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A to Z of Adventure! I is for Intermediate

I is for Intermediate. The Intermediate adventures for experienced adventures but not quite what we call "name" level (9th and above).  This is also what many call the prime adventuring levels.  Also...

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A to Z of Adventure! J is for Jeff Dee Adventures

J is for Jeff Dee Adventures. These adventures are not classics. In fact they are only a few years old. But they do have a solid pedigree.  They were both designed and illustrated by legendary TSR...

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A to Z of Adventure! K is for the Known World

K is for the Known World. Long before the game world of the D&D BECMI sets was called "Mystara", it was simply "The Known World" of the D&D B/X sets. I posted some history here, but for me the...

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A to Z of Adventure! L is for Lendore Isles

L is for Lendore Isles (and Len Lakofka). I was a fan of Len Lakofka way back in the day when I first discovered his work in Dragon Magazine. I think it was his articles on the Gods and Goddesses of...

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A to Z of Adventure! M is for Masters Series

M is for Masters Series. The Masters series of adventures were created for the BECMI version of D&D.  Typically around here I have BECMI as roughly synonymous with B/X D&D or "Basic D&D"...

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A to Z of Adventure! N is for Novice Series

N is for Novice Series. Although I also thought these were called the N series because the first one was written by Douglas Niles. The idea behind the N series was to provide yet another set of...

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Zatannurday: Doctor Strange

The new Doctor Strange trailer came out this week. Doctor Strange is easily my favorite Marvel character. I liked the idea of this brilliant man of science and medicine thrown into a world he couldn't...

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A to Z of Adventure! O is for Outer Planes

O is for Outer Planes. There are other "O" series out there, but the only one I owned was OP1, Tales of the Outer Planes.  It was designed to support the Manual of the Planes, one of my favorite...

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A to Z of Adventure! P is for Paragon

P is for Paragon. I already talked about the Epic Level adventures for D&D4.  The Paragon adventures were the middle of the road ones, for characters level 11-20.  (The Heroic Tier was for...

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Strange Brew: Warlocks

I am interrupting this A to Z Challenge to talk about my newest book. The first part of "Strange Brew" is now out.  This book features Warlocks for the Pathfinder game. Strange Brew: Warlock Power....

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A to Z of Adventure! Q is for Queen of the Demonweb Pits

Q is for Queen of the Demonweb Pits. What else could it be?  Well...funny you should say that. There is also a few Vampire Queen adventures out there and there is the adventure path I am playing...

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A to Z of Adventure! R is for RPGA Adventures.

R is for RPGA Adventures. Growing up in the 80s I read about the RPGA, Role-Players Game Association, with great interest.  As a kid it was important to me then to be "Best at D&D" (whatever that...

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A to Z of Adventure! S is for Special Series.

S is for Special Series. Ah! The "S" modules.  No series of modules have been as divisive, controversial or as fun (to me) as these.  Originally just four adventures, it has one "honorary" member in...

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A to Z of Adventure! T is for Temple of Elemental Evil

T is for Temple of Elemental Evil. Confession time.  I have never run or played through The Temple of Elemental Evil. I think I was in the Village of Hommlet (T1) once, but that was back in the early,...

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Zatannurday: DeviantArt Favorites

Still have a few DaviantArt favorites to share. I'll keep doing these till I run out. Enjoy! LAGC Jul 2015 - Ani-Mia as Zatanna by cosmicnut on DeviantArt Zatanna Cosplay by archerdelalune on...

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This Summer

This is happening! Oh yeah. This will be great.

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A to Z of Adventure! U is for UK Series (or Underwater)

U is for UK Series (or Underwater). The U series is a fascinating one for me.  First the editor was Don Turnbull, whom I knew from White Dwarf and the Fiend Folio.  I also knew these all came from...

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A to Z of Adventure! V is for Vampire Adventures

V is for Vampire Adventures. There is no "V" series of adventures.  Which is too bad really since the obvious choice is "Vampire". While D&D has had some notable vampires show up over the years,...

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A to Z of Adventure! W is for World of Greyhawk

W is for World of Greyhawk. The WG or World of Greyhawk adventures take place, naturally, in the World of Greyhawk.  This was the default setting of most of the 1st Edition AD&D adventures, and...

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A to Z of Adventure! X is for Expert.

X is for Expert. This is not some attempt to grift the Challenge.  The Expert Set adventures were given the code X. Of course, the most famous of these is X1, The Isle of Dread. I got this adventure...

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