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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/ GROGNARDIA Musings and Memories from a Lifetime of Roleplaying grognardia https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/06/retrospective-alma-mater.html GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Alma Mater In the annals of this hobby, there are only a handful of RPGs that can claim to be "notorious" and 1982's Alma Mater is one of them. Written... grognardiaretrospectivealmamater https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-problem-with-appendix-n.html GROGNARDIA: The Problem with Appendix N the problemgrognardiaappendix https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/09/throw-away-d10s.html GROGNARDIA: Throw Away the D10s I finally managed to obtain some old school D20s -- numbered 0-9 twice -- manufactured by Chessex , so they're well made and unlikely to wea... throw awaygrognardia https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2021/04/starfaring-in-moves-magazine.html GROGNARDIA: Starfaring in Moves Magazine In a comment to a previous post , James Mishler asked me to post the review of Ken St. Andre's science fiction RPG, Starfaring , that appea... grognardiamovesmagazine https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/11/absurdity-and-wonder.html GROGNARDIA: Absurdity and Wonder Nick Bogan kindly reminded me of a post I intended to make yesterday, about an article by Paul Mason in issue 32 of his Imazine online 'zin... grognardiaabsurditywonder https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-complete-timeline-of-early-d-scenarios.html GROGNARDIA: A Complete Timeline of Early D&D Scenarios complete timelinegrognardiaearlyscenarios https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/04/anderson-on-alignment.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Anderson on Alignment Thanks to Chris Tichenor for pointing out this superb quote from Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions on the subject of alignment: ... grognardiaandersonalignment https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/04/imagining-armageddon.html GROGNARDIA: Dreaming of Armageddon Somewhere on this blog -- possibly several somewheres, but I can't seem to find any of them right now -- I opined that most pulp fantasy set... grognardiadreamingarmageddon https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/03/s-psionics-part-ii.html GROGNARDIA: S&W Psionics, Part II Here's the section on psionic combat I promised. I'm a bit ambivalent about it, as it stands now, so I'd appreciate criticism that would imp... s wgrognardiapsionicspartii https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/05/which-is-it.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Which Is It? grognardia https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/04/d-mmos.html GROGNARDIA: D&D & MMOs A very interesting, if somewhat self-congratulatory, interview with Bill Slavicsek, Scott Rouse, and Chris Youngs about the fourth edition o... grognardiammos https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/06/pulp-fantasy-library-vaults-of-yoh.html GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis Although the stories of Clark Ashton Smith that most interest me are those that belong to his Hyperborea, Averoigne, and (especially) Zothiq... the vaultsgrognardiapulpfantasylibrary https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/02/pulp-fantasy-library-moon-pool.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: The Moon Pool Abraham Merritt is one of those authors who's more talked about than read nowadays, assuming one even knows his name at all, which isn't lik... the moongrognardiapulpfantasylibrary https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/12/castle-zagyg-review.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: Castle Zagyg Review Allan Grohe offers up a magisterial 15-page review of Castle Zagyg: The Upper Works here . I was planning on offering my own review, but, h... castle zagyggrognardiareview https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/08/2e-love.html GROGNARDIA: 2e Love grognardialove https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-future-holds.html GROGNARDIA: What the Future Holds It's New Year's Eve, the usual time when amateurs can choose to indulge in dipsomania or prophecy (or both!). Being something of a teetotale... what thegrognardiafutureholds https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/08/ads-of-dragon-d-poster.html GROGNARDIA: The Ads of Dragon: D&D Poster grognardiaadsdragonposter https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-need-more-erol-otus.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: We Need More Erol Otus If anyone ever asks you about the enduring appeal of Erol Otus, show him this illustration from 1981's Expert Rulebook . It remains, hands d... need moregrognardiaerolotus https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/06/big-news-for-s.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Big News for S&W big newsgrognardia https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2023/11/polyhedron-issue-9.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: Polyhedron: Issue #9 Issue #9 of Polyhedron (December 1982) features a piece of Star Frontiers -inspired cover art by Jeff Easley. That makes sense, since this i... grognardiapolyhedronissue https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/06/v-returns.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: V&V Returns According to this press release at Monkey House Games, Jeff Dee and Jack Herman have acquired the rights to their classic superhero RPG, Vi... grognardiavreturns https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/06/phb-take-two.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: PHB Take Two grognardiaphbtaketwo https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2021/12/white-dwarf-issue-21.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: White Dwarf: Issue #21 Issue #21 of White Dwarf (October/November 1980) begins with an editorial by Ian Livingstone in which he opines about magic systems in fant... white dwarfgrognardiaissue https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/09/review-mothership-players-survival-guide.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: REVIEW: Mothership Player's Survival Guide The early history of the Old School Renaissance was dominated by the publication and dissemination of retro-clones like OSRIC , Labyrinth Lo... s survivalgrognardiareviewmothershipplayer https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/03/level-ranges-of-classic-modules.html GROGNARDIA: The Level Ranges of Classic Modules the levelgrognardiarangesclassicmodules https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/07/pulp-fantasy-library-ill-met-in.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Ill Met in Lankhmar grognardiapulpfantasylibraryill https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-history-of-tsr.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: The History of TSR L to R: Mike Mearls, Jeff Grubb, Ed Greenwood, Steve Winter, David Cook While I was at Gamehole Con, I attended several panels featuring lum... the history ofgrognardiatsr https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/06/interview-kevin-hendryx-part-i.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: Interview: Kevin Hendryx (Part I) The late 70s and early 80s were a time of massive growth at TSR, not just in terms of the company's output but also in terms of the staff it... grognardiainterviewkevinpart https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/12/in-praise-of-mentzer.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: In Praise of Mentzer in praise ofgrognardiamentzer https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2022/08/new-directions-for-proven-leader.html GROGNARDIA: New Directions for a Proven Leader Here's an unusual TSR advertisement that started appearing during the summer of 1983. I've long called science fiction an "also ran" genre i... new directionsfor agrognardiaprovenleader https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/08/level-titles-assassins-and-monks.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Level Titles: Assassins and Monks grognardialeveltitlesassassinsmonks https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/09/pulp-fantasy-library-xeethra.html GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Xeethra I make no secret of the fact that, especially as I get older, Clark Ashton Smith is, hands-down, my favorite of Weird Tales 's "Big Three" p... grognardiapulpfantasylibrary https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/08/brandification.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: Brandification I don't really have much to say directly about the covers of the Third Edition and v.3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide that I haven't already said... grognardia https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/06/pulp-fantasy-library-glory-road.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Glory Road When thinking of fantasy, the name "Robert Heinlein" is not one that immediately comes to mind. Heinlein made a name for himself as a scienc... grognardiapulpfantasylibraryglory https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/10/plot-thikens.html GROGNARDIA: The Plot Thickens In the wake of the announcement that Jeff Talanian was no longer associated with the Castle Zagyg project , today Mongoose Publishing annou... the plotgrognardia https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/11/pathfinder-beginner-box.html GROGNARDIA: Pathfinder Beginner Box grognardiapathfinderbeginnerbox https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2023/08/hp-lovecraft-and-evolution-of-genre.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: H.P. Lovecraft and the Evolution of Genre Though I'd read some of his earlier, less overtly cosmic stories beforehand, it was the release of Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu roleplaying ... h p lovecraftand thegrognardiaevolutiongenre https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/12/pulp-fantasy-library-under-green-star.html GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Under the Green Star Lin Carter is a figure about whom I have a great deal of ambivalence. On the one hand, his working shepherding the Ballantine Adult Fantasy ... under thegrognardiapulpfantasylibrary https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/02/interesting-tidbits.html GROGNARDIA: Interesting Tidbits Although Eldritch Wizardry was released in 1976, the copy I have is from the 9th Printing in November 1979, which isn't surprising, since I ... grognardiainterestingtidbits https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/09/ads-of-dragon-twilight-2000.html GROGNARDIA: The Ads of Dragon: Twilight: 2000 Issue #93 (January 1985) featured a multi-page advertisement that included the following: I've written before about Twilight: 2000 and the... grognardiaadsdragontwilight https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-high-struggle-part-ii.html GROGNARDIA: The High Struggle (Part II) My attention remains on the first draft of Thousand Suns second edition for a while longer. However, for those of you who care about that p... the highgrognardiastrugglepartii https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/10/remembering-dave.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Remembering Dave grognardiarememberingdave https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2022/03/pulp-fantasy-library-smoke-ghost.html GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Smoke Ghost Fritz Leiber is an author who gets a lot of love on this blog and deservedly so. His tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are, I think, amon... grognardiapulpfantasylibrarysmoke https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/03/dwimmermount-character-sheet.html GROGNARDIA: Dwimmermount Character Sheet The talented Lester B. Portly, Esq., a player in Blair's Planet Algol campaign, and creator of the "unofficial" Planet Algol character shee... grognardiadwimmermountcharactersheet https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/08/strange-case-of-winnie-pooh.html GROGNARDIA: The Strange Case of Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh is probably one of the most widely recognized fictional characters in the world, right up there with Mickey Mouse , Superma... the strangegrognardiacasewinniepooh https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2012/03/words-of-wisdom-part-ii.html GROGNARDIA: Words of Wisdom, Part II Over at Blood of Prokopius, the ever-insightful Fr Dave has a really terrific post in which he rather cogently puts forward his thoughts re... words of wisdomgrognardiapartii https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/05/bhp-site-is-live.html GROGNARDIA: BHP Site is Live The Brave Halfling Publishing website is now live. The new site is your one-stop shop for purchasing BHP products, posting on their forums,... grognardiabhpsitelive https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/04/some-observations-on-skill-systems.html GROGNARDIA: Some Observations on Skill Systems grognardiaobservationsskillsystems https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/09/od-as-non-game-again.html GROGNARDIA: OD&D as a "Non-Game" (Again) as anon gamegrognardiaod https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-megadungeon-dwimmermount.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: My Megadungeon: Dwimmermount As I worked on the bits and pieces of my pulp fantasy campaign setting, I realized that I needed a megadungeon of my own. I used to be somew... grognardiamegadungeondwimmermount https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2022/03/?m=0 GROGNARDIA: March 2022 Musings and Memories from a Lifetime of Roleplaying grognardiamarch https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/03/conan-villain-cast.html GROGNARDIA: Conan Villain Cast? Joseph Bloch has pointed me toward a report that actor Stephen Lang has been offered the role of the main villain in the upcoming Conan fil... grognardiaconanvillaincast https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/08/review-no-dignity-in-death-three-brides.html GROGNARDIA: REVIEW: No Dignity in Death: The Three Brides No Dignity in Death: The Three Brides is a 40-page (including detachable maps), digest-sized adventure module for low-level characters, wri... in deaththe threegrognardiareviewdignity https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2021/02/jon-peterson-interview.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Jon Peterson Interview This weekend, the Wandering DMs did an interview with Jon Peterson, talking to him about his new book, The Elusive Shift (which I am still ... jon petersongrognardiainterview https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/10/word-of-clarification.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: A Word of Clarification I try to be clear when I write my posts, but sometimes I forget to include important bits of information that are obvious to me but might no... a wordgrognardiaclarification https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/05/pulp-fantasy-library-o-ugly-bird.html GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: O Ugly Bird! I wrote about Manly Wade Wellman's character of Silver John -- known simply as John in the stories in which he appears -- a year and a half ... grognardiapulpfantasylibraryugly https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2021/05/retrospective-city-state-of-world.html GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: City State of the World Emperor In the early days of the Old School Renaissance, one would regularly read effusive praise for Judges Guild. I think that's completely unders... state of the worldgrognardiaretrospectivecityemperor https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/09/rip-ron-cobb-1937-2020.html GROGNARDIA: RIP Ron Cobb (1937-2020) When I was a child, I owned a book called The Art of Star Wars. It was a fairly thick perfect bound book that featured sketches, drawings, a... ron cobbgrognardiarip https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-logos-of-tsrs-gamma-world.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: The Logos of TSR's Gamma World Over the weekend, I was cleaning the bookshelf nearest to my computer desk and saw the boxed sets of the first and second editions of Gamm... the logosgrognardiatsrgammaworld https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2023/04/retrospective-shadows.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Shadows Late last year, I wrote a post in which I enumerated my top 10 classic Traveller adventures, divided into two parts . Both parts were very ... grognardiaretrospectiveshadows https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/06/requiem.html GROGNARDIA: Requiem All fled, all done, so lift me on the pyre. The feast is over, and the lamps expire. On this day in 1936, thirty year-old Robert Ervin Howar... grognardiarequiem https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2022/08/white-dwarf-issue-46.html GROGNARDIA: White Dwarf: Issue #46 Issue #46 of White Dwarf (October 1983), with its striking cover by Gary Mayes, is one I owned but about which I have few strong memories. ... white dwarfgrognardiaissue https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/08/interview-jeff-grubb-part-ii.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Interview: Jeff Grubb (Part II) 6. You were in charge of design and development on the original Forgotten Realms boxed set. What was it like to pore over Ed Greenwood's p... jeff grubbgrognardiainterviewpartii https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/09/living-dungeons.html GROGNARDIA: Living Dungeons "The dungeon" is undoubtedly the iconic locale of fantasy gaming and yet I don't think there's a consensus on just what a dungeon is or how ... grognardialivingdungeons https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/08/retrospective-temple-of-apshai.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Temple of Apshai When I was in the seventh grade, a new kid joined my class and he soon became my best friend. He was also an early adopter of personal compu... grognardiaretrospectivetemple https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/08/pulp-fantasy-library-rendezvous-in.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: A Rendezvous in Averoigne First published in the April/May 1931 issue of Weird Tales , Clark Ashton Smith's "A Rendezvous in Averoigne" is probably one of the author'... grognardiapulpfantasylibraryrendezvous https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/02/level-titles.html GROGNARDIA: Level Titles grognardialeveltitles https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2012/07/ GROGNARDIA: July 2012 Musings and Memories from a Lifetime of Roleplaying grognardiajuly https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/06/another-perspective.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Another Perspective grognardiaanotherperspective https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/04/uphill-both-ways.html GROGNARDIA: Uphill, Both Ways If we're honest with ourselves, we'll admit that there's always been a powerful strain of old man machismo in the old school renaissance -- ... grognardiauphillways https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2021/12/retrospective-battledroids.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Battledroids If you were a fan of GDW's Traveller in the early 1980s, as I was, chances are good that you were familiar with the publications of a small... grognardiaretrospective https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/09/swamped.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Swamped As ever, my apologies for not participating in the discussions in the comments and/or replying to recent emails. I've been buried under vari... grognardiaswamped https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/04/human-adventure.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: The Human Adventure Men first landed on the Moon just a few months before I was born, so I'm too young to remember the Apollo program in its glory days, though ... the humangrognardiaadventure https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2021/05/random-roll-dmg-p-191.html GROGNARDIA: Random Roll: DMG, p. 191 The City/Town Encounters Matrix on p. 191 of the Dungeon Masters Guide is quite well known, almost entirely due to its harlot sub-table. As ... grognardiarandomrolldmgp https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/10/pulp-fantasy-library-dracula.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Dracula First published in 1897, Abraham "Bram" Stoker's Dracula is one of those rare works of literature that, while being thoroughly steeped in th... grognardiapulpfantasylibrarydracula https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2022/02/you-are-earths-only-hope.html GROGNARDIA: You Are Earth's Only Hope! While the efficacy of advertising for its intended purpose is open to question, I nevertheless find it difficult to deny that many advertise... you ares onlygrognardiaearthhope https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2012/01/pulp-fantasy-library-metal-monster.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: The Metal Monster I've talked recently about how the name Abraham Merritt is not as well known among fantasy enthusiast as it ought to be and I stand by that... the metalgrognardiapulpfantasylibrary https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2023/05/retrospective-ghostbusters.html GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Ghostbusters grognardiaretrospectiveghostbusters https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2023/04/youre-next-punk.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: You're Next, Punk! Musings and Memories from a Lifetime of Roleplaying grognardianextpunk https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/09/credit-where-its-due.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Credit Where It's Due I'll say this much: the section of the 4e Dungeon Masters Guide pertaining to puzzles is well done and broadly consonant with old school des... grognardiacreditdue https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/12/found-it.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Found It! Last week , I mentioned a computer program called TravGen that I used to have and lost in the process of upgrading my computer. After poking... grognardiafound https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/09/review-hot-springs-island.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: REVIEW: Hot Springs Island I'm cheating a little by reviewing two books at a time, but only a little, as A Field Guide to Hot Springs Island (AFG), and The Dark of Hot... review hotgrognardiaspringsisland https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2021/06/review-symbaroum-starter-set.html?m=1 GROGNARDIA: REVIEW: Symbaroum Starter Set After more than four decades of playing fantasy RPGs, I don't really need any more. From an objective point of view, I already own more th... grognardiareviewsymbaroumstarterset https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2012/11/pulp-fantasy-library-pigeons-from-hell.html GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Pigeons from Hell For his creation of Conan the Cimmerian alone -- never mind Kull of Atlantis, Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane, and many others -- Robert E. Ho... grognardiapulpfantasylibrarypigeons https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/06/d-and-miniatures-gaming.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: D&D and Miniatures Gaming Much wisdom over at Retro-Roleplaying. Read and learn. grognardiaminiaturesgaming https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/03/glimmer-of-hope-for-conan.html GROGNARDIA: A Glimmer of Hope for Conan? Al Harron over The Cimmerian has given me small cause to hope that the upcoming Conan flick might not be completely without redeeming value... a glimmer of hopegrognardiaconan https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-white-mountains.html GROGNARDIA: The White Mountains Last month, I wrote a post about Boys' Life , to which I subscribed during the late '70s and early '80s. Of all the things I remember about ... the whitegrognardiamountains https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2023/07/review-staffortonshire-trading-company.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: REVIEW: The Staffortonshire Trading Company Works of John Williams Roleplaying games set in the past of the real world, whether played straight or including an element of the fantastical, have always been ha... trading companygrognardiareviewworksjohn https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/06/initial-mythus-thoughts.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Initial Mythus Thoughts Michael Root very kindly sent me a copy of the Mythus RPG Gary Gygax wrote (with Dave Newton, someone I've never heard of) and GDW published... grognardiainitialmythusthoughts https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/08/sword-of-sorcery.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Sword of Sorcery In the early 1970s, DC Comics acquired the rights to Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser tales, resulting in a very short lived bimont... grognardiaswordsorcery https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-walk-line.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: I Walk the Line One of the greatest difficulties I've found in writing this blog has been that, no matter what position I take on a given topic, I wind up g... grognardiawalkline https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/06/two-d.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: The Two D&Ds First, thanks to everyone who's expressed concern at my illness. I'm on the mend, but I still have bad cough and tire easily. I'm also a bit... the twogrognardiads https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/11/1111.html GROGNARDIA: 11/11 Musings and Memories from a Lifetime of Roleplaying grognardia https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2021/12/my-top-10-d-adventures-of-golden-age.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: My Top 10 D&D Adventures of the Golden Age (Part I) the golden agemy top https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/09/interview-tim-kask-part-i.html GROGNARDIA: Interview: Tim Kask (Part I) Tim Kask , TSR's first Publications Editor, has graciously consented to my asking him a few questions about the history of his involvement w... tim kaskgrognardiainterviewpart https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/04/changing-meaning-of-alignment-in-od.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: The Changing Meaning of "Alignment" in OD&D The term "alignment" doesn't appear once in Chainmail or its fantasy supplement, but those rules do divide figures into the categories of "L... meaning ofgrognardiachangingalignmentod https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/12/retrospective-leviathan.html?m=0 GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Leviathan When I first shifted the focus of my Retrospective posts toward classic Traveller , I hadn't consciously decided to look at those adventure... grognardiaretrospectiveleviathan https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/11/adventure-games.html GROGNARDIA: "Adventure Games" Over at Mesmerized by Sirens , the Catacomb Librarian reminds us that significant portions of The Compleat Arduin is available as free PDFs ... grognardiaadventuregames https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/09/are-they-all-crazy.html GROGNARDIA: Are They All Crazy? I've been known to say that the past is a foreign country By this, I only mean that, when looking at the past, we would do well to appro... grognardiacrazy