Has been known by many names on a myriad worlds and some suggest madness had taken root in his fevered mind eons ago ... but the truth is he's probably just as big a geek now as he ever was.
Monstrous Compendiums
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One of the most valuable books that a DM owns is his Monstrous Manual. Back
in the day monsters were kept loose-leaf, which was cool. You bought a
binder a...
Agriculture
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Agriculture is without question the fundamental technology in the creation
of civilization. Like fishing, it greatly increases the food supply, the
success...
The Fourth World, For The Third Time
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Today I learned that one of my original gaming group's old standbys,
Earthdawn, is going to be seeing a new edition. Mongoose Publishing, a
British game co...
Pulp Fantasy Library: Thieves' World
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One of the things I think most obviously separates pulp fantasy from high
fantasy is its literary format. While there are many pulp fantasy novels,
the sho...
everything's drawn and super 80s
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Anne and I went to the grocery store this afternoon. When it was time to get
the orange juice, there was only one left, and it was way in the back of the
c...
Astounding Stories, Beam Me Up, and More
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A little more for the remainder of the weekend.E-FictionAt Manybooks: "The Affair of the Brains" by Anthony Gilmore, from Astounding Stories, March, 1932."T...
Episode 2 of RPG Circus Now Available!
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I'm pleased to announce you can now download and listen to Episode 2 of RPG
Circus. In this episode, we discuss Savage Worlds, ask if D&D is a product
of t...
Mouse Guard RPG Wins Origins Award!
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*Winner Best RPG at Origins 2009!*
Join the Mouse Guard and defend the Mouse Territories against predators and
dangers, in this roleplaying game for the ac...
MDC a SDC: Eureka?!?!
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Em sembla que he trobat la manera de convertir l'MDC de Rifts a una
ambientació SDC, sense haver de fer gaires estralls i mantenir-me en el
sistema de Pall...
Questing's Readings - 5/7/09
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Here comes July and we're only a month away from GenCon. But before that, Origins has just wrapped up and we have a few good coverage on the events and semin...
Iridia Updates
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There's no new Iridia this week, although I am inflicting a zine upon you.
About a year before I wrote Iridia #1, I penned a zine called Zine of
Opportunit...
Butchers, Bakers, and Candlestick Makers
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The next time you sit down to flesh out a major city in your campaign,
consider this:
In the thirteenth century, Paris, with a population of roughly 50,000...
This is all very ridiculous shaped.
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I'm prepared to accept that 4e is a fun game to play, but its most rabid
fanbois don't make it easy to love. Take a look at this thread, which
explains the...
Rotate your desktop background
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If you’re anything like me you get tired of staring at the same background
image all the time (at least when I can see it) so I thought it would be
nice if...
Lazy Saturday...Let's play in the sandbox...
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There's been a lot of talk on old school blogs about "sandbox play", which I
think is pretty cool to discuss, even though old school players were doing
thi...
Happy 4th of July from Geek Orthodox!
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[image: Photobucket]
*I figured everyone was going to post pictures of Captain America, so I
thought I'd give Impact Comics their much deserved props. :)
Happy 4th of July - release of R&R
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I am pleased to announce the release of the Ruins & Ronin project. It is now
available in print & pdf from Lulu. You can find the print release here, and
...
[Herr der Labyrinthe] DER GLADIATOR Fotos
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Auch "Der Gladiator" hat es endlich in den Druck geschafft und präsentiert
sich im schicken braunen Gewand mit einer sehr schicken Brom-style
Coverillustr...
Friday Flashback
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Live version of 1971's *Queen Bitch*, which is cited by many as the starting
point for Glam Rock, was David Bowie's tribute to Lou Reed and the Velvet
Unde...
Nerd Girl of Note #38
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*Fantastic Voyage*, *One Million Years B.C.*, and a two episode stint on *Mork
& Mindy* might be enough to get you some nerd cred. Raquel Welch is also an
...
Reducing Dice Rolls for Random Encounters
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The Dice Bag complains about the number of rolls needed to generate random
encounters: I have always enjoyed the fact that both as a player and a GM
I’ve n...
A Non-Obnoxious Angle on Theme in RPGs
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Trollsmyth recently posted a discussion of theme in sandboxes which hits a
lot of points I've been thinking about lately because the techniques he's
discus...
Blackthorn Asylum Available Now from Nox Arcana!
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*Venture Beyond the Threshold of Madness...* Nox Arcana dares you to explore
the shadows of a forsaken sanitarium that is haunted by the souls of the
dead...
Wilderlands of High Adventure Player's Guides
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Okay, here's a question for subscribers, mostly, but those of you who have
bought *Adventure Games Journal* otherwise might be interested in answering.
As ...
Used Bookstore score of the day: Casca!
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I'm an admitted fan of pulp fiction. from the classic adventure stories of
Louis L'Amour to the "Adult Western" adventures of Captain Gringo. Today I
hap...
Tackling the Big Questions
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Yesterday, Mr. Raggi posted an interesting rant against the use of
supernatural forces, especially those of ultimate Good and Evil, in roleplaying
games. H...
A Brief Hiatus
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I’m taking a few days away from this page to enjoy the 4th of July holiday
weekend and work on some long-form writing projects. In the meantime, I will
hav...
HackMaster Quick Start Rules
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You can now download the free Quick Start rules for HackMaster Basic! You
should probably go ahead and download some character sheets while you're at
it.
Blitzkrieg Commander: Breakthrough on the Dnieper
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A couple friends came over last week to try out Blitzkrieg Commander, a WWII
tabletop wargame rule set that I picked up last month but hadn't yet tried
out...
A crisis of PC Faith Answered
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Ryan has a good post here about a player in his game that truly roleplays a
cleric.
In GURPS or Fantasy Hero the issues he raise are a no brainer to deal w...
Status Update
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Work is underway on the module I eluded to previously (it’s a Labyrinth Lord
adventure, if you couldn’t guess). Over the past few days, I have furiously
sc...
76 Patron Contest - with a prize
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It is now time for the first Summer Zhodani Base 76 Patrons Writing Contest.
First prize will be something for a traveller collector, the old Paranoia
Pres...
Courage and Honour by Graham McNeill: Review
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By Graham McNeillHardcover: 320 pagesPublisher: Black Library The noble Ultramarines epitomize the Space Marines, the genetically enhanced warriors who prot...
I am a gamer... The Final Post
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Well, I guess this is it. One year of blogging for The Core Mechanic and
this, my friends, is the last post.
What can I say?
It's been an incredible year ...
"New Round, New Initiative"
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I've mentioned this as an aside once before, but here's how I do initiative.
Once I explain how sublime and wonderful my system is, I expect it to catch
on...
The Game: A Mission Statement
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Comments on the last post made me once again recall what I consider to be
the most important passage in all of Gygax's writings on D&D. I use the
following...
The Future of the FLGS?
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It's a sad fact of life that most Friendly Local Gaming Stores suffer from
the same disadvantages and dangers that any "mom and pop" store suffers
from, an...
The 8 Dumbest Barbarian Heroes!
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Over at Topless Robot, they have compiled a list of the 8 Dumbest Barbarian
Heroes and I have to agree that it's pretty spot on. As Conan fans, we know
all...
My initial set to “An Alchemical Proposal”
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Given I mentioned Jeff Rient's Alchemical Proposal in my last post I thought
I should list my fantasy set for the challenge:
Rules
1. Core Rules: *GO...
Origins Game Fair 2009
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Although we won't have our own booth at the Origins Game Fair this year, our
products will be available at the Adventure Retail booth (#133). Among said
pr...
Games are always better in re-telling.
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So a couple of sessions before the events of the flaming warlock, the party
had been tasked to investigate strange lights and sounds coming from the
master...
What is Black, Red & White?
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The new, non-digest version of "The Return of the Mountain King," of course!
Exactly one year after the first Module for Labyrinth Lord was released by
Br...
Message Boards
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Hey folks,
The Message Boards are down. It appears to be a problem with the DNS on the
providers end. Bryan is looking into some solutions. We may attempt ...
WFRP: the past and the future
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Over 20 years ago I read in a popular (back then) german RPG-magazine called
Zauberzeit about a new british roleplaying game which was just published and
h...
IE problems?
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Long time user Alex Ingram reported a few months ago that the map tiles
weren't fully loading for him in Internet Explorer.
I finally had a chance to put t...
ONO: Cosmological Bugbears
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I am absolutely amazed by my ability to over think the cosmological and
theological aspects of world-building. Seriously, what you don’t see on this
blog (...
B4 - The Lost City boxer shorts?!?!?
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Oh the humanity!
My apologies for not yet posting the follow-up to my romp through M1 -
Blizzard Pass. I still have to get the audio sorted from my son's r...
Back From a LONG Hiatus!
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Greetings Fellow Gamers, Nerds, Geeks and All Other Cool People!
I haven't blogged in months but as my close friends can tell you, I've had a
ton on my pla...
Kindle DX rule book
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I returned home yesterday to find that I received my new Kindle DX from
Amazon.com. I had been looking forward to getting my hands on a large-sized
PDF rea...
Wow, someone read this
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I've been poked out of silence by the discovery (thanks to a comment) that someone actually read my posts. Not surprisingly, the realization that I have an a...
Why D&D4e suxxorz
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... because it's perfectly balanced.
Just yesterday I played *Car Wars* - not a roleplaying game, but that didn't
stop me. We had six cars gunning for ...
Regarding spam comments...
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I have been aware that we have had ongoing issues with a large amount of
spam comments.
First off, allow me to apologize to those of you that have endured ...
Fight On #5 is out!
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Get your copy today! (Well, you can't actually get your copy today. But you
can order it here.)
As usual, I'm in it with another installment of The Educati...
Goblin doesn't have a word for "friend."
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One of the oft-neglected concepts in gaming is of the various languages
spoken by player characters and monsters. At most, players who roll well for
Intell...
Last One for Now
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This is the last major, regular game I am in. There are others, to be sure.
There are always others, are there not? But only three of the games I play
in g...
Fantasy Vietnam (Rob MacD)
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Praise be to Nero's Neptune, the Titanic sails at dawn And everybody's
shouting, "which side are you on?" Previously on the deep history of
roleplaying gam...
Review: Arcane Power
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Okay, I’m not the internet wizard I thought I was. I just got back from a
vacation (to Disney World!) and none of my posts auto-posted to the future.
So,...
I have joined the dark side
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*THE PRESENT DECLARATION CORRESPONDS TO THE TRUTH AND DOES NOT OMIT ANY
INFORMATION*
Aahhh...the *dark side...*No, no! I haven't begun playing D&D 4th edi...
I Want Some Gorramn Steak!
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And you probably do to...Geek's Dream Girl (who always has delightful posts)
is hosting a contest to win a $25 gift card to Outback Steakhouse...how to
ent...
Star Frontiersman Submissions Apology
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Some of you have submitted articles in the past that have not been
published in the webzine. This is, in part, due to my email program. I
either missed the...
make a game of this picture
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Here's something we haven't done in years: design a game based on this picture, found on the Paleo-Future blog in the post "Computer Criminals of the Future ...
Call for DnD suggestions
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I started running Dungeons and Dragons 4e about two months ago. I've STed in
World of Darkness for years, run Exalted, and a handful of indie games, but
I'...
The Vagaries Of Life…
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Good Afternoon, All: As of this month, Stellar Reaches has been around for
four years. In that time, we’ve released eight great issues, and someday
soon, I...
Random Impedimenta (d100)
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Slowly returning to blogging life, I’ve been making an effort to catch up on
a few things. Over on Trollsmyth’s I mentioned a d100 table that I’ve been
fin...
Okrągły Stół: 1989
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Równo 20 lat temu, przez kilka miesięcy trwały obrady *Okrągłego Stołu*.
Pomijając różnorakie środowiska opiniujące pejoratywnie to wydarzenie,
wiemy, że b...
They’re back!!
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Quick post to let everyone know the KODT WEBSTRIPS are back.
Starting this week we’ll be posting two web strips each week (tuesdays and
Thursdays).
It’s b...
New blog is up
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The first post of my embryonic setting blog is up here. The new site is
still unfinished, and I haven't added links, art, and so on.
I'll be migrating to t...
Dungeonslayers
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Recently I stumbled upon a new rules-light roleplaying game called
“Dungeonslayers”. Dungeonslayers consists of 12 pages of rules and is meant
as a fun and...
The Labs have moved to a new domain!
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Well, I finally broke down and bought some real hosting and a domain,
revamped the look, and hauled all these fraggin’ posts, pages, comments, and
whatnot ...
Colonial d&d
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I had an idea from watching the teasers of the new fable coming out to
actually make a od&d world in a gunpowder colonial type setting. I think
this would ...
1st session of OD&D Megadungeon campaign - TPK
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The following was originally posted to Finarvyn's Original D&D Discussionboard and
Dragonsfoot. I combined my responses to some questions, hopefully all mak...
Adventure Craft: Rapid Development - Part 2
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Last week I looked at a Random Encounter Generator that provided an
encounter idea and corresponding low level encounters based on the tables in
the back o...
“THIS Is A Knife!”
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h/t Uncle Bear What self-respecting Adventure Team member would be caught
did without his WASP Injector Knife? Just think of what this thing would do
to a ...
Screening News: Ghostbusters - Agoura Hills, CA
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If you aren’t anywhere near Indy on August 29, 2008, perhaps you can catch
Ghostbusters on Saturday, August 30, 2008 in Agoura Hills, CA. Ghostbusters
is b...
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