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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 1: Dinosaurs!

Posted on 2013 December 30 by njwDecember 30, 2013

John and I went out to do our Dollar Store Dungeon run recently and came back with some great finds. Here’s my first item: It may not be the largest assortment of dinosaurs (there were bags that had more dinosaurs … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged buying and selling, Dollar Store Dungeons, gaming on the cheap, miniatures, Og, tools | 4 Replies

Dollar Store Dungeons: The Project

Posted on 2013 December 30 by njwMarch 20, 2015

What treasures can you find for $10? This is the start of a new project, modeled on John Till’s From the Zones project, open to everyone. How do you participate? Go to a dollar store, buy 10 items, and post … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged buying and selling, Dollar Store Dungeons, gaming on the cheap, tips and tricks, tools | 4 Replies

British Library public domain art

Posted on 2013 December 27 by njwDecember 27, 2013

The art for my last post comes from the British Library. They recently posted more than a million public domain images on Flickr. Most of the images are from the 18th or 19th centuries, so they’re not the best source … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged art & artists, gaming on the cheap, publishing, tools | Leave a reply

Item: a reliquary

Posted on 2013 December 23 by njwDecember 23, 2013

This reliquary is quite heavy and of fairly large size (about Bulk 9), made from a very light-colored but dense material — perhaps ivory or an unusual wood. It is covered with reliefs of major Avatars and exquisite scrollwork. Several … Continue reading →

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Commitments

Posted on 2013 December 19 by njwMay 29, 2015

A hallmark of modern life is we are all being pulled in different directions at once. We have a constantly increasing number of things competing for our time and brain-space: work (and off-hours work, and looking for work, and overtime, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged "productivity", playing, real life, scheduling, social contract | Leave a reply

Apologies and clouds 2

Posted on 2013 December 15 by njwDecember 15, 2013

It’s been another extremely busy week or so; no time to write anything good recently. So instead, please accept four more photos of clouds as an apology. They are eminently well qualified to be turned into maps. As before, I’m … Continue reading →

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Con of the North 2014: Looking ahead

Posted on 2013 December 7 by njwFebruary 22, 2020

This week, the program book for Con of the North 2014 arrived. It’s big! It feels like there are a lot more games than in recent years. There are tons of RPGs, boardgames and other things on offer, including many … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged 5M, Blade & Crown, Con of the North, Microscope, Og | 1 Reply

Making sages work

Posted on 2013 November 29 by njwMarch 16, 2015

I love the idea of sages in a fantasy RPG. That scholar in their study with vast piles of paper, strange artifacts lying around, books half-forgotten, manuscripts half-written, quill pens and half-dried inkwells, perhaps the scholar themselves hard to find … Continue reading →

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One year!

Posted on 2013 November 20 by njwMarch 5, 2015

It’s already been a year on this blog! Wow. There have been something like 16,000 visits; 162 comments; untold pieces of spam; and 144 posts. Blade & Crown, and this blog, continue to be rewarding for me. I hope they … Continue reading →

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Classification scheme for objects found in Zone 6N

Posted on 2013 November 16 by njwAugust 21, 2015

My friend John is doing a cross-blog community project called From the Zones. Folks are describing weird places, things and notions set in the universe(s) of the novel Roadside Picnic and the movie Stalker. Here’s a contribution from me: a … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged encounters, From the Zones, items, rules variants & expansions, SF, twelves | 3 Replies

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