A waste of a great concept
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In 1975, *Empire of the Petal Throne* introduced roleplaying gamers to the
world of Tekumel, a beautifully detailed fantasy setting that was the first
of...
First Advance
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We're trying something new in the current Krevborna campaign: we're
actually meeting on a shared video call to do advances as the characters
grow in skil...
Recent Arrivals: The North Texas Report
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What, already?
Yes, I promised to go onto a game-buying fast until I bull through some of
the games I have already purchased. But a large box arrived fr...
John Blanche Is Dead
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John Blanche is dead.
Probably no artist in the gaming hobby was as simultaneously influential
and original at the same time as he was. As artist and ar...
La soRTTie rôludique du jour
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Un nouveau supplément pour Rikki-Tikki-Traveller (version papier annoncée
pour août).Et tant qu’on parle de versions papier, celle de Cluster Truck,
qui au...
What I’ve Been Playing: Tabletop A Through F
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Here are notes on games I’ve played in the past couple months, with game
design comments where appropriate. Covering four games at a time means
there’ll be...
Let’s Read: The Straight Way Lost by Vortex Verlag
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This review is made possible by the generosity of Vortex Verlag who
provided me with a review copy of this book. No other compensation was
given to me and ...
Off to North Texas Con
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So everyone knows I will be at North Texas Con this week. My books and maps
will be for sale at the Black Blade Publishing Booth. I am running three
sand...
Ex-RPGNet Review: Minions – The Fearsome Foes
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A great third-party Monster Manual for D20. Minions is a little pricy for
its content, but the quality is high. Recommended. Review Originally
Published Ma...
RQG Roadmap
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So while I was away in Lyons at *Octogônes*, running 3-hour *RuneQuest*
adventures for newbies and sitting at an “ask me anything about RQ” table, *Chaosi...
Damaging Calidar Demons
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Immunity to non-magical attacks is an old D&D BECMI rule designed to make
high-level monsters tough to defeat. With equally high-level opponents, the
iss...
Ten Friggin Hill Cantons Wizards
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10 Wizards of the Hill Cantons
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Name
Description
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Magister Dobromil the Cauterizer
Specializes in magical “cleaning” of reality leaks. Wears fou...
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...
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