The Kings of the realm have tried to pacify the Borderlands many times. It is a wild region crawling with bandits, orcs, goblins, and other fell and nightmarish creatures. From time to time, orc hordes or hobgoblin armies have marched south from the Borderlands to wage war on the human lands. About 100 years ago, […]
Read More Shadowdark on the Borderlands, Session 1: It’s dangerous out there, kid.Hello Dear Readers! I wanted to give you a quick review of Paddy’s Parlor Games’ Cha’alt zine, The Skeevateer! It is a zine that celebrates Cha’alt in all its awesomeness. It contains cool art, interesting homebrew rules, and a couple of adventures for use in your gonzo games. Yes, Readers. I contributed to this awesome […]
Read More The Skeevateer by Paddy’s Parlor GamesHello Dear Readers! The other night I was chatting with one of my online players about the campaign ideas I have. It was –in part—a lamentation (no pun intended) as I suspect I will never get to play half of them. So, I got the idea of looking through my modules, systems, and supplements and […]
Read More Random Campaign Idea: Lamentations of the SpelljammerHello Dear Readers! Today I will provide you with a first impression of Dystopian Dawn by Fractured Brain Studios. It is a post-apocalyptic game that is set in the distant future of Earth. Strictly speaking, this is not an OSR game but it shares some mechanics and tropes with many classic OSR games that Dystopian […]
Read More Dystopian Dawn: 2526 – at first glanceHello Dear Readers! Today I decided to write up a little Q&A I had with Venger Satanis, author of such indie games like Alpha Blue, Cha’alt, and The Islands of Purple-Haunted Putrescence. For purposes of full disclosure, I want to be clear that I’ve been to VengerCon twice and I am a huge fan of […]
Read More 20 questions with Venger SatanisHello Dear Readers! Today I am going to take a look at Macauhuitl by The Basic Expert. Macuahuitl has just gone live on Kickstarter and it is already 75% funded! If you go to the Kickstarter page, The Basic Expert has provided Quickstart rules for you to get an idea of what this game is […]
Read More Macuahuitl – A First ImpressionHello Dear Readers! I have a treat for you today! So, after doing a review of Felbrigg Herriot’s “Pink Gold” adventure for Cowpunchers, he provided me with a copy of his pdf “Redd Judge.” I have been eyeballing this game for some time as the premise interests me. What is the premise, you say? That […]
Read More “I am the law!” – A Review of Redd JudgeHello Dear Readers! It is time a returned to discussing some of the character classes for Lamentations of the Flame Princess. I’ve done some deep-dive videos concerning the ruleset and I’ve already talked about Specialists, Fighters, and Clerics. It is time I discuss the magic user. I’ve taken my time getting to this topic simply […]
Read More Magic Users in LotFP – The Usurpers of the CampaignHello Dear Readers! I decided to write a bit about character classes and niche protection. The concept came up after a TPK in my Lamentations of Elemental Evil Campaign. The players decided to keep going with the campaign and roll up new characters. Naturally, the players started talking about character classes and what they were […]
Read More Niche Protection and New Character Classes for LotFPHello Dear Readers! Life has been rather hectic and chaotic. I’m back from a vacation and, after publishing a Cha’alt game jam submission, The Skeevers of Turner Town, I can get back to musing about gaming, running games, and making some free content for you. I’ve been musing about random encounter generation and decided to […]
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Lord Matteus' Ancient Tomes and Wondrous Items 