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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 10: Dry-erase board

Posted on 2014 March 28 by njwJanuary 17, 2015

The last item in my Dollar Store Dungeons project: a whiteboard. Or, as the package says, a Dry Erase Board: And I suppose it really is a dry-erase board rather than a whiteboard, because the surface is actually a silver … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 9: Pencils

Posted on 2014 March 24 by njwMarch 24, 2014

This was the simplest, most practical, most directly usable purchase for Dollar Store Dungeons: a set of mechanical pencils. There’s not much to say about these, really. Just that people often don’t seem to have writing instruments, or enough writing … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, parts 6, 7 and 8: Paint, brushes and dominoes

Posted on 2014 March 20 by njwMay 22, 2020

My next post for the Dollar Store Dungeons project is a three-for-one. Three items that, once I saw them, I knew I’d need to use together. Item #6: Paint The first part of this mini-project is paint. For $1, I … Continue reading →

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Space Engine

Posted on 2014 January 7 by njwJanuary 7, 2014

Check out Space Engine. It’s a free (but not open source) program that allows you to fly to and explore a vast array of real and procedurally-generated places in the universe. It’s Windows-native, but seems to run quite happily in … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 3: Glass beads

Posted on 2014 January 4 by njwDecember 21, 2014

As I alluded in the comments to my last post, this is my third purchase: a very cheap bag of green glass beads. The beads in this particular bag are a good size for gaming, about 20mm in diameter. There … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 2: Stance markers

Posted on 2014 January 1 by njwMay 7, 2014

My second item for Dollar Store Dungeons is something I wish I’d found a few years ago: In Blade & Crown combat, your stance (aggressive, evasive, etc.) is pretty important. But it can be hard for the players to remember … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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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