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The Masque of the Red Death -- On the Wall
If there is a more potent brief tale of fantasy then I have not read it. ======
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Map of Witchland, the West
This hex is one of three important hexes in East Affryqq as it accommodates both the newest moon of the Eon Cluster, Pazujuju, and the vast pinnacle BRAZZTFORQNAS, the site of a moon fallen in an...
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Sketch Notes for The Sorcerer - MU 1.1.1.
[Bigger more readable picture here]Pictured above is an introductory note on The Sorcerer which I use to explain to a prospective player what kind of Magic User the 1.1.1. might be. It is enough of a...
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A Journey Through Witchland
From Oeffe Mund's essay A Journey Through Witchland,The Witch HouseIn Winter on the borders of Witchland, each tribe raids his neighbour's villages for children with which to appease the Witches. The...
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Building a Game for First Age Middle-earth -- i
I took some license with the coastline moving northwards, giving it the appearance of the rugged fjords of Norway and Iceland. Unlike my previous LotR map I will be filling this map with placenames and...
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Building a Game for First Age Middle-earth -- ii
I have a thread - middle-earth-judges-guild-wilderlands - running in parallel on the odd74 forum, focusing more on the First Age map creation. At the moment Im wondering how to use as much as possible...
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Building a Game for First Age Middle-earth -- iii -- Race Qualities
Elves, the very centre of First Age Middle-earth role-playing are characterised by:Understanding (passive)Subtlety (creative)ValourSkillStrengthEndurance (mind and body)BeautyEach is represented not by...
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Beleriand Up Close With Figures For First Age Characters
===-- click on images to enlarge --Turin & GlaurungBakshi Orcs & BalrogFingolfin & HurinBeren & LuthienDwarf of BelegostFinrod & Beleg===
View ArticleAre There Any Forums On The Web Devoted to D&D?
==Does anyone know if there are any forums out there where people discuss D&D particularly AD&D? It is surprising to me that there are no forums on the web for D&D discussion.==
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Threat Levels In Witchland
3Mb jpg of WitchlandNot trusting google/blogger images Download In Another Tab the 3MB Witchland MapListen to (in another tab) -- Cluster II 1972 - nabitte 3mins && Popol Vuh 1971 - Vuh 18...
View ArticleIm thinking of growing a moustache - what do you think?
As I age, in considering my looks I wonder if a moustache would be just the thing I require to reflect outwardly my mental panache. I usually have a beard thing on my face so the tache could appear out...
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Ranking Writers' Brains on an AD&D Level Scale
The ranking below is based on what I consider the best works from a writer not some average appreciation of their corpus. Is it serious? How could it be, but there is information there. It is an...
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One Way to Read Hamlet
I have found that the most comfortable approach to reading Shakespeare requires two editions, a handsome well-made edition with clean text, possibly illustrated, and a commentary and note laden...
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Glimpse of the Caverns within Brazztforqnas
Players' Map - Dr. Jekyll's LetterDM MapPlayers' Map - sectionDM Map - sectionclick to ENLARGEThe last map should be very large.==You can find Brazztforqnas on the large resolution Witchland Map I...
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Jaquay's Night of the Walking Wet - My Reformatting
I reformatted Paul Jaquay's 'Night of the Walking Wet' some while ago now for both AD&D-A4 and OD&D-A5 sizes, as the original Judges Guild presentation was almost unreadable. Some of you have...
View ArticleBe Brave -- Pretend You Read !!
25Shakespeare242322Homer21Dante2019CervantesMontaigne18Joyce Wordsworth Chaucer Dostoevsky Nietzsche Herodotus Thucydides17YeatsOvid16ER EddisonKafkaBeckett15AustenTolstoy14WH Hodgson JR Tolkien...
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Author Timeline PDF
Here is the full PDF of this timeline I made for writers of the fantastical I care about.The background image is one I made for Empty Planet.====Meanwhile I am thinking about Aione and thanks to...
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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
==Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) had published his novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1886. He is a curious example of a writer whose literary credibility waned during the twentieth...
View ArticleTolkien's Letters - English Twit
Reading the 1981 book of Tolkien's Letters I have formed a view of Tolkien as a narrow minded and tiresome know-it-all, which is disappointing. I have always considered him an imaginative writer, not...
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AD&D Thief Climbing Distances for a Given Risk - (By The Book)
The tactical considerations arising from AD&D concepts such as movement, encounter distance, surprise and initiative, when enriched with the advantages accorded to the Ranger, Thief and Assassin...
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Map of Middle-earth on a Judges Guild Wilderlands Sheet
I have completed my second map of a suite of six on blank Judges Guild Hex sheets. Four are for my African setting and two for Middle-earth.The six maps are:Affryqq (for my Fantasy Africa...
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Revisiting the Concept of Magic
I am presenting the core magical concept again because I hope to go further soon with an example of a non player character from the campaign, probably a general magic user. I am not fully sure how to...
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