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Running late today! But that is fine really. Yesterday we got to see the first photos of the new Supergirl Melissa Benoist. I have to say I love her look! Really looking forward to this one next year!

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So Behind...

This last weekend was the start of my "it's spring so every weekend is crazy busy" time.  My youngest son's birthday was over the weekend, my wife's is coming up. Once the snow is gone I'll be outside...

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12 Nutty Dungeons & Dragons Media Mentions From the 1980s

This was making the rounds on social media last week. http://mentalfloss.com/article/31885/12-nutty-dungeons-dragons-media-mentions-1980s My favorite is #4 which happened in the same neck of the woods...

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The 10 Best (and 6 Worst) TSR Games that Weren't D&D

There is an article making the rounds again from Topless Robot.  It was originally posted in September of 2009 but hey, that's how social media works sometimes (and I guess Bob Denver is dead! [yes I...

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The 30 Greatest D&D Adventures of All Time

Been kinda of obsessed with lists lately.  But this one does have a point for me.  A while back (2004 in fact) the Pazio run of Dungeon Magazine listed their top 30 adventures of all time. I have been...

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The "Second Campaign"

So yesterday I started talking about something I am calling the "Second Campaign".  It's not really a second one (more like a 20th one).  The idea is a set of adventures, maybe set in the same world,...

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Friday Night Videos: Friday the 13th

Welcome to a special Friday the 13th Friday Night Videos! Let's talk about superstitions, bad luck and bad mojo tonight! Writing about witches and magic I like to include superstitions in my games and...

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Zatannurday: Cosplay Special

There is this new article up and I am not sure how legitimate it is. But it talks about how PAX is banning Booth Babes and how cosplayers could be next....

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Kickstart Your Weekend: Darkplane

Up this week is a new campaign setting in the vein of the great campaign settings of the 2nd edition of the world most popular fantasy RPG....

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Friday Night Videos: Eric Burdon, the Animals and War

Welcome once again to Friday Night Videos! Inspiration will sometimes come from the oddest places. Take for example the case of Eric Burdon, The Animals and War. I "discovered" Eric Burdon while going...

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Zatannurday: Costume Designs

Digging through my back logs here and found a few images featuring various costume changes. I know she hasn't had the most (Wonder Woman is catching up in just last 3-4 years) but I have always liked...

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I'm Home Muggles!

So last week I had the ole blog here on auto-post while the family and I spent some quality time at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.   All I can say is wow. If you haven't been it is located at...

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Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge: March Reviews

Here are the reviews for February for the Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge. First up this month is a continuation of last month. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Ok this is the book where...

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Woodwose for Basic Era Games

The Woodwose is a creature from English mythology that is part wild man, part bigfoot, part fae and part demonic spirit...depending on who you ask.  But interestingly enough they never have really...

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The Return of Blue Rose

Green Ronin has announced the return of Blue rose for the AGE system. http://greenronin.com/blog/2015/03/23/ronin-round-table-blue-rose-returns/ And as you can imagine there are posting of varying...

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Strahd Von Zarovich for Blue Rose / True20

True20 might be dead, but that's doesn't mean I have to like it.  So to celebrate the new version of Blue Rose AND the start of my month of vampires here at the Other Side.   Here is D&D's first...

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A to Z of Vampires, Aswang

Welcome the the 2015 A to Z blogging challenge. This year I am going to take on Vampires. Talk some history and present some stats for various games. It should be fun. So it's April 1st. Lets get...

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A to Z of Vampires, Berbalang

We are sticking with the Philippines today.  Why? Because they have some awesome freaky fantastic vampires there.  I swear they have the Carpathians and Eastern Europe beat. The Berbalang blur the line...

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A to Z of Vampires, Camazotz

Now let's go to Central America where their vampires are gods and still straight up killing machines. Please allow me to introduce Camazotz the vampire "death-bat" and god. Camazotz was first made...

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Friday Night Videos: Vampire Songs

Welcome once again to Friday Night Videos! The 90s began with me playing AD&D2nd ed and mostly Ravenloft.  The 90s ended with me, presumably searing off D&D forever in favor of C.J. Carella's...

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