Blood of Prokopius

After much discussion (two positive votes and a sentiment that it is far more descriptive), Five Monarchs Campaign it is. If I have one m...

I now have a couple of working titles for this campaign, but neither has really charmed me yet: The Five Monarchs Campaign Chasura City ...

Today is the Feast of St. Michael the Confessor who was from Synnada in Phrygia in what is now modern day central Turkey. From a young age h...

Another bandwagon I am compelled to hop onto is this meme about innovation in the OSR: rules or settings ? First, let me get this out of th...

I am going to hop on the bandwagon and throw my two cents worth at the alignment question asked over at Tenkar’s Tavern . It should be obvio...

If there is one main feature that sets FASERIP apart from Marvel Superheroes and other renditions of the system is its use of a Campaign Ran...

I have to make a confession. My kids want to play RPGs with me, but I have traditionally struggled with creating a campaign suitable for the...

Today is the Feast of St. Musa. Rather than have me summarize her life, I am simply going to quote St. Gregory the Dialogist and his account...

I would not call myself an anime fan. Giant robots and demons bore me and these seem to be the focus of much of the genre. There are, howeve...

While there seems to be a general buzz over the release of the new Swords & Wizardry White Box compatible sci-fi RPG White Star by Jame...

Today is the Feast of the Prophet Isaiah. The book attributed to him is one of the longest in Scripture at 66 chapters and over 25,000 words...

Today is one of the Feasts of St. Athanasius the Great, who is also celebrated on January 18 with St. Cyril of Alexandria. Let me get this...

This has been an incredibly busy month for me, which is one of the reasons I haven't been posting all that often. One thing that has tak...

Today is the Feast of St. Sylvester of Obnora, which is a monastery in the southern part of Vologda Oblast in Russia. Originally founded in ...

Today is the Feast of St. Basil Ratishvili of Georgia. He was a monastic saint of the 13th century who lived on Mt. Athos at Iveron Monaster...

Today is the Feast of St. Hilarion the New. He was a monastic saint who lived much of his life as a hermit. Eventually, he was ordained as a...

My last post on this topic elicited this response from JB over at B/X Blackrazor : I haven't thought too much about the relationships ...

Today is the Feast of St. James the Confessor. He entered the monastic life at a young age, living at the Studite monastery in Constantinopl...

Today is the Feast of St. Cuthbert, who has been a part of this hobby since the 1970's. Here is a link with which to peruse the vari...

I have spilled a lot of virtual ink in my last two posts trying to point out the limitations of reason and logic and arriving at some kind o...