Kickstarters for Monday
Here are some Kickstarters I am tracking this fine Monday morning.The Victorian Academy of Magick Bookhttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/415194828/the-victorian-academy-of-magick-bookCartoon Action...
View ArticleIs the OSR Fundamentalism?
D&D, and by extension much of the OSR, has a problem. It must innovate, or be considered "old fashioned" and yet it must also adhere to a certain set of expectations of be considered too far away...
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Review: Tacky, Tawdry and Tasteless: the Reality Show RPG
I have been neglecting my reviews.So I am going to feature some games I have bought in the last few months.Tacky, Tawdry and Tasteless: the Reality Show RPGFrom Spectrum GamesA great game that comes in...
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Catgirls for Old Scool Games
Here is a version of the Catgirl for "Race as a Class" flavors of Old School Games.Catgirl spotted at Gen Con 2009NekojinRequirements: DEX 9Prime Requisite: DEX and CHAHit Dice: 1d6Maximum Level:...
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Ray Harryhausen 1920 - 2013
IF you ever fought these guys:Then you owe thanks to this guy,Ray Harryhausen: 1920 - 2013http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=103886The Monster Manual would be a lot less animated if it...
View ArticleCrazy Delicious: Amazing Adventures + Codex Celtarum
I am working on my review for the Castles & Crusades book Codex Celtarum (short version, I love it, I am so jealous I can't see straight, it is that brilliant!). So I have been reading it and...
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White Dwarf Wednesday #63
White Dwarf Wednesday is back! Ok, I only took a week off, but hey.We are up to issue 63 now which is from March 1985. So let's put on some old Cult, grab a New Coke jump into our Deloreans and have a...
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WIP it Good!
Ok so sue me. I am participating in another blogfest.The WIP It Good Blogfesthttp://dlcruisingaltitude.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-wip-it-good-blogfest.htmlI am going to be talking about Eldritch...
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Blogfest: Ray Harryhausen Aprreciation
Today is a celebration of the work of Ray Harryhausen and is hosted by +R.J. Thompson at Gamers & Grognards. Like many gamers my age I saw Clash of the Titans and IMMEDIATELY grabbed everything in...
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Zatanna: Hellish Elementals
A couple of weeks back I put up a post about Zatanna vs Demons.I wanted to come back to these monsters for the May Monster Madness.In truth Zee doesn't fight a lot of monsters. Bad guys, demons and...
View ArticleMoms are Gamers too!
Bunch of sales coming up at DriveThru RPG.Here is one of the first.Tabletop Adventures, LLC is running their "Moms are Gamers too" sale for Mother's Day.Get 20% off selected products between now and...
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Second Edition Reprints
Wizards of the Coast has released the Limited Editions of the 2nd Edition of AD&D in some markets. I picked my copies on Friday.These are the reprints of the second printing of the Second Edition...
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Old School Week at DriveThruRPG
DriveThruRPG is celebrating the best of the OSR this week.For a limited time you can grab their selected 10 best OSR products for a special price.You can use promotional code OSRF711F2 to get 15% off...
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Monsters: Demon vs. Dæmon and Daimôn
In many RPGs the words "demon" and "dæmon" often lumped together into the same group or groups of creatures. This reflects a Judeo-Christian bias in popular thought that a "demon" has to be an evil,...
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Blogfest: May Monster Madness
May Monster REVIEW MadnessContinuing May Monster Madness here are some reveiws for some Monster books I have been enjoying of late.The Teratic TomeThe Teratic Tome is an "old school" monster book for...
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Review: Mazes & Perils (2012), Part 2
A while back I wrote a review for Mazes & Perils, a 2012 Holmes-Basic Retro-clone from Vincent Florio.http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2012/09/review-mazes-perils-2012.htmlThe 3rd printing/edition is...
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Blogfest: Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobiahttp://hopagainsthomophobia.blogspot.com/2013/03/hop-against-homophobia-and-transphobia_15.htmlI have never been shy about the fact that I support equal rights for...
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May Monster Maddness: Dracula
Dracula is an old favorite here at The Other Side.I have seen just about every movie featuring the Count, read scores of books about him and I was even in the play back in High School.So it is with...
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White Dwarf Wednesday #64
White Dwarf Issue 64 comes to us from April 1985. I have fonder memories of this issue than some of the others. I think it was the Mirkwood adventure. I was huge into Lord of the Rings at this time...
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Campaigns I'd Like to Run: RPG Blog Carnival for May
I am participating in my very first RPG Blog Carnival. The topic this month is Campaigns I'd Like to Run, and is being hosted by Lowell Francis over at Age of Ravens.In truth there is a lot I'd love...
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