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New Monster: Web Witch
Today is my mom's birthday.Why should you care? Well it was my mom that introduced me to the weird world of sci-fi, horror and the macabre. Her idea of a bedtime story was telling about a haunted...
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Best of the Best
I am very pleased to have replaced my lost Best of The Dragon vol. 1.As you see my Vol. II is a little worse for the wear.I loved these growing up. Even though some of the articles were only a few...
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Summer Cleaning
So making some cosmetic changes here at the ole' Other Side.I moved my Kickstarter applet lower on the screen so people can still see it, but make room for my social media buttons.I also have a great...
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White Dwarf Wednesdays? Sure!
Today is Wednesday. That used to mean something around here at the Other Side. I spent a nice long time reviewing White Dwarf from issue 1 to 100.I missed doing something special each Wednesday to be...
View ArticleGhosts of Albion: Carcosa
"Every good story begins with a death." - Amber BensonSo I have had this terrible, terrible idea.I want to run a Ghosts of Albion adventure set in the Reconstruction-era South. I am going to borrow...
View ArticleInterview / Round table Discussion at Aethercon
Here is a interview / round table discussion I did last month for AetherCon.We spend a lot of time talking about Strange Brew but we talk for about an hour and half so we hit a lot of topics.I really...
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Skylla: Dragon Magazine #114
The first witch class that many people remember the best is the very good Dragon Mag #114 version.It was the first one I remember seeing and using. Chances are if you ran into someone playing a witch...
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Zatannurday: Bloodspell
I finally got around to reading the new Zatanna/Black Canary graphic novel Bloodspell. In short. No one writes Zatanna as well as Paul Dini.Bloodspell was not what I expected it to be and that is a...
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D&D 5 Starter and Basic Sets
Well unless you have been living in a cave for the last few days, or on a mini-vacation, the newest game to bear the name "Dungeons & Dragons" hit the stores and the net.I picked up my Starter Set...
View ArticleJust Play the Damn Game
I had this long-ish rant about the latest tempest in a tea pot internet battle about various parts of the new D&D5 game.I decided to delete the whole thing instead. Why? Internet "battles" are...
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Owl & Weasel Wednesday #1 February 1975
"Issue no. 1; preserve this copy carefully! Who knows, the very piece of paper you know hold between your fingers may become a rarity, its value soaring to 1 3/4 times its present cost!"So that would...
View ArticleQuandary: Convert or Not
I am reading over these new 5th Edition rules and they are nice.I mean really nice. It's really like a "Best of D&D", all the things I liked about the past editions, built on top of Basic D&D...
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Healers in Old School D&D
I was going through some old materials the other day while working Strange Brew and found my notes on the Healer class.That got me thinking and I dug up my 1st Ed AD&D characters and found my...
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30 Years Later The White Queen's Revenge
Got my copy of Gygax #4 in the mail the other day. Most striking of course is the cover by Den Beauvais.Den contributed to some of the best covers for Dragon including the series of Chess themed covers...
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Zatannurday: Aquamaureen Cosplay
At the start of summer I ran a bunch of Cosplayers, but a few stood out and needed more attention.Next is Aquamaureen Cosplay. Gotta say. I love the...
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Jackson De La Croix for WitchCraft
I wrote this up for a WitchCraft game I was running a few years ago. Jackson never made an appearance, but I will certainly want to use him for my Spirit of '76 game. Cerri and Brigh were two Wicce...
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The Other Side Nominated for an ENnie Award!
The Other Side has been nominated for "Best Blog" at this year's ENnie Awards!http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/2014-ennie-awards-nominees/I have to say I am quite excited by this and even a little...
View ArticleHow to Run Your Game
We have a couple of independently produced books out now to help you run your game. One new and one getting more attention.The first is +Alexis Smolensk's How to Run: an Advanced Guide to Managing...
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Owl & Weasel Wednesday #2 March 1975
Owl and Weasel hits Issue #2 and doubles in size! That is something even White Dwarf can't claim.Still mot of the articles are by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, but some other talent is coming...
View ArticleBiggest List of Retro-clones I have seen
This list was posted to my Facebook feed today.http://taxidermicowlbear.weebly.com/dd-retroclones.htmlIt is easily the biggest list of Retro-clones, near clones and other Old-School games I have ever...
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