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Jonathan Linneman: I love a lot of things. Animals and my wife are way up there.

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Some Blogs I Follow

Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues!

Wonder Woman and Giant-Man - This cover is a rare example in which I actually own the original art to one of the components. I picked this sweet Ron Wilson splash page up almost ...
1 hour ago
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

One Panel #842: How Can We Tell Who Drew This? - *From The Marksman: "Here Lies the Marksman" by Fred Guardineer, Smash Comics #42 (April 1943)* It's always interesting to see how the experts have identi...
1 hour ago
The Other Side blog

October Horror Movie Challenge: Witchcraft (1988) - [image: Witchcraft (1988)] This October Horror Movie Challenge, I am going "themeless." Well, not entirely themeless, I am going to hit some movies I have b...
5 hours ago
GROGNARDIA

Two Weeks - Two weeks from today, Gamehole Con kicks off once again! Just like last year, I’ll be leaving my northern redoubt and heading to Madison, Wisconsin for fo...
6 hours ago
Dyson's Dodecahedron

Dead People’s Stuff [Mork Borg] - When looting a body in Mork Borg, there is a d66 corpse looting table on the inside cover of the … Continue reading →
9 hours ago
Aiee! Run From Kelvin's Brainsplurge!

Cadet Zenith - Cadet Marvel, a teen sidekick for Captain Marvel, from 2023: Zenith, 2000AD's pop star superhero, from 1987: Hm.
13 hours ago
Cross Planes

31 Nights of Halloween: Marvel's Count Dracula for the Cypher System - Last week, Marvel Comics rereleased Tomb of Dracula Volume 1 Omnibus, and I finally got a chance to sit down and read it. Growing up, my best friend bou...
14 hours ago
BARKING ALIEN

Spooky Wishes and Pumpkin Spice Dreams - *HAPPY HALLOWEEN!* It's October and you know what that means! It's time for all the jumpin' jack o' lantern, ghastly, ghoulish, freaky fun we can muster ...
21 hours ago
Realms of Chirak

The 1st Day of Horror: The Mansion of Madness (1972) - *The Mansion of Madness (1972) * To kick off our first day of 31 Days of Horror, we have a Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray restoration: The Mansion of Madness f...
21 hours ago
Tenkar's Tavern

Fantasy Grounds Sale - 75% Off Full License - Yep, the *Fantasy Grounds Full License is currently 75% off* (through the morning of August 6th, 2025). This brings the price for a *Full Fantasy Ground...
1 day ago
Refereeing and Reflection

From Camelot To Whitechapel: Two Chaosium Referee Guides - Time for a bit of a Chaosium special. Chaosium’s books have tended to get thicker and heavier over the years, particularly recently. That’s thanks in part ...
1 day ago
Forgotten Figures

2020 Night Force Snake Armor - Black Major - I do not like the Snake armor. I hated it as a kid and it has been completely and utterly irrelevant to me for over 40 years. But, one of the things th...
1 day ago
Rebel Scale

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Probe - So, I tried several things to remove the lettering on the new Probe Pod. 2 panels have black lettering printed on, 1 has raised lettering that you can't ...
1 day ago
The Public Domain Archive

Crown Copyright - You're probably familiar with the United States Government's unique relationship with copyright, namely that it doesn't really have one, most works pr...
2 days ago
Gothridge Manor

Unboxing the 2025 D&D Starter Set - I grabbed the 2025 Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set at Barnes & Nobles on Friday. An 'undented' copy. Because it is a Starter Set and meant to assist he...
3 days ago
Halls of the Nephilim

Bree-Yark! - Goblins: Anarchy in the RPG is an upcoming Kickstarter from my friends at Bloat Games. It's written for 5e and while I don't see any direct mention of it, ...
5 days ago
Tower of the Archmage

Stonehell: The B Team Begins - Session 289 was played on 7/24/25 Sonara, Wizard 3 (Rob) Adorellen, Elf 2 (Me) Glimmer, Kobold 3 (Lanse) Kessaren, Cleric 3 (Cindy) Loahn, Halfling 3 (Josh)...
5 days ago
Tone and Wave

Archita - Rude Boy (1996) - This is Archita's demo tape. They had two other recordings. SEE HERE for details. 1 Intro 2 Skasso 3 Mr. Skazz 4 P.G.R. '96 5 Babylon Style 6 Lug...
6 days ago
The Iron Pact

Threat Without the World’s End - Approximate time to read: 4 minutes. One of the enduring temptations of Symbaroum is scale. When you behold the fullsome expanse of the six book Throne [...
1 week ago
The Splintered Realm

Passing Me By... - I received an email advert for the new D+D adventure, and figured I'd clicky click and see what the new game was all about. I immediately met this picture ...
2 weeks ago
Adventures in Gaming v2

[RPGPOTA] Planet of the Apes Hexcrawl Map in Progress - I love the new *Planet of the Apes RPG*. It is awesome! As I posted elsewhere: The game design is a modified version of the *West End Games D6 System* u...
2 weeks ago
AUTOCRATIK

Tabletop Scotland 2025 - We're back from almost a week away north of the border, visiting friends and running a small stall at *Tabletop Scotland*. Debs had her stall selling he...
2 weeks ago
Roles, Rules, and Rolls

Pergamino Barocco Kickstarter! - Uncountably many years ago, I was kicking around a selection of weird old woodcuts from alchemical manuscripts, and got the idea to write up a Baroque (i...
2 weeks ago
Fantasy Toy Soldiers

BTS - Orcs set # 2 - BTS has added a second set of orcs to their Tolkien Children of Hurin line.
3 weeks ago
Doomslakers!

BPPB Errata 1 - As I find errors the Black Pudding Play Book or they are pointed out to me, I'll post about them here, as needed. Since this is just one item to discuss....
4 weeks ago
Maser Patrol

Maser Patrol podcast double-feature - This time we’ve got two panel recordings up on the same day! First is an overview of Godzilla in American comics done at Kaiju Brooklyn in May, so it’s alr...
5 weeks ago
Lloyd of Gamebooks

Roll on Adventure - Immortal Reckoning review - Hello gamebookers. I don't normally do reviews here, but my lovely tutor group bought me this book, so I thought I would review it. The Roll on Adve...
1 month ago
Brothers Of Fire

Event Report: The Open IV, 9th August 2025 - Greetings! It’s been a while since our last post here, so let’s start with the good news: the club is in good health and we are still loving our Old School...
1 month ago
The Vigilantes Of Knight City

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2 months ago
Green Skeleton Gaming Guild

Ashes Without Number!! - Happy I backed the latest Kevin Crawford release: Ashes Without Number! Those who have followed my blog for a while know that I am a big fan...
2 months ago
Simulacrum: Exploring OSR Design

The AD&D Experience Point System - *Roger Moore battles to the death with the AD&D XP calculation rules, Dragon #89* *Update 20 July 2025 to fix va...
2 months ago
The Realm of Zhu

The Mygnskerö Unleashed! - Out latest set of paper minis - The Attack of the Mygnskerö - three fearsome Fungoid invaders, alongside three craft working defenders, hand-drawn in old s...
4 months ago
BattleGrip

Taking a second look at the Robotic Radio - It has been almost a decade since I reviewed the Robotic Radio toy. (Posted here.)...
4 months ago
Notes From Under the Kyak

Using Swords & Wizardry Method for Generating a Random Hoard (Via AI) - I wanted to try the S&W hoard generation rules, but it requires a LOT of rolling. I figured that would be a good task for AI (Gemini, in this case). I ha...
5 months ago
Ska Basically.

Show: Against All Authority, Laura Jane Grace & Band, Catbite - 🔥 Florida, get ready to rage! 🔥Against All Authority is celebrating 25 years of 24 Hour Roadside Resistance by playing the album in full, and they’re bri...
5 months ago
TMNT Entity

ANOTHER update to the TMNT (1987) cartoon viewing order: Season 4 (Syndication and CBS) - I've updated my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) Cartoon Viewing Order yet again, finishing up all the Season 4 episodes. This proved to be a MAJOR...
5 months ago
HeroPress

The Origin Story Of The Friendly, Neighbourhood Comic Book Store... - Shopping for Superman guides viewers through a 50-year journey revealing the origin story of their friendly neighborhood comic shops and the people fightin...
6 months ago
Dragons Gonna Drag

Table This Discussion - Roll a d6 to see which table to roll on: Table 1 (roll d8): Why does this dragon hoard treasure? 1. In debt to a loan shark - possibly a literal shark,...
7 months ago
The OSR Library

STILL ALIVE BITCHES - Well. Here we are again. It's been a while of sickness, needing a wheelchair, and being mostly bed-ridden. SO I do have time for games when I'm not too ...
7 months ago
A Book of Creatures

- Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year from ABC! What better than to mention a seasonal being? Below are a depiction of the Callicantzari by Ja...
9 months ago
An Abominable Fancy

Knave 2e Alternate Attributes - Sometimes, I'm exactly in the mood for the classic simplicity of defining characters entirely by D&D's six attributes, as Knave does. But sometimes, I want...
1 year ago
The Savage AfterWorld

The Savage AfterWorld -- From Gaming Blog To Publishing House - Although The Savage AfterWorld (TSAW, for short) has fallen silent for a while, it's never gone away. Folks still stop by to read old reviews of different ...
1 year ago
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword

A Bevy of Beyond the Supernatural Sheets - I don't know if anyone out there is still playing *Beyond the Supernatural* ("BtS"), Palladium's fun* little game of proto-super heroes hunting the para...
1 year ago
HeroPress

Gwenevere (2023) - Poster by Sarah McIntyreBanished from Camelot, Queen Gwenevere (Laura Frances Martin) must travel across wild country to the abbey where she is to live out...
1 year ago
C0d3H4v3n _Chronicles

On Permadeath - In the unforgiving depths of the Dungeons within the Asciiverse, an unsettling reality plagues those who venture inside - the dreaded concept of perma...
2 years ago
Dr. Theda's Crypt

Almost Time !!! - Only Two ,ore Weeka... Ans it will be Gallow'een
2 years ago
Take On Rules

The Why of a Blog? - Because Writing Helps You Learn Journeys of discovery are not something you start doing, but something you gradually stop doing. — Erling Kagge, Walking: ...
4 years ago
JB Publishing

ToAD Monster of the Week: Crocoman - Now that I'm back doing the blog thing I thought I would use Tome of Adventure Design to create monsters for The Black Hack. Using the monster tables in th...
5 years ago
Halfling's Luck

Strange, Dangerous, and Inhuman: The Fey and Fairie - When I was a boy I loved fairy tales. Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss in Boots, Rumpelstiltskin - I devoured all of it. My fascination that there was a strang...
5 years ago
Scolin's Sports Venues Visited

#302: Ohio State University St. John Arena, Columbus, OH - [image: Ohio State University St. John Arena, Columbus, OH] [image: Ohio State University St. John Arena, Columbus, OH] Men's College Basketball: *Novemb...
5 years ago
Foundation SKA

It’s A Small World: Millie Small’s Daughter, Jaelee Small, Releases Memoirs EP - You can hear it in her voice–she is definitely her mama’s child. But Jaelee Small does not, by any means, sing in the shadow of her mother, Millie Small....
5 years ago
Little Weirdos: Mini figures and other monster toys

Run-A-Mucks Mini Figure Kickstarter - [image: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1002792664/run-a-mucks-mini-figures] I wanted to give everyone a heads up about a Kickstarter currently going...
6 years ago
Ralph Dibny, the World-Famous Elongated Man

Ralph, Batman and Sherlock - I just found this pic from *Booster Gold *vol. 2 #6 (2008). The titular character is traveling back in time and the illustration shows us a clear reference...
6 years ago
Sphere of Annihilation

Blood Red Skies: First Impressions - Better late than never, I was going to post this entry back in July. *Blood Red Skies: First Impressions* This Fourth of July I was visiting my parents and...
6 years ago
EPIC FAIL!

Oh Zak... - Picture of Zak S., aka Zak Smith, aka Zak Sabbeth, aka Zak Shitbag. I just found out about this today. Why am I not suppressed? For those not in the kno...
6 years ago
ONE FOR FIVE

Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
6 years ago
For the Love of Pun

Give It All - Despite recent events, despite things I know are right, I still find myself struggling. It's one of those weird things. I know how I should feel, but in ac...
7 years ago
Midnight's Citadel

Make Mine V&V !!! - I’ve have had V&V 3.0 / Might Protectors since its initial early Kickstarter releases, I’ve wanted to Love it … but like my friend Tim Knight of HeroPress...
7 years ago
Mike's Amazing RPG Fun Pad

Bonelord-A Villain for Light City - This is a Light City version of a character I created for Icons 8 years ago! Enjoy! *Bonelord* Real Name: Clinton Darnell First Appearance: Mike’s Ama...
7 years ago
The City of Iron

Dolmenwood: The Book of Monsters So Far - Since the announcement of the work on the Dolmenwood book of monsters in *Wormskin* issue seven, I've been meaning to write a quick blog post about it. Fi...
7 years ago
Kord Industries: A Blue Beetle Blog

Blue Beetle #11 (Fox) Part 4 - "Smashing down upon the underworld rackets comes the Blue Beetle...made almost invulnerable by special armor, and given super-energy by vitamin 2-X, he cru...
8 years ago
VINTAGE STAR WARS COLLECTORS

Collector Interview #10: Gus Lopez - Welcome everyone to the tenth edition of VSWC Blog Full-Length Collector Interviews! It’s been a while since we published our last full length one, featuri...
8 years ago
The Gelatinous Dome!

Beleagured Temple of Air or Attack of the Giant Dandelions!!!PDF... - Beleagured Temple of Air or Attack of the Giant Dandelions!!! PDF link: https://goo.gl/7TV2Fu
8 years ago
Discernland

We Need to Talk - Sermon for Epiphany 4A Micah 6:1-8 You know what? I’m a grown man. I’m not afraid of the dark, anymore. I can walk confidently through most days. It’s good...
8 years ago
Warlords of the Galaxy

World of Asingor - The first world I present is a major trading hub, with several cities, each with a gate leading to different worlds. This planet gives the players one of a...
8 years ago

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Some Stuff I Posted That People Actually Read

Wasteland Wednesday: The Flavors of the Post-Apocalypse

One of the central points of tension...okay, maybe not tension, but disagreement ...that I see occasionally in the RPG hobby is the mix...
Wasteland Wednesday: Some post-apocalyptic school spirit

I haven't watched The Walking Dead in a while...I think it was once the Governor rose in prominence, and the show became more about p...
E is for Earths

...of the parallel variety, that is. I'd love for Light City to be accessible for all sorts of supers gaming. I also just love a...
Ezra Brady, the Ranger (because sometimes it's just fun to look at characters)

I would imagine that many of us love RPGs, at least in part, because of the strangely pleasing feeling of having a character summarized on a...
Monster Monday: Ghosthackers

Double the value* in this post! First of all, here's the highly anticipated** and critically acclaimed*** RPG Ghosthackers , released i...
Marvel's College Football Kickoff Covers

Depending on who you ask, these are either awesome or the stuff nightmares are made of. The connection of Marvel Comics and ESPN under the ...
My Mince Pie Odyssey

Undoubtedly, many of you reading this have also seen the comprehensive mincemeat pie reviews written by Kelvin Green over at his Brainsplurg...
Meta Monday: Doki Doki Panic and the greatest(?) NES game of them all

The article feed on my Google Chrome home page (do we call that a chromepage? and if not, why not?) shows exceptional insight when it comes ...
Monstrous Mini-Review: The Twenty-Sided Tavern (Off-Broadway Show)

Before I forget...and while I'm thinking about positivity ...here's a little writeup I've been meaning to do for a while. Why ...
The BIG 4 of RPG attributes

It is possible that I would be a little embarrassed if most people knew how much time I spend thinking about character stats in roleplaying ...

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