Friday, September 27, 2019

A Brief History of Tolkien RPGs by John Rateliff

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It's once again Tolkien Week, the week containing Hobbit Day (Sep 22nd, Bilbo & Frodo's birthday). Recently there's been som...
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Thursday, September 19, 2019

Bayt Al Azif #2: Unboxing Video

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Over on YouTube, MaxWriter* has an unboxing video of the print-on-demand of issue 2 of Bayt Al Azif. He pages through all of the articles, ...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Holmes' 1983 review of the Call of Cthulhu RPG: Rediscovered and republished in Bayt Al Azif #2

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Cover art by  Jensine Eckwall A major announcement for Holmes enthusiasts: in 1983 Holmes wrote a review of the then relatively new Call of...
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Thursday, September 5, 2019

Holmes Games at Pacificon

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"Tegel Manor mapping" by Guy Fullerton showing  a marked 20-sider in use Over at K&KA Alehouse and Dragonsfoot , Guy Fullerto...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

The Legend of Terminatur the Forest Gnome

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An amazing, simultaneously heartwarming & heartbreaking story I was sent on Twitter today. This is why you should play RPGs with your re...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Zenopus Game at Dragonflight 40

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Above are two photos from a "Beneath the Ruined Tower of Zenopus" game  that was run at Dragonflight 40 in the Seattle are...
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Holmes' 1946 Letter to a Pulp

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Above is "Advice", a letter from a sixteen-year-old John Eric Holmes to  Famous Fantastic Mysteries , a fantasy and sci-fi pul...
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