Gygax Memorial Fund
On this, the anniversary of the birth of E. Gary Gygax, I wanted to take a minute to draw attention to the Gygax Memorial Fund. It’s been linked in the upper-left corner of my blog for quite some time now, Read More
The Giant’s Bag
From the Great Plains Game Players Newsletter #7, April 1975, pp. 9-11 (with only a few corrections to spelling), I present a bit of early Greyhawkiana. To the best of my knowledge, this work is in the public domain, but Read More
Gary Gygax on Kicking off a Campaign
“The milieu for initial adventures should be kept to a size commensurate with the needs of campaign participants — your available time as compared with the demands of the players. This will typically result in your giving them a brief Read More
Word of the Day – “Staviary”
Staviary – noun, portmanteau formed from the English “stable” and “aviary”. An enclosure where flying steeds (ex.: pegasuses, hippogriffs, griffons, etc.) are cared for, fed, and sheltered until such time as they are needed for travel. “I will have instructions Read More
The Magician’s Ring
Note: The following originally appeared in the June 1975 issue of Wargamer’s Digest, and is Copyright (c) 1975 McCoy Publishing Enterprises, Inc. It is presented here without permission of the copyright holder, in the interest of preserving a piece of Read More
Is It Possible to Publish a “True” Megadungeon?
James over at Grognardia has published an interesting essay “Schrödinger’s Dungeon” which has garnered a lot of replies in the few short hours it’s been up. Much as I like and admire James’ work for the most part, I fear Read More
