The Savage AfterWorld presents adventures, creatures, artifacts, mutations, and discussion for Goblinoid Games' Mutant Future RPG as well as other Science Fantasy games in a post-apocalyptic future.
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Mutant Future Rulebook Provided By Goblinoid Games
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The World of Thundarr the Barbarian for Mutant Future
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Bionic Warriors and Space Hippies [Space Princess]
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It could take up to 6 million quatloos to get a body like this!Two new
classes for the wonderful worlds of Space Princess
*BIONIC WARRIOR*
Bionic warriors...
Project Update
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Copyright Dylan Hartwell 2012
I've edited my new adventure down to twenty pages and feel like it's pretty
tight right now.
I'm working on:
- 17 piece...
Thanks, Professor
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M.A.R. Barker, one of the foremost founders of our hobby, passed away
today. Although I never played Empire of the Petal Throne, I know it's very
special...
Puritans in Wermspittle
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*"Puritans and Dogmatists rage and hew and burn their way through the heavy
patina of phantasmagoria and the elaborate detritus of uncounted dreams
that h...
The Loss of Professor M. A. R. Barker
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[image: MAR Barker 1929-2012]
Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 16, 2012: Professor Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman
(MAR) Barker, known to his
friends as “Phil,” die...
[Sonstiges] St. Patrick's Day!
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Und wieder ist St. Patrick's Day! Das Kilkenny ist kühl gestellt und die Kinosessel für John Carter ENDLICH reserviert!
Cheers!
Found Footage
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Ruin is a short film by OddBall Animation and if you are into the post
apocalypse genre, it is something you absolutely have to watch. It will
only take a ...
RIP: M.A.R. Barker (1929-2012)
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Victor Raymond just passed along to me the sad news that
Professor Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman (MAR) Barker, known to his friends as
“Phil,” died peacefully in ...
The Gaming Crusade
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Everytime I make absolute statements I find myself equivocating in my very
next post. But our Pathfinder games are going pretty well right now. I
am tryin...
John Carter of Mars
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*The City of Helium*
I saw the new *John Carter* movie on Wednesday, and I really liked it.
While acknowledging that it ain't Shakespeare, I nevertheless...
A cool chart missing from B/X & LL
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If I had to guess I'd venture that most fans of the non-Advanced versions
of D&D have a mechanic or two found in AD&D that they cherish. For me,
it's the ...
75,000 Kiriban!
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My all time pageviews hit 75,000. I was all excited about that until I
realized that most of those hits were from people not at all interested in
the blo...
[New Magic Item] Robe of Riddles
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Robe of Riddles “I’ve got the coins right here,” Valance told the innkeeper
has he fiddled with his new robe. The priest of the Spider God mumbled into
a p...
d30 Feature of the Week: Cult Generator
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I'm not sure if this week's d30 feature will make it into the d30 Sandbox
Companion and, in the end, it may come down to page count. This one
produces 2,7...
Fantastic News! Heroes RPG to live again.
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A short while ago the author of the 1979 Heroes RPG, Dave Millward,
announced on the OD&D Discussion forum plans to re-release his game. Here's
what he ha...
We've All Become God's Madmen
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*Art by Patrick Jones*[*This view of clerics follows from my post "Apocalypse
Underground"*]
The clerics aren't priests. Before the underground was discove...
The GM’s High
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I am frequently tired on Monday’s after I GM. At first it would be easy to
say that my source of fatigue is from gaming until midnight on a Sunday. If
I ju...
Al-Qadim Reunion, Inner Demons
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This is a module I have never had the opportunity to run or lay through. I
t was apparently initially a three part GenCon tournament module. I will
not ...
Phoning It In Phriday
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I'm spending my free time today preparing for tomorrow's game day,
including our biggest battle yet in the campaign, a five-on-five cavalry
duel before ...
Ummm..Possibly Awesome Superhero Game
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So I have been thinking about the new Marvel Heroic Game and...(blah blah
boringfastforward)...
...since I like the Panel-By-Panel action but not a lot of...
Thark Thursday: Thoats, Martian Steeds!
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Thoats are the staple mount found on Barsoom, employed mainly by the Tharks
(and by extension, John Carter). The eight-legged creatures first appeared
in ...
One Page Dungeon Contest 2012 Announced
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I wanted to share that the 2012 One Page Dungeon Contest has been announced,
and I have agreed to participate as a judge again this year. As of right
now, ...
I'm Backing The Risus Kickstarter!
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"The tower of power, too sweet to be sour, ohhhh yeahh!" [7]
I've never backed a Kickstarter for anything, RPG related or otherwise. But
when I heard from t...
What should be on the Character sheet?
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This weekend while playing ICONS we spent a few minutes page flipping. As
with the simpler forms of D&D, this is hardly ever necessary with ICONS,
but it s...
Gain Of 1 Hour Payday Loans
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The one way of going about finding money fast is to put together the loan
by way of one of your unconventional schemes and not seek to utilize for it
insid...
One Week 'Til Gary Con IV
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Gary Con IV in Lake Geneva, WI, starts one week from today on March 22-25!
This celebration of gaming's roots, held in the town where it all started,
seems...
Remembering MERP: Middle Earth Roleplaying
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Of all the RPGs I've played over the years, one of the most memorable was
MERP, Iron Crown's Middle-Earth roleplaying system, based, of course, on
Tolkien...
One Week 'Til Gary Con IV
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Gary Con IV in Lake Geneva, WI, starts one week from today on March 22-25!
This celebration of gaming's roots, held in the town where it all started,
seems...
A bit of D&D trivia
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So I was over on the "Old School Gamers" group on Facebook the other day*
and there was a discussion thread about the Holmes edition boxed set going
on,...
Crypts & Things has arrived!!
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Jobs got me pretty busy but I wanted to stop and say my print edition of
Crypts and Things has finally arrived!
I've been looking forward to getting the d...
Sylvia Franco (for Marvel Heroic Roleplaying)
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In the course of playing my Ebon Knight supers adventure using *Marvel
Heroic Roleplaying* and the *Mythic GME*, it quickly became necessary to
convert Sy...
Warhammer 40K Featured on the BBC
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Link to the BBC article:
Reading this you would think there aren't any other companies out there bar
GW. But then, most non-gamers (and gamer's mums) have ...
Greyhawk Maps
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Here are some old maps I made back when I was running my version of
Greyhawk. As with so much I do, these use the Welsh Piper's map templates.
The one ab...
New Item: Wailing Flask
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This small bottle does not appear to contain any sort of substance, but
when unstoppered it produces a frightful, keening wail. This sound does not
harm a...
Review: John Carter
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This weekend I undertook a trek to the cinema to catch John Carter. I
understand there was a lot of derision aimed at this film when it was
announced some...
John Carter Sucked, or Why Hollywood Thinks too Hard
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Warning, there are some spoilers ahead. Of course, if you actually care
about this, you probably want to know what they are, so you can avoid this
film and...
Halflings
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*Physical description*
Halflings are short, very often fat people with furry feet and leather-like
soles. Males lack of facial hair except sideburns. Female...
RIP Moebius
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I was devastated this morning to learn that he passed. There are so many
examples of his amazing art, it's hard to choose just a few, but I was a
huge fan...
Healing and Hit Points
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It's an age old issue in RPG land, brought up by recent near TPK, those
pesky HP and healing. Healing and the nature of Hit Points is a little
muddy.
Hit ...
Dark Horror D6 Role Palying Game Idea.
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DARK HORROR
Dark Horror is a very rules light Role Playing Game. Unlike most RPGs you
simply start out with a name and concept and start playing. Everyone s...
LOGAN'S RUN (1976) International Theatrical Posters
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In celebration of *Logan's Run* co-author/creator (with George Clayton
Johnson) *William F Nolan's* birthday, here's a selection of some of the
Internatio...
Where's the FTC when you really need them?
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Because if there is one thing I can't abide, it's false and/or misleading
advertising.
When I'm promised "5 topless elf chicks," by Great Cthulhu, I b...
YALC (yet another Lulu coupon)
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In case you missed the big coupon I mentioned a few days back, we have
another one good for 20% off.
SPACIOUS305
This one is good until March 7.
[Varyonde] The Church Most Holy and True
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*CHURCH MOST HOLY AND TRUE*
*AKA The White Temple*
*Symbols*: Ankh
*Colors*: White
*Worshippers Alignments*: Neutral Good, Neutral, Chaotic Good, Lawful Good...
Things to do.
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It has been too long, kids. Big plans here, though. I am paintng a few
things. Not Scooby Gang from Hasslefree. Also from Hasslfree not Dwarfish
Adama and ...
Eleven Interesting Elements
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Normally, not one for these sorts of posts, but I thought, 'eh, whadda'ey.'
So here's what it be, and according to the wee list of rules, I've got to
put t...
Good News! The OSR at GenCon Again!
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I'm passing along a post by Bill Barsh of Pacesetter Games & Simulations...
:-)
I would like to announce that for the second straight year, there will be
...
Help me not suck at Google+
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After my last post I've been using my sorely neglected Google+ account more
and have realized that that's where all the cool kids are hanging out. It
seems...
A word on blogrolls, apologies and a personal note
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Bloggers rolls are screwed and lock up, if you have over 167 entries. As a
result, I've been unable to update or add new blogs. In the coming days
going to...
Valentine’s D&D E-cards
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Send your sweetheart a bit o’ the Bastard (WINK. WINK.) with this fine
selection of Valentine’s day e-cards. More after the cut!
Batman is Antiquated
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I think this is one of the problems comic books have that isn't often discussed, and uttering the phrase I used for this post title in a room full of nerds i...
What maps inspired you as a kid?
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The Awl has a great post Maps We Wandered Into as Kids that explores
fantasy maps that inspired readers growing up. I had many, but one that
totally blew m...
Bad Attitudes
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Begin Rant #3 of 2012...
I've met a lot of people who like role-playing games. I've played in games
with quite a few of them. Some of them had good attit...
Running for Capital Hell and The Whorehouse
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My growing frustration with Washington has reached the boiling point! I
found out that Megauplod(dot-com) was busted, and all their equipment
seized. Natua...
Congregation of Wizards
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Hello! I'm well and stuff. Took a long break from blogging in order to play
more.
To amuse you here's a picture of three deans of some polish universities a...
New Posts Coming Soon
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Wow, it’s been a *long* while since I’ve posted. Lots of personal stuff has
happened and gaming has been put on the back burner. However, I’ve decided
that...
The Legend of the Tomb of Horrors
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The wizard turned the pages of the old weathered tome while the light of
the flickering candles danced across it. Brushing the fingers of his left
hand acr...
Going, going, gone....
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I started my love affair with miniatures as early as my fifth year of life.
After
my mom gave me a pack full of plastic army men, there was no going back.
...
Closing Today
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The Underdark Gazette will go Down, sometime after 11:00 PM, Central Time,
this evening. Please, if you would be so kind, update your links to my new
blog ...
Have a great 2012!
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While all activity on this blog ceased suddenly and unexpectedly the
reasons for it where sound in retrospective. I wish you all a happy and
great 2012 and...
Isle of the Unknown and new blog
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I'm thinking about shutting this blog down. I'm finally finished with
school and I want to get back to talking about various OSR shenanigans, but
I've let ...
RJK's Unpublished City of Falcondun
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Okay, technically, I suppose, it should read: "City of Coasair".
Here is the eBay link to:
Robert Kuntz City of Falcondun unpublished manuscript aka the ...
Fin.
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This blog is no longer actively maintained. This blog was a personal
journey and exploration of an old guy who loves playing OD&D (Original 1974
D&D), AD&D...
It's been a while
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Well... i know it has been a long time since I've posted up here. My life has been a bit hard on me lately, so dealing with real life problems is sucking up...
Cogling: A Steampunk Fairy Tale
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To the left is the cover design for a book I am working on with
super-talented writer Jordan Mierek. The project is the result of our
brainstorming, her fe...
Ratrix Emm (Gamma Marketeer NPC)
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Ratrix Emm is a Gamma Marketeer who hires freelance Searchers to bring him
artifacts and other treasures that he can sell on the Gamma Market. As a
rule, h...
Work Still Progresses on Hide In Shadows
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Ok, I'm still hard at work on Hide in Shadows. I had to take a small break
since all of us got sick and my Crohn's has been flaring up, and I tend not
to...
I Live!
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Yes, I am still alive - and in fact, am doing quite well.
I've got some more time now and am ready to get back into Tempora Mutantur.
However, I've beco...
Unholy Matrimony
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Hey look, more Adventurer Conqueror King content!
As I was a "Visionary" contributor to ACKS' original Kickstarter funding
project, I was given the opport...
Odds and Ends pt.1
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I am going through my big three ring binder full of crap from my Mutant
Future campaign today. I pulled out a few of the gems to share with y'all
in a ser...
Averoigne: Notes on the Setting and Rules
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'At that time, the year of our Lord, 1138, Vyones was the principle town of
the province of Averoigne. On two sides the great, shadow-haunted forest, a
pla...
Games last night on google+
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Circles is the key I think. Sort of like firewalls, you can basically
attach labels to people in your circles, creating chat rooms, adventuring
groups of p...
Khurasan down! Suggest a 15mm force for me??
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Just heard that Khurasan minis has closed down until the autumn ... so much
for the Vespulids for our homebrew wargaming rules then!
So, my options now are...
Actual Dungeon Design
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With Issue 2 being the first to feature an actual dungeon level (Level 1 is
in layouts/waiting for one more article to complete), I've decided to put
to pa...
On Patrol
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The Mona Lisa, a Type VII BroadSword Power Armor, pauses for battlefield
updates from its combat direction center some two hundred miles away. The
update i...
The Secret Lives of Dwarves
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What would Fantasy RPG's be without Dwarves? Hopefully we'll never
have to find out! I certainly make no bones about it, I'm a Dwarfophile.
Not sure ...
BX Companion!
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I realize this blog is dead, but I had top post this somewhere.
I am the proud owner of the BX Companion. This is a project i have been
excited for for ...
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