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Zatannurday: Zatanna Cosplay at Gen Con 2014

I didn't get a ton of pictures of Zatanna at Gen Con this year. Nor did I find any others online.But what I lack in quantity I made up for in quality! At least I hope so.Again, I didn't get anyone's...

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#RPGaDAY Day 24, Most Complicated RPG Owned

#RPGaDAY Day 24, Most Complicated RPG OwnedI honestly don't keep many complicated games around.  I play to have fun, not to torture myself with terrible rule sets.RoleMaster is probably the most overly...

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#RPGaDAY Day 25, Favourite RPG no one else wants to play

#RPGaDAY Day 25, Favourite RPG no one else wants to playAt home it is Ghosts of Albion.  Yeah, I can't even get my own kids to play my game!Outside of that no one seems interested in any of the World...

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What is Missing from D&D 5?

So the D&D 5 lovefest is continuing across the internet and assuming the world (it was Amazon's #1 best seller in all books for a bit).  It seems to do everything everyone wants.But is it missing...

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#RPGaDAY Day 26, Coolest character sheet

#RPGaDAY Day 26, Coolest character sheetHard call.  I love character sheets.The original AD&D sheets were not works of art, but they certainly fueled my imagination like no other.I loved the "new"...

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Witch Traits

On Page 8 of The Witch I have listed an optional rule of Special Restrictions on witches.I did not list a lot of them, and by the nature of the book they are mostly mechanical but there are some...

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#RPGaDAY Day 27, Game You’d like to see a new / improved edition of…

#RPGaDAY Day 27, Game You’d like to see a new / improved edition of…That's easy.C.J. Carella's WitchCraft RPGThere have been two editions so far. 1st Ed was from Myrmidon Press.The more popular 2nd...

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Owl & Weasel Wednesday #7 August 1975

Owl & Weasel #7 comes to us from August 1975.  I guess according to the editorial they were experiencing some uncommon heat then.  That is at least a explanation for the cover art.Topics covered...

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#RPGaDAY Day 28, Scariest Game you’ve played

#RPGaDAY Day 28, Scariest Game you’ve playedGood question!I have played some great games of Call of Cthulhu and Chill that have been quite fun.  I have even played in some seriously scary AD&D...

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More From Barrel Rider Games

I won't lie. I love Barrel Rider Games.A full Basic-era class for a $1. Not a bad deal really.Here are a bunch of my recent purchases.In nearly all cases the books are 5 to 6 or so pages with a cover,...

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#RPGaDAY Day 29, Most memorable encounter

#RPGaDAY Day 29, Most memorable encounterThat would have to be the very first time I encountered a Lich back in the AD&D1 days. I am thinking it was the summer of 82 or so.The DM read the monster...

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Kickstart Your Weekend: Gor RPG & Interview

So on pretty much to polar opposite end of last weeks Kickstarter I present to you +James Desborough's Chronicles of Gor...

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#RPGaDAY Day 30, Rarest RPG Owned

#RPGaDAY Day 30, Rarest RPG OwnedI honestly don't know.I do have a copy of the original White Box rules of D&D, 3rd Printing.  But I think they had made a lot of those.  I also have a limited...

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Zatannurday: Nerdee Lennox

Nerdee Lennox is a model and cosplayer from right here in Chicago! She loves cosplay and works with Cosplay Deviants.She was at Gen Con and I got a pic of her, but here are some more.You can find her...

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#RPGaDAY Day 31st, Favourite RPG of all time

#RPGaDAY Day 31st, Favourite RPG of all timeHere we are. At the end of another blog-fest.  It has been a lot of fun and I have really enjoyed reading everyone's posts.  I want to thank +Dave Chapman...

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Amazing Adventures Week!

I love doing posts where I take a deep dive into a particular book or system.This week I want to cover Amazing Adventures by Jason Vey and produced by Troll Lord games.They are currently working on a...

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Amazing Adventures: Plays Well With Others

The best thing, or at least one of the best things, about Amazing Adventures is the fact that it is based all around Castles & Crusades.  So not only is everything for C&C compatible with it,...

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New Page: Witch Links

There is one thing people keep coming back to my blog for time and time again.Witches.My email says so. My Google Analytics say so. And posts I am tagged in say so.But there is no way  could (or even...

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Owl & Weasel Wednesday #8 September 1975

Going back 29 years today for Owl & Weasel #8.The front page news if England's first Play By Mail D&D game.  Interestingly there is a mention of a "computerised" one in America.  D&D is...

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Amazing Adventures: Universal Monsters

It is no secret. I love horror movies. A large part of that is growing up on a steady diet of Universal Studios' classic Monsters.  My dad had a bunch of book about the Golden Age of Cinema.  Most I...

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