Bloghop and Giveaways
Hey everyone!May is winding down but there are still plenty of things to do here at the Other Side.First things first.I mentioned on the first day of the Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia that I...
View ArticleCall of Cthulhu 7th Ed on Kickstarter
The new Call of Cthulhu is now up on Kickstarter.http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/448333182/call-of-cthulhu-7th-editionFirst off the $40,000 goal seems lofty for any game book, but it is likely that...
View ArticleKickstarter Roundup
Here are some of the Kickstarters I have been keeping an eye on. Most of these are funded now so it is about the stretch goals. Most of these are also ending soon.Tome of Horrors Complete - 28mm...
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White Dwarf Wednesday #66
White Dwarf Wednesday #66 takes us to June of 1986. So #66 on 6/86. That's a lot of 6's.Up first we have a more classical fantasy cover from Chris Achilleos. Interesting that this dragon has a lot of...
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The Obscure Fantasy RPGs Appreciation Day
Tomorrow is The Obscure Fantasy RPGs Appreciation Day hosted by Mesmerized by Sirens.http://mesmerizedbysirens.blogspot.com/2013/05/announcing-obscure-fantasy-rpgs.htmlI am just about ready to go...
View ArticleJack Vance
Unless you have not read all your blog roll today you know that Jack Vance has died.http://www.jackvance.com/Vance was one of the Godfaters of D&D to be honest. The "cast and forget" spell system...
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Quest of the Ancients: The Obscure Fantasy RPGs Appreciation Day
"Look upon this, old-schoolers, and know that this path has been tread before." - Jeff GrubbToday is The Obscure Fantasy RPGs Appreciation Day hosted by Mesmerized by...
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Blogfest: The WIP It Good: EW Cover reveal!
Today is the The WIP It Good Blogfesthttp://dlcruisingaltitude.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-wip-it-good-blogfest.htmlWe are supposed to talk about our current WIP or Work in Progress.I am going to be...
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QotA: Elvyra Queen of Witches
While re-reading Quest of the Ancients I thought a good way to bring one of the few stated up characters back over to D&D via The Witch. I also it might make for a nice homage if one of Vince...
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Zatannurday: Deviant Art Cosplay
Cosplay time again! Con season is ramping up and that means cosplayers. Here are some that I have graced my computer screen in the last few weeks.Me as Zatanna 04 by ~darth-coco on deviantARTMe as...
View ArticleOSR Distribution CD-ROM?
So I was posting this comment over at Once More Unto the Breach!:I have run plenty of demos in my time.The thing about running a demo game is if you are good then the players will want to go out buy...
View ArticleOSR Distribution CD-ROM, Part 2
I have a new proof of concept up at http://osrchive.blogspot.com/.I will add more games as I get the permissions (and remove the Witch since that is not free).
View ArticleAnnouncing the OSRchive
So I have spent the last few hours putting together the new OSRchive.http://osrchive.blogspot.com/The first two games are now up providing free copies.Spellcraft & Swordplay: Basic SetLamentations...
View ArticleOSRchive updates
I have a couple one more games to add today and need to tweak the background image a bit.After that I am going to be looking for some serious feedback. The OSRchive blog is really only a "draft", the...
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Threshold Mystara Magazine
I am a big fan of Mystara, aka The Known World from the "Basic" versions of D&D.So I am very pleased to see on the Piazza that there will be a Mystara...
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White Dwarf Wednesday #67
July 1985 brings us White Dwarf #67. We start the issue with something new, a cover from Mark Bromley. I don't believe I have seen him before, but I could be wrong. Given the size of the door, I am...
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Heroes & Villains Blogfest: Villains & Vigilanties
Today is the Heroes & Villains Blogfest hosted by Jackie and Dani. This is Part 1 of my post for that, Part 2 is later...
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Justice is Blind, Issue 6: Villains & Vigilantes
Today is the Heroes & Villains Blogfest hosted by Jackie and Dani. This is Part 2 of my post for that, Part 1 was posted earlier...
View ArticleTempting Fate and Pay What You Want
So Evil Hat has released their two new Fate game and also released a new model of how they would like people to pay for their games.Fate Core System and Fate Accelerated Edition are now out.And YOU...
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Willow & Tara: Villains & Vigilantes
I want to continue talking about Villains & Vigilantes today.It seems like years ago that Tim Knight of Hero Press asked me to do V&V write-ups of Willow & Tara. I actually remember it...
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