Owl & Weasel Wednesday #4 May 1975
Owl & Weasel #4 takes us to 1975.Still 8 pages and still 10p.The feel of this is still very, very local. But I did enjoy the front page story on Go (a game I have always wanted to learn).Outside...
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Bad News: I have a cold and feel like crap.Good News: At least I am getting it done before Gen Con.I wanted to thank everyone that voted for me for the ENnies at Gen Con this year. Really looking...
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Maybe it is all the allergy drugs I am on or maybe it because I know August is going to be a busy month.But I am going to take part in the #RPGaDAY Blogfest dreamed up by David F. Chapman over at...
View Article#RPGaDAY Day 1, First RPG Played
#RPGaDAY Day 1, First RPG PlayedThat one is pretty easy. It was an odd ball combination of Holmes Basic with the AD&D Monster Manual back in 1979.It was typical of the time with 1st level...
View Article#RPGaDAY Day 2, First RPG Gamemastered
#RPGaDAY Day 2 First RPG GamemasteredAlso pretty easy. It would have been the Moldvay Basic D&D. I wrote all my own adventures back then and my first dungeon had two dragons in it. It was not...
View ArticleZatannurday: Zatanna at SDCC 2014
San Diego Comic Con 2014 is done and the photos are coming in across all the social media outlets.Here are some I have seen.If you are featured here and I didn't give you proper credit let me know!I am...
View Article#RPGaDAY Day 3, First RPG Purchased
#RPGaDAY Day 3, First RPG PurchasedI am pretty sure it had to have been the Cook/Marsh version of the D&D Expert set. I had gotten the Basic Set as a gift, but this I think I went and got myself.I...
View Article#RPGaDAY Day 4, Most recent RPG purchase
#RPGaDAY Day 4, Most recent RPG purchaseTo keep a trend going...My newest purchase has been the D&D5 starter set. Like the Holmes, Moldvay, Cook & Marsh sets that came before it, this one has...
View ArticleAll Hail the Vampire Queen!
So not this:Or this:But rather this:I got my copy of The Hanging Coffins of the Vampire Queen in the mail today. Let me tell you this. This module is a meat grinder. Levels 10-14. Sure.While there...
View Article#RPGaDAY Day 5, Most Old School RPG owned
#RPGaDAY Day 5, Most Old School RPG ownedI have a complete copy of the Original D&D rules. It is 4th printing I believe. Old enough to feel old, but no Hobbits or Ents in it.I also have the...
View Article#RPGaDAY Day 6, Favourite RPG Never get to play
#RPGaDAY Day 6, Favourite RPG Never get to playGood question.I am going to have to go with Chill and by extension all the Pacesetter games. I used to have a lot of fun with Chill but despite all the...
View ArticleOwl & Weasel Wednesday #5 June 1975
June 1975 is the start of something new in the pages of Owl & Weasel and I think they knew it. First off the crossword is gone. Detailed in the editorial there were just too few people interested...
View ArticleGen Con Food Trucks
When I was last at Gen Con in 2012 the new thing was all of the food trucks. Well they expanded last year and now there is even more.Dorkland! has a great list of all the trucks, where they are going...
View Article#RPGaDAY Day 7, Most “intellectual” RPG owned
#RPGaDAY Day 7, Most “intellectual” RPG ownedNot sure what this actually means.The one that makes me think the most is Mage: The Ascension and Mage The Sorcerers crusade.It is a great game to think...
View ArticleMidnight Release and Tacos
It's midnight where I am and my FLGS, Games Plus, has the 5th Edition Player's Handbook out now.We grabbed our copies and a copy of the Dragon Queen adventure too. Yeah it is basically the same thing...
View Article#RPGaDAY Day 8, Favourite character
#RPGaDAY Day 8, Favourite character I have a number of favorite characters but currently it is my iconic witch Larina that occupies my time.Larina by Jabob BlackmonLarina Witch by Rick HersheyLarina...
View Article#RPGaDAY Day 9, Favourite Die / Dice Set
#RPGaDAY Day 9, Favourite Die / Dice SetI don't really have one. I am not a dice-fetishist.Typically when I buy a new game I buy a set of dice that goes with that game.I have a set of black dice for...
View ArticleZatannurday: More Cosplay
Well I had something else in mind for today but ended up loosing that post. Blogger ate it. But as it turns out I have a bunch more cosplays and it is still con season...Showtime by S-Lancaster on...
View Article#RPGaDAY Day 10, Favourite tie-in Novel / Game Fiction
#RPGaDAY Day 10, Favourite tie-in Novel / Game FictionWell...I don't really read a lot of the tie in fiction. I read the Dragonlance books when they came out. I read the Gord the Rogue books too.But I...
View Article#RPGaDAY Day 11, Weirdest RPG owned
#RPGaDAY Day 11, Weirdest RPG ownedDefine "Weird".If by weird landscape, or play or just obscure then I would have to say Sky Realms of Jorune. But if by weird as in "what the hell were they on?" then...
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