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By now, everyone has had time to settle into the idea that D&D is getting another revision. I’m using this week to look at some D&D history, what revisions mean, and their effects. Today’s episode concerns complexity and option fatigue. Every revision of D&D has made the game more complex somehow. Complexity comes in different […]
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Back in the fall of 2009, Chris Dinkins and I interviewed a host of game designers and novelists who were also experienced game masters. We sent around too many questions to too many GMs and received far too much material for one article to hold. As a result, a lot of great material got scrapped.
The Lost GM Scrolls: James Jacobs Lists His Pet Peeves Read More »
You’ve seen all five of the entries picked by the judges. Now it’s time to vote for the one you like best! It’s a hard decision, certainly, but it’s your decision to make. Again, in case you missed an entry, here are the five contenders: Venerable Jikook of Bluerock, Witness of 214 Moons by James
Kobold Artistry: Voting Read More »
It’s Friday! That means that we’re presenting the fifth kobold artist from among our five finalists in the Kobold Artistry contest. That also means that you can now start voting on each of the entries and help choose which of our five finalists become the supreme among our Kobold Artistry contestants. Voting will run through
Kobold Artistry: Ragged ScroungeScale Read More »
(Also Titled: The Ongoing Diary of Thppgrg, Goblin Minion) As ever, readers who are new to the diary, please scroll down a bit to where you see the Thppgrg tag. Click on it. Yeah, that’s right. Otherwise, if you missed part six, you can just click here. (Art by Chris McFann.) DAY TWENTY-NINE Mondays. Seriously. Had
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Here we are on Thursday, and we’re continuing to present each of the five finalists in the Kobold Artistry contest this week, in no particular order, so that you can vote on them at the end of the week. Voting will run for a few days, and then we’ll announce the winner. Again, we’d like
Kobold Artistry: Krik the Knifer Read More »
The patrons of Journeys have been hard at work brainstorming, collaborating, and creating material for an island-hopping expedition of legend. And with that comes not only the sort of item certain to save your hero’s hide as the ship sinks beneath storm-tossed seas, but the sort of creature locked within a giant brass monkey head,
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Today, we’re continuing to present each of the five finalists in the Kobold Artistry contest this week, in no particular order, so that you can vote on them at the end of the week. Voting will run for a few days, and then we’ll announce the winner. As ever, we’d like to thank those who
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Master Pett’s Your Whispering Homunculus presents only the finest in British gaming. Indeed, you are not likely to find a more comprehensive assortment of miscellany anywhere. (So much more than just another bloke in a dress.) [previously] Twelve Types of Cider 1. Dabshaw’s Ratfest Scrumpy 2. Rumper’s Kill or Cure Cider 3. Poppritt’s Poisonous Perry 4.
Your Whispering Homunculus: A Plethora of d12 Tables (Part 4 of 4) Read More »
As you might have seen on Monday, the kobolds have pondered mightily since the contest ended, and now the results of the judging are in! We’re presenting each of the five finalists in the Kobold Artistry contest this week, in no particular order, so that you can vote on them at the end of the
Kobold Artistry: Toad Eye Read More »
No, not that type of discrimination. Fantasy roleplayers love their nonhuman races. What started in AD&D with elves, dwarves, halflings, half-elves, and half-orcs has mushroomed into dozens of player-character races in RPGs. Players seem to have an inexhaustible appetite for more races to dabble with. The choices have expanded from humans through the so-called demihumans
Howling Tower: Racial Discrimination Read More »
The kobolds have pondered mightily since the contest ended, and now the results of the judging are in! We’re presenting each of the five finalists in the Kobold Artistry contest this week, in no particular order, so that you can vote on them at the end of the week. Voting will run for a few
Kobold Artistry: Venerable Jikook of Bluerock, Witness of 214 Moons Read More »
We’re running the Seize the Tin Crown contest, and entries are due in by March 9th! You can take a look at the contest rules and guidelines here—it’s a pretty open contest in terms of what sorts of things you can enter, though the entries must work well with the Zobeck Gazetteer. So, go peek
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(Also Titled: The Ongoing Diary of Thppgrg, Goblin Minion) As ever, readers who are new to the diary, please scroll down a bit to where you see the Thppgrg tag. Click on it. Yeah, that’s right. Otherwise, if you missed part five, you can just click here. (Art by Chris McFann.) DAY TWENTY-EIGHT Who am I
Oh, I’m Going to Get Killed Any Minute Now (Part 6) Read More »
As part of the Journeys to the West project that’s currently in progress, Christina Stiles came up with the following description (with patron input) for the goddess Mnemosyne. Mnemosyne plays an important role in the Western Ocean’s story, since she rules the mysterious Morphoi Isle, and she is the wife of Nethus, the god the
Master Pett’s Your Whispering Homunculus presents only the finest in British gaming. Indeed, you are not likely to find a more comprehensive assortment of miscellany anywhere. (So much more than just another bloke in a dress.) [previously] Twelve NPC Moods Occasionally, it’s interesting to spice up some checks with the odd unusual modifier due to peculiar
Your Whispering Homunculus: A Plethora of d12 Tables (Part 3 of 4) Read More »
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