Author Archives: Tolrendordm

December Update

It’s been a while since I did a beginning of the month update, generally because I like to highlight the upcoming posts, and to be brutally honest, there hasn’t been enough forward planning in recent times to support this! 😩 … Continue reading

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Map of the Month: Mapping Worlds

This month, take a look at another great site for fantasy cartographers: Mapping Worlds, by Swedish mapper PĂ€r Lindström. On this site he showcases a number of his maps, especially those of his fantasy world of Etrakien. You can find  large-scale … Continue reading

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DM for Kids: No RPG Slots!

No D&D for the last couple of months! 😩 A combination of in-laws and other relatives staying with us most of the last 3 months; my son starting his first year at secondary school in September, with all the acclimatisation … Continue reading

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Midgard: Campaign Setting Review – Part 2

As I said in the first part of this review, this setting book is big! 300 pages of fairly small font text, 7 major regions, 2 RPG rulesets! My first time through was really just a quick flick, which was … Continue reading

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RPG Blog Carnival: Game Writing…

This month’s RPG Blog Carnival is hosted by a blog I hadn’t come across, before, Triple Crit. The subject is Writing in RPGs, a really interesting topic and one that really suits the blog, which is packed with articles and tips … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: One Tale Ends…

Sad news this week that Kobold Quarterly is to stop after more than 5 years of publication. Thankfully this only means the actual quarterly magazine, not the excellent PRG products published under the Open Design/Kobold Quarterly (and now Kobold Press) banner. … Continue reading

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Midgard: The World is Ready …

As many of you will know, Kobold Press (formerly Open Design/Kobold Quarterly) recently launched a new major product: Midgard Campaign Setting. This is a full fantasy world based on Wolfgang Baur’s personal campaign, which we’ve been lucky enough to share … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: An Admission

Ok, Ok! I’m one of the eighty-five thousand plus people that have downloaded the DnD Next Playtest material, according to Mike Mearls himself (who should know…) Thing is, I have to admit that I haven’t actually played it! And the … Continue reading

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RPG Blog Carnival: Playing in Established Settings

This month’s RPG Blog Carnival is over at Dice Monkey, and takes on the topic of RPG play in established settings! So what do we get out of established settings that make them appealing, or not!? Well the first answer … Continue reading

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Midgard Goodies

This post almost made it as my Tech Talk column of the month, or my Map of the Month … but in the end it stands on it’s own 🙂 The Midgard Campaign Setting is the upcoming product from Open … Continue reading

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