We Were Strange Before You Thought it Was Cool

I was sitting down this evening and thinking about playing Dungeons & Dragons when it occurred to me that I hadn't done a Greyhawk poster in a while. So I figured that I should fix that tonight.

The question though remains: how do we bring more eyes to Greyhawk? How do we get Dungeon Masters who have never plumbed its depth to start exploring it's caverns, forgotten citadels, and foreboding tombs?

Tomorrow, I'm on the Greyhawk Channel

First let's listen to some funky tunes:


Now, I'm going to be on the Greyhawk Channel tomorrow at 3:00 PM. You should all come on over and talk shit with me. It'll be fun!

I'm so ready to have fun with this. I hope you kids will join me.

I'm Being Interviewed!

That's right kids! 

On Wednesday, March 7, 2018 I will be interviewed on The Greyhawk Channel by DM Shane at 3:00 PM EST. We're going to be talking about all kinds of nerdy shit and you should totally join us and talk shit with us on the chat! Got questions you've always wanted to ask me but don't want to leave a comment on the blog? Here's you chance to do just that! 

I'll even be wearing clothes - I think! 

So join us in two days on The Greyhawk Channel! 

He didn't give me a banner yet so I'm using my own Greyhawk shit!

The Greyhawk Wars

So last night I was reading a bit of Carl Sargent's work on Greyhawk and it got me to thinking how much fun it would be if we were to get some new exploration of the Greyhawk Wars time period or the era shortly thereafter. There's so much fertile ground to explore there that I would love to see it done. 

Perhaps I will.

Anyway, while I was thinking about it I made this thing. It's a bit massive when you blow it up, but I like it all the same.

If you like it, please share it with your friends, with the people at Wizards of the Coast, and with random strangers you meet at game shops. Spread the word about Greyhawk kids!

Hey, Let's Go Somewhere New!

Got bored. Made a silly joke that made me laugh too much.

Going back to reading now.

Welcome to Fear City, You Son of Bitch.

In 1975 the Council for Public Safety, a group consisting of public service unions (firefighters, police, and the like), put out a pamphlet titled "Welcome to Fear City." In large part it was in reaction to New York City Mayor Beame's plan to layoff nearly 11,000 police officers in an effort to stave off declaring bankruptcy for the city.

Source: islandersa1 flickr account

Source: islandersa1 flickr account

 

Source: islandersa1 flickr account

Source: islandersa1 flickr account

It's a great bit of propaganda as the damned thing plays into the image of big city crime, with its dangerous, criminal underbelly crawling out from the shadows to rob, murder, and rape the rest of us. While I don't condone using such fear-mongering tactics in the real world I would nonetheless love to use something like this in my role-playing games.

Hell, this is the sort of thing that I would love to be given as a player! Just imagine sitting down at the table and the Game Master hands you this little four page pamphlet. It's got this big, black skull on the front and welcomes you to "Fear City," or "The Detroit of Faerun," or any other of a thousand terrifying names you could come up with to let your players know that they're about to get right into the thick of things. 

It makes me all kinds of excited just thinking about it! In fact, I think I'm going to go work on one myself. What about you cats?

Seems like a Fight's Brewing.

Wonder what this is all about?