Blood of Prokopius

Today is the feast of St. Callinicus the Martyr of Gangra in Asia Minor. He was born to a Christian family in Cilicia (southern part of mode...

Recently, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story appeared on Netflix. To be honest, after enduring Star Wars VII, I was not particularly interested ...

It is an odd experience talking with these city dwellers. Whether they speak the truth or not, they always have another hidden goal when th...

So, following up on my recent thoughts about firearms , here are some simple concepts that could accompany the idea that the main defense ag...

Today is the Feast of St. Vladimir of Kiev who is given the moniker Equal-to-the-Apostles , which is given to those saints that aren’t norma...

After seeing the sheer variety of creature and costume that crawl through this stinking labyrinth of a city, I am beginning to put credence...

When looking at the description of Portown as presented in Holmes, there are only a couple of features that are explicitly known: The rui...

Today is the Feast of St. Propokius the Great Martyr, the patron saint, as it were, of this blog. He was originally named Neanius and was fr...

I really cannot understand these city folk. Why would anyone want to live in this filth infested maze where you cannot see the horizon? — ...

I have spent some time with the local scholars, who all seem to agree that Portown was built over some kind of settlement originally built b...

Please note: I have been meaning to write this post for awhile but never seem to get around to it, but JB’s comment to my meditations on Dun...

Today is the Feast of Sts. Cosmas and Damian the Unmercenary Healers. These brothers were from a pious family in Rome and were physicians by...

I just finished re-reading Dune again and had to get this off my chest. Please note: I have never read beyond a couple of chapters into the ...

Ever since I started down the path of trying to combine Holmes and Cook , I have been trying to create a megadungeon that would tick off al...

Recently, an old high school buddy of mine got inspired to go back and re-read some of the older rulesets of D&D, in part because of my ...

The Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of Khutyn, Novgorod is an ascetic saint of the twelfth century. He grew up in an illustrious family of Novgo...

I love me some random tables and I love me some Holmes Basic D&D. In honor of Free RPG Day, Zenopus Archives released Holmes Ref 2.0 . I...

Today is the Feast of St. Botolph, Abbot of the Monastery Icanhoh who is a British saint from the 7th century. Born in Britain, he became a ...

Having read JB’s thoughts on the matter and some of the rants that inspired his post , I want to share some of my thoughts, but not in a phi...

Today is the feast of the Holy Schemamonk Silvanus of the Kiev Caves. He was an ascetic in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The mona...