These Old Games

Several postings I read today hit me like a blast from the past. I used to write more often and post stories to my blog. Before that, way ba...

History is loaded with entertaining and surprising stories. Some of them are just as interesting as movies are now-a-days.  Today, I like to...

When I was 10 or 12, Dungeons and Dragons was a big thing but the content was fairly limited. Not just the sheer number of modules, but the ...

The Shell Keep Overview of the keep Ah, memories. My dad has been a gamer since he was a child. His collection of bo...

Oh, how I miss classes. This summer, I have been inspired by Mike Duncan's History of Rome podcast. The original show ran from 2007 t...

I found the greatest art installation at the Burchfield Penney. It is a giant iron book, engraved with images and maps. Click the images t...

The heart of any city is the first home, a place around the hearth. I wish I could call this idea a five minute map, but it took me far long...

In my prior post , I began work on a building I could not identify. It turns out that this structure is a stave church from 11-1200 A.D. ...

When I was seriously into gaming, I made feelies. This document was made in 1988 or so. It references the Castle Amber module, The Ord...

The other day, took the kids to the Niagara Aquarium. On our way home, desperate for bathroom, we stopped at the Tuscarora Reservation. I...

In my last post, I mentioned a device called the demon core. I know what it looks like, I know that it seethes with power. It is wildly dang...

A user request from Google Plus – post-apocalyptic maps. I am horrible with colored pencils and I've never tried a post-apocalyptic map....

Anyone who has DM’ed a campaign has partnered the characters with a random wizard to save their bacon if things go south. I had no idea th...