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· Mar 26
Old School Essentials – Imperial Goblins
Once I decided to use OSE as the game for my Arden Vul campaign I needed to make a few decisions. These decisions were made in the two or three weeks that I was also reading the first part of Arden…
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I wrote a thing about Imperial Goblins from Arden Vul and their use as a PC class in Old School Essentials rpgmusings.com/2025/03/old-... #TTRPG #rpg #DnD
Reposted by DMSamuel
It's fun art Friday! We're proud to team up with designer Carol LaGrow & artist Faith Shaffer to bring “The Six of VIII” back in a brand new edition for retail release next year.
It will be available to purchase early as part of our upcoming KS campaign.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
It will be available to purchase early as part of our upcoming KS campaign.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
August 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It's fun art Friday! We're proud to team up with designer Carol LaGrow & artist Faith Shaffer to bring “The Six of VIII” back in a brand new edition for retail release next year.
It will be available to purchase early as part of our upcoming KS campaign.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
It will be available to purchase early as part of our upcoming KS campaign.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
Wrote some more stuff for my OSE Arden Vul Campaign... what are my house rules? #dnd #rpg #OldSchoolEssentials #ArdenVul rpgmusings.com/2025/04/ose-...
OSE House Rules For My Arden Vul Campaign
Continuing my series of articles about OSE and Arden Vul, this week I am going to talk about some of the houserules that I decided on as I prepped to start the campaign. This post is #3 in the seri…
rpgmusings.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Wrote some more stuff for my OSE Arden Vul Campaign... what are my house rules? #dnd #rpg #OldSchoolEssentials #ArdenVul rpgmusings.com/2025/04/ose-...
I wrote a thing about Imperial Goblins from Arden Vul and their use as a PC class in Old School Essentials rpgmusings.com/2025/03/old-... #TTRPG #rpg #DnD
Old School Essentials – Imperial Goblins
Once I decided to use OSE as the game for my Arden Vul campaign I needed to make a few decisions. These decisions were made in the two or three weeks that I was also reading the first part of Arden…
rpgmusings.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I wrote a thing about Imperial Goblins from Arden Vul and their use as a PC class in Old School Essentials rpgmusings.com/2025/03/old-... #TTRPG #rpg #DnD
I wrote about how I prep for running The Halls of Arden Vul (using Old School Essentials)... rpgmusings.com/2025/03/prep... #dnd #ttrpg
Prepping To Run The Halls Of Arden Vul
I am finally running a consistent game again, and it is fabulously fun. Now that I am running again, there are a lot of things I want to write about. So here I am, after more than a year, starting …
rpgmusings.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I wrote about how I prep for running The Halls of Arden Vul (using Old School Essentials)... rpgmusings.com/2025/03/prep... #dnd #ttrpg
I love reading Jared's thoughts on what @brandesstoddard.bsky.social and I say about some elf games...
It's a new year, but I'm still trying to stay current with @dmsamuel.bsky.social and @brandesstoddard.bsky.social series, going over the chapters of the D&D 2024 Dungeon Masters Guide. They're up to Chapter 5, Creating Campaigns.
#TTRPGs #RPGs #DnD #DnD5e
#TTRPGs #RPGs #DnD #DnD5e
Edition Wars Christmas 2024 Day 8: 2024 DMG Chapter 5 (Edition Wars 133) | The Tome Show
Welcome to the twelve days of Edition Wars - in this year's series we are taking a deep dive into the 2024 update to the 5e DMG. What has changed? What has stayed the same? Is this a better buy than t...
www.thetomeshow.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I love reading Jared's thoughts on what @brandesstoddard.bsky.social and I say about some elf games...
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Jason Mendoza: THIS is the bad place
Interviewer: Even Jason gets it?
Jason Mendoza: THIS is the bad place
Interviewer: Even Jason gets it?
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Gandalf the White: I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountainside where he smote it in his ruin. Then Darkness took me, and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell.
Gandalf the White: I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountainside where he smote it in his ruin. Then Darkness took me, and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell.
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Eörlingas: if you look at the page you’ll see it clearly says, “Of Rohan.”
Eörlingas: if you look at the page you’ll see it clearly says, “Of Rohan.”
December 27, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Jason Mendoza: THIS is the bad place
Interviewer: Even Jason gets it?
Jason Mendoza: THIS is the bad place
Interviewer: Even Jason gets it?
I helped create this great revised GH gaz! Check it out! It's free!
Greyhawk fans: Check out this free 84 page PDF that Cannibaal Publishing just published via @dmsguild.com:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...
It has 7 chapters to expand the DMG 2024 content, plus 3 appendices of information to get newbie Greyhawk fans up to speed.
#Greyhawk #DMsGuild
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...
It has 7 chapters to expand the DMG 2024 content, plus 3 appendices of information to get newbie Greyhawk fans up to speed.
#Greyhawk #DMsGuild
![[free][DMsGuild] World of Greyhawk Gazetteer Revised](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kqtjtww4dnandavmxc4vdr2u/bafkreigii73sxl6vp4qunpgqnn352s2w6ympxawdvjwgflugke5fxy5kpm@jpeg)
November 26, 2024 at 3:12 AM
I helped create this great revised GH gaz! Check it out! It's free!
Felt the earthquake this morning (I'm in downstate NY, but not NYC)... I grew up in CA so am familiar with the feeling and knew immediately what it was, but didn't believe myself until the official notification. Hope everyone affected a safe rest of the day!!!
April 5, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Felt the earthquake this morning (I'm in downstate NY, but not NYC)... I grew up in CA so am familiar with the feeling and knew immediately what it was, but didn't believe myself until the official notification. Hope everyone affected a safe rest of the day!!!
My awesome wife @indigopotter.bsky.social has designed a game about Henry the 8th and his many wives! Pre-order page is up!! #boardgame #cardgame #boardgames
www.newmillindustries.com/store/p/the-...
www.newmillindustries.com/store/p/the-...
The Six of VIII - PREORDER — New Mill Industries
This is a pre-order running through the end of February, at which point
we’ll place the order with the printer. Games will likely ship in early
May.
Any games ordered with The Six of VIII will be ...
www.newmillindustries.com
February 2, 2024 at 1:42 AM
My awesome wife @indigopotter.bsky.social has designed a game about Henry the 8th and his many wives! Pre-order page is up!! #boardgame #cardgame #boardgames
www.newmillindustries.com/store/p/the-...
www.newmillindustries.com/store/p/the-...
On the 12th day of Christmas, my GM gave to me... a conversation between @dmsamuel.bsky.social and @brandesstoddard.bsky.social about the one spell to rule them all... WISH www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #dnd #ttrpg
January 5, 2024 at 2:49 PM
On the 12th day of Christmas, my GM gave to me... a conversation between @dmsamuel.bsky.social and @brandesstoddard.bsky.social about the one spell to rule them all... WISH www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #dnd #ttrpg
Ever start laughing and you just can’t stop? Perhaps Tasha is to blame for such uncontrollable hideousness? @BrandesStoddard.bsky.social and I talk about whether the laugh is always uncontrollable here: www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa...
#dnd #ttrpg
#dnd #ttrpg
Edition Wars Christmas 2023 Day 11: Tasha’s Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter (Edition Wars 112) | T...
Welcome to the twelve days of Edition Wars - in this year's series we are taking a deep dive into the iconic spells of Dungeons and Dragons! What were they like at first? How have they changed? Are th...
www.thetomeshow.com
January 4, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Ever start laughing and you just can’t stop? Perhaps Tasha is to blame for such uncontrollable hideousness? @BrandesStoddard.bsky.social and I talk about whether the laugh is always uncontrollable here: www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa...
#dnd #ttrpg
#dnd #ttrpg
When did HOLD PERSON go from a mental hold to a physical hold in #dnd ? What? It was mental, like a charm, at one time? Yep! Listen to @brandesstoddard.bsky.social & @dmsamuel.bsky.social discuss the #ttrpg spell here: www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa...
January 3, 2024 at 4:38 PM
When did HOLD PERSON go from a mental hold to a physical hold in #dnd ? What? It was mental, like a charm, at one time? Yep! Listen to @brandesstoddard.bsky.social & @dmsamuel.bsky.social discuss the #ttrpg spell here: www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa...
Ever lost something and thought "I wish this thing would just have a glowing green light surrounding it. Then I would find it easily!" ? So did some early #dnd players - come listen to @brandesstoddard.bsky.social and I talk about it www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #ttrpg
January 2, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Ever lost something and thought "I wish this thing would just have a glowing green light surrounding it. Then I would find it easily!" ? So did some early #dnd players - come listen to @brandesstoddard.bsky.social and I talk about it www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #ttrpg
On the eighth day of Christmas @brandesstoddard.bsky.social and @dmsamuel.bsky.social dispel all the myths about magic in D&D ... sort of www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa...
January 1, 2024 at 4:39 PM
On the eighth day of Christmas @brandesstoddard.bsky.social and @dmsamuel.bsky.social dispel all the myths about magic in D&D ... sort of www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa...
On today’s edition wars Christmas episode
@brandesstoddard.bsky.social and I raise the roof ya’ll let’s hear it for.. what? Oh, not the roof? Oh, Raise Dead!! www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #dnd #ttrpg
@brandesstoddard.bsky.social and I raise the roof ya’ll let’s hear it for.. what? Oh, not the roof? Oh, Raise Dead!! www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #dnd #ttrpg
December 31, 2023 at 8:06 PM
On today’s edition wars Christmas episode
@brandesstoddard.bsky.social and I raise the roof ya’ll let’s hear it for.. what? Oh, not the roof? Oh, Raise Dead!! www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #dnd #ttrpg
@brandesstoddard.bsky.social and I raise the roof ya’ll let’s hear it for.. what? Oh, not the roof? Oh, Raise Dead!! www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #dnd #ttrpg
My hope, for all of you, is that you have a fantastic new year, and also a very excellent whole year after the newness wears off.
December 30, 2023 at 5:14 PM
My hope, for all of you, is that you have a fantastic new year, and also a very excellent whole year after the newness wears off.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Magic Missile in EVERY #dnd edition - in this episode @brandesstoddard.bsky.social and @dmsamuel.bsky.social discuss this iconic missile from the fingers... or head... of the mage! www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #ttrpg
December 30, 2023 at 5:02 PM
Everything you ever wanted to know about Magic Missile in EVERY #dnd edition - in this episode @brandesstoddard.bsky.social and @dmsamuel.bsky.social discuss this iconic missile from the fingers... or head... of the mage! www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #ttrpg
I was silent this morning about @brandesstoddard.bsky.social and @dmsamuel.bsky.social l talking about SILENCE www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa...
#dnd #ttrpg
#dnd #ttrpg
December 29, 2023 at 7:50 PM
I was silent this morning about @brandesstoddard.bsky.social and @dmsamuel.bsky.social l talking about SILENCE www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa...
#dnd #ttrpg
#dnd #ttrpg
Today's episode is about Fireball! And... Fire Ball... #dnd #ttrpg Sam and @brandesstoddard.bsky.social talk about possibly THE most iconic spell! www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa...
December 28, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Today's episode is about Fireball! And... Fire Ball... #dnd #ttrpg Sam and @brandesstoddard.bsky.social talk about possibly THE most iconic spell! www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa...
3rd day of Edition Wars Christmas with @brandesstoddard.bsky.social www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #dnd #ttrpg
December 27, 2023 at 6:38 PM
3rd day of Edition Wars Christmas with @brandesstoddard.bsky.social www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #dnd #ttrpg
It's the second day of Christmas over at the Edition Wars dungeon with Sam and @BrandesStoddard www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #dnd5e #dnd #ttrpg
December 26, 2023 at 4:09 PM
It's the second day of Christmas over at the Edition Wars dungeon with Sam and @BrandesStoddard www.thetomeshow.com/e/edition-wa... #dnd5e #dnd #ttrpg
Welp... here I am on another social media platform...
I am a veteran of the thousand social networks wars
I am a veteran of the thousand social networks wars
September 28, 2023 at 12:35 AM
Welp... here I am on another social media platform...
I am a veteran of the thousand social networks wars
I am a veteran of the thousand social networks wars