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December 8, 2024 in Creative Process

10 Rules

Simple. To the point. Universal. Demanding. Everything I like in a good philosophical rule…

October 22, 2024 in Game Tastes

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Members October 9, 2025 in Creative Process

Enter the Citadel

Designing a useful villain for any party

Painting of the vampire Strahd on his balcony by Clyde Caldwell.

Members September 30, 2025 in Reviews

Ravenloft 83

I am the eggman. I am the... no that's not right. I am the land? Yeah. That's much better.

September 26, 2025 in Yggdrasil MGZ

I remember seeing a T-shirt one time with a quote attributed to Umberto Eco about the value of being surrounded by books. I don't remember it exactly. It was clearly meant to justify frequent sojourns to the local bookstore and the stack of books at the bedside table....