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Dicing with Dragons — an Introduction to Role-Playing Games

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By scott | 1:32 PM AKST, Sun December 12, 2021
Dicing with Dragons book front cover
Dicing with Dragons book back cover

It's perhaps about time I talked about this book, written by Ian Livingstone with illustrations by Russ Nicholson, which was published originally in 1982, but didn't cross my path until '86 or '87. It also might have been redundant, given that I was already familiar with role-playing games, but this was bought during a period of my life when information was a lot harder to find than it is now, and I was really intrigued by the fact that here was an entire book on the topic.

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Dicing with Dragons
Ian Livingstone
introduction to role-playing games
game books
Russ Nicholson
Stars and Stripes Bookstores
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RIP Chris Achilleos

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By scott | 11:56 PM AKST, Thu December 09, 2021
Painting of a dragon with a tower in the background for Talisman, the board game, for its 2nd edition.
Chris Achilleos
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Chris Achilleos has passed away.

Two Articles on Dave Arneson…

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By scott | 6:20 PM AKDT, Sun October 03, 2021
D&D
Dave Arneson
Gary Gygax
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Come by way of James Maliszewski for Goodman Games:

Babylon 5 Reboot

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By scott | 2:31 PM AKDT, Sun October 03, 2021
Tweets from JMS about the Babylon 5 reboot.
Tweets from JMS about the Babylon 5 reboot.
Babylon 5
reboot
television
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It's real: JMS confirms that a reboot of Babylon 5 is in the works. I for one am looking forward to seeing the new show when it debuts.

A Collection of Wormy Comic Strips from old issues of Dragon Magazine

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By scott | 10:24 PM AKDT, Fri July 02, 2021
DA Trampier
Wormy
Dragon Magazine
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https://web.archive.org/web/20181023202614/https://sites.google.com/site/wormycollected/Home

Fonts Used in TSR Products

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By scott | 11:27 PM AKDT, Thu May 27, 2021
fonts
TSR
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For future reference, should I want to make something which uses a similar styling:

http://mystara.thorf.co.uk/fontfaq.php

 

Appendix N.: a Short Review

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By scott | 1:22 PM AKDT, Tue May 04, 2021
Cover of Appendix N.
Tip-out of Appendix N's inside front cover
Appendix N
Dungeon Masters Guide
Zothique
short stories
AD&D
Basic D&D
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Appendix N.

31 Day Character Creation Challenge (Day 31), or, Rolling 3d6 in order in two types of BASIC

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By scott | 3:33 PM AKST, Sun January 31, 2021
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Casio PB-80 portable computer.
31 Day Character Creation Challenge
rolling up a character
BASIC programming
Casio PB-80
Commodore
Commodore 64
Commodore 128
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Today is the last day of the 31-day Character Creation challenge. This time, instead of rolling up a character, I thought I'd report on something I've been working on and off for the past year or so.

Sometime during the last few months of 2019, I became interested in rolling up characters using only 3d6 in order per the original D&D method, just to see what outcomes were to be had. But because I was lazy, or didn't have a whole lot of time on my hands, I decided to conduct the experiment using BASIC running on an emulated Commodore machine.

New Year, New Characters 31 Day Character Creation Challenge, Day 19

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By scott | 7:43 PM AKST, Tue January 19, 2021
AD&D Players Handbook
31 Day Character Creation Challenge
AD&D
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I'm back at it, in spite of having skipped the past 9 days. This time, it's for AD&D, first edition. 

New Year, New Characters 31 Day Character Creation Challenge, Days 7-10

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By scott | 7:29 PM AKST, Fri January 15, 2021
Star Frontiers game box set.
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