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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Classic Fourthcore Adventures Now Available On DriveThru!

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I posted a while back about how the Fourthcore crew had written the best 3rd party 5e adventure in existence. This is still the case. ...
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Friday, December 2, 2016

Secret Santicore 2015

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So the entries from last year's Secret Santicore are trickling out. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like there will be a compilation...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

A 5e Must-Buy: Fortress of the Ur-Mage

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"The Ur-Mage opens the doors of his Fortress once each decade, allowing the heroes and demigods of the realm to enter." With...
Saturday, January 23, 2016

Review: Tales From The Game Tavern #2

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A while back I posted about how we are living in the golden age of the RPG zine, and the passing of time has only reinforced this view. It ...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Let's Read Polyhedron: Issue 3, Winter 1981-1982

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If you would like to read previous installments of this series, just click the "Polyhedron" topic link down the right side of the ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Review: The Secret of Cykranosh by Wayne Rossi

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I first encountered Wayne Rossi on Google+ and immediately began following him based on a mutual adoration for the Judges Guild Ready Ref...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Let's Read Polyhedron: Issue 2, Autumn 1981

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Issue 1 read-though HERE .  Issue 2 has a great cover by Stephen D. Sullivan, with a dude being polymorphed into a tree. Harsh. The ...
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Monday, September 21, 2015

On-The-Fly Rulings In OD&D

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For some players and DMs, the absence of rules is a problem. OD&D is seen as lacking "options". If something is not explai...
Sunday, August 30, 2015

Let's Read Polyhedron: Issue 1, Summer 1981

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Inspired by The Other Side 's series reading White Dwarf, and Grognardia 's old Imagine mag posts, I wanted to do a "Let's...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

4e "Themes" For 5e, Part One: Rambling

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I enjoy 5e. I think part of why I enjoy it is that they actually succeeded in realizing their design goals. The game fits different play...
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Friday, August 21, 2015

Prep Is For Ninnies: Froth's Sandbox Toolkit

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I don't always run OD&D sandboxes, but when I do, I use my sandbox toolkit. Today I invite you to peer behind the DM screen. The M...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

RPG-A-DAY In One Day

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So there is this RPG-A-DAY thing going around, and while I would love to keep up with something like this for a month, it just isn't goi...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Help Jim Ward!!!

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The history of RPGs is pretty short. One of the cool things about that is that a lot of the legends of gaming-our elders that shaped...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Running Call of Cthulhu for New Players

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I am a horror junkie and a voracious reader, and for my dollar no RPG horror game does it quite as well as CoC. Some of the scenarios a...
Friday, June 19, 2015

Froth's 5e Healing Houserules

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I thought I would share my houserules for healing in 5e. Healing in the core game is just way too much for my tastes. While the DMG does...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

The Last Word on Edition Warring

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Man, if there is one thing I can't stand it is edition warring. I get if you don't like a game, but to go on and on and try t...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015

One Page Dungeon: Swamp Cabin of the Child-Eater

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Made the One Page Dungeon contest by the skin of my teeth! I know what you're thinking-"Froth, how much can I pay you to do the c...
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