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Thursday, August 15, 2024

Gradually, then Suddenly

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It's been a rough few weeks for my ongoing House of Worms Empire of the Petal Throne campaign. Recently, the combination of the usual s...
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Level Titles: Fighters and Thieves

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Level titles first appeared in original (1974) Dungeons & Dragons , seemingly inspired by the various types of figures available in the...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Madison Bound

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So, who's going to be attending Gamehole Con 11 this year? After much hemming and hawing, I finally went ahead and committed to going th...
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Retrospective: Temple of Apshai

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When I was in the seventh grade, a new kid joined my class and he soon became my best friend. He was also an early adopter of personal compu...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

The Articles of Dragon: "Cantrips: Minor Magics for Would-Be Wizards"

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You would think I'd remember issue #59 of Dragon (March 1982) for its 20+ pages of science fiction content , but, at the time I first re...
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Monday, August 12, 2024

The Book of Apshai

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Later this week, I'll be posting a Retrospective on the early dungeoncrawler Temple of Apshai . While doing some research into this imp...
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Escape from C'thulhu

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Speaking of minigames ,  Phil Foglio 's  What's New with Phil & Dixie humorously treated this topic in issue #60 of Dragon (Apri...
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A (Very) Partial Pictorial History of Troglodytes

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Since last week we looked at lizard men , I thought it would make sense to examine troglodytes next, since they're both humanoid reptili...
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Friday, August 9, 2024

Capture Action Packed Fantasy Adventure

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In light of yesterday's post about Revolt on Antares , this advertisement from issue #58 of Dragon (February 1982) seemed like it would ...
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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Retrospective: Revolt on Antares

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While I've briefly touched on TSR's 1981 mini-game Revolt on Antares a couple of times before, I've never done a proper Retrospe...
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