Supplement Review: Midgard Adventures: To the Edge of the World by Wolfgang...
The concept of a flat earth is one that has often teased my creative spirit to write about. There’s just something about the idea of finding an edge to the world and sailing off that offers tons of...
View ArticleSupplement Review: Midgard Adventures: The Raven’s Call by Wolfgang Baur and...
First level adventures are always a tricky thing to pull off. Do you go easy on a new wave of heroes? Do you smack the new heroes around a bit? Do you up the ante and make it possible for a TPK? Well,...
View ArticleThe Gassy Gnoll: ‘Tis the Season of Change…
The time change always throws this Gassy Gnoll for a loop. Not sure if it’s the lack of sleep (is losing an hour, even on a Sunday, really necessary?) or the aggravation of changing clocks or adjusting...
View ArticleFriday Map: Shrine of Three (Or Four… Or Five…)
So today we have a shrine consisting of a series of interconnected rooms with multiple purposes. I ran over the 5 minute mark by a few seconds in the car, but not by much. My idea is that a multi-faced...
View ArticleGuest Post: Arrows of Indra (by RPGPundit for Bedrock Games), a Review by...
First off, Arrows of Indra claims to be “Old School Roleplaying in an Epic indian Fantasy World.” What this means may differ from person to person, but I should point out that even a quick glance at...
View ArticleSupplement Review: Haiku of Horror: Autumn Moon Bath House (Kaidan/PFRPG) by...
Fantasy RPGs (like any number of other genres) have several tropes we all tend to trip over. You know the ideas I’m talking about… Elves don’t like dwarves. Dwarves are drunkards who speak with a...
View ArticleThe Gassy Gnoll: Mapping Player and GM Worlds
Ok. Next time you get a chance to experiment a bit with your gaming group, I’d like you to try this… Have the GM draw a map of the world and then have each player draw a map of the world. Want to bet...
View ArticleSupplement Review: Midgard Adventures: Beyond the Ghostlight Reef by...
What is it about open ended adventures that really makes them work well when they’re done right? Is it the fact that the railroad factor seems to fade into the background and offer less of a way to...
View ArticleThe Gassy Gnoll – The Nature of Nature
Peace and quiet. It’s something this Gassy Gnoll doesn’t get much of these days. It might be that his family is running a million miles an hour in different directions. It might be that he himself his...
View ArticleThe Gassy Gnoll: Celebrating Independence (or Why Aren’t There Fireworks in...
The Gassy Gnoll is about to go to the mountains for a few days, but he’s spent some time wondering about independence lately. Here in the US many folks are planning to launch fireworks (unless there’s...
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