Humpday Blog-O-Rama 5.22.19

Blogs are an integral, vital part of the RPG hobby. They serve as incubators for new games, sounding boards for fresh ideas, and platforms for up-and-coming talent. They keep "forgotten" games alive, foster discussions, and build communities.

Every Wednesday on the Thought Eater podcast and blog, I take a look at what is going on in the vibrant RPG blog scene. Check out previous Humpday Blog-O-Rama posts HERE.

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INTRO (NEW BLOGS)

https://loglex.blogspot.com/
https://lizardsandwizards.blogspot.com
https://slaytanicgaming.blogspot.com
https://www.aelf.work/

MAPS

http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-tower-of-zenopus-in-ghosts-of.html

https://thevintagedm.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-village-of-langerklif-village-3-done.html

https://mirrorsquid.czepeku.com/
https://www.patreon.com/czepeku/overview

https://mapoftheweek.blogspot.com/2019/05/goldfield.html



JAPANESE D&D

https://www.geeknative.com/65761/the-1994-japanese-version-of-dungeons-dragons-looks-amazing/

https://mystara.thorfmaps.com/appendix-j/rules-cyclopedia/



REVIEWS AND NEW RELEASES

http://rpgknights.com/warhammer-fantasy-role-play-4th-edition-review/

https://cavegirlgames.blogspot.com/2019/05/hello-mission-control-this-is-agent.html

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https://diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2019/05/crawl-thulhu.html

ISSUE 1
ISSUE 2

http://throneofsalt.blogspot.com/2019/05/lets-look-at-godkillers-ynn-and-more.html

http://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2019/05/review-pwwo-maximum-mayhem-adventures.html



NEW 5E

https://www.tribality.com/2019/05/17/new-dd-storyline-baldurs-gate-descent-into-avernus/

https://ragingowlbear.blogspot.com/2019/05/dnd-essentials-kit-announced.html

https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/05/20/dungeons-and-dragons-eberron-hardcover-2019/



RANDOM TABLES AND GENERATORS

https://campaignwiki.org/face

https://lizardsandwizards.blogspot.com/2019/05/potions-descriptions.html

http://themansegaming.blogspot.com/2019/05/12-spaceship-special-featuers-that-are.html

RETROSPECTIVES

https://monstermagazineworld.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-best-of-omni-science-fiction-part-1.html
https://monstermagazineworld.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-best-of-omni-science-fiction-part-2.html

http://jasonzavoda-hallofthemountainking.blogspot.com/2019/05/gygaxs-letter-from-alarumsandexcursions.html

https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/43244/roleplaying-games/reactions-to-odd-hex-clearing-procedures

https://oldschoolroleplaying.com/the-underdark-in-dungeons-and-dragons/

https://mythlands-erce.blogspot.com/2019/05/homage-to-keep-on-borderlands-4k.html

http://blackmoormystara.blogspot.com/2019/05/dave-arneson-article-at-minnpost-website.html
https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2019/05/david-arneson-the-co-creator-of-dungeons-dragons-developed-the-game-in-minnesota/

IF THIS CAMPAIGN ENDED TOMORROW...

https://wizardswithlaserrifles.blogspot.com/2019/05/if-this-campaign-ended-tomorrow.html



OUTRO

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Get The Most Out Of Your Free Copy Of B1!!!

If you are one of the many folks that have downloaded B1 for free from DNDCLASSICS.com this week, you must check out this fantastic B1 resource page at the Zenopus Archives! Anybody getting ready to run this module should be eternally grateful to have this put together! Here is the original post over at the Zenopus blog.

Seems like a great time to take the BLUEHOLME retro-clone for a spin!

Free Holmes Basic Retro-Clone! Check Out Blueholme!

The words "Basic D&D" can conjure up different images for different gamers, largely depending on when they started playing the game. Some will think of the Mentzer set, others Moldvay B/X, and some gamers will recall a familiar shade of blue.

As OD&D's popularity spread like wildfire in the 70's, the wizards at TSR wisely decided to release a beginners D&D set. OD&D was not incomprehensible, but it was written with somewhat experienced wargamers in mind as opposed to absolute beginners. Tasking Dr. Holmes to design the first beginner's set turned out to be a very good move. The box set covered the first 3 levels of the game (a concept that has been repeated over the years), and the original rules and some of those of the supplements were reorganized and rephrased to make more sense to the uninitiated. It was also packaged with an awesome adventure, "In Search of the Unknown". What some call a drawback of this adventure, I consider its greatest asset: while there are room descriptions provided, it is up to the DM to populate the dungeon and add treasure using lists in the back of the module. Though Holmes did not write the module, it really helped bookend this classic set, letting fledgling DMs and players get right to it.

Fast forward to today's OSR movement. Classic editions are getting the retro-clone treatment, helping introduce new generations of players to old rule sets. Considering the often steep price of some of this stuff, this is commendable and helps keep games alive. So whether your blue book is coming apart at the seams, or if you have never even heard of Dr. Holmes, you will want to check out this new free retro-clone, BLUEHOLME, care of Dreamscape Design.

Special thanks to Zenopus Archives and Tenkar's Tavern for bringing this to my attention. If you are an OSR junkie like myself, they are both great blogs you should be following!