Where Gods go to Grieve

A mail order tank, interstellar war, the engines of galactic commerce and nostalgia.

A story about a young Dwarf, the girl he met and the Goddess he insulted.

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Beard grooming is a life-long process divided between two schools of thought: harsh mineral treatments or more the natural approach. The popular naturalist approach requires beard-spiders that live off lice, fleas and other small insects.

Hi Ho, Hi Ho....not included

All dwarves in the Ven mountains are familiar with this simple game. Though elaborate and colorful game board have been craft, the game is simple enough that you could out line a board in the dirt and play with four handfuls of stones.

EPB: when a computer program goes off the reservation and starts having feelings.

A 100-word piece of Sci-fi minutia

As gamers we have done the western with laser pistols, six shooters and steam tech. Shadow run alone has covered more noir ground than MGM did between 1945 and 1955. I hope we managed the horror genre well, and the murder mystery almost always sneaks its way into our campaigns. But do we always know we are doing it? Can genre sit right in front of us an yet go undefined? I think it has happened and a speculative fiction genre of all things.

Mutatron:

Decepticon Military Scientist ca 1987

“Space farming ain’t like jumping through hyperspace boy! You got have patience, lots of water and thousands of kilometers of tubing.”

A 100-word piece of Sci-fi minutia

Bucky Batteries: when you need batteries to last a long long long time

A 100 piece of sci-fi minutia

100 word pest

'Sivver is the common name given to crystalline parasites, which interact with the nervous systems of carbon based Chordate life forms.'

Definition of the word Sivver provided by the Galactic Scouting Guild's Almanac

'The Sivvers are an alien weapon that turns people into murderous glass sweating zombies.'

Uwell Ofmobile, retired Galactic Scout

A 100-word piece of sci-fi minutia

100-Word Villian

Love and the pursuit of love makes up a huge part of a person’s life, but it is often absent from game-play. Love is also often seen as a player‘s choice, but in drama and mythology love is often something that grips a character and can inspire them or cripple them. Perhaps love should affect a character’s dice roles and perception of reality.

An annotated play list for Bards, Musical Mages, Sirens, and Supernatural Musicians regardless of time frame or setting.

A bare bones dungeon concept, you can add the monsters and the treasure al a cart, but the big bads in this crawl are the puzzles.

A celebration of Strolen's 5555th post.

Anger is a great business, people will share it with you for free and if you're savvy enough, you can sell it back to them. The Rage Mages descended from Belligerus's early followers have found that modern world has just as much use for anger and magic as the ancient world.