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The OSR’s Lost Megadungeons: What We Never Got to See
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The Three-Layer Encounter: The OSR Trick That Instantly Makes Your Encounters Better
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What is the BrOSR?

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When Were YOU Introduced To D&D, and By Who?
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Ex-Employees Bash WotC - Profits Over People?

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Ability Checks in D&D Go Back to the Player's Handbook in 1977 - What!?!

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Project Sigil - A Natural Extension of Baldur's Gate 3 AND a VTT for ALL RPG Rulesets? What!?!

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D&D Beyond Update 2024 Shift: WotC Listens, Adjusts Plans

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WotC is Seeking a Game Designer... After Firing Many of its Game Designers Late in 2023

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D&D Beyond is Deleting 5e Spells & Magic Items Come September 3rd

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Why Designing a Convention Adventure Differs From Designing a Home Adventure or One for Publication

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Monetization of Project Sigil & the Future of the Digital D&D Brand

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Dungeons, Dragons, & Discourse Live! Sunday, August 18th @ 8 PM ET

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Talking Crit Live! Crit Talk! Wednesday 8/14 @ 8PM ET

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Frank Mentzer Has Kidney Failure - Is Selling All Four Issues of Strategic PREVIEW for $15k
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Is D&D For Everyone?
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TSR Filed for an Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use, re: Star Frontiers Trademark

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Gamers' Health with Shannon & Tenkar Christmas Special

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On Communication at the Gaming Table - It is More Than setting a Scene and Interpreting Die Rolls

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On Consent at the Gaming Table Over Removing Complete Themes (re: recent Paizo response)

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Arduin - Alignment, Good & Evil, Law & Chaos, and In between

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Marmoreal Tomb Goes to Print in January PLUS a Far West update (kinda)

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PDFs are Convenient, But Print Can't be RetConned - Is WotC Making 5e Earlier Printings Collectible

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Why is Tenkar called "Tenkar"? A Brief History of the Name and Why it is Used

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TSR3 Voluntarily Dismisses Suit Against WotC Without Prejudice

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Talking Crit Special Edition - Why Is TSR3 Filing Suit over Trademarks that it Has Abandoned?

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Why is TSR3 Their Own Worst Enemy? They Just Can't Keep From Stepping on Their Own...

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TSR3 is Suing WotC for Bullying, Libel, and Slander - $50K Flexible Funding Indiegogo is Live to Raise Funds

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Gail Gygax Resigns All Positions at Gygax Memorial Fund, Paul Stormberg Voted President

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Arduin Trilogy - Notes on Treasure

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Cortex Fan License is Published, With Fully Revokable Clause & WTF is up with RPGNEWS.com?

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Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar - Wednesday, 12/1/21

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Cortex Fan License is Published, With Fully Revokable Clause & WTF is up with RPGNEWS.com?

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Gifts For Your GM this Holiday Season - Should be Gifts that Benefit the Entire Gaming Group

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Arduin Trilogy - Notes On Player Character Types

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The First Fantasy Campaign - The Original Blackmoor Magic System

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TSR Con Rescheduled for Gary Con Weekend - "New" Star Frontiers RPG Out of Stock Before Publication

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Giantlands & Wonderfilled Give Us Yet Another WTF Moment

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Paizo Recognizes UPW Union - Many Striking Freelancers were Likely Also Full-time Paizo Employees

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Paizo Freelancers Are on "Strike" - They Demand Recognition of United Paizo Workers Union

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Paizo Staff Unionizes - What Impact Will it Have on the Gaming Industry?

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Voicemail Catch Up - Social Media, One Sheets, Arduin, Forums, Reviews and More!

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Arduin - On Dungeons, Caverns, and Other Holes in the Ground

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What's Going on with The Arduin Grimoire?

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Wizard's Tower Games Got Sent a Likely Threat of Tortious Interference Via Anonymous Email

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Paizo Partners with Demiplane to bring D&D Beyond Like Features to Pathfinder 2

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Talking Crit LiveStream - Special Guest Luau Lou - November 3rd, 2021

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Larry Elmore is NOT Doing the Cover for TSR3's Star Frontiers? Or is he? Larry Doesn't Know!

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GaryCon Follow Up Email on Vax & Mask Requirements

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Game Wizards by Jon Peterson - First Impressions

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Iron Rations Livestream with JoetheLawyer & Tenkar - 11/12/2021

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The CWA (Paizo Workers Union is a Subsidiary) Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges at Blizzard+

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Why Many Players Enjoy Playing Murder Hobos (with apologies to Ernest Hemingway)

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Dungeons, Dragons & Discourse - LiveStream - Friday, 11/19/2021

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Not Quite an Arduin Unboxing, But Certainly a Treasure Trove of Arduin Goodness

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Phylactery - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow or Do Good for the Sake of Doing Good, Not for the Cred

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HeroQuest is In Hand - Why We Should Model Adventures on the HQ Quest Book

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Diamond Comics Suffers Ransomware Attack - Robinhood Gets Hacked - How Vulnerable is Our Hobby?

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Do You Read RPG Forums? Which Ones and Why or Why Not?

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Follow Up - The Gaming Industry Pays Poorly and Market Size is Only Part of the Issue

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G4 Network to Return with D&D Branded Actual Play Live Show Later This Month - Invitation to Party

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Dungeon Hobby Shop Closed to the Public - Open to Gamers by Appointment Only

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Is The Gary Gygax Estate Dispute Coming to a Negotiated Settlement?
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Inconvenient Truth - RPGs pay poorly, but people who create RPGs don't deserve to be poor - Wrong!

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Talking Crit Live! - Special Guest Douglas Cole (Gaming Ballistic) Wednesday, 11/17/2022)

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Arduin, The First Fantasy Campaign and More - Some Thoughts Going Forward
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Arduin - Space Aliens & Other Aliens in Fantasy RPGs

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Arduin - Notes on Alignment and Playability (with commentary by your's truly)

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Arduin on My Mind

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Arduin - Dave Hargrave on DM's Versus Angry Players

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Why The Tavern is a Neutral Ground?

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Where in the World is the LotFP Referee Book? (Funded October 2013)

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Tenkar, Why Do You Hate TSR3 So Much?

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There Were Five Editions of the D&D Basic Set

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What is With the Current Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarter Trend?

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When Your Gaming Group Opts for a Bonding Session Over a Game Session...

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Iron Rations LiveStream - With JoetheLawyer & Tenkar August 27th, 2021

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Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar w Special Guests Zach Glazar & Joe Bingaman

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Talking Crit Live with Special Guest Alyssa Faden

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Talking Crit - Special Friday LiveStream - August 20th, 2021

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Talking Crit Livestream with Bad Mike & Tenkar - August 18, 2021

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Talking Crit LiveStream with Special Guest Mark Greenberg (Necropolis KS) - 8 PM EDT Tonight

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We Will Be Losing Doug Rhea - NTRPG Con

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Yes, Virginia, With the Right Group, a Virtual Table Top (VTT) can Emulate an In-Person Gaming Group

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Steve Perrin Has Passed - Now is the Time to Thank Those That Have Influenced Your Formative Years

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Why Do So Many Adventures Begin in a Tavern & Nepotism in the Walls - Why I Disclose My Connections , Sometimes Annoyingly So ;)

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GenCon 2021 Announces Mask Mandate & How Not to Make Friends on Social Media & How Social Media Friendship Does Not = Real Friendship

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Some Useful Skills for Players of TableTop RPGs & Your Players Are Like a Dog on a Leash - Let Them Lead the Way But Keep Some Control

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What Future Does the Post Pandemic World Hold for Tabletop Gaming & Marmoreal Tomb Hits 2nd Weekly Content Goal

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D&D Beyond Self Inflicts Wound, TSR3 Abandons Some TMs, and a Marmoreal Tomb Update
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Talking Crit - Swords & Wizardry Boxed Set UnBoxing and Marmoreal Tomb Update

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Join Bad Mike & Tenkar, as they sit down with Greg Christopher to discuss Avarice & Ambition 2e and then delve into current events in the tabletop RPG hobby.

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Gamers' Health TwoFer - July 3rd & 10th LiveStreams

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Iron Rations - LiveStream with JoetheLawyer & Tenkar - Let's Talk Houserules, Campaign Styles & More

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Choosing a Style for My Next Campaign -Adventure Path, Episodic, Hexcrawl, or Megadungeon & Basic Fantasy RPG - An Oft-Forgotten OSR Gem

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How Do We Attract Younger Players to the OSR? - Can Too Many Choices for Your Sandbox Lead to its Demise?

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Some Common Sense Social Media Rules for the Business Minded that Don't Want to get Blindsided - A Look Back at Some Not So Recent Failed to Deliver RPG KSs, Why They Failed & What to Avoid

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Talking Crit w/ Bad Mike & Tenkar - LIVE - 6/30/21 - Follow Up to Last Week's TSR Coverage

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Talking Crit w/ Bad Mike & Tenkar - A Look at The Latest TSR

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New(est) TSR Twofer & What the Heck is Wonderfilled?

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