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[Three Hexes] The Shifting Sands of Tantalla
Campaign: The world of Tantalla is a sea of constantly shifting, blowing sand, sometimes exposing life-giving water, unforgiving rocky terrain or once-hidden secrets. Life is a struggle against nature...
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Sosaria - Ultima RPG - Session #3 - The Death of Tannivh
A valiant PC death to protect the villagers of Maple from the marauding goblin attacks! The Strangers from another land realize that death in Sosaria is possible... and probably permanent. This really...
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
From myself, ThePrincessWife and all of us here at Michael's Manor, we wish you a Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas. If you believe or celebrate, may Santa leave lots of opportunities for "fantastic...
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The most OSR video game I've played in 2017 - The Long Dark
Cold. Hungry. Thirsty. Wolves howling around me. Nighttime is coming, and I need to get back to shelter and fire.Not a Skyrim fantasy game or a Fallout post-apocalyptic game, nor a dungeon crawler or...
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[Three Hexes] The Endless Seas
Campaign: Life has always been about the water, surviving its capriciousness, reaping its bounty, running from its dangers. Seas cover almost all of the surface of this world; although small islands do...
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[Podcast] Episode 5 - Running Multiple Games in Your Campaign
In this short episode, Michael cover the benefits and challenges of running multiple different games in your campaign - at the same time! It might feel like fighting a multi-headed dragon, but it's...
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[Three Hexes] The Rip - an Interstellar campaign
Campaign: The history of Man changed on August 3rd, 2193, when gravity waves, gamma bursts and flashes of light announced the formation of The Rip; a tear in time/space almost nine light years away....
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[Chronicles of Etinerra] Balto's Journal - The Master and his Creatures of Chaos
John has been playing in my Etinerra campaign for a few years now. He's a smart, funny player who loves to write his adventure log entries from the singular viewpoint of his littleling (halfling)...
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[Three Hexes] Fall Gelb Seltsam - Case Yellow Strange
Campaign: In May 1940, the II Infantry Battalion, 337th Infantry Regiment of the Wehrmacht 18th Army., participated in the attack on the Netherlands, but the entire unit was "lost" somehow in the...
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My D&D Weekend: Dolly Parton and Save vs. Death
I ran two D&D games this weekend and had memorable moments from both that were just too cool not to share.On Friday night, I ran an old school module - X1 Isle of Dread for a group of guys who...
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[Podcast] Episode 6 - When Things Go Awry in Your Campaign
In this episode, Michael talks about when things didn't go exactly as planned in his campaign and how he handled it. He talks about:When his initial ideas didn't workTrouble playersWhen real life...
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[Three Hexes] The Shattered Islands of Ronark'a
Campaign: It is said by the myth-tellers that Ronark'a was once a single land, but The Great Cataclysm that sundered heaven and earth is what created the shattered islands. During the Shattering,...
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Sosaria - Ultima RPG - Session #3 - Meet Lord British!
The party has gone from four to three now, as Erik had to bow out due to schedule. Nonetheless, the remaining players pressed on. The party now consists of:Mera- Human ThiefPlayer: FuzzyGareth - Human...
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[Three Hexes] Lands of the Lost
Campaign: A shipwreck has left you here on a nameless beach, without memory of where you are or why you are here, but it doesn't matter; only survival does! The lands around you are thick and wild,...
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[Podcast] Episode 7 - Including Mass Combat into D&D Campaign Games
In this episode, Michael explains how he finally found his Holy Grail - having a D&D game with a seamless transition from mass combat to 1:1 combat, and it was very easy! Books/Supplements...
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[Three Hexes] The Kingom of Smazah
Campaign: The Kingdom of Smazah is a small Kingdom, one not worthy of much notice. The recent crash of a strange vessel and the Strangers within has caused great excitement across the five and twenty...
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[Three Hexes] The Edge of the World
Campaign: It has long been known that the world is a flat disc, with miles-high Border Mountains and Hil-grim towers serving as silent guardians to whatever lies beyond the edge. Researchers maintain...
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[Podcast] Episode 8 - Modifying AD&D for my campaign
In this episode, Michael explains the ways he has houseruled and modified Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition to his liking. He covers things like: Different combat mechanic and combat sequence...
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[Three Hexes] Gateworld
Campaign: Everyone knows that for each region (gateland) roughly a day's travel wide, there are 6 passes, exits, waypoints, gates that lead to other gatelands, though none know how or why this came to...
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[Three Hexes] The Rebellion
Campaign: For 200 years, the Arcanocrats have ruled the lands with an iron fist, their constructs keeping watch and dispensing harsh justice over the conquered. The free lands are wild wastes, full of...
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