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...
View ArticleMap 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...
View ArticleAD&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...
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...
View ArticleA Swift Improvement to Vance's Lyonesse Map
The map is hard to take in at a glance in the original black and white so the photo demonstrates how it can look with 60 seconds touching up. Im going to properly scan the coloured map and paste it to...
View ArticleNew Post on Aione Blog
===a gods glass eye–– POST 4 –– Selecting Figures for Agonmayar===
View ArticleAione Blog Up
==My Aione blog link is below. I won't be making any jokes there but some of you still might want to follow along as I make stuff up about the Aione caverns.==>> a gods glass eye======
View ArticleThe Worst Blog Ever
I think my blog is the worst blog I have come across in the OSR and related genres in the last six years. There may be a couple of mad objections, slithering friends.In the end these two are my...
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...
View ArticleStrange 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 ArticleSeven Days of Seven Attractive Book Objects
From tomorrow I will post once each day for one week pictures from a book I recommend in an attractive and yet cheap edition, particularly if you live in the US. If you want to influence which book I...
View ArticleAuthor 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...
View ArticleBe Brave -- Pretend You Read !!
25Shakespeare242322Homer21Dante2019CervantesMontaigne18Joyce Wordsworth Chaucer Dostoevsky Nietzsche Herodotus Thucydides17YeatsOvid16ER EddisonKafkaBeckett15AustenTolstoy14WH Hodgson JR Tolkien...
View ArticleJaquay'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 ArticleGlimpse 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...
View ArticleOne 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...
View ArticleRanking 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...
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...
View ArticleThreat 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...
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