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 [...]

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 [...]

A Lego Borg Cube!
Find it here

There’s a site out there called Evil Made Scientist Laboratories and if that title doesn’t grab you, how about instructions for creating your own d20 bag? Or even a d12 bag! I like the d12 better myself. My daughter has a sewing machine so this could be a fun project for us.
Once I have that, [...]

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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DeadGod left this in comments yesterday and I thought this was such a cool idea, I’d bring it to the front.
“My current screen was constructed from cut pieces of corrugated cardboard. I used tape to bind the panels together and to cover up the rough edges. Then I printed out some nifty artwork for the [...]

My old screen was too large for the table we’re currently using, had a bunch of tables I never looked at and so could be difficult to find things on so today’s project was making a new one.
Materials

2 Manila Folders
Scissors
Glue Stick
Tables for new Screen
Graph Paper
Pen
Good Handwriting

Quick Comparison
Old Screen

New Screen

What I Did
Step 1
Take 2 manila folders [...]

As I posted up last night’s game pics, I realized I’d never talked about our player’s book.
As a group, we’ve only got one copy of the d6 Fantasy book so I originally created this so that shopping players weren’t always waiting on someone else for equipment lists and prices. It has the added advantage of [...]

Uncle Bear remarked on his plans to create a gaming room when he moves and has the chance to set things up. Phil and I just moved this year and had a similar opportunity. However, since we moved into an apartment, our ability to modify the room is limited. To be honest, so is our [...]