Zenopus Archives 🧙♂️
@zenopus.bsky.social
Exploring the Underworld of the original Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set aka #HolmesBasic. Doomed wizard. Here for excavating cellars for fabulous treasures.
https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/
(Also bands: indie rock, shoegaze, new wave, punk, post-punk)
https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/
(Also bands: indie rock, shoegaze, new wave, punk, post-punk)
Mail call...the new #Superchunk CD has arrived! Officially out this Friday, it's called Songs in the Key of Yikes. Time for a spin on the vintage 3-disc changer. @superchunk.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Mail call...the new #Superchunk CD has arrived! Officially out this Friday, it's called Songs in the Key of Yikes. Time for a spin on the vintage 3-disc changer. @superchunk.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Here's a checklist from their site of the classics reissued in the last few years. Some faves: "Hot Stuff" Pizza, "Poppin Good" Popcorn, "Dill-lightful" Pickle.
July 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Here's a checklist from their site of the classics reissued in the last few years. Some faves: "Hot Stuff" Pizza, "Poppin Good" Popcorn, "Dill-lightful" Pickle.
Today on the Zenopus Archives blog, the first of several posts of my highlights of #GaryCon this year. First up is "Day 0", covering travel and arrival.
zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2025/04/gary...
zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2025/04/gary...
April 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Today on the Zenopus Archives blog, the first of several posts of my highlights of #GaryCon this year. First up is "Day 0", covering travel and arrival.
zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2025/04/gary...
zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2025/04/gary...
#GaryCon highlight:
Playing in the Legends of Roleplaying AD&D 1E Tourney for the 5th time. This year, it was Dungeons of the Ghost Tower, a sequel to the module C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness, designed by the original author Allen Hammack.
Playing in the Legends of Roleplaying AD&D 1E Tourney for the 5th time. This year, it was Dungeons of the Ghost Tower, a sequel to the module C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness, designed by the original author Allen Hammack.
April 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
#GaryCon highlight:
Playing in the Legends of Roleplaying AD&D 1E Tourney for the 5th time. This year, it was Dungeons of the Ghost Tower, a sequel to the module C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness, designed by the original author Allen Hammack.
Playing in the Legends of Roleplaying AD&D 1E Tourney for the 5th time. This year, it was Dungeons of the Ghost Tower, a sequel to the module C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness, designed by the original author Allen Hammack.
I was a Wookie and got to toss Imperial prison guards around.
March 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I was a Wookie and got to toss Imperial prison guards around.
#GaryCon highlight:
Playing West End Games Star Wars RPG for the first time! GM Chris Hunt ran us through a scenario derived from the 1992 module Planet of the Mists.
Playing West End Games Star Wars RPG for the first time! GM Chris Hunt ran us through a scenario derived from the 1992 module Planet of the Mists.
March 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
#GaryCon highlight:
Playing West End Games Star Wars RPG for the first time! GM Chris Hunt ran us through a scenario derived from the 1992 module Planet of the Mists.
Playing West End Games Star Wars RPG for the first time! GM Chris Hunt ran us through a scenario derived from the 1992 module Planet of the Mists.
#GaryCon highlight:
Playing a D&D Master Set adventure for the first time! Demos of the OSR Grimoire blog ran The Spindle of Heaven, a mini-adventure by Bruce Nesmith that came with the 1985 Master Set Player Screen.
Playing a D&D Master Set adventure for the first time! Demos of the OSR Grimoire blog ran The Spindle of Heaven, a mini-adventure by Bruce Nesmith that came with the 1985 Master Set Player Screen.
March 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#GaryCon highlight:
Playing a D&D Master Set adventure for the first time! Demos of the OSR Grimoire blog ran The Spindle of Heaven, a mini-adventure by Bruce Nesmith that came with the 1985 Master Set Player Screen.
Playing a D&D Master Set adventure for the first time! Demos of the OSR Grimoire blog ran The Spindle of Heaven, a mini-adventure by Bruce Nesmith that came with the 1985 Master Set Player Screen.
#GaryCon 2025 highlight:
Playing CHAINMAIL on the sand table. Michael Mornard (aka Gronan) ran Battle on the Ice, a historical scenario, using 1960s Elastolin figures.
Playing CHAINMAIL on the sand table. Michael Mornard (aka Gronan) ran Battle on the Ice, a historical scenario, using 1960s Elastolin figures.
March 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#GaryCon 2025 highlight:
Playing CHAINMAIL on the sand table. Michael Mornard (aka Gronan) ran Battle on the Ice, a historical scenario, using 1960s Elastolin figures.
Playing CHAINMAIL on the sand table. Michael Mornard (aka Gronan) ran Battle on the Ice, a historical scenario, using 1960s Elastolin figures.
Glad you enjoyed it! The adventure and map from this 1981 book, although I expanded the contents a bit:
March 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Glad you enjoyed it! The adventure and map from this 1981 book, although I expanded the contents a bit:
This morning at #GaryCon
I played in the "Battle of the Moathouse" Chainmail game, which recreates the battle that led to the moathouse being ruined in T1. I was on the side of Chaos, and we kept the forces of Law at bay until the time ran out.
I played in the "Battle of the Moathouse" Chainmail game, which recreates the battle that led to the moathouse being ruined in T1. I was on the side of Chaos, and we kept the forces of Law at bay until the time ran out.
March 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This morning at #GaryCon
I played in the "Battle of the Moathouse" Chainmail game, which recreates the battle that led to the moathouse being ruined in T1. I was on the side of Chaos, and we kept the forces of Law at bay until the time ran out.
I played in the "Battle of the Moathouse" Chainmail game, which recreates the battle that led to the moathouse being ruined in T1. I was on the side of Chaos, and we kept the forces of Law at bay until the time ran out.
You'll end up Frizzlefried
December 27, 2024 at 12:14 AM
You'll end up Frizzlefried
Yes, well, I have spent a lot of time with the various D&D Basic sets 🧙 Looks like there is another version of Dragon Master with the dragon art replaced! Someone must have realized that it was a swipe. This image is from Board Game Geek. Looking on Ebay, I see both versions.
December 11, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Yes, well, I have spent a lot of time with the various D&D Basic sets 🧙 Looks like there is another version of Dragon Master with the dragon art replaced! Someone must have realized that it was a swipe. This image is from Board Game Geek. Looking on Ebay, I see both versions.
The Dragon Master dragon appears separated-at-birth from Elmore's dragon on the Mentzer Basic D&D set (1983)...!
December 11, 2024 at 2:26 AM
The Dragon Master dragon appears separated-at-birth from Elmore's dragon on the Mentzer Basic D&D set (1983)...!
I'm out. Got Whammed during a dental cleaning yesterday morning.😢
#whamageddon
#whamageddon
December 7, 2024 at 6:09 PM
I'm out. Got Whammed during a dental cleaning yesterday morning.😢
#whamageddon
#whamageddon
It's seasonal Wizzard time!
December 4, 2024 at 3:50 PM
It's seasonal Wizzard time!
Is this for the Eggs' excellent cover of Catch?
Here's the credits from the 2006 reissue:
Here's the credits from the 2006 reissue:
December 3, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Is this for the Eggs' excellent cover of Catch?
Here's the credits from the 2006 reissue:
Here's the credits from the 2006 reissue:
My sister had this Swatch phone. Peak late 80s design IMO.
December 2, 2024 at 7:50 PM
My sister had this Swatch phone. Peak late 80s design IMO.
The blue plastic items, which include a camera, lantern, half-eaten wheel and more, also live rent-free in the recesses of my mind.
December 2, 2024 at 12:02 AM
The blue plastic items, which include a camera, lantern, half-eaten wheel and more, also live rent-free in the recesses of my mind.
By far, the best Colorforms set that I had was the phantasmagoric Mickey Mouse Fun House (1978), which would switch to a night scene complete with ghosts when stood up in front of a light!
November 27, 2024 at 3:41 PM
By far, the best Colorforms set that I had was the phantasmagoric Mickey Mouse Fun House (1978), which would switch to a night scene complete with ghosts when stood up in front of a light!
The Zenopus Archives are now on Bluesky! Seems like a good place to discuss Blue Book D&D 🧙♂️
November 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM
The Zenopus Archives are now on Bluesky! Seems like a good place to discuss Blue Book D&D 🧙♂️