Your rare chance to get a copy of Phantasy Conclave
This one is pretty rare...maybe you think the price is high, but it is said only 1,000 copies were ever printed. And, it is damning old-school.LINK HERE.
View Article"Drakar och Demoner" decrypted.
Have you ever played Drakar och Demoner?Probably not. And neither do i.It was first published in 1982 and so it belongs to the kind of stuff i deal with on this blog, namely vintage fantasy...
View ArticleEdgar Allan Poe's anonymous lithographies
I recently stumbled upon some amazing, otherwordly lithographies of Edgar Poe's works.The author is unknown, i contacted the owner of these and after examining them he could not trace a signature or...
View ArticleA valiant, gallant OSR blog post.
Do yourself a favour and go check the beautiful post over at Delta's D&D Hotspot blog.This is really a thorough old-school post. I wish i could see more posts like this nowadays in the OSR...
View ArticleBifrost (Skytrex, 1977) resurrected!
Roughly one month ago or so, i opened my mail folder and i found a peculiar letter sent to me. It was written by John, who informed me to be one of the authors of a very old and very rare fantasy...
View ArticleBifrost: individual abilities & other stuff
I am beginning to post the content of Bifrost, volume 1, in sequence.Bif1 - Cover, Acks, Intro, Setting Up Game Bif2 - Game Content, Seq Actions, Choice of Char, Trg, Indiv Abilities
View ArticleChivalry & Sorcery 5th edition Kickstarter!
Today is the official day for the launch of this amazing kickstarter. Chivalry & Sorcery is a game almost as old as Dungeons & Dragons dating back to 1977 when the first edition was published....
View ArticleThe RPG Interview Room: Chivalry & Sorcery – the Medieval Role Playing Game
When Steve Turner, from Britannia Game Design fell in love with Chivalry & Sorcery, he not just decided to play it, but also to keep at it for years and years and eventually buy the license so he...
View ArticlePlayed Dragon Warriors
We played Dragon Warriors rpg yesterday evening. Just the very basic rules in book I, without even Sorcerers or Mystics.Rules are very easy and the players appreciated them. Mind you, "easy" does not...
View ArticleA soundtrack for your Clark Ashton Smith's inspired adventures
This is macabre. Albums such as this should get wider audience.
View ArticlePossibly the rarest fantasy rpg in existence
And the one i covet the most.Manual of the Eternal Sages, Scott J Compton 1993.
View ArticleMach the first colony (1982)
I have finally put my hands on "Mach, the first colony". I wonder if anyone has ever played this. Grognardia spoke about this game here.
View ArticleRetrospective: Castle Perilous (1980)
Castle Perilous is (nowadays) an extremely rare fantasy rpg to get your hands on.It was published in 1980 by West Wind Simulations and written by James T. Sheldon.It is certainly one of the most...
View ArticleSome Clark Ashton Smith obscure stuff (not in english!)
Those who read this blog know that i am a follower of the aesthetics conjured by Clark Ashton Smith. I am not just a "fan", or a "huge fan", that would miss the point. Instead, i would describe myself...
View ArticleThe Crypt of Atan-Thu
I was one of the first backers for this adventure. It looks so promising!Kickstarter ends on 26th August. Check it out at the following...
View ArticleHelp us republish a very obscure fantasy rpg
On X, author Colin Glassey is considering republishing his alternative version on early Dungeons & Dragons rules that he wrote in 1978.You can read something about this obscure fantasy...
View ArticleUnderkeep: a new game reminiscent of Dungeon master
Underkeep is a game which is currently in development, it is reminiscent of the old "Dungeon Master" which many of us used to play on Amiga 500 back in the day. Judging from the demos thus far...
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