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This Old Dragon: Issue #113
Reaching into the box of musty old Dragons I keep under my desk I find this little gem from September 1986. I was a senior in High School and dying to get out. I had just auditioned for the part of...
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The OTHER Old School Gaming
I love my old school games. No shock, spend any time here at all and you can see that. I enjoy a good retro-clone. Especially if someone puts a little spin on it as well. Well, that feeling extends...
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Monstrous Mondays: The AD&D 2nd Ed Monstrous Compendium (Overview & Review)
I have been wanting to spend some time with the AD&D 2nd Edition Monstrous Compendiums. I suppose now is as good of a time as any.In the waning years of the 80s, AD&D took a new turn. Much of...
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The Witch-Queen of Yithorium
I was cleaning up some links on my Witch Links page and I noticed a few I had from the Halls of the Mountian King, the blog of the recently passed Jason Zavoda. He posted a bit about Hyperborea, nee...
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Mail Call: Night Shift, More Witch Queens and Rat Baby!
Quick one today. Yesterday's mail brought me some wonderful gifts.Up first are the new books for the NIGHT SHIFT RPG. The Night Companion and a new "Night Trip" A Faustian Dilemma. These are both...
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I Am A Lying Liar from Liartown
I was cleaning up my office on Wednesday, waiting for a meeting to start when I started going through a bunch of binders I have. In particular a few for notes on my witch and necromancer classes...
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Kickstart Your Weekend: Cthulhu Awakens Roleplaying Game
This week Other Side Favorite Green Ronin is up with a new AGE game and a new Mythos game. Lucky for me they are one and the same!Cthulhu Awakens Roleplaying...
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Monstrous Mondays: The AD&D 2nd Ed Monstrous Compendiums, Part 2
It's a Presidents' Day Monstrous Monday. I am continuing my dive into the AD&D 2nd Edition Monstrous Compendiums. Today I want to talk about the next three that were important to me in terms of...
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Want a Book? Ask!
I posted this elsewhere, but I am super busy at work today. So here it is here.I get it. Books and Game PDFs are expensive and everyone is on a much tighter budget these days. SO to that end, if you...
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What *IS* Blackmoor in my World?
I have been reading more of the late Jason Zavoda's posts about his "Blackmoor Land of a Thousand Witches" and I have wanted to do something with that. This got me thinking about some ideas I had had...
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The Legend of Vox Machina
My family finished watching the Amazon Prime series "The Legend of Vox Machina" from Critical Role and honestly it was a lot of fun.It was funny, exciting, and really just a lot of great gamer humor...
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Kickstart Your Weekend: Zweihänder, Sands and Old School Fun
A bunch of great Kickstarters this week so let's get to it.The Valley Out of Time series for S&W DCC...
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Monstrous Mondays: The AD&D 2nd Ed Monstrous Compendiums, Part 3
I am continuing my dive into the AD&D 2nd Ed Monstrous Manuals and today I am reviewing three that are nominally under the Forgotten Realms umbrella. There is no doubt that the biggest game world...
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New NIGHT SHIFT Content from Elf Lair Games
My *other* publisher, Elf Lair Games, has been putting out some great free content for all of February in support of the new Night Companion and I would be remiss if I didn't share or point some of it...
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Happy Birthday to the Other Side from Laura Guldemond
While this week is not my "blog birthday" it is the anniversary of my first website called The Other Side, of which this blog is the continuation. In celebration, I thought I would get myself...
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TTRPGs for Trans Rights in Texas!
In a move that shocks no one, Texas (and it is always fucking Texas) Governor Greg Abbott signed an order to classify medical transitioning for transgender youth as child abuse. Again, I am not...
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Monstrous Mondays: The AD&D 2nd Ed Monstrous Compendiums, Part 4
Back at it today with more monsters from AD&D 2nd Edition. I have to say that going through all of these has put me in the mood for an AD&D 2e game at some point. I have mentioned this many...
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DriveThruRPG GM's Day 2022
It's that time of year again when we honor our GMs/DMs/Referees/Storytellers/Directors and more with the DriveThruRPG GM's Day sales.Right now there are just under 73,000 items for sale! You should be...
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Guest Blog: Using The Witch and Eldritch Witchery as a NIGHT SHIFT Resource
I am over on the Elf Lair Games blog today to talk about how you can use my OSR books The Witch and Eldritch Witchery to expand on your NIGHT SHIFT games. With this, you can add new spells, new Arcane...
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Crowdfund Your Weekend!
Today's weekly KickstartCrowdfund Your Weekend looks at projects beyond Kickstarter. Mistletoe Massacre - Horror Comedy Slasher...
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