samedi 18 janvier 2020

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  The Economics of Star Trek
  In a forum I frequent, the question of the economic system of Star Trek came up, and as someone who is both a fan of free market capitalism, and also very involved in post-scarcity economic theory, I had a few Read More
  
  

vendredi 17 janvier 2020

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  First Level Magic-Users are Useless
  That seems to be the attitude of Dungeon Craft, which is a YouTube channel that I normally enjoy. His crafting skills are top notch, and I envy his ability to create terrain and effects and the like. When he ventures Read More
  
  

mardi 14 janvier 2020

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  Rulers of Ull: Ulzhak the Golden
  Welcome again sages of Greyhawk knowledge. Delleb has tasked me with learning and documenting all things concerning the paltry land of Ull. This is the second installment of Rulers of Ull, where I recount the lore on the many Orakhans of Ull from throughout the centuries. Before you continue (...)
  
  

samedi 11 janvier 2020

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  Next Legends & Lore: Living Greyhawk
  Hail Greyhawk fans! Just a quick announcement. There will be no Legends & Lore next Wednesday, but mark your calendars for the following Wednesday as we bring on a special panel of guests to talk about their experiences working on Living Greyhawk! I am sure many of you will have your own (...)
  
  

vendredi 10 janvier 2020

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  Ten Tips for Beginning DMs
  I've been playing Dungeons & Dragons since 1977. I started with the LBB's, moved almost immediately to Holmes Basic, and then finally settled into AD&D 1st edition for a decade or so. In that time I've literally run thousands of Read (...)
  
  

samedi 4 janvier 2020

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  Castle Greyhawk: Absolute Edition!
  Hail Greyhawk legends! Today is a good day because I finally get to show off the result of years worth of hard work by Scott Casper and myself on the Castle Greyhawk comic which wrapped up a year ago. Even though my part was over, Scott diligently worked on publishing the collected works of (...)
  
  

mercredi 1er janvier 2020

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  Oerth Journal #31 Released!
  Happy New Year, Greyhawkers! This is a good day to start off 2020 because I'm promoting the latest issue of Oerth Journal, winter edition (the theme is Factions). My good friend Kristoph Nolen at Greyhawk Online has been doing an amazing job bringing the ezine back and making it quarterly. He (...)
  
  

lundi 30 décembre 2019

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  Two Must See Greyhawk Items
  Hello Greyhawkers! It's been a decent year for Greyhawkery. This has been my highest post count in about three years. I credit the Greyhawk community for giving me plenty to talk about, because it has never been stronger. Here is a couple cool links to some Greyhawk-related stuff you have to (...)
  
  

mardi 24 décembre 2019

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  Map: Altimira and Ulek
  Happy Needfest Greyhawk fans! Well today I'm in a slightly artistic mood so I did one of my hastily drawn maps of a portion of the Flanaess. This time I had a special idea in mind though. The map before you is based on the Principality of Ulek region of Jay "Lord Gosumba" Scott's long-running (...)
  
  

samedi 21 décembre 2019

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  Happy Needfest 2019
  HAPPY NEEDFEST GREYHAWKERS! Back in the day when I did a weekly Greyhawk comic strip, my year always ended with a blowout special during the Christmas (Needfest) season. Many of you will remember my timeless classics, A Needfest Story or How the Gruumsh Stole Needfest. As I don't make these (...)
  
  

dimanche 15 décembre 2019

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  Greyhawk Island
  Greetings Greyhawk maniacs! Needfest is fast approaching and I don't have much new to show you, but I can muse about a strange thing I notice about the Flanaess map. If you've been familiar with Greyhawk and the community as long as me, you'll know the celebrated Darlene map, with all its (...)
  
  

jeudi 12 décembre 2019

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  Oerth Journal #31 Preview
  Hey Greyhawkers! Today I'm boosting the signal for Greyhawk Online as they preview the upcoming winter issue of the Oerth Journal: PREVIEW OF OJ#31!! "FACTIONS" of the Flanaess!! Here's a look at some of the articles coming later THIS MONTH!! For you authors, there's still a *little* time left (...)
  
  

jeudi 5 décembre 2019

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  Upcoming Greyhawk Events at GaryCon XII
  Hello fellow Greyhawk fans! Today I'm giving an early preview of some Greyhawk events that will be available at GaryCon XII on March 26-29 at Lake Geneva, WI. Note, that registration for all events and games does not begin until February, but keep an eye out because they sell out fast. As for (...)
  
  

vendredi 29 novembre 2019

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  D&D Movie News & Eye of Vecna
  Greetings Greyhawk enthusiasts! I'm here to share an article I saw on my Twitter feed today. Looks like more details of this Dungeons & Dragons movie is developing. The surprising part is the movie is rumored to include the Eye of Vecna! The not so surprising part is the rest of the movie (...)
  
  

mercredi 27 novembre 2019

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  Greyhawk Blogging
  Good day Greyhawk maniacs! Let's talk about something I do quite often, blogging about Greyhawk. Incredibly I've been doing Greyhawkery since 2010, which was a late decision in truth because my old Greyhawk Webcomic was practically a commentary blog as far back as 2005. Now I've had my ups and (...)
  
  

samedi 23 novembre 2019

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  James Ward on Greyhawk Adventures
  Hey Greyhawkers! Over at ENWorld, TSR alumn James Ward has wrote another retrospective column, this time about TSR's Designeritus. Mr. Ward goes into the struggles of creating books back in the post-Gygax days with deadlines and corporate looming over everyone. He also mentions the eyebrow (...)
  
  

dimanche 17 novembre 2019

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  Elven Populations in Greyhawk
  Greetings Greyhawkers. Sometimes on this blog, I fall down a rabbit hole while researching the topic of a post and it leads me into something different. In the case of this subject, the population of elves in the Flanaess, I found it so dry and boring I sat on my collected data for a while. I (...)
  
  

dimanche 10 novembre 2019

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  Wish List: Greyhawk Relaunch
  Okay Greyfriends, here's another quick topic I'll throw out until I get some more original content to show you. We all love to wish list when it comes to D&D, Greyhawk and so forth. For all I know I've done this before, but with a fresh, well-rested mind here we go, what would I like to see (...)
  
  

mercredi 6 novembre 2019

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  Halfling and Gnome Minis
  Welcome back, Greyfolk! Today is a quick post as I need to thank Jay Scott and the gang from the Lord Gosumba channel on Twitch for the wonderful minis I won in their most recent Reaper Mini Giveaway drawing. Even as a long time member of the Greyhawk community I'm usually a lurker and don't (...)
  
  

dimanche 3 novembre 2019

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  New Greyhawk Stuff on the Net
  Good day, well met and all that, Greyhawkers! Today I'm going to share a couple cool things in our community to hopefully boost their signal. I saw these items first on the Facebook group, Sages of Greyhawk, so if you haven't yet joined one of these Greyhawk groups online you're crazy. I am in (...)
  
  

samedi 2 novembre 2019

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  New Article: A Guide to Mordenkainen
  Heya Greyhawk diehards! If you're like me, you want to know everything there is to know about the World of Greyhawk's notable persons, places and things. Well, the gaming blog, Powerscore has just the thing this week, an exhaustive article showcasing EVERY published D&D reference about (...)
  
  

jeudi 31 octobre 2019

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  Sean Reynolds on The Scarlet Brotherhood
  Hail Greyhawkers! In my endless search for all Greyhawk knowledge I tend to come across ancient threads and posts that need resurrected time to time. Today's post is one of these. Prolific D&D/Paizo writer, Sean K. Reynolds is the author of among many things, The Scarlet Brotherhood. This (...)
  
  

mardi 29 octobre 2019

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  A Visit to the Mighty Eighth
  I had the opportunity today to visit the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler, GA. What a wonderful time! It's a collection of memorabilia, videos, artifacts, uniforms, and models that brings to life the history of Read (...)
  
  

samedi 26 octobre 2019

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  Greyhawk Maps: Pomarj and Enstad
  Welcome loyal Greyhawk fans! Today I'm promoting some maps posted on the Facebook group, AD&D World of Greyhawk 1e. These two maps by Aaron Froke are hand-made, watercolor on parchment. The first is the Pomarj Peninsula and I can tell you as one who has drawn this map many times before, it (...)
  
  

dimanche 20 octobre 2019

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  Random Greyhawk Lore
  Greetings fans of the World of Greyhawk! One of my favorite exercises on Greyhawkery is to pull random Greyhawk publications off my game shelf, literally flip them open and point out obscure facts and information about the setting that you may or may not know. New here? Check out some of my (...)
  
  

samedi 19 octobre 2019

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  Connecting the Temple of Elemental Evil with the Vault of the Drow (Part 5)
  Here's where we wrap everything up. Apologies – this is a rather long one, but I think it's worth it. Previous installments: Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4 As laid out in a previous installment, we have the four Elemental Power Read (...)
  
  

mercredi 16 octobre 2019

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  A Few Greyhawk Things
  Hey Greyhawkers! It's been a slow week for me, so let's have a look at what others are doing in the Greyhawk community: Over at Greyhawk Grognard, resident Greyhawk-scholar Joe Bloch is on an epic run of posts concerning Connecting the Temple of Elemental Evil with the Vault of the Drow. How is (...)
  
  

dimanche 13 octobre 2019

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  Connecting the Temple of Elemental Evil with the Vault of the Drow (Part 4)
  This series is coming fast and furious, I know! This is how it works sometimes. I've been knocking around these themes on the blog for more than a decade, but now it's all coming together. I think I've been looking Read More
  
  

vendredi 11 octobre 2019

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  Connecting the Temple of Elemental Evil with the Vault of the Drow (Part 3)
  In the previous installments of this series (Part 1, Part 2), we established that the Temple of Elemental Evil was built where it was because of the presence of the Elder Elemental God's “anomaly”. I posited that it was the Read (...)
  
  
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  Connecting the Temple of Elemental Evil with the Vault of the Drow (Part 3)
  In the previous installments of this series (Part 1, Part 2), we established that the Temple of Elemental Evil was built where it was because of the presence of the Elder Elemental God's “anomaly”. I posited that it was the Read (...)
  
  
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  Connecting the Temple of Elemental Evil with the Vault of the Drow (Part 2)
  I think I'm finally closing in on the connection between T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil (ToEE) and D1-3 Descent into the Depths of the Earth/Vault of the Drow. In my previous installment, I went through the timeline of the two Read (...)
  
  

jeudi 10 octobre 2019

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  A Treasure Trove of D&D Books
  Welcome Greyhawkers! Those who've gamed with me, met me at a convention or seen stream me on Legends & Lore will know I love to collect old Greyhawk and classic D&D publications. My super best friend forever, Brandi recently joined in this collecting craze when a gracious former (...)
  
  

mercredi 9 octobre 2019

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  Connecting the Temple of Elemental Evil with the Vault of the Drow (Part 1)
  A few days ago, I posted a speculation that perhaps the contents of Lolth's platinum egg were actually unknown to her, and that she thought of it as nothing more than a device to draw her enemies into her clutches Read More
  
  

dimanche 6 octobre 2019

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  Download Oerth Journal #30 Now!
  Okay friends of Greyhawk this is it! Oerth Journal #30 is now available for download over at Geyhawk Online. If you missed the previous issue, Oerth Journal #29 was themed "folks" of Greyhawk. This time the theme is "feuds" of Greyhawk. Here is the lineup of this issue's esteemed authors (...)
  
  
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  Lolth and the Keys
  Yes, I am still thinking about this! Before we get started, you'll probably want to read this earlier post of mine from 2017 on the subject of the platinum egg that is found at the end of D3 Vault of Read More
  
  
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  Lolth and the Keys
  Yes, I am still thinking about this! Before we get started, you'll probably want to read this earlier post of mine from 2017 on the subject of the platinum egg that is found at the end of D3 Vault of Read More
  
  

jeudi 3 octobre 2019

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  New Articles: Introducing Greyhawk
  Hey Greyhawkers! Wow, okay, I don't know how I overlooked this excellent contribution to the community (I'm a notorious slacker), but over at Greyhawk Online is a new columnist: John Roy and his initial offering is titled, A Fifth of Greyhawk: Introducing 5E Players to Oerth. Be sure to also (...)
  
  
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  Fetishizing the Orient
  Writing as someone who himself wrote an “Oriental Adventures” type book (The Golden Scroll of Justice, which is based on ancient Chinese folklore, mythology, and history, as well as modern Wuxia movies), I find it somewhat personally irksome when I Read (...)
  
  

mercredi 2 octobre 2019

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  Witch Queen Iggwilv Discussion Tonight
  Heya Greyhawk fiends! Quick shout out and signal boost for my friend Carlos Lising as tonight he hosts a stream discussion about IGGWILV the Witch Queen of Perrenland on Twitch with fellow Greyhawk luminary Allan Grohe on caslTawk. I won't be there due to previous gaming obligations, but if you (...)
  
  

samedi 28 septembre 2019

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  Grand Strategy and the Scarlet Brotherhood
  One thing I noticed when contemplating the map of Oerik from the folio (and my own version thereof) is that the Scarlet Brotherhood could not have picked a better spot, in a strategic sense, to cut off the Flanaess from Read (...)
  
  

mardi 24 septembre 2019

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  Fall Season on Greyhawk Channel
  Hail fellow fans of Greyhawk! Just a quick shout out this week because it's the start of Fall (is it Brewfest yet?) and that means a new slate of shows and times on the Greyhawk Channel seen on Twitch. Now some of these groups have already started weeks ago (while Legends & Lore took a (...)
  
  

mardi 17 septembre 2019

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  Greyhawk Adventures on Canonfire
  Hey Greyhawkers! The cross-over stream with Jay Scott, Anna Meyer and myself on Lord Gosumba Channel was great fun. One good thing that came out of it that I need to pass on is the original adventure downloads available at Canonfire. I often forget that Canonfire was much busier back in the day (...)
  
  

vendredi 13 septembre 2019

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  Harrison Bergeron Plays D&D
  So Sean K Reynolds and Shanna Germain have stirred up a bit of a pot with the publication of their pdf booklet Consent in Gaming. As the title implies, it's all about players telling GMs what they (the players) will Read More
  
  

jeudi 12 septembre 2019

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mardi 10 septembre 2019

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  Special Greyhawk Stream Night
  Howdy Greyhawkers. Anyone who follows me and Anna Meyer on our Twitch Greyhawk show, Legends & Lore will know we are on hiatus, but next week we are going to be on Lord Gosumba Channel for a cross-over episode. Check us out next Monday at the times listed below! Bring your City of Greyhawk (...)
  
  

lundi 2 septembre 2019

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  1E Unearthed Arcana
  Howdy Greyhawkers, it's been a lazy week for this guy and with Legends & Lore on hiatus till the Fall, I need to get back into writing some content for you fans. Speaking of the Greyhawk Channel, they have another big line up of new live games scheduled for Fall. Starting times will vary of (...)
  
  

mardi 27 août 2019

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  Blackmoor and D&D History
  Welcome Greyhawkers. If you are in the mood, check out these two items of old school nostalgia currently posted on ENWorld. One is a new article for James Wards' ENWorld column titled Origins of Monty Haul. If anyone isn't familiar with Monty Haul campaigns, well I'm sure Mr. Ward can educate (...)
  
  

samedi 24 août 2019

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  Lands Beyond the Flanaess
  So, inspired by my article yesterday charting the history of canonical efforts to map and define the continent of Oerik, I thought it might be worth seeing what a non-canonical effort might look like. And lo! and behold, my collection Read (...)
  
  

vendredi 23 août 2019

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  Western Oerik and “that map”
  Long-time readers of this blog, and even longer-time Greyhawk fans, will recall that originally the western portion of the continent known as Oerik was completely unknown to us. All we had was a partial map included in the original 1980 Read (...)
  
  

jeudi 22 août 2019

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  New Greyhawk Posts
  Hail Greyhawkers! Today I promoting a few things out there in the Greyhawk community. Ready? First off, sorry to those who showed up yesterday to see Legends & Lore on the Greyhawk Channel, we had to push the last episode of the season back a week due to real life, but hopefully that will (...)