D&D Kickstarter

I haven't touched this blog in months, but this kickstarter is so cool I felt it necessary to post even though it is likely few if any will read this.

Tim Hutchings is offering the following:

"A print book compiling fantasy RPG adventures written by folks like us back in the day. A mix of nostalgia and old-school playability."

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/timh/the-habitition-of-the-stone-giant-lord-and-other-a

h/t super punch

From Our Man on (Off-Off) Broadway

Playbill reports that Qui Nguyen's She Kills Monsters, a comedy about us folks who play D&D, will open on November 17 at The Flea Theater.

The play focuses on Agnes who "is finally leaving her childhood home following the death of her totally weird sister, Tilly. When she stumbles upon Tilly's Dungeons & Dragons notebook; however, Agnes embarks on an action-packed adventure to discover more about her sister than she previously cared to know. A octane comedy fraught with hostile faeries, randy ogres, and '90s pop culture."

The Flea will also host a D&D-inspired art exhibit: "Doomslangers," artist Casey Jex Smith's works focusing on a "D&D adventure to save the mythical city of Dingershare from the evil Lord Ricaek."


Casey Jex Smith
Davroar Arboshare 2010

For more info, tickets, etc., go to theflea.org.

h/t Playbill.com

Links

"Doomslangers" D&D-inspired art exhibit at Allegra LaViola Gallery

Greetings from Club Tek

h/t Grognardia: The following is a press release from the Tekumel Foundation.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 27, 2011
Minneapolis, MN

THE WORLD OF TÉKUMEL AND OTHER MATERIALS SECURED

The Tékumel Foundation is proud to announce that on Saturday, June 11th, 2011 Professor Barker's Tékumel materials and wargaming supplies were moved from his home to secure, climate-controlled storage. This project was long and carefully planned and carried out with the blessing and encouragement of Professor Barker and his wife Ambereen and the assistance of dedicated volunteers, some of whom flew in from out of state. The Tékumel Foundation is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Professor M.A.R. Barker and building an archive of Tékumel memorabilia and documents. Foundation members assisted by Lady Anka’a and various Tékumel fans catalogued, photographed, carefully boxed and transported these materials to a secure climate-controlled storage area in less than 10 hours. Items secured include Professor Barker’s globe of Tékumel, the scale model Temple of Vimúhla first displayed at GenCon IX in 1976, private maps, papers and other interesting and diverse items including unpublished material –exactly how much or what is still to be determined. There is still much work to be done. Paper items need to be digitally scanned to secure storage; items may need to be repaired and/or restored. Items not directly connected to Tékumel must be organized, including wargaming materials, fanzines of the 1950’s, and games that at various times had been sent to Professor Barker for review. Fortunately, the Tékumel Foundation has people with the necessary skills to assist with this enormous project. It is hoped Professor Barker’s papers will yield new material for Tékumel, and we are optimistic that there is “good new stuff” to be published. Photos are available in the photos section of this group depicting some of items placed in storage to help preserve the legacy of Tékumel. Enjoy! For more information, please contact the Tékumel Foundation –www.tekumelfoundation.org.

For photos of some of the archived materials and more info, go here.

Free Stuff
Grognardia also pointed out that
Oubliette Issue #6 is available for free at RPGNow for a limited time.

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Algol Rhythms

I have been a fan of Planet. Algol, the Old School Renaissance Weird Fantasy Sword. & Planet RPG blog, for quite some time. So much so that I have been eagerly looking forward to Blair's PDFication of some of his Algol gaming materials, namely the long-awaited
Jewel Throne.

Well, even though RL demands have pushed Blair's obligations to Algol fandom to the back burner, we can still get our Algol on. Johnstone@Red Box Vancouver has beaten Blair to the punch and has posted his own, albeit noncanonical, Planet Algol/Apocalypse World supplement. Enjoy.

World of Algol pdf | Red Box Vancouver's Blog

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Hot Elf Chick welcomes you to the OSR!

Today, I'm jumping someone else's train.


Hot Elf Chick

Welcome to the OSR!


The OSR, for those of you in Rio Linda, is the Old School Renaissance . It is a rebirth of that Ole Time Religion fun that Dungeons & Dragons used to be.

Coasters Castles Combustion defines the OSR -Old School Renaissance, as "a surge in popularity of previous editions of D&D. Common themes are are megadungeons, sandbox campaigns, and an emphasis on player rather than character skills. Matthew J. Finch's A Quick Primer for Old School Gaming articulates many of these concepts quite well."

Quick Primer to Old School Gaming by Matthew Finch is a great place to start. Swords & Wizardry, the free downloadable old-school clone rules is another. If you want to see how far one can go check out Planet Algol, one of the most original science fantasy campaigns I've ever seen from any gaming system.

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Silly Hobbit, RPGs Are for Kids

A very, very lite version of D&D. is available for the wee ones.

The PDF. is available. for download at The Contemptible Cube of Quazar.

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Blog o'the Week

The Savage AfterWorld

Why? Thundarr Thursday

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One Page To Rule Them All and in The Darkness Bind Them

One Page Dungeon Contest 2011

There's another One Page Dungeon Contest this year. GROGNARDIA has the scoop.

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The Customer Is Always Right (but Only If They Register for An Account)

Generally I hate to jump on the "I hate T$R"" bandwagon, but this iis redamndonkulous! Here is proof-positive that WOTC needs to join Braniff Airlines, the Triangle Shirt Company, and IG Farben in the corporate dustbin:

PLANET ALGOL: You Need a Wizards.com Account to Email WOTC?!?!

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Appendix N for Planet Algol

Sea of Spices - Location Influences Brainstorming

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You've Gotta See This...

Fat Cotton: Illustrator of the Surreal and Strange is a must-see for any fan of old-school gaming, weird/pulp fantasy, and/or the art that goes with (think Erol Otus).

Once again, h/t Blair @ Planet Algol.

Jones Soda now has a limited edition D&D. set. Read more at Jones « Lord Kilgore

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An Action Typist on Planet Algol

PLANET ALGOL is the currently at the top of my list of "Campaigns I Wish I Were Playing In." With the possible exception of the Flagons & Dragons Gamma World game, that is.

Just take a look at the latest offering at Planet Algol: a bit of brainstorming of the pulp sword & sorcery sort that makes me covetous.

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Podcastounding

Flagons & Dragons Podcast is my favorite podcast ever, and currently one of my favorite stops on the internet, period.

I've enjoyed their actual play episodes featuring Gamma World so much, I bought the game. It reminds me of my days when gaming and beer were a weekly occurrence. Thanks F&D for some vicarious gaming godliness.

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How To Read The Alethiometer

Random House's Phillip Pullman page has a listing of the images on the alethiometer, its history, and how to read it.

How to Read The Alethiometer

A Collection of Great Boardgame-Making Supplies

Making your own board game? These folks can help:

Board Game Geek

The GameCrafter (the "Shop" section will take you to "Game Parts")

More boardgame accesories

RPG Shop's Boardgame Parts Section

Board Game Bits

Dapper Devil: He can make custom tokens and meeples for a very reasonable price.

Monsterpocalypse Now

There's no need to fear. DHS is here. And they are protecting us from kaiju. " What's kaiju?" you may ask. They are giant monsters popularized by Japanese film-makers like Toho Studios, who gave the world the most famous kaiju: Godzilla. Sure, Gamera can go tear-assing around Japan, but he'd better keep his flame-shooting butt out of the U.S. of A. Too bad these guys weren't around in 1978 when Godzooky single-handedly ruined The Godzilla Power Hour.

According to Reason magazine, the Department of Homeland Security seized the first printing of a strategy guide for Privateer Press's giant-monster collectible miniature game Monsterpocalypse. The result was that the interdiction postponed the game's release for an entire week.

For the full story, see Reason's "Miniature Monsters Attack America."

Next thing you know, the ATF will be interdicting shipments of The Shotgun Diaries.

What's Everyone So Afraid of?


Related Links

Officlal Website for Monsterpocalypse Collectible Miniatures Game

KaijuCast: A Podcast Dedicated to Godzilla & All of His Rubber-suited Foes...

Artist David Wong has some great monster paintings, including a Godzilla.

Play the old Neo Geo King of The Monsters on your PC via emulator.

Dateline Menzoberranzan

Why is this lady smiling? Because R. A. Salvatore has enough money? Nope. It's because Wizard$ of The Coa$t is bring the Underdark to Heroscape. Move over, Drake. Drizzt is coming. And he's bringing a whole Master Set of tiles, trolls, and black dragons with him.

On November 10, 2009, Wizards of The Coast issued the following press release:

LEGENDS OF THE DUNGEONS & DRAGONS UNIVERSE COME TO HEROSCAPE

Wizards of the Coast releases a new master set for the build-and-battle game system

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Marcella Kallmann
Wizards of the Coast LLC
425-254-2263
Marcella.Kallmann@Wizards.com.

RENTON, Wash—November 10, 2009—Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) today announced the upcoming release of a new D&D Heroscape master set: Battle for the Underdark. The set, a first of its kind, will be released January 4, 2010.

Battle for the Underdark features iconic characters and monsters from the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. Players will battle a troll, a band of drow (dark elves) and ultimately face the evil black dragon.

The new master set includes a rulebook, 10 figures, 50 configurable terrain pieces and customizable game scenarios, which bring new dimensions to the popular build-and-battle miniatures game. This set will follow the release of Small Expansion Set 10: Valkrill’s Gambit which comes out on November 17, 2009.

For more information about Heroscape visit www.heroscape.com

About Wizards

Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), is the leader in entertaining the lifestyle gamer. The company holds an exclusive patent on trading card games (TCGs) and their method of play and produces the premier trading card game, Magic: The Gathering®, among many other trading card games and family card and board games. Wizards is also a leading publisher of roleplaying games, such as Dungeons & Dragons®, and publisher of fantasy series fiction with numerous New York Times best-sellers. For more information, visit the Wizards of the Coast Web site at www.wizards.com.

Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Valkrill’s Gambit, and Blackmoon’s Siege are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries. Heroscape is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. and is used with permission. © 2009 Wizards.

Make Your Own ...
Try the Heroscape Online Card Generator: Here

MST3K in Far-Go

Famine in Far-Go was my favorite Gamma World module. I ran across the following video which reminded me of that fine TSR product.


MST3K - Chicken Of Tomorrow

Riz | MySpace Video

More Zombie Stuff

Zombie S.A.S.: Zombie Assault is all about surviving against waves of undead monsters. Grab money to upgrade your defenses and your guns. As levels progress, the waves of zombies become harder and harder to repel. Can you make it through all twenty gruelling waves of zombie assault?