Bard of Valiant

If you’re running a game this weekend, consider adding one of these dishes to your local tavern or castle feast. Players will never see in-game cuisine quite the same way again.
Here’s the contest winner. More ideas and all contest entries can be found at the link above. There’s something for almost any game setting.

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47 ideas for costumes, props, food and games! My god, this list is huge!
Costumes

Make a zombie face wound.
LEGO Costume (for kids)
Iron Man Helmet
Creating a Realistic Burn
Costumes Around the World
Tips for Costume Making
Witches Hat
Wee Gnome (Kids)

Props

Gamer booklet handouts.
Easy Faux-Pearls.
Painted Gemstones.
Magic Wand Remote Control.
Eye Sticker ala the Illuminati.
Cool Pumpkin Carvings. Come on, it’s Halloween!
Gummy Body Parts. Toss [...]

Engadget posted a bit today about 3D Dungeons & Dragons on Microsoft Surface.
There’s a demo video well worth watching, too!
Check it out!

I was reading this post on RPG Athenaeum about why introducing a treasure map in your game can lead to fun and profit. this got me to thinking about how to make one and what the elements are of a good treasure map.
Who hid the treasure? Answering this question is going to answer more, such [...]

Taverns are a staple of many fantasy games. Roll 2d6-1 and pick one of these encounters for this week’s game.

When the players walk in, everyone at each table in the common room is drinking through straws from a bucket in the center of the table.
Every inn and tavern in the town stops serving drinks at [...]

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Magic is a huge part of any fantasy game and a common complaint for some is that it’s too common to the point of becoming mundane. If you’re hearing this at your table, consider this 3-part series by Scroll of Lankhmar on Keeping Magic Magical.
Part 3 is the best of the series with [...]

Yesterday, I was a guest poster on Critical Hits, talking about using Dave’s 5×5 Method in grid form for existing campaigns. If you haven’t seen it, run over and take a look!

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This week I have some elements that would make a Victorian Gothic game and even has good modern supernatural possibilities.
First you need a setting. This post about a 1934 article in the LA Time is a perfect springboard. The article details an ancient city under LA that has tunnel mazes, Hopi secrets and lost treasure! [...]

Life in space might be a utopia or a dirty, nasty  existence. Take a look at these for some ideas:

Baby-Making is Tougher in Space As humanity expands its sphere of influence, immigration from Earth and other colonized planets might be the real impetus. If giving birth in space is difficult, if not impossible, think about [...]

I got amazingly lucky last week and found a $30 Rolodex at a sale for 2$. I immediately thought of using it as an NPC card file and grabbed it.
Here’s how I’m going to use it.
The first thing you should notice is that the first line of each card isn’t their name. Instead, I’m using [...]