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Very handy. Html format, ebook away. 5 out of 5 http://pandaria.rpgworlds.info/cant/rules/adnd_spells.htm1
Continue reading about AD&D Player’s Handbook Spell Lists by Class – Gary Gygax
Making up some people, even with power armour. 4 out of 5 http://media.podcastingmanager.com/2/0/6/6/8/295141-286602/Media/rsg104_NP00.mp3
Continue reading about Episode 104: Nova Praxis 00 – Roo Sack Gamers
“KC: Will you tell us about your new novel, iD, out this month, and its protagonist, Javier? Javier is a self-replicating humanoid. He’s iterated about thirteen times, so he has a bunch of copies of himself running around. He has an intact failsafe, which means he can’t hurt human beings. (At least, not physically.) It [...]
Continue reading about Interview: author of vN and iD – Madeline Ashby
“ICONS Great Power released Steve Kenson and Dan Houser stop by to talk about the release of ICONS Great Power. Steve talks about the future of ICONS and Dan manages to spill the beans on a pretty major Stark City secret” 4 out of 5 http://mikelaff.podbean.com/mf/web/yktvm6/greatpowerreleased.mp3
Continue reading about ICONS Great Power released – Steve Kenson and Dan Houser
“In this special one shot adventure, RJ returns as we try out Spirit of the Century, a pulp themed FATE engine RPG! The players are typical pulp heroes at a swanky New York City party, when dastardly murderhobos attack the shindig! It turns out that the secret homeless fighting societies of the city are fighting [...]
Continue reading about Spirit of the Century: Attack of the Murderhobos – RPR Actual Play
Wherein Ramona tells Telsa not to be a wussbag and gets Overwatchedup. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_28_believewearemagic.mp3
Continue reading about You Have to Believe We Are Magic – Mercedes Lackey and Veronica Giguere
“Join us as we chat with Game industry veterans Richard Baker, David Noonan and Stephen Schubert who have united to found Sasquatch Game Studio, a design house and publisher devoted to creating “dream team” products for the hobby game market. Their first project, the Pathfinder- and Dungeons & Dragons-compatible Primeval Thule campaign setting, grew from [...]
Continue reading about Sasquatch Game Studio’s Primeval Thule RPG Setting – Christian Lindke
“Yankee Pride and Ramona Ferrari consult with Tesla to find out how to keep Verdigris at bay, and realize that the solution is closer than they thought.” His mum, when looking for the original Echo charter. 4.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_27_motherknowsbest.mp3
Bella wants to give Bulwark a strip down healing factor upgrade. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_26_leapintothewind.mp3
Continue reading about Leap Into the Wind – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
Vicki upgrades her stuff, mathematics and magicwise. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_25_resolution.mp3
Verdigris doesn’t like it when a plan doesn’t come together. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_24_terminal.mp3
Continue reading about Terminal – Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
“Cohen is an alien being in its own way, but borne of humanity. If we ever actually succeed in creating such a thing, do you think it will consider itself human? Will we be forced to expand our definition of “human”? This was a question that interested me from the beginning of this series: if [...]
Continue reading about Interview With Author Ghost Spin – Chris Moriarty
“The cavalry arrives! Our villain is faced with an unlikely trio of rescuers, while Vickie employs some very special language when speaking to the Djinni.” Hungarian, for one. All sweary. And no shapeshifter left behind. 4.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_23_brothersinbloodpt3.mp3
Continue reading about Brothers In Blood 3 – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
Enthusiasm expressed about marking up people! And burning toast. 4.5 out of 5
Continue reading about FATE Points 10: Editing FATE – John Adamus
Scientist meets a scientist who meets another pair of scientists. Then they are attacked by ancient Persians. They then find a hidden city with a woman with metal control powers. Flowery metal mastery transformation conflict then needs escaping. 3 out of 5 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3479
“The following article was the first stirrings of what eventually developed into the ICONS game, when I was playing around with marrying some of the concepts from Fudge and Marvel Super-Heroes.” 4.5 out of 5 http://stevekenson.com/2005/07/01/superlative-system/
Continue reading about The Superlative System – Steve Kenson
A FUDGE version of the TSR Marvel Superheroes game. Very nicely done. 4.5 out of 5 http://eddyfate.com/free-stuff/
Where else does an Australian itinerant soldier go when his idiot English boss gets all the cattle he was in charge of killed? To James Schulyer Grim…and after that to a gold mine and a role as a minor sheikh pretending to be a wizard. What else? Cooee, cobber. Very amusing. Jimgrim has to step [...]
Bull tells Vickie to woman up, be less emo and organise a rescue properly. In a deep voice. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_22_brothersinbloodpt2.mp3
Continue reading about Brothers In Blood 2 – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
“With Bulwark back, Djinni is forced to find new ways to amuse himself… aside from taking cheap shots at the big guy.” 3 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_21_brothersinbloodpt1.mp3
Continue reading about Brothers in Blood 1 – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
Some Canadian standoff multiway combat surprises and supersizing for Red Saviour’s team. Plus snacks. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_20_bedlamballroompt2.mp3
Continue reading about Bedlam Ballroom 2 – Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
A bored Red Saviour wants Thulian heads to kick and Marconi provides some intel. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_19_bedlamballroompt1.mp3
Continue reading about Bedlam Ballroom 1 – Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
“Two women walk out on the Djinni, but one woman gives him the opportunity to choose his future.” 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_18_permittedpt2.mp3
Continue reading about Permitted 2 – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
Seems everybody likes bad boy Red. But they still run away. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_17_permittedpt1.mp3
Continue reading about Permitted 1 – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
Rather toasted, Vickie and the Djinni give a kid a choice, no murder. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_16_smokeandmirrorspt3.mp3
Continue reading about Smoke and Mirrors 3 – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
“Negotiation and rescue don’t go as planned for Victrix and Djinni. Less Butch and Sundance, more Reservoir Dogs.” With flamethrowers and a kid to rescue. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_15_smokeandmirrorspt2.mp3
Continue reading about Smoker and Mirrors 2 – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
“Vickie and Djinni swap stories about their respective run-ins with magic, fire, and loss as they wait for Blacksnake to begin a deadly trade with the Rebs.” 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_14_smokeandmirrorspt1.mp3
Continue reading about Smoke and Mirrors 1 – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
A secure magic Overwatch has group buyin on a big Verdigris con. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_13_inoneear.mp3
Verdigris muses at a party. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_12_sevendeadlyvirtues.mp3
Continue reading about The Seven Deadly Virtues – Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
“Neither John Murdock nor the Seraphym were accustomed to second-guessing decisions. At least, until that afternoon on the roof.” 3.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_11_leapoffaith.mp3
Continue reading about Leap of Faith – Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
Dominic Verdigris recruits a precog but now has a burnout problem. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_10_obsessions.mp3
Continue reading about Obsessions – Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
More program and running away background and new things with an Angel. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_09_runthroughthejunglept2.mp3
Continue reading about Run Through the Jungle 2 – Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
“John Murdock shares a sample of Atlanta’s finest takeout with the Seraphym, and winds up telling her about the Program.” 3.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_08_runthroughthejunglept1.mp3
Continue reading about Run Through the Jungle 1 – Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
“Jarad Henry is a Melbourne crime writer who has worked in the criminal justice system for the past 10 years. He has a degree in Criminology, is a proficient public speaker and is a regular presenter at many conferences. Last year his third book, ‘Pink Tide’, starring the anti hero Detective Sergent Ruebens McCauley was [...]
Continue reading about Heartsong Creative Interview – Jarad Henry
A hangout recording, ranging over various magic system issues and methodologies. 4.5 out of 5
“Beast raised her head and growled. I opened my eyes. I was sitting in an oversized soft chair, trying to cure my headache with a cup of coffee. Dealing with intruders was the next to last thing on my want-to-do list this morning, the last thing being anything that involved werewolves.” 3.5 out of 5 [...]
A woman and child get some outback alien help. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.sqmag.com/008-20130501-chinamans-bluff-cat-sparks.html
Fiction Depot: My favorite event was the Live-Action and Life-Size version of Robo Rally. I played many a rounds when I attended. Do you have a favorite game or event that you always try to play? What about your kids, do they have favorites? Matt Forbeck: My schedule’s too jammed for regular games, but my [...]
Continue reading about Forbeck: The Interview – Matt Forbeck
Mushroom jokers and dead snakes. 2.5 out of 5 http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/05/the-button-man-and-the-murder-tree
Continue reading about The Button Man and the Murder Tree – Cherie Priest
Demons at the end of the world. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=6349
Continue reading about Eyes In the Vastness of Forever – Gustavo Bondoni
Nurse and Princess and danger. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=6284
Cthulhu Poe. 4 out of 5 http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=6276
A solid issue. Innsmouth Magazine 03 : The Swelling – David Conyers Innsmouth Magazine 03 : The Black Ship – Rebecca Nazar Innsmouth Magazine 03 : Nature vs Nurture – Orrin Grey Innsmouth Magazine 03 : One Dead Eye – Avery Cahill Innsmouth Magazine 03 : If You Want to Leave a Message – G. [...]
Continue reading about Innsmouth Magazine 03 – Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles
Time to leave. 3 out of 5 http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=4734
Gibberish machine. 3 out of 5 http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=4630
Continue reading about If You Want To Leave A Message – G. W. Thomas
To see horrors and homonculi. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=4737
Ghouls grow up big is the problem. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=4664
Call of Cthulhu problem, dad. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=4736
Dead ship to Carcosa. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=4628
Yasmini, outlaw loot, Dost Mohammed and a not so bright captain. 3 out of 5 http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/TalbotMundy/Yasmini/ASoldierAndAGentleman.html
Continue reading about A Soldier and a Gentleman – Talbot Mundy
Verdigris sends the General on an errand, to find the old deadly Shadowstorm. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_07_chasingshadows.mp3
Continue reading about Chasing Shadows – Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
Other universes, goddess? Maybe? 3 out of 5 http://worldsf.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/tuesday-fiction-ratan-mirrors-by-geetanjali-dighe/
Being a combo of the Hero System and Interlock, universal style. 3 out of 5 http://rtalsoriangames.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/fuzion1.pdf
Chief Gunner Clap solves mage, dandy. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.blackgate.com/black-gate-online-fiction-assault-and-battery/
Continue reading about Assault and Battery – Jason E. Thummel
A boxer who keeps on taking it. 3.5 out of 5 http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/RobertEHoward/REH-Costigan/TheIronMan.html
Dad killed mum, so I’m drunk. 3 out of 5 http://thrillbent.com/comics/insufferable/insufferable-vol1-issue-16/
Mother memories leave me with a scar. 3.5 out of 5 http://io9.com/5971160/sky+mining-is-dangerous-enough-but-when-a-deep-storm-comes-its-suicide
Continue reading about The Deeps of the Sky – Elizabeth Bear
Shagging caper. 3.5 out of 5 http://samanthasommersby.com/FreeReads/BehindTheMask.html
Neighbour distraction. 3 out of 5 http://samanthasommersby.com/FreeReads/Skin.html
“MSG: That’s a great lead-in to the big question: Why Kickstarter? Why not go to an indie publisher? GR: There were for me two really crucial things. First, web comics are very community driven. We live and die on the basis of having a readership that will visit us twice a week or once a [...]
“ASM: Why did you decide to use crowdfunding on this project? Kris: We wanted to gauge the interest. If the Kickstarter project failed, we wouldn’t have done Fiction River. It was that simple. If no one wanted to buy it, then we weren’t going to do it. We funded so fast that we were stunned, [...]
Continue reading about Crowdfunding Fiction River: An Interview with – Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Cigarette housemate. 3 out of 5 http://samanthasommersby.com/FreeReads/Smokin.html
Fine liquor motive. 3 out of 5 http://www.stabenow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Under_the_Influence.zip
George’s lizardmen Fascinator wakeup war. http://www.baenebooks.com/chapters/9781625791061/9781625791061___4.htm http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/05/eight-oclock-in-the-morning-ray-nelson/
Continue reading about Eight O’Clock In the Morning – Ray Nelson
“They are stories that we intuit as life, that somehow fool us into thinking—while we are reading them—that they are something more than words on paper, that the events in the story are actually occurring in some dimension congruent with our own, viewed through the window of fiction. Most of them do this by keeping [...]
Continue reading about A Day In the Life Introduction – Gardner Dozois
Sweet Wyatt. 3 out of 5 http://samanthasommersby.com/FreeReads/ItWasAlwaysYou.html
Continue reading about It Was Always You – Samantha Sommersby
Hairy and fangy. 2.5 out of 5 http://samanthasommersby.com/FreeReads/ItsMagic.html
You are pretty young, college boy. 2.5 out of 5 http://samanthasommersby.com/FreeReads/Breathe.html
No, not the witch. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.blackgate.com/black-gate-online-fiction-devotion/
Third of an audio serial. 5 out of 5 http://www.archive.org/download/beyondtheblackriver_pc_librivox/beyondtheblackriver_3_howard_64kb.mp3
Continue reading about Beyond the Black River 3 The Crawlers in the Dark – Robert E. Howard
Realistic boy simulation. 3 out of 5 http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/cosmos_online/the-pinocchio-complex/
“If science fiction inspires scientists and engineers to create new things–Stephenson believes it can–then more visionary, realistic sci-fi stories can help create a better future. Hence the Hieroglyph experiment, launched this month as a collaborative website for researchers and writers. Many of the stories created on the platform will go into a HarperCollins anthology of [...]
” Hence the Iron Rule. Society never works. Along with its corollary. Everyone is stupid. By making these twin assumptions, you can prevent your hero from getting any of the help that would dry-up all the drama. You can blithely and easily keep your protagonist in danger until that final satisfying explosion sets the credits [...]
Continue reading about Our Favorite Cliche: A World Filled With Idiots – David Brin
Second of an audio serial. 5 out of 5 http://www.archive.org/download/beyondtheblackriver_pc_librivox/beyondtheblackriver_2_howard_64kb.mp3
Continue reading about Beyond the Black River 2 The Wizard of Gwawela – Robert E. Howard
Vicki and Djinni try and fix Bull…bit of a hanging by a dodgy rope thing. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_06_holeheartedpt3.mp3
Continue reading about Hole-Hearted Part 3 – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
“Are you a fan of Star Wars and Jurassic Park? Without the groundbreaking work of Ray Harryhausen, the modern film industry would be very different from what you see today. Harryhausen’s work in special effects helped to transform Science Fiction and Fantasy from low budget camp into impressive tales that sparked the imagination. In this [...]
Continue reading about Geekerati Radio Ray Harryhausen: Memories and Magic – Christian Lindke
“Today, writers like Geoffrey Landis and Stephen Baxter both believe that pop sf such as Star Trek , Star Wars and the like has distorted the difficulties of space. “Exploring space is so very easy,” Landis says. “You just jump in your ship and go, and nobody every questions why or asks ‘Who’s funding this?’ [...]
Continue reading about Intro part 2 Starships in Science Fiction – Gregory Benford
Comprehensive annotated bibliography, with cover graphics of all the products – that you can actually get on compiled CDs/DVDs that would appear to be great value. A really well done guide. 5 out of 5 http://www.farfuture.net/Guide%20to%20Classic%20Traveller.pdf
Continue reading about Guide to Classic Traveller – Marc Miller
Some sadness and reminiscing and maybe more mage control needed. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_05_holeheartedpt2.mp3
Continue reading about Hole-Hearted Part 2 – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
In which Blue admits she likes Bulwark and that he has a Harmony energy drain problem. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_04_holeheartedpt1.mp3
Continue reading about Hole-Hearted Part 1 – Mercedes Lackey and Dennis Lee
In which on a cross-country mission it is important to have enough cases of ravioli. 4 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_03_daretobestupid.mp3
Continue reading about Dare To Be Stupid – Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
“What Wizards of the Coast did was take an experience so open as to allow group improvisation, and turn it into a tabletop game where the players merely pretend that they are the miniature figurines pushed around on a combat grid. Playing D&D began to mean buying all kinds of other stuff. Where figurines were [...]
“RW: You designed BATTLESYSTEM, you worked on the Companion Set Warmachine rules, you wrote (with Steve Winter) the Star Frontiers Knight Hawks game (spaceship combat). It seemed like, in the mid 80s, that TSR made a push to offer a lot of wargame like material for its role playing games. Was there a deliberate effort [...]
Continue reading about Random Wizard Interview – Douglas Niles
“As this book was being created, word came that an Earth-sized planet had been discovered circling Alpha Centauri B, one member of the three-star system closest to us. Alpha Centauri Bb is locked facing the star, a hellish half-world indeed, with a frigid, dark shadowed hemisphere. This rocky planet around our nearest neighbor has ignited [...]
Continue reading about Intro part 1 Starships: Reaching for the Highest Bar – Gregory Benford
“The original incarnation of Monkeybrain was as a sci-fi prose novel publisher, and Reign sees you returning to those sci-fi roots – albeit at Image. How do you feel about the state of science fiction in comics today? It’s good, could be better? I think that science fiction and fantasy are arguably healthier in American [...]
Continue reading about Conversing On Comics: Chris Arrant Talking With – Chris Roberson
“She waggled her finger at him. “Assumptions get you in trouble, Mr. Mason. Marla didn’t send me. I represent a group of people whose interests may align with your own.” He lunged for the drawer, and she started laughing. When he pulled it open, dozens of pale white moths fluttered out, and flew straight for [...]
Continue reading about Grim Tides 12 Brotherly Love – Tim Pratt
The General wants to make a deal. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_02_stonecold.mp3
Continue reading about Stone Cold – Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin
Slave, old school Blood-Pump. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.electricvelocipede.com/2013/05/the-tempting-a-love-story-by-james-alan-gardner/
Continue reading about The Tempting: A Love Story – James Alan Gardner
Time for the teamup with an old enemy trick for Bruno and Scope. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_01_killingtime.mp3
First of an audio serial. 5 out of 5 http://www.archive.org/download/beyondtheblackriver_pc_librivox/beyondtheblackriver_1_howard_64kb.mp3
Continue reading about Beyond the Black River 1 Conan Loses His Ax – Robert E. Howard
Goat hosts. And bids. 3 out of 5 http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/04/sing
Ambassador trip shake. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about Looking the Lopai in the Eyes – Indrapramit Das
Final of an audio serial. 5 out of 5 http://www.archive.org/download/conan_queenoftheblackcoast_pc_librivox/queenoftheblackcoast_5_howard_64kb.mp3
Continue reading about Queen of the Black Coast 5 The Funeral Pyre – Robert E. Howard
“For someone like Infantino when an artist was all he was, it was not a question of, “Gee, maybe if I do my job better, I can get rich.” Oh, if only it had been that. All the comic artists I’m mentioning here were men who did their job about as well as anyone could. [...]
“Neil Gaiman, like Alan Moore, is someone working in comics who seems to need no introduction. Their influence and impact is so pervasive that they’ve practically become a household name. But there’s a danger to the hype that results in a kind of stereotyping of their work and career that leaves little room for the [...]
“The subtle influence of the Mummy grew and grew. With time, as it dreamed of its ancient beloved land, and the house came to be filled with the very items that surrounded him three thousand years ago, it began to call upon others of its kind, and hence, more crates, more deliveries, more other mummies. [...]
Continue reading about Mansfield Park and Mummies 1-3 – Vera Nazarian