Lejendary Adventures had its heyday from 1999 to 2008 or so. Not bad when you think about it. The game had its own problems (a lot of problems), but the biggest issue was the introduction of Du...
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Today, I will cover the last two books of the Lejendary Adventure core, Gary Gygax's LEJEND MASTER'S LORE and BEASTS OF LEJEND, both out in 2000, the same year as D&D 3rd Edition. These reviews...
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Let's go forward a few years and see what lessons, if any, we have learned from Dangerous Journeys and Mythus. So 1999 was an interesting year. I had been away from D&D for a while (nearly ...
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I am back from Gary Con 2024! Well...back is an odd word, I drive up from home every day and drive back at night. Just about an hour to get there, not too bad. And I had a GREAT TIME! I wa...
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A very special one today! This is from my very good friend Djinn and she has a new art book coming out. DJINN UNBOXED - NSFW ARTBOOK https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/djinnintheshade...
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I needed a bit of a break before tackling this one. I covered Gary Gygax's Dangerous Journeys: Mythus on Tuesday. I also wanted to go over the second (or third) volume of his Mythus game, the ...
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Today is the Spring Equinox, an in-between time of light and dark, winter and summer—the perfect time to talk about Fairies and Elves. My reading of this has already been fruitful, with two mo...
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This week is Gary Con, so I thought while I am celebrating 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons, I would also spend some time with Gary Gygax's other two games he made after leaving TSR, where he ...
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News came out last night that former TSR writer and game designer Jim "Drawmij" Ward had passed. Jim was responsible for some of my favorite books—not just the amazing "Metamorphosis Alp...
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"Rübezahl" by Moritz von Schwind (1859) I am working on a post for tomorrow, and while doing some reading, this guy came up. Since I am still in the middle of editing the "F's," I figure I...
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There were so many this week, and so many were good ones. Let's get going. TALES OF VORACIOUS: RAGNAROK https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bluestocking/tales-of-voracious-ragnarok?ref...
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The minds behind Critical Role have come up with their new Fantasy RPG and honestly, it has some things going for it. DAGGERHEART Fantasy Role-Playing is now in Open Beta Playtesting and you...
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I have a slight sidestep today. I have been playing around with something for a bit. You all know I am a fan of Mark Taormino's Maximum Mayhem adventures from Dark Wizard Games . I have been g...
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I am finally releasing my latest project based on the Roman-Norse Myths I was playing around with last year. MYTHS & MONSTERS VOL. 1 - THE BLACK FOREST MYTHOS https://preview.driveth...
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It is that time of year again. Time to reveal my theme for the annual Blogging A to Z challenge. This is the year I have known what I would do for a long time. Since it is the 50th Anniversar...
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A special double feature today because I have a bunch I want to share. Lets get to it. #FOLLOWFRIDAY ONEIROPOLIS I mentioned this one yesterday , but I wanted to make it special toda...
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I am going a little out of order today with my Forgotten Realms reviews. I still have one (or two) 1st Edition products to review, but I wanted to cluster these three together—all three, not ...
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Got some things to support two of my new on-going obsessions. Up first, some new HeroForge "standee" minis of Duchess & Candella . They are flat, made of plastic about 3 mm...
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Editing continues to Basic Bestiary 1. Right now, I am working under the assumption that is will be one very large book for Vol. 1, currently subtitled: "Monstrous Maleficarum." How big? W...
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My exploration of the Forgotten Realms continues with the next adventure on my list, N5 Under Illefarn by Steve Perrin. I actually ran this adventure a while back at the start of my 5e Seco...
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Got a a nice little treat in the mail yesterday. The latest print versions of the Frightshow (formerly Fright Night) Classics Adventures designed for Chill. Included was a 2nd printing o...
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Playing around with different layouts for Basic Bestiary. I did a few, and I didn't like most of them. Not a big deal, I have time. Right now, I am trying to figure out if I want to break up ...
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In my efforts to expand my knowledge of the Forgotten Realms, I am going to Master Sage himself, Ed Greenwood. Official YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@edgreenwoodofficial Patreon P...
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I have asked this before, but it bears repeating here and now. How does one review a classic? Better question. How does one review a genre-defining classic? Because that is what I have sitti...
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I am not exactly sure why I didn't do this one already. I was working on something else and needed an AD&D (Dragon #114) witch for it. It then dawned on me that I didn't have a proper AD...
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