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Not Dead...Yet...Related to this very long ago post, but demonstrates why blogging is peak when its just half-scribbled notes to yourself. Maybe also related to skeleton as...
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Self-Portrait with Magic Scene by Pieter van Laer, 1635Honestly, a really great painting- a meme before memesWith love, and in the style of the original post over at Among Cats...Linked by the ring
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A geomorph:10 X 10 for the win!GeomorphsJosh over at Rise Up Comus has been writing about dungeon nodes as “dungeon patches”, or small clusters of dungeon rooms that can be...Linked by the ring
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Purple is total generated; black is deaths (aka poor decision-making; get gud)60% of the time, your PC's 100% alive!I appreciate this video from Mystic Arts because it does a...
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Bosch from the Haywain TriptychI thought Jim Murphy's video about playing OD&D with the 3 "Little Brown Books" (or Delving Deeper or FMC) plus Strategic Review Vol 1 No 1 for...Linked by the ring
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In my last post, I talk about looking at Sun Rot through the lens of OD&D and how recently I've been looking more into miniature-based skirmish games. But don't worry, I am...
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While work has kept me from doing a lot of thinking on BX D&D, it hasn't kept me from exploring a latent hobby of mine very close to D&D, which is miniature wargaming. Below is...
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DESIGNING (THIS) DUNGEON'S THEMEIn the last post, I talked about how easy it was to make a simple dungeon that could fit on 2 sheets of paper, but random stocking can only get...
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YOU DON'T NEED MUCH TO RUN A DUNGEON...In the Designing Dungeons document, we advocated for creation focused on play rather than publication. And this often doesn't require...
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THE GOAL: MAKE MORE DUNGEONSThe ENNIES have opened their voting today, and I am very pleased to be nominated with Josh, the author of His Majesty The Worm, in the category of...