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It’s All Happening at the Zoo – A Tiny Living Dead scenario with Pregens

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I recently ran a one-shot of Tiny Living Dead, the Tiny D6 RPG from Gallant Knight Games. Half the party died.Here are the pregens I used, created with my custom TLD character sheet: tinylivingdead_pregensDownload A cheat sheet of the basic Tiny D6 rules for each player: tinylivingdead_cheatsheetDownload Here's the scenario I used - it's a … Continue reading It’s All Happening at the Zoo – A Tiny Living Dead scenario with Pregens

Sword of Cepheus: Military-Grade Black Magic

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The Imperial sorcerers of old wove dark and terrible enchantments, crafted to wage their endless war. As the millennia went on, their spells grew ever more powerful, and ever more dangerous. Most of them have been lost to time, but fortune hunters and obsessed sorcerers constantly scour the broken, ancient battlefields of the Dispute, hoping … Continue reading Sword of Cepheus: Military-Grade Black Magic

The Lithospheric League – Trading with the OSR Underdark 

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The Lithospheric League is a loose confederation of cities and merchant guilds from across the known world who engage in trade with the beings and civilizations in the Undergloom - the vast network of tunnels & caverns that honeycomb the world. It's loosely based on the real world Hanseatic League of the Middle Ages. The … Continue reading The Lithospheric League – Trading with the OSR Underdark 

Gaming on Mars: a (mostly) complete list of Barsoomian role-playing games

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I've always been a a big fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom novels, set on his dying, fanatstic version of Mars. There has been a good number of role-playing games set on Barsoom. Here's the list I've put together so far.   Let me know if I've missed anything in comments.   John Carter of … Continue reading Gaming on Mars: a (mostly) complete list of Barsoomian role-playing games

Planet Amethyst – A setting and adventure for Cavaliers & Coilguns

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Cavaliers & Coilguns, by G. Michael Truran is a fun little pulp adventure RPG system I've been playing with. It's a hack of the game Tunnel Goons by Nate Treme. You can pick it up cheaply at itch.io for a few dollars. It doesn't have an actual explicit setting, but it does have an implied … Continue reading Planet Amethyst – A setting and adventure for Cavaliers & Coilguns

Deep Frontier – Kennedy-Era Dungeon Crawl

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I've been working on a pulpy adventure campaign setting set in an underground/Hollow Earth world set in the 1960's . It's essentially a Kennedy-era dungeon crawl. I'll most likely use Savage Worlds as a system, or possibly Hollow Earth Expedition. Inspirations & Influences Three influences - two real, one fictional Project Mohole - A scientific … Continue reading Deep Frontier – Kennedy-Era Dungeon Crawl

The Exchange – a scenario for Mercenaries, Spies, & Private Eyes

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This is a scenario for Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes, for up to 8 players. It's an espionage adventure inspired by old episodes of Mission Impossible and similar shows. It takes place sometime during the Cold War, around 1967-1972, though it could be easily used in other eras. The players will be agents of TAROT, … Continue reading The Exchange – a scenario for Mercenaries, Spies, & Private Eyes