Author: Ferrell Riley

Who needs storygame names? The internet will solve all our issues and name our decedents!

Who needs storygame names? The internet will solve all our issues and name our decedents!

Who needs storygame names? The internet will solve all our issues and name our decedents!

Originally shared by Menno van der Leden

Who needs names? This page generates random names abound, based on letter pair frequencies as found in the Cugel’s Saga by Jack Vance. The result is imho a very convincing list of names (and some less convincing).

http://neeth.net/names/

The holiday season is upon us, and The Gauntlet believes in giving till it hurts.

The holiday season is upon us, and The Gauntlet believes in giving till it hurts.

The holiday season is upon us, and The Gauntlet believes in giving till it hurts. Our Wednesday One-shots spread the gifts of Krampus among our little band, and there was plenty of suffering handed out to all. Truly it is better to give than to receive!

Thanks to everyone for coming out, and special thanks to Daniel Lewis for running Downfall, where our Wrathful society fell apart due to illegal betting, Russell Benner for running a knock-out game of Contenders, and Scott Owen for killing us slowly in Funnel World!

Have I mentioned lately how much I love our little Community here?

Have I mentioned lately how much I love our little Community here?

Have I mentioned lately how much I love our little Community here?

It popped up in another discussion, but I think this is one of the few places online where I still share my opinion.  I always am slightly afraid to hit that post button when I write anything more than an “attaboy” post, but I’ve never been trolled or flamed for it here.  Questioned and responded to yes, but discussion always seems to be polite, civil, and intelligent.

Thanks everyone!

Base ($6): Slumbering Ursine Dunes (pointcrawl minisetting with a very Slavic theme), The Gnomes of Levnec (a…

Base ($6): Slumbering Ursine Dunes (pointcrawl minisetting with a very Slavic theme), The Gnomes of Levnec (a…

Base ($6): Slumbering Ursine Dunes (pointcrawl minisetting with a very Slavic theme), The Gnomes of Levnec (a low-level comedy adventure), Strange Stars (a retro/transhuman sci-fi setting), Weird Tales (D&D meets 30’s pulp) and its “player’s guide” Strange Trails.

BtA: Owl Hoot Trail (D&D meets westerns), Fever-Dreaming Marlinko (weird fantasy city setting/adventure), Beyond the Wall (young adult fantasy), and Red & Pleasant Land.

Thanks again SA Goon Evil Mastermind for doing the Legwork

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/OSR3

Bundle of Holding have revived their Old School Revival Bundle, which is available until 22nd of November.

Bundle of Holding have revived their Old School Revival Bundle, which is available until 22nd of November.

Bundle of Holding have revived their Old School Revival Bundle, which is available until 22nd of November.

$4.95 gets you Swords and Wizardry plus Eldritch Wizardry and Monster Book gubbins, a retro-clone of 0e D&D, Tomb of the Iron Gods, a 1st level module, the first chapter of Cyclopean Deeps, an underground campaign by Frog God Games, Demonspore, a 3rd-6th level module and finally the OSR Toolkit, a custom collection of a variety of free stuff – No-art versions of Labyrinth Lord and Lamentations of the Flame Princess, both retro-clones of 1e D&D, two guides on “Old-School Gaming” – Philotomy’s Musings and Quick Primer of Old-School Gaming – One-Page Dungeon 2013, a collection of One Page Dungeons from a contest, first issues of Knockspell and Dyson’s Dodecahedron, fan-zines for OSR and finally a .zip file of various printable graph paper that DMs/Players would find useful.

Beating the threshold (right now just under $13) gets you Adventurer, Conqueror, King, another 1e D&D Retroclone, Stonehell Dungeon, a mega-dungeon, Vornheim: The Complete City Kit and two LotFP modules, The God That Crawls and The Monolith From Beyond Space and Time.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/OSR2015