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Mage of the Striped Tower: September 2014

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Mostly AD&D 1st edition based in the World of Greyhawk and other stuff that strikes my fancy. Friday, September 19, 2014. What D&D Character are You? Took another "What character are you? Neutral Good Elf Sorcerer (7th Level). Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be? Courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail). I took this test a while ago and these were my results last time. Sunday, September 7, 2014. Battle for the Net. Fight for the Future. What the FCC chair really means when he says he ...

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Biblyon Broadsheet: Can I get a printed copy of Gods & Monsters?

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Beyond here lie dragons. Can I get a printed copy of Gods and Monsters? Jerry Stratton, May 2, 2004. If you need a hard copy and don’t want to print out several hundred pages, you can order printed copies of some of the books from my storefront on Lulu.com. These are the same as the versions I have online; only the covers are different (and the covers should be in the resources files available along with the online version of each book). 44: A Game of Automatic Fear. Blazing Rose is a collaborative story...

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Biblyon Broadsheet: Do not miss Petty Gods!

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Reviews related to role-playing games, with a focus on Gods and Monsters, and a bit of superhero gaming. Beyond here lie dragons. Do not miss Petty Gods! Jerry Stratton, July 4, 2015. Was written for Labyrinth Lord and BX, if you are playing a game called Gods and Monsters. You presumably want a lot of gods in your game. This book is therefore a great companion, not surprisingly, for Gods and Monsters. Which is mostly compatible with BX anyway. The spells are mostly very appropriate for Gods and Monsters...

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Biblyon Broadsheet: Adults, age ten and up

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This zine is dedicated to articles about the fantasy role-playing game Gods and Monsters, and other random musings. Beyond here lie dragons. Adults, age ten and up. Jerry Stratton, July 18, 2015. For 3 or More Adults, Ages 10 and Up. I started gaming with the Eric Holmes blue book (in the GM’s hands only), the AD&D. Players Handbook, and the Tom Moldvay boxed Basic Set. Because the purple Moldvay box was the first complete version of D&D I owned and read, it is demonstrably superior. Most of the games of...

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Biblyon Broadsheet: The domestication of frozen water

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This zine is dedicated to articles about the fantasy role-playing game Gods and Monsters, and other random musings. Beyond here lie dragons. The domestication of frozen water. Jerry Stratton, June 17, 2015. An ice house in South Korea. If there is any one modern innovation that would be both perfectly understandable to the medieval visitor yet completely amazing in spite of it, it is the ubiquity of ice. Ice has never served man so well as it does today. The stuff is so cheap now we even toss it in chunk...

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Chaotic Henchmen Productions: Publishing #7: Layout Step-by-Step

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Products for old-school roleplaying games and their modern simulacra. Sunday, July 1, 2012. Publishing #7: Layout Step-by-Step. Don't end up with a thoughtless layout! If you want a good layout. You need to be more thoughtful about the mechanics of the layout process. (A good visual design. 1 Gather the Content. 2 Identify the Layout Constraints. 3 Apply the Basic Visual Design. 4 Chop the Content into Spreads. 5 Arrange the Content on Each Spread. 5 Illustration Sizes Reveal Themselves. Note that for pr...

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Elliott's Ale House - An Old School Gaming Blog: March 2016

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Elliott's Ale House - An Old School Gaming Blog. Sunday, March 13, 2016. B/X D&D House Rules v. 5. Brett's B/X D&D House Rules ver. 5. As an aside, I am aware of the The B/X Companion. And have even purchased a copy. I also have the Companion Expansion. And finally, although I do not own a copy, I have seen reviews for The Complete B/X Adventurer. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My B/X D&D House Rules ver 5. My B/X Dungeon Master's Adventurers Log. My B/X D&D Time Tracker. My Favorite Gaming Websites.

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Silver Blade Adventures: August 2012

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World of Silver Blade. Sunday, August 26, 2012. Article] Orcs and Goblins. Aside from the titular beast itself, orcs and goblins are perhaps the best known monsters associated with the Dungeons and Dragons. Game Probably they are also the clearest link to the Lord of the Rings. However, it was Chain Mail. With Monsters and Treasure. All of these monsters are always of chaotic alignment (p. 39), in Men and Magic. Orcs are also listed in the neutral column (p. 9). By the time of Strategic Review. Obviously...

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Silver Blade Adventures: July 2010

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World of Silver Blade. Saturday, July 31, 2010. Also known as “fighting capability” and “combat ability”, fighting ability in Dungeons and Dragons. Conversions in the first edition Dungeon Master’s Guide. And Dungeons and Dragons. Where fighting ability is expressed in multiplications of “men” and in terms like “hero” and “wizard”. In the Chain Mail Fantasy Supplement. The alternative combat system takes a different approach, with fighters advancing in ability every three levels, clerics and thieves ever...