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Dinky Dungeons (1985)
A fantasy-genre mini-RPG published in a 3''x5'' ziplock bag(!). It has 2 attributes (Physical and Mental) which are randomly determined, and 3 classes (Fighter, Wizard, Bard). All rolls are on 2d6....
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Prisoners of the maze (Intro)
This is the introductory scenario found at the beginning of "Maze of Zayene" adventure module, published in 1987 by Creations unlimited.It is enticing, isn't it?
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Fantasy rpg history: The Complete Warlock (August 1975) (Page 1-4)
"The Warlock" seemed to address "loopholes" found in the three original OD&D brown books, as specified by their authors in this first introductory page (also, i find it amusing to read how they...
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Fantasy rpg history: The Complete Warlock (August 1975) (Page 5)
Here i am. Continuing this virtual reading room of "The Complete Warlock", page 5.I decided to start this series about "Fantasy RPG history", basically because that has always been what i started this...
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Fantasy rpg history: The Complete Warlock (August 1975) (Page 6)
Whereas we find an amusing look at how much a character is entitled to progress during each adventure, and where we are told the first basics of how Magic works.
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Fantasy rpg history: The Complete Warlock (August 1975) (Page 7)
I was amazed today to read this long explanation of how Magic works, considering that it was written in August, 1975.Doesn't it pre-dates the AD&D magic system? (I mean, everything that it...
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Time to fall in love again
Sorry folks for my absence and the lack of posts; just when i had planned to make a series of posts for slowly examining "The Compleat Warlock" rpg, i stumbled upon an old game (and i fell in love!) a...
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Press Release:Historic Dungeons & Dragons® Campaign ReturnsLoxley, Madison WI, August 11 2017Legendary game designer Frank Mentzer, famed for his worldwide version of the Dungeons & Dragons®...
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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.
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"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...
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Edgar 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...
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A 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...
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The Good Games Guide
Here it is my new acquisition.I must admit, i had never heard about this booklet until recently and so i was fortunate enough to find a cheap copy (the prices for this are usually high). It was...
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Bifrost (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...
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