When The Student Is Ready....
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This afternoon's blog post prompted *DM Escritoire* to make the following
comment:
*I love it when one of the good guys goes off. Alexis was similarly
inc...
Maps of the mind
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Martin Noutch, author of the wonderful Steam Highwayman books, is a true
scholar of the craft of gamebook writing. One of the reasons his own books
are s...
Maigre actualité rôludique du jeudi
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Vraiment pas grand-chose à se mettre sous la souris ce soir, à part le
panorama des JdR steampunk parus en 2007 et 2008 par Lowell Francis.
Intelligence In The Land of Player Skill
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Gamers often discuss the idea of "player skill" vs "character skill" in
games. That is: my wizard can speak Elvish--that's character skill--but my
wizard...
At Sea Once More
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In the last session, the party successfully rescued Lenore and Emily from
the machinations of the Convent of Our Lady of the Blood Reborn. In this
sessio...
It’s Tolkien Reading Day
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I recently started rereading *The Silmarillion*. I had last read it over
two decades ago. I liked it then but I’m really enjoying it this time!
Despite b...
Recent Arrival: Special Edition
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Other gaming products have shown up at Grubb Street, and they will
eventually get their own write-ups, but this one just showed up, and I feel
it is impo...
RITUAL AND PLAY IN RUNEQUEST
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*"Play and ritual have many aspects in common, and ritual is a key
component of the early cult practices that underlie the religious systems
of societies i...
New edition of Starmada! Huzzah!
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So Daniel Kast's *Starmada* has a new, 30th anniversary edition out. You
can get the pdf from WargameVault (the wargame store of the DriveThru
people) or...
Skyship Battle Playtest
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I was exceedingly elated when I discovered a *blog article* Xaoseed wrote
in 2021 about the game mechanics I posted back around that time. I didn't
spot ...
D&D Turns 50, and Something Else Turns 200
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2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of *Dungeons & Dragons*.
Nailing down the exact release date of a product as informally produced as
D...
Animal Shape-Shifters in Glorantha
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cover of DW #9With the exception of the Telmori, the lupine shape-shifters
that play a central role in the lore of Dragon Pass and Sartar, and which
have...
Happy New Year, and the annual DriveThruRPG report.
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Happy New Year
I wish everybody a Happy New Year! I have much to be thankful for in 2023,
especially family, friends, and work. I want to thank everyone wh...
MYTHES CONCERNANT PAMALT
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Je propose ici quelques notes de lectures du chapitre consacré au culte de
Pamalt dans The Earth Goddesses. C’est une sorte d’aide-mémoire pour
imaginer ou...
Fearful Ends Now on Kickstarter
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[image: Fearful Ends book & cards on Kickstarter]
The long-time passion project of my Wandering DMs partner Paul Siegel is
currently funding on Kickstarter!...
Cults of RuneQuest: The Earth Goddesses Review
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As mentioned in my previous review of Cults of RuneQuest: The
Lightbringers, I was also lucky enough to be given a copy of the The Earth
Goddesses. Third i...
Now at ageofravensgames.com
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We've moved locations-- you can now find my blog content, hacks, scenarios,
reviews, TTRPG histories, AP videos and more at ageofravensgames.com.
I'm...
Vaghba's Little Mountain
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The Tower of the Red Dome may be the largest and most ecumenical of the
hostels for Nakome but it isn't the only one in Jakalla's foreign quarter.
If you...
It's been a decade, now...
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This is a tough time of year for me. So, with your indulgence, here's this
link to a post I did a decade ago... EDIT: I have no idea why it didn't
take. S...
Abiørn's Satchel
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This weathered leather satchel is tooled in nautical designs and is full of
rose-colored salt. Rubbing the salt on a sea creature will dry it out and
sh...
It's 2021 and the Dream is Dead
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So reads the cover caption of Mayfair's *Underground*, published in 1993.
Taking place in 2021, *Underground* is unusual in terms of genre; perhaps
“dys...
The Best of the Journal: The Pettigrew Selections
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Mark Pettigrew wrote the delightful swashbuckling role-playing game,
Flashing Blades. He also wrote two Tekumel adventures, A Jakallan Intrigue
and The Tom...
[inspiration] Star Trek : Vanguard
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Une série de 7 romans et un recueil de nouvelles forment une nouvelle
série dans l'univers de Star Trek. Pour se faire une première idée de
l'ambiance, im...
Evergreen
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Evergreen est un avant-goût de la sixième face du Dodécadèdre, l’univers à
douze faces pour tout de jeu de rôle Renaissance fantasy. L’ambiance mêle
influe...
Remember the Golden Age
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PerspectiveI'm sure when the history of Earth is condensed for transport in
the Colonial Authority archives to be taken to Jorune, they will talk bout
the...
Bestiary of the Fabled Occident
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A long time ago I started to put together a bestiary. I've pursued various
other projects in the time since but I still have a fair bit of material
I'd lik...
The Migration Has Begun
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It was inevitable - whether Sarmaks, swallows or Indo-Europeans, folks have
to migrate eventually. Thus, the good old Land of Nod blog is making a move
to ...
Comme le temps passe !
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Bigre, 2017 est déjà bien entamée, ce blog est moribond depuis plusieurs
années !
En attendant que je le ranime éventuellement, sachez que j'ai bien avancé...
Viridarium Novum
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*A Little Book of Nature*
*'New little book of flowers, in it all kinds of beautiful flowers, also
fruits and little animals, which are very useful to pai...
I ran Torchbearer
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I ran Torchbearer this weekend. I had fun, and I want to run it again.
Damn does this game have a learning curve, though. We were fumbling around
with the...
DC Gameday XIV: Casino Karnstein
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DC Gameday XIV is coming up on the weekend of March 29th-March 30th and
player registration is already open. After a grueling couple of months of
real-worl...
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