A merry Christmas to you all. Though my belly is full with the remnants of an excellent Christmas dinner, and my mind is aglow with the company of family, fiance and friends, I couldn’t resist taking some time to write yet one more review before year’s end. Its a gooder, so I hope you too, … More [Review] The Beholder #11: Pushing the Envelope
I’ve compiled all the entries and merged them together. The only problem is that it looks…rough. Putting all the entries together so it does not look hideously ugly takes a bit of time. I’ll get it proofread before we release the document to the public. Even the cover is still a bit rough and I … More No Artpunk II Update: Almost there and Merry Christmas!
Alright, we all know how this goes. Another good issue with only a little bit of trash. Here’s hoping the two adventures per issue format is kept up until the end of the run, although the companion adventures thus far have been pretty weak. The Archer: New class. An almost platonically bad approach to the … More [Review] The Beholder #10; Simplicity
When we last left off, we had finished selecting our thus far nameless character’s skills, sifu and school, following the instructions in the book. This generated a bunch of statistics which looked like this. Leg Strikes – 3Grapple – 2Throw – 1Arm Strikes – 1 Hardiness – 3Parry – 2Evade – 1Stealth – 1Resolve – … More [Review] Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate (Core Rules) Pt. II; Core Rules
And so it was our heroes set out against the gang of Lothar Kingsblade. Snorri the Stout, accompanied by Siriroco the Halfling, Beorn the Northron and Clint, an easterling who joined them on their sojourn. After hiring the services of the linkboy Toto and Sarchus the porter, they set out by dawn’s light. They set … More [Actual Play] B2 Keep on the Borderlands (LL) Pt. XXVII; Against the Bandits of the Forsaken Wilderness
This issue has a double feature, the self-proclaimed Quest Dungeon as the appetiser and the atmospheric Pagoda for the main course. Lets dive in! Games Day V: A page long report on the event. The tables with electronic video games seemed to have attracted most of the attention, a dreadful premonition of things to come. … More [Review] The Beholder #9; The Pagoda
[Core Rulebook]Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate (2016)Brendan Davis, William Butler and Dan Orcutt Disclaimer: Sponsored content Know ye wanderer, that before the time of the Great Storygamer Migration, the Retroclone Wars and the rising of the OSRmen, there was a time when Great Beasts wandered the earth. Each one large enough to encompass in its … More [Review] Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate (Core Rules) Pt. I; Trad Game
And after a week of respite had passed our heroes once again set out for the Caverns of Chaos, in search of the Archpriest. Isidoro the Knave could be stirred from his drunken debauchery, and contributed his considerable experience and storehouse of enchanted objects to the endaevour. He was joined by Cork the Cleric, Nortein … More [Actual Play] B2 Keep on the Borderlands Pt. XXVI; In search of the Archpriest
Beholder #8 continues to innovate on the article side but the adventures remain the main draw. I hold my breath for another Mines of Mentorr. The Anti-Paladin: Straightforward mirror-image of the Paladin, with minor modifications such as the ability to call a Nightmare at level 9 instead of getting a mount at 4 and the … More [Review] The Beholder #8; Jerk Dungeon
This stuff is very interesting. People (actors or historical figures) can be combined with concepts and placed in a particular movie and probably genre. Changing, say, Alexsandr Potemkin (1933) to Nosferatu (1921) makes a huge impact on the type of images that are generated. It takes quite a while to generate a proper image and … More An Experiment in AI Art generation
Age of Dusk 