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GROGNARDIA
Musings and Memories from a Lifetime of Roleplaying
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-problem-with-appendix-n.html
GROGNARDIA: The Problem with Appendix N
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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...
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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...
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-complete-timeline-of-early-d-scenarios.html
GROGNARDIA: A Complete Timeline of Early D&D Scenarios
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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: ...
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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...
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/05/which-is-it.html?m=0
GROGNARDIA: Which Is It?
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/08/2e-love.html
GROGNARDIA: 2e Love
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/08/ads-of-dragon-d-poster.html
GROGNARDIA: The Ads of Dragon: D&D Poster
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/06/big-news-for-s.html?m=0
GROGNARDIA: Big News for S&W
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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...
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/06/phb-take-two.html?m=0
GROGNARDIA: PHB Take Two
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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...
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/03/level-ranges-of-classic-modules.html
GROGNARDIA: The Level Ranges of Classic Modules
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/07/pulp-fantasy-library-ill-met-in.html?m=1
GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Ill Met in Lankhmar
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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...
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/12/in-praise-of-mentzer.html?m=1
GROGNARDIA: In Praise of Mentzer
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/08/level-titles-assassins-and-monks.html?m=0
GROGNARDIA: Level Titles: Assassins and Monks
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/11/pathfinder-beginner-box.html
GROGNARDIA: Pathfinder Beginner Box
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/10/remembering-dave.html?m=0
GROGNARDIA: Remembering Dave
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/04/some-observations-on-skill-systems.html
GROGNARDIA: Some Observations on Skill Systems
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/09/od-as-non-game-again.html
GROGNARDIA: OD&D as a "Non-Game" (Again)
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2022/03/?m=0
GROGNARDIA: March 2022
Musings and Memories from a Lifetime of Roleplaying
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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'...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/02/level-titles.html
GROGNARDIA: Level Titles
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GROGNARDIA: July 2012
Musings and Memories from a Lifetime of Roleplaying
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/06/another-perspective.html?m=0
GROGNARDIA: Another Perspective
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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 -- ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2023/05/retrospective-ghostbusters.html
GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Ghostbusters
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/11/1111.html
GROGNARDIA: 11/11
Musings and Memories from a Lifetime of Roleplaying
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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)
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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