Oh yeah! Now we’re talking!
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ein-bleistift-und-radiergummi:
Lynd Ward illustrations for Beowulf (Heritage Press, 1939; text is William Ellery Leonard’s 1923 verse translation)
Grendel
The East-dark falls
and I, shadow-walker, awake. I come
to this hated house, mead-hall of mylord-no-more.With Blood-moon, tide-moon or none
I, pride-beast, across the moor,
in cold-quiet,
come.I bring no rings for your glory, I was king and come
to kill history. Dream-cleaver, I reduce your ranks in red murder. Fang –tooth
For my father, became your perfect
enemy.I have turned my tongue crystal, transformed
into your opposite philosophy.You will worship the sun and winter-hunger.
Depleted every morning; your vacant bench
grows longer.Your men fall like wheat, sword-arms weak. I speak
a storm of words, javelins and
revenge.
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Zothique by Clark Ashton Smith
Ballantine Books; Jun 1970
Smith born today, Jan 13, in 1893
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the old well
Nope. Nothing down there of interest.
Assorted covers from various editions of Tunnels & Trolls, including 4th edition, 5th edition, 7.5, and the new Deluxe T&T.
#RPGaDAY Favorite non-RPG thing to come out of RPGing: Friendships
Without a doubt, the best thing to come out of playing RPGs has been the friendships. I’m still close with guys I played with when I was a kid. A couple of them were even groomsmen in my wedding. I also owe RPGs credit for cementing the connection my wife and I have to our best “couple friends.” Basically, games of any sort are a form of socialization to me, and RPGs more so than most any other kind. So if you game with people, you get to know them. And if you have epic adventures with your group, those can become the foundation of friendships that last a lifetime. Even, sometimes, if you stop gaming with them due to moves or “real life” or whatever.
Oh, and no. I am not a brony. I just thought it would be funny to use that logo for this post.
#RPGaDAY Favorite RPG playing celebrity: Um, No
If we mean celebrities who happen to be RPG players, I don’t care. Not one tiny little bit. If some dude who used to play an annoying ensign on TV or some other dude who’s in action movies play D&D, that’s cool. But I don’t care.
If we’re talking about RPG players who have somehow become celebrities, I care even less. So your stand on something RPG related is controversial or otherwise considered noteworthy by people? Good for you. But I don’t care.
Again, nothing against any of these folks. It’s just not a thing to me.
#RPGaDAY Favorite RPG website/blog: Google Plus
When it comes to online RPG discussions I like Google Plus. And as they continue to monkey with it, stripping it down and such, I worry that it’ll die the slow death that Google foists on its products sometimes. Fingers crossed that doesn’t happen, though.
There’s a rich, varied, and interesting group of gamers active on G+. And the communities feature makes it even easier to ingest only the stuff related to games you care about. So if you’re not on G+, consider hopping on. Let’s just hope it’s still there later on.
#RPGaDAY Favorite game you no longer play: Hero System & TFT
Man, the fun I had with both The Fantasy Trip and the 4th edition (and earlier) of the Hero System. TFT was my D&D, y'all. I mean, I started with Moldvay/Cook/Marsh B/X and I played some 1e AD&D, but TFT is the system I really cut my teeth on. Hence, most likely, my general preference for non-class systems. And the Hero System went even further in letting me build out my own worlds and ideas. And, of course, the character building options were quite appealing.
These days TFT and Hero are largely not part of my repertoire. TFT because, um, I don’t actually know. I guess the main GM for that system quit GMing it for his own reasons. And Hero because I just don’t have the time for building everything from scratch. And my tastes have lightened a bit. And, in both cases, I have come to embrace random character creation a lot more in my dotage. But the good memories are strong with both, and I’m sure I’ll dust one or the other off at some point.