tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post1202784213185793929..comments2024-03-29T00:32:33.920-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Open Friday: HomagesJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80311832422206114922012-07-24T16:56:11.191-04:002012-07-24T16:56:11.191-04:00Oh, BOC is great :) I even did a homage to the Psy...Oh, BOC is great :) I even did a homage to the Psychic Wars recently :D. <br />http://prekomorec.blogspot.nl/2012/06/edge-of-limbo.htmlLuka Rejecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88380624875444318962012-07-01T04:33:26.008-04:002012-07-01T04:33:26.008-04:00This one is rather crude, but one of my recurring ...This one is rather crude, but one of my recurring jokes/homages was based on the classic film Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise. It was a sailing (and later Spelljamming) vessel named the Coral Essex. Now, on the ship's name-plate, the "C" in Coral and the first "E" and "S" in Essex were all extremely faded...<br /><br />The captain of the Coral Essex was named Frank (my go to NPC name back in the 2nd edition game). He and his ship would usually show up when there was some great journey to take which I didn't want to deal with or detail.Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15098635684611382832012-07-01T02:37:05.845-04:002012-07-01T02:37:05.845-04:00More likely a reference to Conan the Barbarian (th...More likely a reference to <i>Conan the Barbarian</i> (the Ah-nuld version).Faoladhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-56522996720506620462012-07-01T02:05:57.552-04:002012-07-01T02:05:57.552-04:00I wonder if Gecko-on-a-stick in Fallout is itself ...I wonder if Gecko-on-a-stick in Fallout is itself an homage to the Rat-on-a-Stick dungeon by Judge's Guild...guestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-65058097103535589002012-06-30T23:14:15.765-04:002012-06-30T23:14:15.765-04:00I use too many homages to even keep track of! The...I use too many homages to even keep track of! They range the gamut from real life to pop culture to D&D in nature. Given your love for Holmes, my mega dungeon has a split 4th level and a hidden city like the skull mountain side view from the Holmes Basic book.Keith Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319879076978887933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71338831730994078022012-06-30T21:32:02.153-04:002012-06-30T21:32:02.153-04:00The 80s arena-rock band Journey used a scarab as a...The 80s arena-rock band Journey used a scarab as a recurring motif on their album covers. I believe they even had a Journey video game for Atari or Intellivision that had them flying around space in a scarab ship. Or driving a scarab car around San Francisco.Spawn of Endranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62384858650962616082012-06-30T14:37:27.902-04:002012-06-30T14:37:27.902-04:00I imagine she was going wild (going wild!) in the ...I imagine she was going wild (going wild!) in the country, yes.Peter Greyyhttp://www.seattlecomedy.net/petergreyy.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35506079475169933652012-06-30T14:21:28.781-04:002012-06-30T14:21:28.781-04:00Wowsers - I highly approve!
(I assume that Annab...Wowsers - I highly approve!<br /><br /><br />(I assume that Annabella was lurking nearby?)bibulbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88571925939877393622012-06-30T10:47:38.514-04:002012-06-30T10:47:38.514-04:00I always thought dropping obscure references was o...I always thought dropping obscure references was one of the better-known generic geek traits. <br /><br /><br />On the other side of the two-cultures divide, writers are always making allusions, so it's not that unusual.<br /><br /><br />It's a nice private joke between the author and reader--I know you know even if nobody else does.Nullhttp://pulse.yahoo.com/_AOFTU2AM7WRZZFDC6SPN4XF6KQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80310394855127904692012-06-30T09:18:25.762-04:002012-06-30T09:18:25.762-04:00I've had hirelings for the PCs to hire with su...I've had hirelings for the PCs to hire with surnames from various <br />old-school settings like Nathaniel Blackmoor the Ranger or Sir Thomas <br />Greyhawk the Paladin... can't remember the rest right now, but names <br />like Lankhmar, Mystara and Kalamar showed up at some point and many others like it... And for some reason I love to put a woodelf realm named Alfheim somewhere in the setting I use, no matter if the players ever get to see it or not.<br /><br /><br /><br />And Chtulhu references are always a hit.<br /><br />I've had references to the glow from Fallout 1, namely the holodiscs left behind telling the story of what happened, bit by bit. But other Fallout (1 and 2) references have crept in from time to time, though it's mostly only my brother who gets them, like Gecko-on-a-stick... <br /><br />Man I need to play fallout again :DKhorgannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-90230469661818407412012-06-30T02:14:01.542-04:002012-06-30T02:14:01.542-04:00I loved doing this kind of thing in my games. Bac...I loved doing this kind of thing in my games. Back in 1991, I was running a Traveller campaign. The characters signed on as crew of a ship. The ship's owner/captain was "Christina Amphlett". <br />No one ever caught the name even though the Divinyls' song was hugely popular at the time.GravityThiefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24497306707188834962012-06-30T02:13:50.405-04:002012-06-30T02:13:50.405-04:00I ran a campaign where travelers on a particular s...I ran a campaign where travelers on a particular stretch of road risked being stopped by The Dandy Highwaymen. Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and their leader, Adam. <br /><br />"It's your money that we want and your money we shall have!" Adam would cry. <br /><br />(As would any fans of 80's new wave...)Peter Greyyhttp://www.seattlecomedy.net/petergreyy.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-17100830717857950192012-06-30T02:02:40.409-04:002012-06-30T02:02:40.409-04:00Ha! I had a captain Ron too, but it was in west en...Ha! I had a captain Ron too, but it was in west end games star wars d6. Great game!Bryguy138https://www.blogger.com/profile/13445655987736995155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20705239908933380562012-06-30T00:48:33.267-04:002012-06-30T00:48:33.267-04:00I think it's the only way I name things:
Crow...I think it's the only way I name things:<br /><br />Crowther Cave, Cosgrove Castle, etc...Felipe Budinichhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000280198568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30641977465126437882012-06-29T23:33:21.503-04:002012-06-29T23:33:21.503-04:00I love them. I overuse them, sometimes to the poi...I love them. I overuse them, sometimes to the point of pastiche. They give <i>me</i> something amusing to think about when I read or write the, even if the players don't make the connection. They could be self-referential from other parts of the campaign, such as Am Bushes,* or stolen wholesale from other campaigns and adventures (there is a nice bulk homage supplier on the corner of Barton and Fink).<br /><br />Then again my favourite Greyhawk novels are Paul Kidd's Justicar series because he pays homage to several great Old School modules (White Plume Mountain, Descent into the Underearth, and Queen of the Demonweb Pits), although he turns them on their head in the nicest possible way.<br /><br />[* A player was always looking for ambushes when he went through rocky terrain, so he started finding them when he changed campaign regions. Waxy green leaves, purple berries with a high stimulant content, often chewed by travellers on this continent (although the seeds gave you diarrhoea if you didn't spit them out on the side of the road). And in well drained terrain (hills) they tended to sprout. Evolutionary advantage: Am Bush (and if you didn't spit out the seed it got extra fertilizer to help it grow).]Reverance Pavanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10633247303045472652012-06-29T20:04:02.153-04:002012-06-29T20:04:02.153-04:00Exactly!Exactly!Kelvin Greenhttp://profiles.google.com/thekelvingreennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10912446109499863502012-06-29T18:43:53.138-04:002012-06-29T18:43:53.138-04:00I have based multiple campaigns on BOC's music...I have based multiple campaigns on BOC's music. Particularly the Veterans of the Psychic Wars is on the biggest influence.LAZtheinfamousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7829999928880570472012-06-29T17:03:26.036-04:002012-06-29T17:03:26.036-04:00I used Captain Ron from the 90's movie of the ...I used Captain Ron from the 90's movie of the same name as an NPC once - and not in a subtle way! More like Kurt Russel sailed into a gate and wound up in my campaign with references to things and places the heroes didn't understand... The players thought it was funny... Their characters thought he was mad!quindiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194306105013871853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-61428247838389196062012-06-29T16:24:00.656-04:002012-06-29T16:24:00.656-04:00That's a great guess, even if not what James&#...That's a great guess, even if not what James' intended. The Blue Beetle article on Wikipedia says: "In Dan Garret's revised origin, he was an archaeologist who found a magical Egyptian artifact, resembling a scarab, which he used to fight crime ... the Blue Beetle would use his signature scarab symbol to bedevil criminals, leaving it to be easily found"Zenopus Archivesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-49992096167910494422012-06-29T16:09:51.194-04:002012-06-29T16:09:51.194-04:00A short story I had published in 2010. Can anyone...A short story I had published in 2010. Can anyone spot the old-school reference?<br />http://www.onthepremises.com/issue_11/story_11_h1.htmlDesmond Warzelhttp://www.facebook.com/desmond.warzelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4369499085180291672012-06-29T15:42:07.497-04:002012-06-29T15:42:07.497-04:00Oh and there is a tavern in one of my cities that ...Oh and there is a tavern in one of my cities that I drew to look like Chalmun's Cantina from Star Wars...and it's run by a bug bear named Kalmuun.Zycrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80114438310211454362012-06-29T15:40:56.241-04:002012-06-29T15:40:56.241-04:00Oh yeah, I think it's totally appropriate, esp...Oh yeah, I think it's totally appropriate, especially since D&D is essentially a giant conglomerate of homages and ideas taken from all across human fiction and mythology. That's what I love about it. <br /><br />I haven't included too much of this in my campaign yet. I'm working on an "ultimate villain" who can see into other dimensions and has fashioned a group of evil homonculi-type creatures as henchmen, each patterned after notable persons he's seen in said dimensions (read: famous characters of fantasy literature). <br /><br />We'll see if the players notice that the Gray Man resembles Gandalf and the King of Blades fights like Conan, etc.Zycrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13364611287206804482012-06-29T15:33:23.132-04:002012-06-29T15:33:23.132-04:00And the ultimate weapon in your campaign is the bl...And the ultimate weapon in your campaign is the black blade then, eh? It keeps calling me its master, but I feel like its slave?Zycrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20231129910607461142012-06-29T15:29:57.262-04:002012-06-29T15:29:57.262-04:00I like homages when they come on a respectful way....I like homages when they come on a respectful way. I don't enjoy when some modules make laught about old adventures or concepts (like Castle Greyhawk after Gygax departure), but I love it when they are sincere.José Joaquín Rodríguez Morenohttp://www.facebook.com/josejoaquin.rodriguezmorenonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87954222982884127952012-06-29T14:56:27.729-04:002012-06-29T14:56:27.729-04:00I like them. The whole Inn of Lost Heroes adventur...I like them. The whole Inn of Lost Heroes adventure is a tribute to Silent Hill. In the swamp portion of Pyramid of the Dragon three of the 20 or so random encounters were giant rats, flammable gas, and sinkholes. I think i even commented on vines being handily near the sinkhole if a heroic PC decided to grab one and save an unlucky companion. <br /><br />Pete<br />Small Niche Gamespetespahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244438414806814673noreply@blogger.com