Finally submitted my game for NTRPG

Chris Holmes wrote:

Finally submitted my game for NTRPG
It's Saturday afternoon, look for 80's if you want to buy a ticket. I couldn't find Zach's game. I hope there isn't a conflict.

XQ1 The Castle that fell from the Sky

Chris Holmes wrote:

Just got my copy of Module XQ1 The Castle that fell from the Sky by Steve Robertson and Jimm Johnson. I have a couple drawings in this revised edition. It's a weird and fun dungeon /wilderness with some sci fi elements. Published by the Scibes of Sparn. Nice cover too.

Comment on the original post below (not my reshare) to be entered towin a drawing for a copy of Bayt al Azif #1,...

Comment on the original post below (not my reshare) to be entered to win a drawing for a copy of Bayt al Azif #1, the new CoC zine in which I have an article with an illustration by Chris Holmes . Jared is the editor and publisher of the zine.

Originally shared by Jared Smith

WIN A FREE COPY OF BAYT AL AZIF 1
To celebrate our one monthversary, we are giving away 3 free copies of Bayt al Azif 1!

Just +1 and Comment below to be entered in the drawing. (You can tell us about a character going crazy if you want!)

Bayt al Azif 1 includes 3 scenarios (statted for both Call of Cthulhu 7th edition and GUMSHOE/Trail of Cthulhu/Fall of DELTA GREEN): secret agents tracking down something smuggled into medieval Damascus, a group of teenagers spending the night in an abandoned school, and an investigation into a shooting of civilians during the US-Vietnam War. Plus a solo adventure set in the Miskatonic University Library, interviews with Chris Spivey of Darker Hue Studios and with Rogue Cthulhu, reviews of classic Cthulhu RPGs and all the releases of 2017, plus history, comics, advice, and more!

The drawing is for a PDF copy of the issue, but if over 100 people enter, one winner will also get a softcover print copy. If over 200 people enter, another winner will also get a hardcover print copy! Winners will be drawn on Monday, November 26, 1 pm EST.

We've really appreciated the support and response to issue 1 so far, we are working on issue 2 already! Thank you so much!

Here's a link to the listing on drivethrurpg.com with preview pages:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/246851

This is a little off topic, but I know some of you have read MarvelComics.

Chris Holmes wrote:

This is a little off topic, but I know some of you have read Marvel Comics. I read an obituary of Stan Lee yesterday and learned that the Fantastic Four and I were both born in 1961. This made me doubly happy because it was my childhood favorite. Apparently Dad read us Marvel comics aloud before my brother and I could read ourselves. May the God's bless Stan Lee and Jack Kirbyville and Steve Ditko too.

Got my copy of Arts and Arcana on Halloween

Chris Holmes wrote:

Got my copy of Arts and Arcana on Halloween. Just the treat I wanted. Really nice sections on Sutherland and Otis. Blue book gets a nice page. Lots of interesting info and art. Allan G and Billy Galaxy get acknowledged
Zach probably should have got acknowledged for bringing the original text to light.
I am still reading it and finding more treasures.
Thanks for another great book Jon.

I have an article --- with a new artwork by Chris Holmes --- in the first issue of a new Call of Cthulhu zine, Bayt...

I have an article --- with a new artwork by Chris Holmes --- in the first issue of a new Call of Cthulhu zine, Bayt al Azif. Read more here ---

https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2018/10/article-in-new-cthulhu-zine.html
https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2018/10/article-in-new-cthulhu-zine.html

Origins documentary on ancient weapons on Netflix.

Chris Holmes wrote:

For my fellow ancient weapons nerds: I watched the beginning of a documentary series called Origins on Netflix. Episode 2 on the history of archery attributed the invention of the crossbow to Leonardo Da Vinci. I love Da Vinci but, I know he didn't actually invent anything and in seemed like crossbows were around earlier. A little research showed they were hundreds of years earlier in China. The same show described the Hittites as Europeans.

Preview of the upcoming Art & Arcana book by Tenkar inc the Holmes page showing the cover art by DCS and a page of...

Preview of the upcoming Art & Arcana book by Tenkar inc the Holmes page showing the cover art by DCS and a page of the manuscript with art by Chris Holmes
http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2018/10/first-look-dungeons-dragons-art-and.html?m=1

Save or Die Side Adventure #14

Carl Heyl wrote:

A new Save or Die Side Adventure where I am joined by Chris Holmes for a casual conversation about house rules. There is also a little bit of Holmes Basic talk in this episode.

http://saveordie.info/?p=1687

The Jersey/Leeds Devil for Holmes Basic

Tristan Tanner wrote:

As per the request of Chris Holmes, I present the Jersey/Leeds Devil for Holmes basic!

https://bogeymanscave.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-jerseyleeds-devil-for-holmes-basic.html

Uglies

Anybody here familiar with these...?

Originally shared by Chris Holmes

Did any of you get to play with these monsters from the 60s? I think they were called uglies. They were based on Wally Wood and Basil Wolverton drawings for bubble gum cards.

DMing the Return to the Tower of Zenopus at NTRPGCon

Allan Grohe's pictures of me DMing the Return to the Tower of Zenopus at North Texas on the 9th. With Jonathan Perkel Carl Heyl Chris Holmes Noah Green Keith Sloan

Back home after a game-filled #ntrpgcon.

Back home after a game-filled #ntrpgcon. I shared many games here as I played them, but didn't have time for my last event --- Saturday night's Return to the Tower of Zenopus. A big thank you to my players for a fantastic game! Going around the table from my left we had an enthusiatic Henry Grohe (Sunna), Allan Grohe (Maximillian the Centaur), Jonathan Perkel (Boinger), Carl Heyl (Bardan the Dwarf), Courtney Heyl (Hortensa the Amazon), Chris Holmes (Olaf & Haldor), Jimm Johnson (Sir Geoffrey), Keith Sloan (Murray the M-U) and Noah Green (Zereth). #brazenheadofzenopus

Playing Boinger the Hobbit

Jonathan Perkel wrote:

Playing Boinger the Hobbit in Zach H ‘s ‘Return to the Tower of Zenopus’ with Chris Holmes and Allan Grohe. A highlight of the NTRPGCon...

Chris Holmes Running D&D in Pellucidar.

Now at #ntrpgcon --- Chris Holmes is running D&D in Pellucidar. We are playing the characters from Mahars of Pellucidar. I'm Zed the Mahar who has befriended the humans. Miniatues sculpted by Chris.

Be sure to check out Chris Holmes on the latest Save for Half!

Be sure to check out Chris Holmes on the latest Save for Half!
http://saveforhalf.com/2018/05/07/episode-10-5-son-of-holmes/

The Swordof Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett

After a few false starts, this week I finished the fantastic The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett (an Appendix N author). I highly recommend it to everyone here. It's in the Sword & Planet genre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_and_planet), but is close to being straight fantasy due to a plot twist I won't reveal. It's set on a pre-Space Age conception of Mars - influenced by Burroughs, but she owns her version. Thanks to Chris Holmes for giving me a copy of the Ace Double with this story at #ntrpgcon a few years ago. This was the first Brackett I've read, but I also have a copy of her best short stories so I'll continue with that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sword_of_Rhiannon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sword_of_Rhiannon

I switched my #ntrpgcon game - which had no sign-ups yet - to Saturday evening at 7 PM so I could play in Chris...

I switched my #ntrpgcon game - which had no sign-ups yet - to Saturday evening at 7 PM so I could play in Chris Holmes' just scheduled D&D in Pellucidar game in the afternoon.

The link to my game is the same: https://tabletop.events/conventions/ntrpgcon-2018/schedule/393 (I now have one two sign-up(s), so two one pre-purchase, 3 general admission tix left)

Chris' game is here : https://tabletop.events/conventions/ntrpgcon-2018/schedule/401 (2 sign-ups inc myself; 2 pre-purchase tix left, 4 general admission).

(NT allows early registration for half of the seats in each game, for $5 each. The remaining seats are available in general registration on April 15th - actually April 14th right at midnight CST).

So now I'm signed up for #ntrpgcon in June.

So now I'm signed up for #ntrpgcon in June. Airfare purchased, room reserved. I'll be there Thur afternoon until Sunday noon or so. I know Chris Holmes Allan Grohe Jon Hershberger Steven Muchow and Nathan Jennings are signed up. Anyone else?

#skullmountain in cinema

#skullmountain in cinema

Originally shared by Chris Holmes

You all reminded me of the film House on Skull Mountain, notable for one of the worst mat paintings ever. A similarly bad skull mountain appears in People that Time Forgot.
https://goo.gl/images/M2k4z8