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October 18, 2007

This one’s for Jeff…

I was going through some of my old AD&D stuff and I came across an old map that I must have drawn sometime in the 1980s. I figured I’d post it. I’m particularly amused by The Waterbreach, which is clearly artificial. .. and by the fact that this was drawn on continuous-feed paper.

October 15, 2007

Lessons from history

My last post got me thinking about using sites of real-life coolness as gaming inspiration. I’ve done this in the past (a few times, but I am just going to write about one today). Once upon a time, I lived in Washington, D.C. (in the Dupont Circle area, for those of you who know D.C.). I ran a large and...

October 15, 2007

Weekend coolness

This weekend, I headed up to Wisconsin with Angela. I’d never been to the land of cheese and random weirdness before. I like cheese. While there, we visited several things that could serve as gaming-inspiration: Dr. Evermor’s Art ParkHome of the Forevertron. This place is a steampunk dreamland: (that stuff is about 50′ tall) Also, there are bird-things:…and small-creapy-cool-things:…and all...

October 12, 2007

A new low?

I never expected to link to Something Awful… but today’s Photoshop Phriday is all D&D monsters… starting off with an owlbear.

October 11, 2007

Weird monsters

You thought the Fiend Folio was weird? Welcome to Japan. Check out the Obakemono Project. (they also have a great resource page…)

October 8, 2007

The Owlbear, Revisited

The Owlbear is a classic D&D monster: a goofy hybrid of owl and bear. Its origin is similarly goofy; along with the bullette and rust monster, it was one of the creatures that was based on some plastic toys that Gygax and friends used as miniatures. Growing up, I had a plastic rust monster and bullette, but I don’t remember...

October 8, 2007

Quick Update

More food-related posts will be coming later this week. My next planned post, however, will include a new look at the Owlbear.

October 5, 2007

Food in RPGs, Part II

Food can help define cultures, continued…. Once you associate different foods with specific cultures, you have another tool in your GMing palette. If your PCs walk into an area, they can be assaulted by familiar smells that might give them a clue about what they are dealing with. Once you establish, for instance, that kobolds like to soak their meat...

October 5, 2007

Food in RPGs, Part I

I like food. I enjoy cooking, and I am not too shabby at it, either. Last weekend I made borscht. I also broke out the ice cream maker for the first time and made some donut-flavored ice cream. (My housemate had been craving donuts, and it was her birthday on Monday.) I belong to a CSA. I read some food...

October 3, 2007

Recipe Book: Spider Legs with Orange Sauce

Ingredients: 4 pounds spider legs, about 1-2 feet long each1 mug light ale1 orange1 small onion1/3 pound butter1 handful flour make sure your spider legs are thoroughly washed soak the legs in one half the ale, mixing them around occasionally grate 1/3 of orange peel juice the orange mince the onion melt a small amount of butter in a pan...

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