Sunday, February 16, 2025

Holmes Day 2025

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J. Eric Holmes at his chalkboard game table, contemplating miniatures and notes. Taken by Tony Bernard for the 1979 L.A. Times article, ...
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Sunday, January 5, 2025

Gary Con 2025 Games Scheduled!

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Gary Con XVII illustration by Chet Minton In March I'm returning to GARY CON , now in its 17th year, and as has been typical for me the ...
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Saturday, December 21, 2024

The Mirkwood Tales RPG: the link between the original D&D rules and text-based computer games

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Cover of Mirkwood Tales, 1977, by Eric S. Roberts In May 1977, the all-text computer game  Adventure , also known as Advent or Colossal Cave...
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Sunday, December 1, 2024

Tower of Xenopus: Mazes & Minotaurs RPG adaptation by Tony Stroppa

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I n the comments to " Zenopus Built a Tower ",  Part 46 of the Holmes Manuscript series  on this blog,  reader Tony Stroppa wrote ...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

The Tower Card

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"The Tower" card from the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck The recent miniseries  Agatha All Along  prominently features the famous Ri...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

The Making of OD&D: Half-Price Sale on Amazon

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The  Making of Orginal D&D is currently on sale for $49.99 on Amazon, which is 50% off the cover price ($99). This is the lowest price I...
Saturday, November 16, 2024

The Return of the Sample Dungeon

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Cover of the 2024 DMG featuring Warduke, Skylla and Venger Out this week is the latest version of the Dungeon Master's Guide , and in ad...