For those of you who like your Giants in the Earth a bit leaner, here’s a younger Sindbad the Seaman. This version’s timed to possibly his second, but probably his third, voyage. Sindbad the Seaman-young01 If you really want to jazz him up you can give him a flying carpet or dancing scimitar or something…. Read more »
There Were Giants In The Earth
or, Happy Birthday Mister Moldvay! I’d like to see the interwebs celebrate the life of Tom Moldvay for his birthday upcoming on Monday, 5 November 2018. Let’s raise up a host of heroic Giants in the Earth! Tom Moldvay’s (and Lawrence Schick’s) Giants in the Earth is one of my favourite article series… Read more »
More Schools of Magic for Lamentations
The second part. You can find the first part here. Magic Vaj, Eldritch Cock I decided to take the original idea (at the end of the Author’s Notes in Vaginas Are Magic) at its word, mostly. This is a coed school that only accepts female/male fraternal twins. The sisters and brothers are taught by Witches and… Read more »
Schools of Magic for Lamentations
A while ago I had the idea that there are now enough book-, blog-, pdf- and zine-published lists of spells for The Game that it’s easy to think of each as its own School of Magic separate and distinct. And now that Lamentations has published both Vaginas Are Magic and Eldritch Cock — with their… Read more »
When is a Paladin a Paladin?
I was recently at the National Gallery in London and saw these two paintings of Saint George and the Dragon. Unfortunately I didn’t record when or by whom they were done. But check it out, they can be arranged in sequence. ACT I, The Charge: ACT II, Lance In, Sword Out: In addition to depicting… Read more »
The Island of Dr. Matango
Finally watched them together. It was good, not great. Cool, but not epic.
It’s Quiet
Last year I made it to number 11 in the final round of Tenkar’s Tavern’s OSR Superstar Competition. That being a thing long over-and-done I thought I’d release my entries into the wild. So, here. Its_Quiet01 Its_Quiet_map_hires01 But wait, there’s more. I also wrote this: Its_Quiet_bonus_Cacofonix01
Time Gone Awry
Thoughts on Lewisian, Vancian, etc. time distortion in alternate planes and pocket universes, version 1.5: Roll a d7: 1 = a second; 2 = a minute; 3 = an hour; 4 = a day; 5 = a week; 6 = a month; 7 = a year. here (i.e., the mythic underworld, faerie holt, etc.) is… Read more »
Listen, you smell something?
Among cults or races of synesthesiacs roll a d5 twice (shift the second roll up one if your result is doubles; 5 goes round to 1): 1 = Sight; 2 = Smell; 3 = Sound; 4 = Taste; or 5 = Touch. … is perceived as … 1 = Sight; 2 = Smell; 3 =… Read more »
Check it Out!
Dr. Steve Broo’l says, … “Breestmen!” Reaper Bones (here, here and here).
