Tuesday 9 June 2020
Arena - Futuristic Boxing in Space
Monday 8 June 2020
Reaper Bones #20 - Devil Women
"She's just a devil woman, With evil on her mind..."and these two Hellborn beauties are not the sorts of ladies you might take home to meet your mum.
Tiviel, Hellborn Rogue (Derek Schubert SKU: 77118)
Triviel, Hellborn Rogue - Buy it on eBay |
Sinessa, Hellborn Sorceress (Bob Ridolfi SKU: 77119)
Sinessa, Hellborn Sorceress - Buy it on eBay |
Bones Progress
Reaper Bones: 245 - Painted: 69Related Posts
- Reaper Bones #1: The Marathon Begins - Where I paint a dozen Giant Rats.
- Reaper Bones #2: Kobolds, Are They Dogs or Dragons? - Where I paint a dozen kobolds.
- Reaper Bones #3: A Carcase of Skeletons - Where I paint a half dozen skeletons.
- Reaper Bones #4: A Shuffle of Zombies - Where I paint five zombies.
- Reaper Bones #5: Introducing Shaina Coppervein, Dwarven Orc Hunter - First PC mini.
- Reaper Bones #6: Mimic, Treasure Chest and How I re-base my Bones - Where I paint furniture.
- Reaper Bones #7: Fire Elemental Meets Novelty Lamp - Where I hack a mini with LEDs.
- Reaper Bones #8: Flaming Sphere LED Tealight Hack - Another mini LED lighting project.
- Reaper Bones #9: Elliwyn Heatherlark, Gnome Bard - Another PC mini.
- Reaper Bones #10: Horace "Action" Jackson - A Baddass disco dancing Motherfucker.
- Reaper Bones #11: Pirate Captain Thorin Stoneheart - A Swashbuckling Philanthropist.
- Reaper Bones #12: Monstrous Menagerie - Clay Golem, Eye Beast, Griffon, Owlbear, Marsh Troll.
- Reaper Bones #13: Giants - Male Storm Giant and Female Cloud Giant.
- Reaper Bones #14: More Monsters! -Ape-X, Female Demon, Two Golems, Oxidation Beast.
- Reaper Bones #15 - The Road Warrior - Mad Max - 50 bones painted at last.
- Reaper Bones #16 - A Patrol of Orcs - 5 orcs out hunting your party.
- Reaper Bones #17- Personalities - Player Characters, NPCs or a villain or two.
- Reaper Bones #18 - Furniture
- Reaper Bones #19 - Townsfolk
Sunday 7 June 2020
Vintage Vampire - Citadel C18 Night Horrors
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Amoebaman - A Plantman PC idea for your RPGs
DC came up with the Amoeba Man idea first - dangitt! |
Saturday 6 June 2020
A to Z of UK RPG in the 80s - Q is for Qadim
Q is for Qadim, Al-Qadim
TSR brought out many different campaign settings during the 80s but the one that really caught my attention was Al-Qadim The Lands of Fate. The premise is simple it's the world of exotic Arabian adventure. Think Aladdin, Sinbad and the 40 thieves or Prince of Persia.
Why Al-Qadim is Worth Your Time
If you are like me and have been running games for the best part of 35 years, I am sometimes weary of the standard quasi medieval fare. Your players know the monster manual like the back of their hand and there is no mystery any more.
Al-Qadim is a rich and spicy setting which is both familiar and completely alien at the same time. The protagonists are often humans hell bent on acquiring power through strange magics and the use of elemental forces. The strange and unfamiliar monsters range from the plethora of Djinn (Genies) to the smelly mishapen Yakmen. All of them will be unknown to your players and therefore genuinely mysterious, intimidating and scary.
Your players are going to have to use their roleplaying skills of guile, cunning and persuasion rather than putting everything to the sword. Trust me they're going to love it.
Need More Inspiration?
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1953) - A Ray Harryhausen classic with
- The Golden Voyages of Sinbad (1973) - Caroline Munro and Tom Baker star in this epic.
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) - My favourite Sinbad movie starring Jane Seymour and Patrick Troughton
- Arabian Adventure (1979) - Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mickey Rooney and John Ratzenberger what more do you need.
- The Thief of Baghdad (1940) - The definitive and classic version
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) - Jake Gylenhall, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley
Unloved and Unwanted
TSR pumped out a huge number of settings during those heady days of 2nd Edition AD&D. Like Birthright, Mystara and Spelljammer it didn't have much staying power and it got shelved like the rest.
I was lucky enough to pick the majority of my collection up at the height of their unpopularity when my FLGS was clearing out. Prices are significantly higher now but investing in Al-Qadim has a solid and fun payback.
My Collection Includes
The Land of Fate | Arabian Adventures | City of Delights | |
Corsairs of the Great Sea | Ruined Kingdoms | Assassin's Mountain | |
Secrets of the Lamp |
Golden Voyages |
Caravans |