The very first post of this blog attempts to provide a definition of "grognard," both in its historical context and in its latter...

My daughter is fond of a series of hand-painted plastic figurines from a French company called Papo . They make a lot of very neat fantasy/f...

One of the inevitable consequences of preferring what some have patronizingly called "legacy D&D " is being treated like an ex...

You ever have one of those days when you suddenly realize, "There are a lot of really crazy people in this hobby?" Then the creep...

Christmas is less than two weeks away. Here are some gift suggestions for the grognards on your list: Adventure Games Journal : If you'...

Over at Monsters and Manuals, Noisms boggles at the "irrational hatred" of the Second Edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ,...

I'm not a big reader of comics generally, though I have read and enjoyed certain specific titles over the years. Among them is Alan Moor...

Growing up as a gamer in Baltimore during the 1970s meant that it was impossible for me not to know about Charles S. Roberts and the compan...

For those who are interested, here are the answers to yesterday's Grognard Test . Three brief comments: 1. Several of the questions dea...

With apologies to Stuart "PapersAndPaychecks" Marshall, I reproduce here his Grognard Test from this post . For what it's wort...

I have regular misgivings about the Knights & Knaves Alehouse and certainly don't feel comfortable posting there, but I still read ...

I've been reading a lot of Clark Ashton Smith lately. As I believe I mentioned in a previous post , he's my favorite of the three be...

It is both amusing and frustrating to read about gamers who've only ever played Third Edition Dungeons & Dragons calling themselves...

I've been reminded of numerous truths over the last few days and one of them is this: talk is cheap. At the end of the day, the old scho...

Welcome to the beginning of a new online venture. This blog takes its name from the French word grognard , which means roughly "grumble...