Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Map from my recent sessions running Basic D&D.




Map from my recent sessions running Basic D&D. This is the Zenopus dungeon after our 2nd game. I drew the map on a wall chalkboard as the game progressed.

Another entertaining Dragon review by John Stater for issue #32.

Another entertaining Dragon review by John Stater for issue #32. I'm going to have go back and read John's reviews of the earlier issues.
Dig the SKAG (Scorpion-Kobold-Ant-Goblin) (!) monster "class" by Leonard Lakofka:
http://matt-landofnod.blogspot.com/2015/08/dragon-by-dragon-december-1979.html

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Haven't got a photo of a product you are selling?

Haven't got a photo of a product you are selling? No problem, just draw one yourself! Thanks to Chase Neptune for finding this.
http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2015/08/hand-drawn-basic-box-cover-1980.html

An interesting article (found via Black Gate) about the work involved in the recent reissue of the SSI "Gold Box" PC...

An interesting article (found via Black Gate) about the work involved in the recent reissue of the SSI "Gold Box" PC games. I had fun with Pool of Radiance when it first came out & finished it & also played some of the first two sequels.
http://www.pcgamer.com/how-gog-rescued-13-forgotten-realms-games-from-licensing-hell

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Pointcrawl map of the B2 Wilderness by Eric Nieudan using an octacrawltemplate by Doug Anderson.




Pointcrawl map of the B2 Wilderness by Eric Nieudan using an octacrawl template by Doug Anderson. Reminds me of the maps for Text Adventure / Interactive Fiction games like Zork.

Originally shared by Eric Nieudan

I've made an octacrawl with Doug Anderson​​'s template, using a somewhat famous map. 

It's as close as I could make it, so I've had to populate empty areas with landmarks, which in itself is interesting.

Deep, Analogous, Garrulous, AmphibiaN, -ites.

Deep, Analogous, Garrulous, AmphibiaN, -ites. Another HPL inspired race for 0e/Holmes, and not so much more whinging...