I have thought about this for some time, being a first time designer (and soon to be first time publisher), I thought it would be good to have a place to share not just my own thoughts but those of others who devote their time and resources to posting helpful and informative information online for the benefit of all.
So if you are creator or just curious check in and see what the man behind the curtain is doing :)
Enjoy!
My Blog List
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Cauldron Day 2: Major Combat Operations - Friday morning, I was awakened by my alarm. Brushed my teeth, showered, downed a *ketones supplement* I’d brought along to deal with jet lag (not sure it h...
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[New Spell] Cartographer’s Mistake - Cartographer’s Mistake ‘Something is definitely not right with this map, we are in a bog,’ said Jhirek as he looked around.‘Are you absolutely sure?’ asked...1 day ago
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Hesperat’s Gardens - Not trusted by the master or the Yuan-Ti, but protected by their own taboos and reverence for the lost empire … Continue reading →2 days ago
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Storytelling and Consequences - If you’ve been following my design posts for *Dark Provinces*, you know the game is built on personality psychology and group cooperation. But how does t...
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Four Accidental Monsters - * Bale Snails* HIT DICE: 3 ARMOR CLASS: Front 8 [11]; rear 4 (16) MOVE: 3" ATTACK: Antlers d8 SPECIAL ATTACK: None SPECIAL DEFENSE: Rear...4 days ago
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Final Edits - I always try to print out a physical copy of any new game as a round of editing. This way I can get a red oen and mark what needs changing where things ...
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Carnival Roundup: The Color Of Money - After posing the question, “What’s the backstory behind money in your campaign?” this post links and evaluates the answers. The September 2026 carnival is ...5 days ago
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Dead Men Tell Tales – How Do You Signal Lethal Danger In A Dungeon? - CampaignCraft GM K. asked me how to signal lethal danger up ahead in a dungeon. Like him, I prefer to stock dungeons with a variety of encounters, some o...5 days ago
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Funny Music Part 1 - https://www.patreon.com/u3015466/posts/funny-music-part-171935785?pr=true1 week ago
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Crypts and Things: Deal of the Day at DriveThruRPG - I thought that I would mention that my favourite OSR ("Old School Renaissance") RPG -- *Crypts and Things* -- is currently on sale (60% off the PDF!) at ...
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Chaos Lorebook – Book of the Elder Brood: Belugon - And they took the gifts that Nature left for them and turned those gifts to their own ends, shaping them through rites of chaos to become a teeming legion ...2 weeks ago
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Hasturi, City of Heroes - Hasturi is one of the most ancient cities in the region, second only to Pazzix. In its distant past, it was a small, walled city-state on the Isle of E...
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Draw Steel Monsters on a Credit Card - Click to get it full-sizefront and back! I’m the guy who does “monsters on a business card” posts, and I just started at MCDM, so I should probably do a Dr...6 months ago
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Christ is Risen! - *Hades took a body, and met God face to face. It took earth, and encountered Heaven. It took that which was seen, and fell upon the unseen. O Death, where...
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Still Alive... really. - Real Life has been rough and impacted my creative and gaming schedule quite a lot. Adapting to the new schedule has been a trick but my creative juices a...6 months ago
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Downtime - Yeah, I know... I said "I will have to get back to blogging" and then nothing since October. But the last few months of the year always seem to be a time...10 months ago
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Lexicon of Klarkash-Ton, Hierophant of Atlantis: Lupanar - This time, we follow the good High Priest to the far future, to the final continent of Earth, Zothique, for a a tale of ennui and love: Morthylla. Witho...
1 year ago -
Trollish Delver moving - In an effort to get away from the shadow of Google this blog can now be found at www.trollish-delver.writeas.com.1 year ago
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Forever unto the breach, dear friends... - Sorry, I haven't been around. But it's for all the right reasons. My roleplaying card is constantly filled, these days. I started Once More Unto the Brea...1 year ago
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Kanoodle as In-Game Puzzle - Part 1 - For a very long time, I've been interested in integrating real puzzles into my tabletop games. I know that some folks prefer to keep character skills separ...1 year ago
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Abiørn's Satchel - This weathered leather satchel is tooled in nautical designs and is full of rose-colored salt. Rubbing the salt on a sea creature will dry it out and sh...5 years ago
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Old-School Essentials Online Tools and SRD - My 2nd favorite incarnation, OSE, of my favorite D&D rule set, B/X. [My 1st favorite is Necrotic Gnome's previous, B/X Essentials, cause it was soft backe...
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Please Update Your Link! - If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is out of date. Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com (RSS feed is h...7 years ago
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FREE Version of Microlite20 Comprehensive Edition Now Available - The Pay What You Want/Free (no art) version of the *Microlite20 Comphrensive Edition* is now available. *Microlite20* is a tiny version of 3.x designed to ...
8 years ago -
Session XCIII: One Pissed Off Dragon! - Our ongoing Swords and Wizardry sandbox campaign... *Current Player Characters:* *Thenus* (Ranger) *Wang Du* (Monk) *Wolfheir* (Viking) *Arg* (Half-orc) ...
9 years ago -
Eurafrika Attacks! [Campaign Idea] - Around about 1929, a German architect by the name of Herman Sörgel came with an idea he called Atlantropa. The idea was simple (no, not really) - he was go...
9 years ago -
It's hard to do horror in D&D - I love the Ravenloft setting, but I have to admit that it is really hard to pull off horror games with Dungeons & Dragons. The biggest issue is clerics. Th...9 years ago
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The curious anger against The Forge - I read a post earlier this week that was one of those that makes you wonder what world the poster lives in. The thrust of the argument was that The Forge h...10 years ago
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Eureka! Password Recovered - Gee, that only took forever. First, I would like to apologize from my prolonged absence from this blog. There are several reasons. I had some major life up...10 years ago
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unlikely treasures 2: even still more loot for the taking - Roll d12 for the loot! 1. *Matched set of masterwork half-plate & masterwork heavy shield with silver shield spikes (1400gp).* Weighs 70lbs. A...
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[Campaign Analysis] Deadlands Reloaded: Lost in the Maze - My *Deadlands* campaign wrapped up yesterday. As is my wont, with the closure of another campaign it's now time to take a look at "[w]hat worked, what di...
13 years ago -
Bardic Songcasting - Building off of the outline of the Bard class, here is how they cast spells: Bardic Songcasting Bards perform their songs by singing, dancing, or playing...13 years ago
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Closing Today - The Underdark Gazette will go Down, sometime after 11:00 PM, Central Time, this evening. Please, if you would be so kind, update your links to my new blog ...14 years ago
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