Zatannurday: The Doc and Zee Magic Show!
I have mentioned the Tower of Fate here before. Here is a post from yesterday.Tower of Fate: Fun Friday Post: The Doc and Zee Magic Show!: Found this awesome image on Tumblr. It wasn't credited to...
View ArticleZatannurday: Villains & Vigilantes
Another post? Twice in one day?Sure!Here is Zee's sheet for Villains & Vigilantes.
View ArticleRavenloft / Glantri connection
This post might not be all that interesting (I know the WRONG way to start a post) but I have been digging up some old information on an old campaign I ran at the end of the 2nd ed era.Many, many years...
View ArticleBasic D&D + Xacto Knife!
One of the things I always found interesting was that the Moldvay Basic and Cook Expert books were 3-hole punched. The idea was to cut up your rule books and then re-assemble them in a binder.While I...
View Article1,000,000 Other Side Views Can't Be Wrong
I want to do a bit of celebrating here at the Other Side.I just went past 1,000,000 hits here and had a pretty successful fundraiser.Plus it's my birthday in a couple days.Let's do something special.I...
View ArticleOSR Specific Publishers?
Hey all!I am working on a few side projects and it dawned on me that I am not 100% certain who all the players are in the OSR publishing biz.Sure I know the big names. Even some of the smaller names....
View ArticleI Cut up My B/X books!
Well after 32 years I finally did it.I sliced up my Basic and Expert books to put into a binder.Er...sort of.Instead I printed out my copies of the Basic and Expert books out on PDF.I printed them a...
View ArticleWhite Dwarf Wednesday #68
White Dwarf continues to evolve here in the late summer of 1985. We are now squarely in the issues where I have no personal connection with. I wasn't reading WD anymore at this point, though I was...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to Me! Here's a Gift for You!
Today is my birthday!The great thing about being this age is I am pretty much at the point where if there is something I want I go out and get it. So all I asked for this year was some time to play...
View ArticleUGH. Do we have to do this one again?? IP theft
Before I go too deep here if you want to wish me a happy birthday and win a prize, go to this thread. If you want to see me rage against the machine some more stay here.Still with me? Ok.For the...
View ArticleUGH. Do we have to do this one again?? IP theft, Part 2
Here is a comparison of the map from Tracey Alley's book and the map from the Expert set.Tracey's mapThe Known World from the Expert SetAnd both at 50% opacity.So not just redrawn, but maybe even...
View ArticleWinners, Losers and the Tomb
WinnersWow! What a day yesterday. All I wanted to do was celebrate my birthday and give out some free stuff. ;)Well I have emailed the two winners, I am just waiting for them to confirm their emails....
View ArticleZatannurday: Happy Father's Day!
Here is what looks like Zatara's first appearance in the new DC 52.Kind of a downer image...How about something from pre-52, Zatara going Liam Neeson in Taken on a bad guy.Damn.Don't piss off...
View ArticleBirthday/Gameday/Father's Day Weekend!
Wow! What freaking great weekend this has been.We started it off by going to see Man of Steel (most of the "Smallville" were shot in Yorkvillle, IL near where my wife grew up) and it was a lot of fun....
View ArticleBatwoman
Kinda brain dead today. Busy weekend and a busy start to my work week. So how about some Batwoman.Batwoman, J. Metcalf by *sinhalite on deviantARTBatwoman by ~KidNotorious on deviantART30-60-90...
View ArticleSkills in AD&D 1
I got to play some AD&D 1st ed again this past weekend. The boys are really enjoying it.But the one thing that now feels awkward are ability checks.Back in the day if we wanted to do something...
View ArticleFor those that say Mystara is dead
There is this, http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4news/20130618#87045Ok, so yeah, it's not the same as having a game world or new product but it does show that Wizards is still interested...
View ArticleWhite Dwarf Wednesday #69
White Dwarf for September 1985 takes us to the end of the 60s with issue #69. This one is going to be interesting to try to do because my copy is falling apart. In fact I have it in a bag to hold it...
View ArticleDo you Remember This?
Do you remember this ad?Pretty much sums up popular culture's romance with S&S.So how many of you cut that ad out of Playboy er Popular Science and taped it to a folder?Better yet, who among you...
View ArticleTBBYANR: Old School Plus
I enjoy Old-School gaming blogs for a couple of reasons. First is most of them like going over the roots of the hobby, talking about how things were not just out of the dreaded "N-Word" (Nostalgia) but...
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