Xerxez Draws!
Here are a few scans of some of my drawings in recent years. I am untrained and uneducated in materials and mediums so these represent only sharpie and felt tip pen drawings on bond paper--not the best...
View Article"The Lost City-Temple of Vashru-Mal" Dungeon Doodle and Adventure Idea
This evening I needed to relax a bit so I got into some doodling and a one page dungeon idea starter. This one is probably inspired a little by what I've been reading and immensely enjoying at the...
View ArticleYou Can Put Your Art Major to Use Through Dungeons and Dragons ( * )
Greetings Maze Dwellers! Today I wanted to share a great web presence by a fellow DM who goes by the moniker DM Scotty. If you are a DM who loves to craft for your games, whether it be props, character...
View ArticleGelnn Halstrom "The Old Grognard" Reviews Blueholme Prentice Game by...
Posting a link to a good review of Michael Thomas's Blueholme Prentice Rules by Glenn Halstrom from Glenn's Youtube Channel, the Old Grognard.I am truly looking forward to owning and playing a copy of...
View ArticleGAMESPELL; A Theory of Gamestyle by J.E. Becker
What is Gamespell?Gamespell is not a game system or setting but a method of playing a tabletop roleplaying game…what we would call a “style of play.” This style of play will not appeal to every sort...
View ArticleOld School Game Review: Tekumel Source Book; the World of the Petal Throne,...
"Kor'unkoi hiGard'asisayal Ko'lumelan hiTirik'eluda'lida'lisa"The above words are the English character rendering of the Tsolyani language title of the Book of the Mighty Imperial Deeds of the Great...
View ArticleMazeCraft: Setting up Simple Dungeons for Your Game on a Budget
Nothing fancy, but very inexpensive and should prove a lot of fun with the kids. The pictures are of a dungeon board I've been crafting this weekend. My aim was a different aesthetic than the...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Wyatt Ferris, Fellow Gamer and A Beloved Son
Wyatt FerrisThis post causes me more reflection than any other I have ever posted.The young man pictured above is Wyatt Ferris.I did not know Wyatt. Before this week, I had never even heard of him or...
View ArticleOld School Game Review: The Compleat Spell Caster Fantasy Role-Playing Game...
The Compleat Spell Caster is a fantasy roleplaying game supplement written by Stephen Michael Sechi and Vernie Taylor, published through Bard Games in 1983.This book is somewhat rare; it appears that...
View ArticleRunnin' Original Dungeons and Dragons White Box Using the Chainmail Combat...
My wife's fourteen year old asked me to run a D&D game for her and her friends and cousins and I used the opportunity to run OD&D using the Chainmail combat system.Honestly, it was a blast.The...
View ArticlePlay By Post RPG Rules In the Works
I am working on a tentative action list for a PbP Message Forum RPG set in the world of Skyrim; Elder Scrolls. Disclaimer: I have no intellectual ownership over Skyrim and this is a fan work. Any...
View ArticleFREE Post Apocalyptic Wargames Rules!!!
STICK IT TO THE MAN!!!So, what we do with blogs and forums is, we share things, right?Preferably free things right? Cause the Man, bless his pea picking heart, he has no end of "Stuff-...
View ArticleWELL OF THE ORACLE-- A D&D Adventure for Characters Level 6-7
Greetings my fellow D&D players! It is with humble well wishes that I offer you something I have not done ins some time, and that is Free Dungeon Content.Well of the Oracle was written at the same...
View ArticleVideo Review: FANTASY WARGAMING; THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ALL, by Bruce Galloway...
This is Part 1 of a four part review, the other parts may be viewed at the Youtube channel, Magic Penny Productions.
View ArticleForgotten Comics; c1980's D&D Inspired Notebook Saga; No Wonder My Grades Sucked
A couple of years ago I was going through some papers saved by my mother and found a folded stack of notebook paper. Opening it up, I was amazed to see a comic I had scribbled in a composition book...
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