In a world with Fantasy Name Generators, no one needs another random name generator. Except me. I needed another random name generator. This pairs given names from the estimable Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources with surnames pulled from various Internet sources.
... or is it? I love Decagone's time loop gimmick, so I put together a Countdown app to visualize (and audiolize?) it.
Sesame Street taught me the alphabet; Scholastic taught me to read; Infocom taught me how to play with words. Through shared and solo play, interactive fiction shaped how I read, my sense of humor, and my appreciation for imagined spaces in ways that still inform my approach to OSR play.
Wherein I take stock and mentally prepare to take the Solo Play plunge with a crawl through Stonehell, with the help of DM Yourself.
Remember those old animated gifs that used to exist on every Geocities, Angelfire, Tripod and FortuneCity (my personal preference) sites? That's what this post is, minus the epilepsy trigger.
My introduction to Dungeons & Dragons was found tucked away among my dad’s back issues of "Heavy Metal," some Rifts books, and Frazetta art books.
I coaxed my group onto the Mothership last week for a run-through of Luke Gearing's "Orphans." It was by far the softest landing we've had in a new system, and the most fun.
Each of these was either foundational to my interest in the hobby, or it's something I return to often for inspiration. In short, it's stuff that I love, and with luck this list will keep growing.