiste des relations diplomatiques
franco-italiennes à ...
It's been a decade, now...
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This is a tough time of year for me. So, with your indulgence, here's this
link to a post I did a decade ago... EDIT: I have no idea why it didn't
take. S...
Abiørn's Satchel
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This weathered leather satchel is tooled in nautical designs and is full of
rose-colored salt. Rubbing the salt on a sea creature will dry it out and
sh...
It's 2021 and the Dream is Dead
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So reads the cover caption of Mayfair's *Underground*, published in 1993.
Taking place in 2021, *Underground* is unusual in terms of genre; perhaps
“dys...
QUAND LES RUNES MONTRENT LES DENTS
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Je n’ai presque jamais joué à Vampire: la Mascarade (une ou deux parties il
y a « quelques années », quand le président de la république française
s’appela...
Earth-Tec Beaten into Submission
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Apple goes for blood. I have been a victim of Earth-tec rampantly out of
control because of the greed of the lab Iscins of Apple tech, who have
decided t...
Hearts of Wulin Kickstarter
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*Hearts of Wulin*,* an RPG of wuxia melodrama, funded in less than an hour.*
Driven by the characters’ duties, desires, and entanglements with other
chara...
The G+ Apocalypse
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This is where to find me after the fall of the G+ empire. Facebook
https://m.facebook.com/brett.slocum Blog Https://joyfulsitting.blogspot.com
The Tekumel ...
A Sojourn Among Antediluvian Archæotheria
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This started with nomenclature, as so many things do. I started writing a
response to Scrap Princess's post about Dinosaur naming conventions in the
fantas...
Eurafrika Attacks! [Campaign Idea]
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Around about 1929, a German architect by the name of Herman Sörgel came
with an idea he called Atlantropa. The idea was simple (no, not really) -
he was go...
Comme le temps passe !
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Bigre, 2017 est déjà bien entamée, ce blog est moribond depuis plusieurs
années !
En attendant que je le ranime éventuellement, sachez que j'ai bien avancé...
The Irinites
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The Lunar Empire, as any beef-faced Heortling oaf will tell you between
heroic swigs of mead, is chaotic. Yeah, yeah, there's the roads and the
water works...
The Historical D'Artagnan
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Over on the Osprey Publishing Forum I came across a post that mentioned
this nice video (translated from French into English) about Charles de
Batz-Cas...
Humble Heather
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*Early 19th century hand-coloured *
*engravings of heath flowers*
The vast majority of the 860+ species in the genus Erica (heaths/heather)
are endemic t...
Twenty Questions for the Sewers of San Draso
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Jeff’s twenty campaign questions for my Sewers of San Draso campaign, part
one.
1. What is the deal with my cleric's religion?
You’re probably a p...
DC Gameday XIV: Casino Karnstein
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DC Gameday XIV is coming up on the weekend of March 29th-March 30th and
player registration is already open. After a grueling couple of months of
real-worl...
Une solution à la "Ulysse et les Sirènes" qu'on m'avait proposée était de déposer un chèque important à un huissier à donner à une organisation qu'on n'apprécie pas, avec l'ordre strict d'envoyer le chèque si je n'avais fini le texte à temps.
C'est typique de certaines théories de la décision que de croire qu'on ne peut être rationnel qu'avec des sanctions financières.
Mais si je suivais cette recette, je crains que je serais vite invité au "Premier Cercle" des donateurs de notre Président.
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Je l'imprime. Dans l'illusion que ça m'aidera peut-être un jour à me souvenir de ne plus procéder de cette épuisante manière !
Une solution à la "Ulysse et les Sirènes" qu'on m'avait proposée était de déposer un chèque important à un huissier à donner à une organisation qu'on n'apprécie pas, avec l'ordre strict d'envoyer le chèque si je n'avais fini le texte à temps.
C'est typique de certaines théories de la décision que de croire qu'on ne peut être rationnel qu'avec des sanctions financières.
Mais si je suivais cette recette, je crains que je serais vite invité au "Premier Cercle" des donateurs de notre Président.
Je suis quelque part entre la case 4 et la case 5 à tout moment et sur tout.
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