Bard of Valiant

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A Blurb
ChattyDM and Chgowiz ran a contest featuring the One Page Dungeon layout. If you have not downloaded these files, then go do it now! There is, bar none, no resource on the internet you’re going to enjoy as much.
The Game
The party expressed interest in a) tracking down some [...]

Are you a fantasy or scifi artist or like me, a budding artist? Either way, this is a great contest for us! Rules can be found here but it’s a pretty simple concept -

Give your own creation the spark of life! The fictional universe of “9″ is filled with creatures of all shapes and sizes, [...]

Skill challenges from 4th Edition are becoming more common online as people become more confident with the system. But our group doesn’t use 4E. We don’t even use any version of d20 having moved to a system without classes or levels. So converting from 4E is a challenge in itself.
In this case I started with [...]

It’s been a week, do you have your hat of Evil GM’ing +1 on yet? If not, get thinking!
I’m running a contest about modifying adventures [details here] and giving away a copy of the original Temple of Elemental Evil.
You know you want it! Email me your entry ASAP!

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It was a great game but seven players is definitely more than enough. I think part of it is who you have as well as how many you have.
It was a fun and packed game. they saved a man from a fire, won a race, hobnobbed with royalty and found an item that played a [...]

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Looking for unusual modern RPG inspiration can be as easy as heading over to Joobli and picking a date. Joobli has collected information on hundreds of events around the world.
Just pick your date and get suggestions on some of the oddest events world-wide such as the Jerez Grape Festival and Going Underground in [...]

Finding puzzles and traps for fantasy games is as easy as googling for 2 minutes. Modern mind benders take a bit more work.. until you find the GeekDad feature Puzzle of the Week.
This regular article poses a different puzzle each week then later gives the solution. Written as a weekly contest feature at Wired, GeekDad [...]

It can be a real challenge to make a holiday festival for an RPG world that’s truly unique and interesting. Consider taking a tips from the Superbowl, arguably the most popular American holiday next to Christmas and add a sport to your game.
This article on the weirdest sports in the world is a good place [...]

An independent film on food production in the United States opened recently “exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.”
Sounds nice and conspiracy-ish, perfect for any post-modern grit game. Watch the film trailer, then consider these ideas when you’re [...]

A recent Instructable was posted with directions for making the mounted head of a Dragon. I have got to try this one.
First step? Accumulating enough cardboard! I already have paints.
Leave a comment and tell me where I should hang it!

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