Month: April 2020

[Review] Winter’s Daughter (B/X); Lirazel Remembers the Fields We Know

April 27, 2020

[Adventure] The King of Elfland’s Daughter (2018) Gavin Norman (Necrotic Gnome) Lvl 1 – 3 Finally. Finally someone gets it. Rather then divorcing DnD further from its fundamental components by the introduction of random noise, someone has gone back to the wellspring of fantasy and tapped from it deeply. Spencer, Dunstany, and beyond even that, … More [Review] Winter’s Daughter (B/X); Lirazel Remembers the Fields We Know

[Review] Mehliu; Blood ‘n Bone (OSR); Audi Pater Salve Nos

April 25, 2020

[Core game] Mehliu – Blood ‘n Bone (2019) Marcelo Paschoalin (Letra Impressa) Disclaimer: Sponsored content A publisher by the name of Marcelo Paschoalin reached out for a review of his very own retroclone DnD thing. I warned him. I warned him of Dark Fantasy Basic. He sent me not one but TWO games. Admirable persistence, … More [Review] Mehliu; Blood ‘n Bone (OSR); Audi Pater Salve Nos

[Review] Crypts of Indormancy (OSR); Get thee Arthaus Homos out of mine hobby

April 23, 2020

[Adventure] Crypts of Indormancy (2016) Ezra Claverie (Melsonian Arts Council) Lvl ??? Does Patrick Stuart ever feel guilty about the abhorrent movement he midwifed? Does he ever, in his Ivory Tower, pause as he swims through limitless piles of kickstarter-electrum and look outside, through the sickly sweet musk of vanilla-vape, to behold with shame the … More [Review] Crypts of Indormancy (OSR); Get thee Arthaus Homos out of mine hobby

[TENFOOTPOSR 2] Dungeon Magazine #37; Mud Sorceror’s Tomb

April 19, 2020

“You tell me: ‘Life is hard to bear.’ But if it were otherwise why should you have your pride in the morning and your resignation in the evening? Life is hard to bear: but do not pretend to be so tender! We are all of us pretty fine asses and asseses of burden!” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, … More [TENFOOTPOSR 2] Dungeon Magazine #37; Mud Sorceror’s Tomb

[Review] Tomb of the Serpent Kings (OSR); Those who would presume to teach…

April 14, 2020

[Adventure] Tomb of the Serpent Kings v. 4.0 (2017?) Skerples Lvl 1 Tomb of the Serpent Kings is an introductory OSR module that has garnered no small amount of acclaim from different corners of the internet. The great Melan has gone so far as to suckle at its teat and gift it the coveted three … More [Review] Tomb of the Serpent Kings (OSR); Those who would presume to teach…

[Adventure] Tomb of Horrors (AD&D); Where mettle falters the butt doth suffer persecution

April 10, 2020

[Adventure] Tomb of Horrors (1978, Green Cover) Gary Gygax (TSR) Level 10 – 14 In the far reaches of the world, under a lost and lonely hill, lies the sinister TOMB OF HORRORS. This labyrinthine crypt is filled with terrible traps, strange and ferocious monsters, rich and magical treasures and somewhere within lies the evil … More [Adventure] Tomb of Horrors (AD&D); Where mettle falters the butt doth suffer persecution

[Age of Dusk] Meditations on the importance of a Timeline for a Last Age Pt. III

April 4, 2020

A continuation of the previous posts. A New and Terrifying Age – In the wake of dying Tzyan and the Tempest’s birth the world shuddered and groaned. For decades there was silence, and the Iron roads of Sybarra went untrod by soldier’s feet as new kingdoms reeled and regrouped in the wake of the Calamity … More [Age of Dusk] Meditations on the importance of a Timeline for a Last Age Pt. III