Systems Saturday - Tables, Skellies, & the Caller

Over on creightonbroadhurst.com, Creighton Broadhurst tells us his "Favourite Unsung Table(s) from the 1st Edition DMG" here.

Also, on creaturespotlight.blogspot.com, Steven gives us "10 Variant Skeletons" here.

Finally, on dmz2112.blogspot.com, J Zoshak discusses "The Caller Role in Dungeons & Dragons" here.

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Systems Saturday - (O)D&D

Over on blog.retroroleplaying.com, Randall let's us know "OD&D PDFS: What Do You Really Need to Play?"  Find out here.

Also, on edthebard.blogspot.com, Ed pens "GM Advice: Want To Try Something New? Try Something Old!"  Learn more here.

Finally, on kaskoid.blogspot.com, (there are those that call him ) Tim Kask tells us "How I helped to pull the rope that tolled the bell for OD&D" here.

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Systems Saturday - Crits & Fumbles

Over on saveversus.wordpress.com, they've got a 5E Critical Hit table here and a 5E Fumble table here.

Also, on paperspencils.com, he's got "Critical Hit and Critical Fumble Charts for Pathfinder" here.

Finally, on the Of Dice and Djinn blog at quibish.blogspot.com, Nick Peterson discusses "Crits and Fumbles" here.

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Nostalgia Thursday - Early Gaming

Over on initiativeone.blogspot.com, the insightful Wayne Rossi looks back at early D&D artifacts here.

Also, on meleewizards.com, they corral all things Melee and Wizard, two classic, early Steve Jackson games.  "Over 30 years ago [closer to 40!] a company called Metagaming released a small set of miniature combat rules simply named 'Melee.' Shortly afterwards another of these 'Microquest' games was released and was named 'Wizards.'"  Learn more here.

Finally, on the ClockMonsterLA YouTube channel, check out an old "SPI Infomercial."  Enjoy!

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Focusing on the roots of current tabletop gaming
with an eye toward the last century and before.

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Tabletopper Friday - D&D Lists & Parties

Over on ranker.com, they have an ongoing list of the "The Greatest Pen and Paper RPGs" here.

Also, on ebay.com, they share "Your Guide to Creating a Dungeons and Dragons inspired Party" here.

Finally, on nerdist.com, they suggest a list for "The Top 10 Dungeons & Dragons Modules" here, but maybe something newer should be on the list?

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Mostly about card games and board games,
unless they have a decidedly wargamey feel.

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Systems Saturday - Characters

Over on creightonbroadhurst.com, he writes about "Gygax On…Saving Characters" here.

Also, on gnomestew.com, check out "Troy’s Crock Pot: Oh darn! The NPC just rolled a 1" here.

Finally, on freefalldrift.deviantart.com, check out character "Height Differences" here.

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Systems Saturday - D&D

Over on ludusludorum.com, they look at "'The 'Big Three' Ability Scores: Another Reason Adventurers Are Rare" here.

Also, on campaignmastery.com, they discuss "Choosing A Name: A “Good Names” Extra (Revised & Extended)" here.

Finally, on github.com, copperdogma shares some revised indices for 5E that should make prepping and running the game much easier here.

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Minis & Modeling Monday - D&D, All Natural Arts, & Teri Litorco

Over on merricb.com, as part of his Meric's Musing reviews, Merric Blackman gives us a look and his impressions of "The latest set of WizKids Icons of the Realms miniatures for D&D" here.  Always a treat to read his thought on pre-painted plastic minis as he's been at this quite a long time.

Also, on the All Natural Arts Facebook page (also has a website here), sculptor Sue Beatrice mentioned some tiny weapons she was preparing for a custom order.  She said, "These 18 tiny knives and swords were created using antique and vintage watch parts. The red gems you see are watch rubies. These will all go into a custom piece belonging to a young knife collector on his 18th birthday. Each blade was honed to a sharp edge (can you find the little slice one made on my palm?)"  She also mention that she would unveil that project on Monday, April 25th on the Facebook page here.

Finally, on the Teri Litorco YouTube channel, she has an nifty video showing an "Easy X-Wing Repaint Tutorial: Poe Dameron's T-70."  Of the various Star Wars games that have come out lately, including Armada, X-Wing, and most recently, Rebellion, I've enjoyed them all but X-Wing definitely seems to be that one that crops up on convention and gameday schedules for tourneys.  Enjoy!

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A look at prepping and painting Miniatures,
crafting buildings and paper Models,
and other non-terrain stuff for the tabletop.

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Minis & Modeling Monday - Prepaints, Compatibility, & Enterprise

Over on minisgallery.com, they give a full look at the prepainted plastic minis in the Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons Icons of the Realms Monster Menagerie line including many of the classics and some inserted because of the Curse of Strahd adventure currently in play: Faerie Dragon (001), Imp (002), Will-O'-Wisps (003), Giant Fire Beetle (004), Jarhild Stoneforge (005), Larethar Gulgrin (006), Spectre (007), Strahd Zombie (008), Wolf (009), Mummy (010), Dryad (011), Skeleton (012), Orc (013), Mimic (014), Satyr (015), Githyanki Warrior (016), Merfolk (017), Medusa (018), Ghost (019), Werewolf (020), Bryn Lightfingers (021), Hommet Shaw (022), Vampire (023), Illydia Maethellyn (024), Displacer Beast (025), Swarm Of Bats (026), Unicorn (027), Phase Spider (028), Yeti (029), Gelatinous Cube (030), Centaur (031), Bulette (032), Invisible Stalker (033), Erinyes (034), Lich (035), Rakshasa (036), Succubus (037), Death Knight (038), Ezmerelda D'avenir (039), Strahd von Zarovich (040), Manticore (041), Umberhulk  (042), Minotaur  (043), Young Rhemoraz  (044), Invisible Faerie Dragon (001), Invisible Jarhild Stoneforge (005), Invisible Larethar Gulgrin (006), Invisible Bryn Lightfingers (021), Invisible Hommet Shaw (022), Invisible Illydia Maethellyn (024), Invisible Displacer Beast (025), Invisible Phase Spider (028), Invisible Ezmerelda D'avenir (039), Invisible Strahd Von Zarovich (040), and a Treant (055)  Have a look here.

Also, on dakkadakka.com, they have a nifty Paint Range Compatibility Chart here.  Note that the Coat d'Arms match the OLD citadel colours so there might be some difference. Shining gold has the most noticeable difference,  Personally, I tend to use Vallejo more than anything else but have used many of these and find them all to be of good quality.  However, I am also the guy who will use less expansive craft paints from Michael's for cheap plastic minis and large pieces of terrain.  I also will stop by a hardware store or paint shop and see if they have inexpensive prices on gallons and quarts of latex paints that have been mis-tinted.  Anything in green and tan, and also black, will go a long way to saving money on a large terrain project and provides a good seal or undercoat.  But this day of blogging is for minis and models, so let's get back to that!

Finally, on metv.com they feature videos so we can "Watch the Smithsonian take apart the original Star Trek Enterprise" here.  These is quite a piece of work and its wonderful to get so close to it in the videos.  It was obviously built with a lot of loving care.

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crafting buildings and paper Models,
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Nostalgia Thursday - Meatshields, THACO, & the Moathouse

Over on barrowmaze.com, check out "Meatshields! The Classic Fantasy Hireling & Henchman Generator" here.

Also, on playingattheworld.blogspot.com, Jon Peterson looked more closely at "To Hit Armor Class Zero" here.

Finally, on creightonbroadhurst.com, Creighton Broadhurst asked, "Is the Moathouse the Perfect Low-Level Dungeon?"  Find his answer here.

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Systems Saturday - Town Watch, City Gates, & the Sword Coast

Over on blackgate.com, they recently posted "An Adventurer’s Guide to the Middle Ages: Town Watch? Where?"  Discover more here.

Also, on ragingswan.com, Creighton Broadhurst gave us "20 Things to See at the City Gate" here.

Finally, on merricb.com, a recent familiar essay and review is "On the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide" here.

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Nostalgia Thursday - Dread, Slave Lords, & the Silver Princess

Over on amazon.com, there is a reprint of the "Dungeons of Dread: "S" Series Classic Adventure Compilation: (S1 - S4) (D&D Adventure)" in hardback that can be had brand new or for a lower priced in used condition.  Find out more here.

Also, on amazon.com, they have "Against the Slave Lords: "A" Series Classic Adventure Compilation: (A0 - A4) (D&D Adventure)" also fairly low in used condition.  Bookmark the page if you want to wait until they drop a little more here.

Finally, on eBay, someone is selling "B3 Palace of the Silver Princess **Ultra-rare original orange edition**" and the bidding is around $1,5000.00 at the time of this posting.  See more here.

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Systems Saturday - Neuronphaser's "What You Need" Posts

Over on neuronphaser's blog, Tim Bannock has a series of posts this month regarding what one needs for the various editions of D&D down through the years.  Checking out the odd years, start with "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1E: What You Need" here.

Also, have a look at "Dungeons & Dragons 3E: What You Need" here.

Finally, round it off with "Dungeons & Dragons 5E: What You Need" here.

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Minis & Modeling Monday - Rage of Demons, DnD Lead, & a 25 Cent Pit-Fiend

Over on ddoplayers.com, have a look at the "New Rage Of Demons Items From Gale Force 9" including some boss minis here.

Also, on dndlead.com, he's got "Minis for Sale/Trade" here.

Finally, on the Dave O'Gara YouTube channel, check out "Miniature Mash-Up Episode 41 Making a 25 Cent Pit-Fiend." Enjoy!

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crafting buildings and paper Models,
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Nostalgia Thursday - Icelandic Chess, TSR AD&D Sheet, & Footprints

Over on icelandmag.visir.is, have a look at a "2200 year old walrus bones suggest the most famous medieval chess set might be Icelandic in origin."  See more here.

Also, on ebay.com, on the Collector's Trove pages, check out an auction for a "TSR AD&D A1-4 Slavers Tournament Played Character Sheet GenCon XIII 1980" here.

Finally, on dragonsfoot.org, the new issue of Footprints is available here.

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Terrain Tuesday - Dragonlock, Underdark, & The Ness of Brodgar

Tom Tullis of Fat Dragon Games has been teasing a new product on Facebook though it has yet to show up on the Fat Dragon Games website.

Also, on Mike Schley's Zenfolio eStore, he now has his Out of the Abyss Underdark map available for sale in electronic format here.

Finally, on orkneyjar.com, you'll get more than a little inspiration from "The Ness of Brodgar excavation site — in three dimensions" here.

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Systems Saturday - Aleena, Acronyphobia, & O5R

Over on ultanya.com, the Grand DM discusses character death and some thoughts on "kid gloves" GMing here.  And I love the cover mock up he created.

Also, on tribality.com, writer Shawn Ellsworth gives a very useful article titled "Acronyphobia – Common Tabletop RPG Acronyms, Abbreviations & Terms" here.

Finally, on the Samwise Seven RPG YouTube channel, he discusses "O5R: Dungeons & Dragons 5E Optional & House Rules."  Enjoy.

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