Troll and Flame

  Also provides me with inspiration of how/were to place some device traps. More tricksy boxses https://www.antiquebox.org/category/antique-locks-and-mechanisms/

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2023/09/what-to-relate-when-thief-asks-for-lock.html

After their final war a few Ancients scrabbled for survival in the nuclear wasteland they had created.  Over 10,000 years pre-war tech got used up/broke, mutations and radiation died down, and...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2023/01/recent-history-of-ancients.html

Started weekly Roll20 Campaign of SWN a couple weeks ago. Now a few sessions in. I present you the Petunia Ceti Star Sector . Based on my warped brain and players input of  Dune Akira Hi...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2021/11/stars-without-number.html

Got the itch. Starting new OSE (B/X) roll20.com campaign centered on a published megadungeon (being cagey about which cause, I don't know, surprise?).   Tired of hex crawls that either 1) neve...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2021/07/new-bx-megadungeon-campaign.html

I don't know how right now, but I'm gonna figure out some reason for my next Magic-User to be pimped out with these dope threads.  The matching hat, I lack words. Source & Info if you like...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2021/04/pimp-cloak-from-renaissance.html

Gary Con is an annual game convention celebrating the life and works of Gary Gygax, the Father of Role Playing Games. They are posting videos of games and sessions on YouTube. Gary Con 2021 Vi...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2021/04/gary-con-videos-online.html

  More longship video goodness .

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2021/03/rowing-longship-reconstruction.html

Player CriticalCritical hits have one of two effects chosen by the player. Inflict maximum damage (no roll). Whatever they can imagine and convince the DM of happening. The second option is wi...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2021/03/critical-roll.html

I present you, a mid level thief, demonstrating her Climb Walls Extraordinary Ability.  I rule failed climb walls as "No convenient crack, etc. was found" rather than falling.  Damage is too ...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-extraordinary-climb-ability.html

I love, love this cartoon. I wish there was more. It was my first introduction to "weird science", fantasy and sci-fi. Many of my D&D campaign worlds have been strongly inspired by the opening na...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/10/thundarr-barbarian-anniversary.html

This Tomb of Ramesses is amazing in it's own right. So much surviving hieroglyphics and decoration. It gave me waves of nostalgia and anxiety from going down the Tomb of Horrors great hallway. ...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/06/3d-virtual-ramesses-vi-tomb-tomb-of.html

2456 ADVENTURES indexed and searchable by rules system, environments, notable items, publisher, setting, monsters, level and page length. AdventureLookup.com Random Adventure

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/05/adventure-lookup.html

In real life.

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/05/helm-of-infravision-has-been-invented.html

OWLCON HOUSTON, TX. YOU MISSED IT. FEB 28 - MARCH 1ST Great small RPG con on Rice University campus.  It was great . Go next year! https://owlcon.com/ LIBCON ABILENE, TX. APRIL 23-25T...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/03/central-texas-game-cons-2020.html

Man! Wish I had a copy of this. But like the Centurion says "it's extremely rare". This is video review done by Centurion's Review Youtube Channel . Who often reviews old wargames esp micro ga...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-infernax-of-spells-necromancy-and.html

Got back to Owl Con this year.  A great con at Rice Univ in Houston Texas. I ran a B/X session of Caves of Chaos . I had a blast, the full table of eight players had a blast. My friend ran ...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/03/owl-con-2020-recap.html

My 2nd favorite incarnation, OSE , of my favorite D&D rule set, B/X .    Have released the Old-School Essentials SRD (System Reference Document)   And a slew of cross-linked  Treasure, Encou...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/02/old-school-essentials-online-tools-and.html

Been lot of OSR / Nostalgia posts here recently. Just to show I'm also hip to new fangled things too. Virtual Reality isn't as smooth and effortless as other digital tools / aides.  But my nei...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/02/vr-digital-table-top.html

I've spent the past two weeks exploring an old PLATO mainframe that is publicly run, called "cyber1". Not sure if any of you are familiar with these, but these system were created in 1960, an...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/02/guest-post-by-my-friend-and-game-buddy.html

After posting the Gallery of Dragon Magazine Covers  and then a Gallery of White Dwarf Magazine Covers  I thought I was done!  But gentle reader Ancalagon_TB inquired about same for Dungeon ...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/01/gallery-of-dungeon-magazine-covers.html

.] Updated OSR Resource Page Email me, njharman@gmail.com if you are looking to get into a local game. Or, if you want to run a game and are looking for players. There is a relatively large ...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/01/how-to-get-started-with-old-school-d.html

Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy: Rules Tome $10 PDF Not affiliated, etc. Just selfishly want the world to play the version of D&D I like so I have more people to play with :) The...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/01/old-school-essentials-classic-fantasy.html

CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF D&D Austin, TX D&D micro-convention January 26th, 2020, noon to 5pm Emerald Tavern On January 26th 1974 (or thereabouts) the first rule books for D&D were pu...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/01/celebrate-birth-of-d-january-26th.html

Unlike Dragon Magazine I was never aware of White Dwarf magazine, nor Games Workshop. Which is too bad as being exposed to early Warhammer RPG would have greatly shortened my journey to grim and...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2020/01/gallery-of-white-dwarf-magazine-covers.html

I have fond memories of running home from school to check the mail box for the brown paper sleeve that meant another Dragon Magazine had arrived.  Ordering and having the magazine addressed to m...

https://trollandflame.blogspot.com/2019/12/gallery-of-dragon-magazine-covers.html