Monday, 22 February 2021

Going From New School to Old School in One Rule Tweak: The Case of Starting HP

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What is the one rule tweak that one could make to 'new school D&D' (let's say, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions) to encourage old s...
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Tuesday, 26 January 2021

[Yoon Suin 2nd Edition] Aphid Man

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The 2nd edition of Yoon-Suin will soon be upon us. Flee in terror before its 12 adventure sites, many extra appendices, plethora of random e...
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Tuesday, 19 January 2021

Ballet is as OSR as F*ck: More on the Appendix N of Appendix N

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For familial reasons, I sometimes have to watch and pretend to be interested in ballet. Well, I say pretend  to be interested; as time goes ...
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Monday, 11 January 2021

Wednesday Lunchtime D&D Call to Arms

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In these literal and figurative dark times, what we need is the light of Our Lady of Dungeons & Dragons to shine forth upon us. In that ...
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Thursday, 7 January 2021

Megadungeons on A1 Scrolls

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Yesterday, I discovered that my stationery cupboard at work has a huge stash of A1 notepads. Of course, work stationery exists only to be pi...
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Tuesday, 5 January 2021

The Forgotten Hobbit

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I went with the family to visit my aged mother over Christmas. Having finished all the books I'd brought with me earlier than I expected...
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Friday, 1 January 2021

An Old Friend for a New Year

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This year, I intend to do some real work on the Fixed World . Probably released via a Patreon (or similar) model, with each release being a ...
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Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Of Sparse and Dying Earths

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There is a spectrum of sparseness  for fantasy and SF worlds.  On the left hand side is 'For a Breath I Tarry', the Zelazny short st...
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Tuesday, 29 December 2020

The Best of 2020

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Ok, let's do this.  Best Blog : The age of the dinosaurs has ended, and the blogosphere is now roamed only by furtive ancestral mammals ...
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Monday, 28 December 2020

The Allure of the Apocalypse

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I've just finished a bit of light Christmas reading - John Carey's  The Intellectuals and the Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the ...
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