ToEE in 3D
As some of you might remember I had started off some mapping of the Temple of Elemental Evil for my Greyhawk campaign. The player modified handouts and maps are here for level 1 and level 2. Just the...
View ArticleNew Monty Python Movie
This is re-posted from over at Forbes...____________________________start repost____________________________...With Robin WilliamsThe comedy team of Monty Python–which gave the world five years of BBC...
View ArticleWhite Dwarf
For the folks who aren't following Timothy Brannan's White Dwarf retrospective you might want to check it out. I unfortunately only have about twenty issues or so left in my possession. But Tim's...
View ArticleWeapons vs. Armor - Alternate tables
For the folks out there like me who use the weapons vs. armour tables in AD&D here is the OSRIC alternative located at Dragonsfoot.Weapons vs. Armor (rationalised)AuthorDavid WilliamsDescriptionA...
View ArticleCastle Siege Resources
Catacomb Librarian asked a good question the other day about a few good resources on how to run a castle siege in a fantasy RPG. Since things tend to disappear into the intrawebs after awhile I decided...
View ArticleData Visualization of J.R.R. Tolkien's Works
Character Co-occurrenceAn incredibly detailed analysis of how frequently words and characters appear in J.R.R. Tolkien's books. This was created over at Emil Johansson's Lord of the Rings Project, and...
View ArticleMy Writing Style
You folks might not be too interested in this but I was a bit curious so I checked out the "I Write Like" page and ran it through my very first blog post to see what would come up. This was the...
View ArticleOsric Updated
In case you haven't found out yet, there's a slightly updated OSRIC pdf available to download. If you're using the v2.2 file, please download the updated version from...
View ArticleOSR Resources
This page is a collection of links to some of the old-school resources I've found around the web.There are a couple of things that I'd like to point out. First, this post in no way is going to attempt...
View ArticleOld Dragon Magazine and More
In case you haven't caught the buzz going around - you can now download and read most every issue of Dragon magazine, courtesy of the Internet Archive. Check the archive out for The Dragon yourself....
View ArticleVikings on the History Channel
Yeah, I haven’t posted anything in a while. What can I say, real life keeps intruding. But anyway enough about my whining. I watched Vikings last night on the History Channel and it was pretty damned...
View ArticleInspirations from Web Wanderings
Like most people I have various bookmarks saved from various times spent following web posts. I think everyone is guilty of this at one time or another. We start out looking at something then we drill...
View ArticleDefiance on SyFy
A new series starting on SyFy on April 15, 2013. Check out the preview it looks intriguing enough. We'll have to wait and see how well this plays out. For me just the fact that they have Julie Benz...
View ArticlePelinore
"Pelinore is a lesser-known Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting was developed by TSR's UK offices in its Imagine magazine.Pelinore articles primarily focused on a major urban center, the City...
View ArticleD&D PC Games
For any folks who are into the old PC Dungeons & Dragons or those folks who never had the chance to play here is an interesting offer.Games like; Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and...
View ArticleDragon Crusaders
Inspired by Carrie Vaughn postDragon Crusaders trailer. The best Asylum film I’ve ever seen. I know that’s damning with faint praise, but seriously — I would watch this again. Plus, this introduced me...
View ArticleS&W Day (unofficial)
Hey Everybody,I'm sure by now that most if not all of you know that this is the Swords and Wizardry Appreciation Day. While I'm not officially signed up to be a participating blog, I did want to...
View ArticleDefiance Review
Last night, I finally sat down and watched Defiance, SyFy’s latest highly anticipated original series. I mentioned this show a while ago. The short version of the review is: equal parts Star Trek,...
View ArticleTARDIS fan map
Since I'm a big Dr. Who fan as well as a map geek I just wanted to share this. This fan's map of the TARDIS is so detailed it should be the real thingDan RothTue, 04/30/2013 - 12:43pm The Doctor's...
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