Blood of Prokopius

Today is the Saturday before Epiphany, which in Orthodox Christian practice has its own assigned hymns, readings and prayers in anticipation...

One of the things that I have been doing to entertain myself this past month is watching the BBC series Primeval. Though there are several ...

Before I go any farther, let me apologize for the dearth of posts around here lately. Though I should know better, lenten seasons (as in the...

Mary, why are you amazed and awed by what was done in you? And she answers, “For in time I have brought forth a timeless Son. But I have no...

Christmas Eve is the Feast day of St. Eugenia the Nun-martyr of Rome. Though born in Rome, St. Eugenia actually grew up in Alexandria becaus...

Today is the Feast of Daniel the Prophet and the Three Holy Youths (also known as Shadrach, Meshach and Abednago). They were part of the gen...

The short: Demonspore by Matt Finch is the best module produced by the OSR to date. Period. Full stop. The long: Potential module designe...

Today is the Feast of Sts. Menas, Hermogenes, & Eugraphos, Martyrs of Alexandria. Menas was a soldier and a skilled orator, which is why...

Awhile ago, I wrote a post about Charisma and Wisdom . In it I challenged the basic assumptions of both ability scores in an attempt to retu...

Today is the feast of St. Zephaniah the Prophet. The textual witness of the book named after him indicates that Zephaniah was a contemporary...

A question that one might ask me (a minimalist when it comes to preparation) is how do you prepare entire Brain Lasher city in full knowledg...

Gleefully taking my own advice , one of the many ideas I have stolen from James’ Dwimmermount campaign is azoth , known to my players as liq...

Today is the Feast of St. Alypius the Stylite — where the title Stylite refers to that wonderfully strange monastic practice of living life...

I just wanted to take some time on this Thanksgiving Day to say thanks to everyone who has read my ramblings, commented, challenged and othe...

This was a very unusual session. Normally, while there is a fare share of player & character interaction, discussion about what to do an...

Today is the feast day of the Prophet Obadiah, who gives us one of the shortest books in all of Scripture (it is only 21 verses). As such, t...

If I am honest, over the years I have probably spent more money on Traveller than I have on D&D — I certainly own a lot of Traveller re...

For those of you that read my last Lost Colonies Session report , you know that I was very much inspired by the Moon Things of Realms of Cra...

I have to admit, I had a lot of fun this session because one of the things I enjoy most is watching players react to circumstances and this ...

As Theodoric pointed out yesterday , most of the world commemorates St. Martin of Tours on November 11th; however, there are pockets where h...