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Critical Hit for Gold! “the web series that does double damage”

Gold is an illustration of how obsessive we (gamers) can be, especially in a slightly different reality where there are professional RPG leagues with championships.  It is a well-acted, strongly written, authentic and earnest work that deserves the many accolades it has received: Streamy Awards Nominee 2010, New York Television Festival 2009, Independent Television Festival [...]

August 19, 2010 ·  · No Comments
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Hexmap Alphabetical Random Charts: Ruins

If you’ve determined that a given hex has some “Ruins” the following chart will give you some ideas of what those ruins may have in store. You may want to roll/pick multiple options from the last column: Roll The Ruins Were… Roll Again for Current State Factions/Populations (roll 1d3+1 times) 1 Moathouse Rubble, hard to [...]

June 28, 2010 ·  · One Comment
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Weird Dungeon Geometries

Troll and Flame has had a couple of posts discussing Geomorph Cube Dungeons, which reminded me of my favorite weird dungeon geometry: a Möbius Loop. I believe this came from Dungeon magazine issue #26 (or thereabouts).  At some point in the adventure, the party entered a corridor that was a Möbius loop.  (I’m guessing the [...]

April 22, 2010 ·  · 2 Comments
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Best Posts of 2009 at Inkwell Ideas

Hopefully it isn’t too late to look back at 2009.  At Inkwell Ideas, the specialty is to give others tools and ideas useful for RPGs. Although December was a little slow (working on the largest Inkwell Ideas project, Hexographer, as well as real life issues) there were a few November posts centered on random charts [...]

January 18, 2010 ·  · No Comments
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12 of the Most Horrifying Torture Devices in History

Linked below is a list of 12 torture devices.  After reading the descriptions, I’m speechless.  How many times do some or all or the PCs get captured?  After taking a look at the list a GM will have some good ideas to mess up captured PCs/NPCs. Read the List

September 18, 2009 ·  · 3 Comments
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RPG Resource of the Day: 25 Inn and Tavern Maps

A list of free inn and tavern maps continues this semi-regular series that features interesting and useful RPG resources.  I would highly recommend printing a few of these out and keeping them in a GM’s notebook so you can pick one out when you need it. Wizard of the Coast’s “Map a Week” archive has [...]

July 23, 2009 ·  · No Comments
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RPG Inspirational Place of the Day: Terracotta Army

The Terracotta army dates back to 210 BC when the first Qin Emperor ruled.  There are over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots, 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses in the army. The soldiers stand six feet to six feet five inches high, depending on their rank. Their purpose was to aid the emperor to conquer a [...]

July 28, 2008 ·  · No Comments
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RPG Inspirational Place of the Day: Karim Khan

Sticking with the recent theme of castles and showing that they can vary in many ways, today’s inspirational place of the day is the Citadel of Karim Khan, located in present day Iran. The structure features large circular towers with ornate designs in the stone.  Small windows separated by tiny arrow slits dot the top [...]

July 21, 2008 ·  · No Comments
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RPG Inspirational Place of the Day: Neuschwanstein Castle

In order to compare how different castles can be, today’s inspirational place of the day will be Neuschwanstein Castle.  The most recent other inspirational place of the day was Blarney Castle. While Blarney Castle is beautiful and noteworthy in its own way, Neuschwanstein is the prototypical fairytale castle.  In fact, Cinderella’s castle is said to [...]

July 14, 2008 ·  · No Comments
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RPG Inspirational Place of the Day: Blarney Castle

Castles are a fundamental part of a fantasy world, but they can vary in many ways. When you need to describe a castle it helps to look at a few real castles for ideas. For example, the picture to the right is Blarney Castle. This picture shows several differences from other castles such as the [...]

July 10, 2008 ·  · One Comment
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