Blood of Prokopius

You might have noticed that I haven't posted any Lost Colonies session reports for awhile. This is primarily because I've been fairl...

Today is the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel, where the word Synaxis means gathering . A Synaxis happens the day after a major feast day (...

One of my favorite renditions of Swords & Wizardry is Mike Davison's Ruins & Ronin . One of the minor tweaks that I enjoy is the...

May the Feast of St. Cuthbert bring many blessings...

A recent post over at A Paladin in Citadel has got me thinking about Chainmail (and thus Weapon vs. AC tables) again. I very much like the ...

Today is the feast of Sts. Chrysanthos and Daria the Martyrs. Chrysanthos was the son of a senator of Alexandria in Egypt. When he became a ...

This is an homage to Greg Bell's literal interpretation of a bugbear : Why do bugbears have a surprise of 3 in 6? Because they have eigh...

In response to James' call to create a buzz about orcs across the old school blogosphere, let me begin with my absolute favorite depict...

St. Theophanes the Confessor was an 8th-9th century monk who had once been married and been an imperial bodyguard. He died on the island of ...

. . .many fantasy gamers see nothing wrong with a game-universe ruled by evil forces, or by a callous "Neutrality" barely distingu...

Well, not really; however the name is close enough (Konon/Κόνων) that I just couldn't resist. St. Konon the Gardener was a simple man f...

Recently, James posed one of his Friday Questions on envy. He was specifically interested in game systems and the communities that exist ar...

Today is the feast day of the Samaritan women at the well from the fourth chapter of the Gospel according to St. John. One of the things tha...

I have to admit that I really like monks — both the class and that arm of the Church that choses to take the monastic tonsure. This has to...

Updated: I fixed the map so that you can click on it and get a bigger version. One of the saints celebrated today is St. Philothei of Athens...

This session began with a bunch of book keeping, introductions (for new and old players) and some catching up as we saw some folks return to...

Today is the feast day of St. Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch. He lived during the 4th century, when Christological arguments swept across C...

In recent weeks, a combination of weather, health and weddings have kept my group from gathering to play. During this hiatus, I became acute...

Today is the Feast of St. Agatha the Virgin Martyr who was killed brutally in 251 in Catania in Sicily. One of the most widely venerated vir...

I must confess that I am not a big fan of the Thief class; however, I do understand why people do and that it probably ought to be part of t...