The latest issue of the legendary OSR 'zine, Fight On! , has been released in both print and electronic formats. Dedicated to the memor...

Shackles by James Maliszewski Slavery in the Empire in Inba Iro Read on Substack

Over at Grognardia Games Direct , I've indulged my enthusiasm for worldbuilding by presenting an overview of the beliefs and religious p...

As I posted yesterday , my Barrett's Raiders Twilight: 2000 campaign, which started in December 2021, has ended. Though sad (and even a...

Epistle (Continued) by James Maliszewski More Excerpts from the Secrets of sha-Arthan 'Zine Read on Substack

It’s now been a month since I launched Grognardia Games Direct , my Substack newsletter dedicated to my various RPG projects, most notably T...

Epistle by James Maliszewski A Secrets of sha-Arthan 'Zine? Read on Substack

I've recently completed a gazetteer of the Eshkom District , one of the twenty regions that make up the Empire of Inba Iro, the sample s...

Among the more frequently unearthed relics of the Vaults are finely wrought containers of metal and ceramic, known as Maker’s enigmas  or, i...

Mechanically,  Secrets of sha-Arthan   began as a variant on Moldvay/Cook Dungeons & Dragons , because I'm a big fan of that version...

Since I was a child, foreign languages (and foreign alphabets) have fascinated me. I'm almost certain that my fascination was a direct r...

Yet more glorious Secrets of sha-Arthan art from Zhu Bajiee , this time a Ga'andrin tyo-tomat (or "elixir master"), a kind of...

Today is my birthday, so I'm mostly taking it easy. However, my definition of "taking it easy" includes working on the current...

With the possible exception of magic missile  – which, ironically, didn't appear until a year after the original game's release – I ...

Aranalar by Luigi Castellani Aranalar ("Indomitable") is a sword +1, +2 vs the Unmade forged from alchemical steel. Its blade is...

An Unmade Brute by Zhu Bajie The Unmade (or Omajya in the Onha language ) are the unnatural servitors of the Unmakers . Transformed by iniq...

A tomb robber by Zhu Bajie   Tomb Robber  Prime Abilities: DEX and INT Hit Points: 1d6 per level  Starting Possessions: Leather breastplate...

During the Grognardia drinking game, I suspect my readers have thrown back a few whenever the 1977 Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set edited b...

Like a lot of gamers, I've long had a bad case of cartophilia. Truth be told, my love of maps predates my involvement in the hobby of ro...