Recently I had to go through and apportion which of my father's dice would go to a nephew—himself a gamer—and which I would keep. I opted for some of the oldest dice in Dad's old collection, and will be sharing images of many of them here as I get to it.

This month represents the second year of Orc.one. I've written about it before now, and all of that still applies.

For the next year, I aim to increase the quality and quantity of my own commentary on the hobby, from the gameplay diaries to meta-discussion on the nature of my own nostalgia. There may be more writing about the personal history I have with the hobby, but I also intend to have new experiences to write about.

One of my favorite fantasy games illustrators is interviewed in this 2011 entry over at the A Dog's Blogg.

It's 1984.

I made this is for outside content, the imported feeds in general.

I can't stop putting Dunkleosteus into everything. This time, a mug.

http://orc.one/mug-ADnD

As a volume of speculative evolution from the artist of Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials, originally published in 1990, Expedition has few peers, even 30 years later. This is a seminal work of fiction, nevertheless. I don't think it's any exaggeration to say most artists who dabble in speculative evolution are aware of this book and what it has meant.

Sketched in Clip Studio Paint.

Something tangential to this site's public purpose (but within the bounds of its ultimate purpose) is this artifact from my childhood, from a time when I lived on the east coast and is one of the things that have made me always love Halloween.

This book followed us throughout my childhood, in our travels it was always just part of the Halloween decorations, but I always had a great fondness for it, and would often set it aside from the decorations being packed away so it could reside on a bookshelf, handy for perusal. Nobody in the family objected.

8-bit Show and Tell's JRPG-Style Menu in C64 BASIC with LOADSTAR's Toolbox 181: This has some intriguing possibilities for adventure games, and features a ton of stuff I never even thought of.