Tabletopper Friday - FFG's L5R, Hnefatafl, & The Shining

Over on fantasyflightgames.com, they shared the news that Fantasy Flight Games has purchased the Legend of the Five Rings intellectual property from Alderac Entertainment Group.  Read more here.

Also, on tafl.cyningstan.com, there is a discussion of how some hnefatafl rules call the center location a throne rather than a castle.  Learn more here.

Finally, on openculture.com, they suggest we "Download & Play The Shining Board Game" here.

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Nostalgia Thursday - Dungeon Crawl, Shadowrun, and Chivalry & Sorcery

Did you know that over on initiativeone.blogspot.com, you can get the first issue of Dungeon Crawl Magazine for free, then maybe get some more here?

Also, on battlegrip.com, Phil Reed shares how a "1993 Newspaper Article Describes the Shadowrun RPG" here.

Finally, from mesmerizedbysirens.blogspot.it, they share an old article penned by Edward E. Simbalist in which he discusses Chivalry & Sorcery.  Read the full article here.

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Nostalgia Thursday - Deities & Old Ones

Over on io9.com, they recently ran an article recounted "The 13 Strangest Deities in Dungeons & Dragons" here.

Also, over on the CMG Corner of the CMG Blog Triad, a post for day  "Favorite Deity" on Day 6 of The D&D Thirty-Day Challenge! took a look at The Toeffrun Creation Myth here.

Finally, on yog-sothoth.com, a recent podcast heralded the "The Great Old Ones Return," a Sandy Petersen Interview which tells of the return to Chaosium of Sandy Petersen and Greg Stafford.  Learn more here.

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Nostalgia Thursday - Nor All Monsters, Space Gamer's Scanner, & Avalon Hill's Bestsellers

Over on OSR Today, they took a look at some early monsters and they tell us "Not All Monsters are Monsters" here.

Also, check out Scanner column from a 1985 issue of Space Gamer that was shared around Facebook recently.

Finally, have a look at this 1975 Avalon Hill "fiscal" best sellers list that was shared on Facebook as well.

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The Sunday Miscellanea - Robert J. Schwalb Feature

The Daily News Journal was kind enough to feature Robert J. Schwalb and Roleplaying Games prominently in the news, so I feel it should be passed around.  Read more here.

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Nostalgia Thursday - Visiting GW in 1979

Over on the excellent blog Dear Tony Blair last month, David Wood posted a series of scans of some literature from May of 1979 focused on Games Workshop.  See more here.

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Nostalgia Thursday - EN World's Ryan Dancey Interview

Morrus of EN World has produced an informative interview taking at Gen Con with Ryan Dancey that looks back the the history of TSR's acquisition by Wizards of the Coast, and much more.  Enjoy.

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Early March Gaming at Culver's in Lake Geneva

A bit of Friday gaming at Culver's with the locals and there seems to be a bit of peeking going on here as Love Letter is played (with Tom Wham, Brad Champeny and Mark Meier in Lake Geneva, WI.)

Love Letter is a tricky game made more so with the expansion concocted by evil Genius Brian Blume (with Brian Blume, Kurt Lenss, and James M. Ward)

I appear flummoxed but I am not (with James M. Ward, and Tom Wham)

Jim sits in the cat bird seat often enough when we play but Tom was the victor today (with Kurt Lenss and James M. Ward)

Brian will brook no losses when he had a clear lead early on (with Brian Blume and Kurt Lenss)

Our second game was a four-person economic struggle dreamt up by Tom Wham (with James M. Ward and Kurt Lenss)

It's a fun one that I hope to play again (with Tom Wham and myself)

It has a lot going on and a cool game board setup by friend Dave Conant (with James M. Ward and Kurt Lenss)

HeroQuest 25th Anniversary Edition Possibly Thwarted

It appears as if the HeroQuest 25th Anniversary Edition that had been in the works might not be happening after all Read more here!

Cards Against Humanity's Success Story

Recently on the Chicago Grid website, an article featured the game Cards Against Humanity and detailed its success.  Read more here!

Submissions and Timing for Dungeon Crawl #3

Wayne Rossi recently posted about "Submissions and Timing for Dungeon Crawl #3." Read more here!