Found this thanks to medievalists.net it is interesting to find the root words that had made it into Lord of the Rings from middle English. (part 1 of 2)
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Help Gaming Grounds Clean Up Stinaff Street! -- Indiegogo
Help Gaming Grounds Clean Up Stinaff Street! -- Indiegogo
A FLGS using crowd funding for community renewal.
A FLGS using crowd funding for community renewal.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Yet More Roman gods and goddess
BELLIFLUFICUS
BELLIFLUFICUS
The God of Belly Button Fluff.
Just to prove you can take almost any Latin-sounding word and find it's a God.
This is obviously absurd, but the Romans had to have a deity for everything so why not? It was always worth taking a chance — the consequences might be terrible if a God was missed out by mistake.
BELLONA
Goddess of War. The tough helmeted Sabine cookie who drives the chariot of MARS.
She also drives a mean spear in the thick of battle. In fact she's a bloodthirsty warrior who loves to rampage on the battlefield.
Rumors abound that under the helmet she may be the sister or wife of MARS. No-one seems very sure. Under the Greeks she was known as ENYO and was just as vicious.
She also drives a mean spear in the thick of battle. In fact she's a bloodthirsty warrior who loves to rampage on the battlefield.
Rumors abound that under the helmet she may be the sister or wife of MARS. No-one seems very sure. Under the Greeks she was known as ENYO and was just as vicious.
Rumors abound that under the helmet she may be the sister or wife of MARS. No-one seems very sure. Under the Greeks she was known as ENYO and was just as vicious.
CARNA
Also known as CARDEA
Goddess of Door Hinges.
She seems keen on the well-being of mortals, especially small children and is particularly fond of being offered bacon and beans.
What does she do to earn her breakfast? She keeps STRIGES out. No, we are not becoming mentally unhinged. Check them out
She seems keen on the well-being of mortals, especially small children and is particularly fond of being offered bacon and beans.
What does she do to earn her breakfast? She keeps STRIGES out. No, we are not becoming mentally unhinged. Check them out
What does she do to earn her breakfast? She keeps STRIGES out. No, we are not becoming mentally unhinged. Check them out
STRIGES
Nasty bogey women with vulture clawed feet who come to suck the blood of children in the night.
Nasty bogey women with vulture clawed feet who come to suck the blood of children in the night.
Now we know why CARNA became Goddess of hinges. It was her job to keep these things out. A creaking hinge is a dead giveaway.
Now we know why CARNA became Goddess of hinges. It was her job to keep these things out. A creaking hinge is a dead giveaway.
Friday, July 13, 2012
The 2012 ENnie Award Nominations
The 2012 ENnie Award nominations
Thanks to the ENnie Award website for the list.
Best Adventure
- Dead Rock Seven (Pelgrane Press)
- Invasive Procedures (Pelgrane Press)
- Madness at Gardmore Abbey (Wizards of the Coast)
- Streets of Zobeck (Open Design)
- The Rending Box (Pelgrane Press)
Best Aid/Accessory
- DungeonMorph Cards (Inkwell Ideas, Inc.)
- GameMastery Chase Cards (Paizo Publishing)
- Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs for Any RPG (Engine Publishing)
- Mutants and Masterminds GM’s Kit (Green Ronin)
- Shadowrun Runner’s Toolkit (Catalyst Game Labs)
Best Art, Cover
- Black Crusade: Core Rulebook (Fantasy Flight Games)
- Cthulhu by Gaslight (Chaosium Inc.)
- Mutants and Masterminds Gamemaster’s Guide (Green Ronin)
- Neverwinter Campaign Setting (Wizards of the Coast)
- Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Beginner Box (Paizo)
Best Art, Interior
- Book of Drakes (Open Design)
- Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple (Evil Hat Productions)
- Dragon Age: Set 2 (Green Ronin)
- Legend of the Five Rings, Fourth Edition: The Great Clans (Alderac Entertainment Group)
- The One Ring: Adventures Over the Edge of the Wild (Cubicle 7)
Best Blog
Best Cartography
- Harker Asylum - Virtual Boxed Set (0One Games)
- Madness at Gardmore Abbey (Wizards of the Coast)
- Mass Transit III (Maps of Mastery)
- Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Jade Regent Map Folio (Paizo)
- The Shadowlands Conversion Guide (BlackStar Studios)
Best Electronic Book
- Advanced Encounters: Terrain Toolbox (Sneak Attack Press)
- Cthulhu Apocalypse: The Apocalypse Machine (Graham Walmsley & Pelgrane Press)
- GURPS Social Engineering (Steve Jackson Games)
- Spookybeans: The Gothic Comics RPG (Chapter 13 Press)
- Way of the Wicked Book One: Knot of Thorns (Fire Mountain Games)
Best Free Product
- Black Crusade: Broken Chains (Fantasy Flight Games)
- Dragon Age Quickstart Guide (Green Ronin)
- The One Ring: Words of the Wise (Cubicle 7)
- The Shadowlands Conversion Guide (BlackStar Studios)
- Pathfinder Module: We Be Goblins! (Paizo)
Best Game
- Cosmic Patrol Core Rulebook (Catalyst Game Labs)
- Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple (Evil Hat Productions)
- Hollowpoint (VSCA Publishing)
- Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Game (Margaret Weis Productions)
- Savage Worlds Deluxe (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Best Miniatures Product
- Dungeons and Dragons Dragon Collector’s Set (Wizards of the Coast)
- Monster Medallions Set 1: Deadly Encounter Groups (Fiery Dragon Productions)
- Pathfinder Battles: Heroes and Monsters (Paizo)
- Serene Fist Set Four: Katana Schoolgirls vs. Zombie Furries (Okumarts Games)
- Steam Tower (Mayhem in Paper)
Best Monster/Adversary
- DC Adventures: Heroes & Villains, Vol. 1 (Green Ronin)
- Deathwatch: Mark of the Xenos (Fantasy Flight Games)
- Hacklopedia of Beasts (Kenzer and Co.)
- Hunter Sheets Issue Two—An SLA Industries Supplement (Nightfall Games)
- Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale (Wizards of the Coast)
Best Podcast
- Haste – The Official Obsidian Portal Podcast
- Iron GM
- Jennisodes
- Law of the Geek
- Role Playing Public Radio
Best Production Values
- Hacklopedia of Beasts (Kenzer & Co.)
- Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Beginner Box (Paizo)
- Smallville High School Yearbook (Margaret Weis Productions)
- The One Ring: Adventures Over the Edge of the Wild (Cubicle 7)
- Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition (CCP Games/White Wolf Publishing)
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Best RPG Related Product
- Carnival Arcane (Midnight Syndicate Soundtracks)
- Complete Kobold Guide to Game Design (Open Design)
- Cthulhu Wrapping Paper (Gaming Paper)
- Lords of Waterdeep (Wizards of the Coast)
- Tales of the Far West (Adamant Entertainment)
Best Rules
- Bulldogs! (Galileo Games)
- Hollowpoint (VSCA Publishing)
- Lorefinder—The Pathfinder / GUMSHOE Mashup (Pelgrane Press)
- Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Game (Margaret Weis Productions)
- Spellbound Kingdoms (T. Shield Studios)
Best Setting
- Ashen Stars (Pelgrane Press)
- Cthulhu Apocalypse: The Apocalypse Machine (Graham Walmsley & Pelgrane Press)
- Cthulhu Britannica: Shadows Over Scotland (Cubicle 7)
- The Investigator’s Guide to Occult London (Pelgrane Press)
- Unhallowed Metropolis, Revised (Atomic Overmind Press)
Best Supplement
- Agents of Oblivion (Reality Blurs)
- Cthulhu by Gaslight (Chaosium Inc.)
- Dungeons and Dragons Player’s Options: Heroes of the Feywild (Wizards of the Coast)
- GURPS Horror, Fourth Edition (Steve Jackson Games)
- Star Hero (Hero Games)
Best Website
Best Writing
- GURPS Horror, Fourth Edition (Steve Jackson Games)
- Panopticon (Posthuman Studios)
- Stealing Cthulhu (Graham Walmsley)
- The Investigator’s Guide to Occult London (Pelgrane Press)
- Your Whispering Homonculous (Open Design)
Product of the Year
- Cthulhu Britannica: Shadows Over Scotland (Cubicle 7)
- GURPS Horror, Fourth Edition (Steve Jackson Games)
- Hacklopedia of Beasts (Kenzer and Co.)
- Hollowpoint (VSCA Publishing)
- Madness at Gardmore Abbey (Wizards of the Coast)
- Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Game (Margaret Weis Productions)
- Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs for Any RPG (Engine Publishing)
- Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Beginner Box (Paizo)
- Star Hero (Hero Games)
- Stealing Cthulhu (Graham Walmsley)
Lesser known Roman gods and goddess II
VEIVE
God of Revenge.
He wears a laurel wreath, has arrows and keeps a goat. What kind of revenge can one wreak with these items? Something very bizarre and baffling we imagine.
We would be interested to find out more. Has your life been made a misery by a combination of these objects? If so let us know.
VOLTURNUS
We don't know quite where to turn, but possibly an Etruscan River God.
TERMINUS
Protective God Of Boundaries
Big block of stone. Put a bust of this God's head on top looking stern. Place on any appropriate boundary. Sorted. No need for barbed wire. No need for security cameras.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Lesser Known Roman gods and goddess
VOLUPTAS
Also known as VOLUPTA, PLEASURE
Goddess of Pleasure and Bliss.
Being the daughter of CUPID and PSYCHE, you'll understand the kind of pleasure and bliss we're talking about.She keeps a strangely low profile for a Goddess with such promise. If VENUS is booked up or you feel like an alternative this is the one. The personification of pleasure in all forms.
Dungeon Bastard to publish books under Fat Dragon Games
The first book, The Dungeon Bastard’s Guide to Traps, will be a one stop resource for diabolical deadfalls, poisonous puzzles, cruel camouflage, and more laughs than you can stuff in a Type 3 Bag of Holding. Your players will punch you in the face – that is, if they can stop crying on their character sheets.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Gen Con Beer named.
Official Beer to Be an "Ale of Destiny"
With more than 1400 submissions, the race to select a name for Sun King Brewing Company’s official beer for Gen Con Indy 2012 came down to an extremely close race. Perhaps it was fate, as the 2012 beer will be known as the “Ale of Destiny.” Name creator Christopher Rodgers earned himself a complimentary four-day promo pass to the Best Four Days in Gaming™. Nice work, Christopher!
For those ages 21 or over, to imbibe the “Ale of Destiny” you can try it first at Sun King’s official tapping party at 6 p.m. on August 15 at the High Velocity Sports Bar at the JW Marriott. There will be no cover charge or event ticketing to this event, but due to expected popularity, it is recommended that you arrive early (and thirsty). Proper identification is required to attend.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Video: Secrets of TSR at PaizoCon 2012 / Kobold Quarterly
Kobold-in-Chief Wolfgang Baur joined fellow TSR veterans Jeff Grubb, Pierce Watters, Rob Lazzaretti, Dave Gross and Stan! at PaizoCon last weekend. Over the course of an hour they shared fond memories and embarrassing mishaps. Check it out!
Video: Secrets of TSR at PaizoCon 2012 / Kobold Quarterly
Video: Secrets of TSR at PaizoCon 2012 / Kobold Quarterly
Video: Secrets of TSR at PaizoCon 2012 / Kobold Quarterly
Kobold-in-Chief Wolfgang Baur joined fellow TSR veterans Jeff Grubb, Pierce Watters, Rob Lazzaretti, Dave Gross and Stan! at PaizoCon last weekend. Over the course of an hour they shared fond memories and embarrassing mishaps. Check it out!
Video: Secrets of TSR at PaizoCon 2012 / Kobold Quarterly
Video: Secrets of TSR at PaizoCon 2012 / Kobold Quarterly
Monday, July 9, 2012
Video of full plate mobility test
AShort video showing tactics and full range of movement in a person who is fully armored.
Le combat en armure, Daniel Jaquet - YouTube
Le combat en armure, Daniel Jaquet - YouTube
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Oar walking, underwater wrestling and horse fighting – historian examines the sports and games of the Vikings
When not pillaging nothing like a good oar walk to pass the time.
Oar walking, underwater wrestling and horse fighting – historian examines the sports and games of the Vikings
Oar walking, underwater wrestling and horse fighting – historian examines the sports and games of the Vikings
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
New magic item l
Ring of the Huntsman This gold and ivory ring is carved with what appears to to be a hunting pack of some sort of dog/wolves chasing a deer. A closer look reveals that the ivory is used for the fangs and claws of the beasts. Their eyes appear to twinkle with small rubies that are random number of 1d10. The ring allows the wearer to control all canines and lupines within 60 feet for 1 hour per rubied eye on the ring. after using the charge one ruby disappears from the ring.
The true insidious nature of the ring is when the final ruby disappears the ring claps onto the finger of the wearer and causes all canine and lupines in the area will attack the wearer above all others. The ring is attached for1d8 days. If the wear hides indoors during this time the building will
become surrounded by 1d% of dogs and wolves. Howling from the pack causes the loss of 1d6 wisdom and 1d4 constitution to the wearer. After the ring falls off the disappears over 4 hours.
For the truly evil curse the wearer is turned into a stag for 1d10 hours with 1d20 hounds attempting to bring the stag down. The wearer retains hit points and its intelligence. All items fall away from wearer of of the ring except the ring which is absorbed into the stags body. If the wearer survives the hunt they are rewarded with an equal number of rubies for each member of the hunting pack.
The true insidious nature of the ring is when the final ruby disappears the ring claps onto the finger of the wearer and causes all canine and lupines in the area will attack the wearer above all others. The ring is attached for1d8 days. If the wear hides indoors during this time the building will
become surrounded by 1d% of dogs and wolves. Howling from the pack causes the loss of 1d6 wisdom and 1d4 constitution to the wearer. After the ring falls off the disappears over 4 hours.
For the truly evil curse the wearer is turned into a stag for 1d10 hours with 1d20 hounds attempting to bring the stag down. The wearer retains hit points and its intelligence. All items fall away from wearer of of the ring except the ring which is absorbed into the stags body. If the wearer survives the hunt they are rewarded with an equal number of rubies for each member of the hunting pack.
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