Blood of Prokopius

In response to my post on Evil , Rob Conley made this comment about his own creative process for putting together his campaign: My whole sy...

Let love be genuine; abhor what is evil, hold fast to what is good — Romans 12:9 The other day, James reflected on Bram Stoker's Dracula...

Recently, while doing some research, I ran across a reference to the "Children of the Watchers." It is a phrase that pops up in so...

I always find it interesting how important actual play is to understanding a game, and how to judge its design, and how its presentation. Fo...

In an interesting piece of news most likely to be ignored by much of the American media, His Eminence Bartholomew, Patriarch of Constantinop...

With the rescue of Fr. Taggert and the discovery of the mask and the albino tattooed raiders, the party sent correspondence to contacts in t...

One of the great things about reading Grognardia is the wonderful vocabulary that James pulls out every now and then. One such wonderful wor...

Recently I've been ill and mostly bedridden, during which I usually seek solace in B-movies and/or reading "bad" sci-fi and fa...

This session saw the first real attempt at wilderness exploration and a hint at a semblance of a plot. After losing his chitin armor to a ro...

One thing this particular group does very differently than what I am used to is their ready use of one-shot items like scrolls and potions. ...

I have stated before that I don't really care for systems that use skills. It wasn't until recently, however, that I came to underst...

Life has intruded, and I have been unable to post anything lately; however, I do have a random map I'd like to share. Enjoy.

A friend of mine recently showed off his copy of 1st edition Oriental Adventures, expressing an interest in playing. I have to admit, I am n...

Many of us who played D&D through the 80s experienced and remember the association of our hobby with witchcraft, satanism and a whole Pa...

Our second session saw the addition of another player and an elf to the quest to retrieve Hamlen's spiked club. I would give the elf...

James over at Grognardia reminded me that today is H.P. Lovecraft's birthday . If you couldn't already tell by the quote over on the...

This experiment began because there were only three players available from a 3.5 campaign that had to take a week off due to obligations of ...

Recently, I have been running a Labyrinth Lord campaign with a group who primarily were introduced to D&D through 3rd edition. It has ...

One of the perks of being a father of young children is that I get an excuse to watch a lot of cartoons. I particularly enjoy sharing with m...

And Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He...