Blood of Prokopius

Today is the Feast Day of the Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus: Sts. Thaumasius, Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Artemas, Magnus, Theodotus...

Work on my re-imagined version of the Slave Pits of the Undercity progresses slowly. Let me first share my most recent map using the 3x5 in...

Some of you may have noticed that I have not made a session report since February. This is because my group hasn’t played my campaign in a c...

Yesterday in the comments of my post on using Empire Builder as a mini-game to set up an underworld/megadungeon, Roger of Roles, Rules ...

Although I do not share my father’s passion for all things associated with railroads ( he has a collection of timetables ), his love has ma...

Today is the Feast of the Hieromartyr Januarius, Bishop of Beneventum (which is in central Italy). As might be guessed, the term Hieromartyr...

Throughout my meditations on the FF , Anthony has repeatedly voiced an opinion that many (myself included) have accepted as D&D truth —...

In Orthodox Christian liturgical practice, we use four different liturgies over the course of the year. Our default is the Liturgy of St. Jo...

If any man be devout and love God, let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast. If any man be a wise servant, let him rejoicing ...

Of all the truly beautiful things of Great and Holy Week in Orthodox Christianity, the one that I enjoy the most is from the Vesperal Litur...

I must admit that I am torn in several directions today. While many of you are enjoying Easter weekend, I am readying myself for the maratho...

I must say that this whole experiment with 3x5 index cards to create dungeon maps has been very liberating for me. Especially in context of ...

Over the weekend I was fiddling with my 3x5 index card map idea when my children started to take a keen interest in what dad was doing. Wh...

Today is the feast of St. Innocent of Alaska, also known as Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlightener of Alaska. He was born in the Irkutsk regi...

So, this weekend (appropriately on April 1), Google is forcing me and everyone else who blogs using their service to switch to a new interf...

Those who have read my blog know that I am a big fan of geomorphs. They are a fantastic tool for coming up with dungeons on the fly — especi...

Earlier this week, Stuart of Strange Magic posted a very nice version of the paladin/anti-paladin for Basic D&D . Stuart does an excelle...

Today the Orthodox Church celebrates the Forefeast of the Annunciation. When I began to really study the liturgical year of the Orthodox Chu...

Stocking the Dungeon When I put together the Wandering Monster Tables (WMT) for a FF Basic Edition, I promised to find a map and stock it...

Work on my re-imagined version of the Slave Pits continues. Here is a map of Hucwind Castle: Notes: The castle is meant to look like an ...