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Ash vs. Evil Dead with OD&D
Tis the season, so here we go.low res image used for criticism and scholarly purposes under Fair Use doctrine.I've been binge watching Ash vs. Evil Dead over the past couple days (actually, I binged...
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Dark Superheroes with Night Shift: VSW
Let's be honest: It's more than likely that there's a supers supplement for Night Shift: VSW on the horizon some day in the future. Here's the trick, though: you don't really need it to do supers with...
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I Have Partnered with Studio 2 for Night Shift: VSW!
Elf Lair Games has officially signed on with Studio 2 Publishing to distribute English language tabletop RPG product, beginning with Night Shift: Veterans of the Supernatural Wars. I couldn't be more...
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What Does Night Shift: VSW Bring to the Old School Table?
(This blog is crossposted from my Elf Lair Games blog, which I recommend everyone follow as well! It also sort of dovetails off of an earlier one regarding what's innovative about Night Shift.)What...
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Why Re-Use Old Mechanics? Why Not Create a New System?
(Cross-posted from my Elf Lair Games blog, which you should also follow!)This is a question I get asked far too often, and far too often it's with an accusatory tone, along the lines of, "what kind of...
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Gaming in the Tarantino-Verse
This is just a little something I've been thinking about over the past couple days as I decided to revisit the Tarantino-Verse courtesy of my Tarantino XX Blu-ray boxed set and my copy of Once Upon a...
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New Release from Elf Lair Games: A Faustian Dilemma for Night Shift: VSW
Welcome to the City...The City is vast and sprawling, in many ways an archetype of every city in the world, from New York to Sydney to LA to Hong Kong, to Paris, London, Dubai, and beyond. It’s a city...
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Tech Blog: Xiaomi Mi Box S vs NVIDIA SHIELD TV Android TV Boxes
Yeah, I know, this is an old-school gaming blog, but I needed somewhere to put this, and it's a bit of a ramble, so bear with me. If anyone is cutting the cord, this may come in handy for you.Juliette...
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Elf Lair Games Partners with Troll Lord Games on Drivethru RPG
From Troll Lord Games and Elf Lair Games comes a combination of great gaming goodness from the mind of Jason Vey. Jason is a writer of many talents, having worked with Troll Lord Games on his Amazing...
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The Darkness Spell in 5e is Pointless
Here's a fun observation. The spell darkness, in 5e, has absolutely zero mechanical effect in 5th edition D&D.Darkness creates a heavily obscured area. Creatures within that area effectively...
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Alignment Experiment: Replacing Law and Chaos with Light and Dark
Light and Dark: an Alternate Alignment SystemThe core alignment system in early versions of D&D and many OSR games focuses on the law/chaos axis. An alternate alignment system is presented here...
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iiRcade: Classic Arcade Gaming with an app store!
Like many people in Gen-X, I've always wanted a real life video arcade cabinet of my very own. Something to play the classics like Ms. Pac Man, Commando, Double Dragon, Contra, Dig Dug, Q-Bert,...
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Elf Lair Games at Gary Con
Elf Lair Games is at Gary Con!Hey, folks, Elf Lair Games is at Ethereal Gary Con XIII, and yours truly is a convention special guest. Of course, I'm also still a Troll Lord Games guy so I'm involved...
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Coming Soon: The Night Companion for Night Shift: VSW
They Walk Beside You in the Night...The Night Companion is the first sourcebook for the Night Shift: Veterans of the Supernatural Wars Role Playing Game, the old-school RPG of Chosen Ones, Witches,...
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The Night Companion is LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!
We Are LIVE!Well, folks, we launched this morning and are ROCKETING towards funding on day one! If we can make it, that would be an amazing birthday present for me. I'm thrilled to see it doing so...
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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - 5 Days Left on the Night Companion Kickstarter!
Happy Monday, everyone! I considered posting a link to the video for that song, but I decided not to. You're welcome for that, by the way. But in all seriousness, here we go, folks! 5 days left to go...
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Star Wars and Me: Re-Watching The Force Awakens
Let me preface this by saying if you hated the Prequels or Sequels I don't care and I don't want to hear from you about it. Kindly scroll on past. If your comments are anti-prequel or anti-sequel, I...
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Diabetes-Friendly Orange Julius Clone!
One of the things I've missed the most after being diagnosed with the 'beetus is a good old-fashioned Orange Julius! I used to love these things - Orange Julius, Strawberry Julius, of course with a...
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MCU Films: Multiversal Order
Now that we have the multiverse officially in place with the MCU, that makes pretty much every single media property throughout the history of the company part of the MCU. In case anyone was wondering,...
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Wasted Lands RPG: Will It Be a Retroclone?
(This blog is cross-posted from our Elf Lair Games blog. Please follow us there as well!)I have spent a good deal of time on this blog talking about what O.G.R.E.S. brings to the table for role...
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