Comments on: Kickstarting a book of homemade D&D modules from the 1980s http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/kickstarting-a-book-of-homemad.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 08:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jen Onymous http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/kickstarting-a-book-of-homemad.html#comment-1540217 Jen Onymous Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182536#comment-1540217 Holy Crap. I KNOW I have SOME of my old DM binders around, and some of my old hand-created monster stat sheets.  And my handmade props for players.  I remember using an old calligraphy set that my Mom had, and some old vellum, and made my own "scroll fragment" complete with water stains and burnt edges. And, I think I STILL have my handmade Deck of Many Things.  Made with oaktag and a set of expensive Farber markers... Holy Crap.

I KNOW I have SOME of my old DM binders around, and some of my old hand-created monster stat sheets.  And my handmade props for players. 

I remember using an old calligraphy set that my Mom had, and some old vellum, and made my own “scroll fragment” complete with water stains and burnt edges.

And, I think I STILL have my handmade Deck of Many Things.  Made with oaktag and a set of expensive Farber markers…

]]> By: Tim H http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/kickstarting-a-book-of-homemad.html#comment-1538946 Tim H Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182536#comment-1538946 What does that mean? What does that mean?

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/kickstarting-a-book-of-homemad.html#comment-1538416 Boundegar Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182536#comment-1538416 Has this one been recreated on Ludus? Has this one been recreated on Ludus?

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/kickstarting-a-book-of-homemad.html#comment-1538376 knoxblox Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182536#comment-1538376 Channeling my junior-high school grammar nazi, I would really hate to fail my roll against that "butt-on gismo" shown in the text after the link. Yikes. Yes, fellow gamers, I was that kid. Channeling my junior-high school grammar nazi, I would really hate to fail my roll against that “butt-on gismo” shown in the text after the link. Yikes.

Yes, fellow gamers, I was that kid.

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/kickstarting-a-book-of-homemad.html#comment-1538363 Gyrofrog Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182536#comment-1538363 I remember writing one in which a guardian naga's alignment (normally lawful good) was some flavor of evil - so, you know, we'd have an excuse to kill it.  Not just for its treasure (and because it's evil), but for its valuable naugahyde.  But I'd be very surprised if I could locate the old papers 27 years later. I remember writing one in which a guardian naga’s alignment (normally lawful good) was some flavor of evil – so, you know, we’d have an excuse to kill it.  Not just for its treasure (and because it’s evil), but for its valuable naugahyde.  But I’d be very surprised if I could locate the old papers 27 years later.

]]> By: Tim H http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/kickstarting-a-book-of-homemad.html#comment-1538341 Tim H Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182536#comment-1538341 These sad stories of loss are the reason the plagmada.org project exists.  Seek out your old gaming buddies from those days and prod them into contacting the archive, it's only a matter of time until their stuff too disappears.   These sad stories of loss are the reason the plagmada.org project exists.  Seek out your old gaming buddies from those days and prod them into contacting the archive, it’s only a matter of time until their stuff too disappears.  

]]> By: robdobbs http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/kickstarting-a-book-of-homemad.html#comment-1538305 robdobbs Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182536#comment-1538305 I too have long since lost all my custom D@D campaigns.  I too have long since lost all my custom D@D campaigns. 

]]> By: liquidstar http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/kickstarting-a-book-of-homemad.html#comment-1538298 liquidstar Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182536#comment-1538298  Awesome - very cool idea. Though those giants look suspiciously Frost-like. Played through the original series that starts with the Temple of Elemental Evil (though one could make an argument I guess that it actually starts with the introductory module Keep on the Borderlands) and ends with Queen of the Demonweb Pits - that I am sure is the inspiration for the module pictured. The art really brings me back, I m afraid that the art on the module pictured is only slightly inferior to a lot of early D&D art, but now it has great nostalgic plus so it's still nice. Makes me wish I still had all my own early home made modules intact, though my younger brother rarely had to make a new 'dungeon'.  Awesome – very cool idea. Though those giants look suspiciously Frost-like. Played through the original series that starts with the Temple of Elemental Evil (though one could make an argument I guess that it actually starts with the introductory module Keep on the Borderlands) and ends with Queen of the Demonweb Pits – that I am sure is the inspiration for the module pictured. The art really brings me back, I m afraid that the art on the module pictured is only slightly inferior to a lot of early D&D art, but now it has great nostalgic plus so it’s still nice. Makes me wish I still had all my own early home made modules intact, though my younger brother rarely had to make a new ‘dungeon’.

]]> By: El Fez http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/kickstarting-a-book-of-homemad.html#comment-1538295 El Fez Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182536#comment-1538295 Damn! I KNEW I should have stopped my Mom from tossing out all my jr. high stuff! My geek buddies and I had a Pink Floyd-themed dungeon that was crazy fun!  Damn! I KNEW I should have stopped my Mom from tossing out all my jr. high stuff! My geek buddies and I had a Pink Floyd-themed dungeon that was crazy fun! 

]]> By: Freddie Freelance http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/kickstarting-a-book-of-homemad.html#comment-1538292 Freddie Freelance Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182536#comment-1538292 Why does Mitt Romney have a giant hammer in that picture?  Why does Mitt Romney have a giant hammer in that picture? 

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