‘Level Up’ exhibit at the Chicago Writers Museum
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While Toronto is my ‘home base’ these days, as my wife and I own a condo
there (and her job is based there), I also currently live part of the time
in Chic...
[New Magic Item] Knockout Shield
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Knockout Shield Gruglak stood triumphantly over the body of the fallen
barbarian, jagged sword held high.‘There’s more of them, boss,’ advised one
of the g...
Bat in the Attic Games and 2025
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Happy New Year Folks!
This would be a good time to update everyone on what has been happening
with me and my plans for the upcoming year.
Personal
I ...
2024 Monster Manual on a Business Card
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The 2024 Monster Manual is out, so we can finally answer all the questions
we have: are 2024 Monster Manual monsters tougher than 2014 monsters? How
much? ...
"Dear JB" Mailbag #3
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[*just experimenting with titles for this series...I'm certainly open to
suggestions*]
*Dear JB:*
*So I’m a DM and I play games with people i hardly know....
Chain Link and Concrete: 2024 in Review
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The year 2024 has concluded.
I've put out 46 posts this past year, down from last year's hyper-prolific
spat but still quite respectable and on the upper...
Players Companion for Shadowdark
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*This post includes affiliate links. *
A grabbed a copy of Greg Christopher's Player Companion for Shadowdark a
while back. And since then it has been ...
Meet the New Blog
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Harbinger of Doom got its start in Blogger back in November of 2010. Web
design standards have moved on and left it looking a bit long in the tooth.
Theref...
And Now the News Draft Download on Patreon
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It's self-styled Throwback Thursday and *having just released the 34-page
draft booklet of Hill Cantons news to my Patreon backers* I am going to
indulge m...
Angels, Demons and Subtle Bodies
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It’s delightful when D&D-isms sometimes converge with ancient wisdom, even
accidentally. I was watching a video from Jonathan Pageau earlier today
concerni...
Comfort Reading and the Escape to Fish Pie
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As I get older I get increasingly po-faced and Spartan: I no longer believe
in holidays, days off, video games, TV, leisure, smiling, friendship,
politen...
The Theory of the Labyrinth
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A good part of the magic of D&D is from a specific aesthetic effect it
shares with several other types of fiction that I'm going to call The
Theory of th...
Monster Stat Concept: Disposition
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Yesterday, I introduced the concept of monster Motivations as a way to help
understand how to use that monster when designing encounters, or what they
mi...
There Were Dice
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I started my Spelljammer game last weekend. It was my first time DMing
since December 2021. I wasn't as rusty as I thought I was going to be, but
I *was ...
Another week in the life of GURPS
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This week is named Hugh. The news:
• Another week balanced between writing and project management on things I
can't share right now.
• My updates to the W...
This Old Dragon: Issue #176
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[image: Dragon Issue #176]
Time once again to dip into the box of old Dragon Magazines under my desk.
Today's magazine takes us back to December 1991. AD...
The Bramble Marches
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The Bramble Marches is a campaign I've been working on that's meant to
include TSR-era exploration and end-game content into 5e D&D. A friend of
mine ha...
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