Warriors of the Red Planet update!

If you haven't been by the WotRP site late lately, swing by for a couple of new previews!


Thomas and I are happy for, and extremely flattered by, the continued interest in our old-school Sword & Planet RPG book. Thanks!

Some TSR History

A little bit of cool TSR history, generously shared by EGG, Jr recently on the FB.

Pathfinder Comic Book

Paizo (the preternaturally prolific company that puts out the Pathfinder RPG, or "D&D 3.75" as it's sometimes known) is putting out a new monthly comic book called, simply, "Pathfinder".

I've loved gaming-related comics, both serious and humorous, for about as long as I've loved gaming. The "serious" end of gaming related comics has had a rocky past, though, with few titles lasting longer than a few months, due, usually, to either lack of interest or lack of quality. I think the last really enjoyable one I read was a 4-5 page monthly supplement to the Knights of the Dinner Table, based in their Kingdoms of Kalamar setting. And that was a long time ago.

I'm interested to see how the Pathfinder Comic turns out, so I subscribed. I'm hoping for some good writing, obviously, and some good art, but it'll also be pretty cool to have a comic book show up in my mailbox once a month - something that hasn't happened in a very long time!

As an aside, Pulp fans should really check out the fire sale Paizo is running on their sadly defunct Planet Stories line. Three bucks each for these very nice editions of long-out-of-print pulp classics is a great deal. I just a got a big box full for myself.

Lazy Blog Post - Jack Vance's Planet of Adventure

This is one of those greatest of tragedies - a bunch of books that have sat on my shelf for years, but I've only recently gotten around to reading them. I could have read these ten times over by now, they're that good! For some reason, I had the impression these were pretty straight sci-fi works, but they are much more firmly planted in the Sword & Planet genre.

I'm glad I finally got around to them.

If you haven't read these yet, be sure to check them out ASAP. There are plentiful editions to be found cheap in used books stores (just look for the yellow DAWsf spines!) or omnibus editions still in print at your local "big" chain book seller.

Ever want to DM an episode of D&D (the 80's cartoon)?

I hope they do more of these.

Pan-Dimensional Vending Machine

So apparently there's this vending machine in a back alley in Japan.It's contents are not visible, and there's no list of contents, you just put in your 500 yen (about $.50 USD), and something pops out.

It starts with normal drinks and snacks, but gets weirder as you go.

Details of the vending machine are here.

And some of the interesting stuff it vends here.

Something like this would be great for your weird sorcery/science campaign!

Happy Independence Day!

One man with courage is a majority.

 - Thomas Jefferson