I’m very excited to announce that my first properly published RPG module, The Lair of the Brain Eaters, is now available! Brain Eaters is a sword-and-sorcery-themed old school dungeon crawl for use with the Lamentations of the Flame Princess game system.
Read MorePublished in 2017 was Jeffro Johnson’s book Appendix N: The Literary History of Dungeons & Dragons. At the time, Johnson’s Appendix N was the only in-depth exploration of how the works listed in Appendix N related to the development of D&D. Now comes along a book with a suspiciously similar title, Peter Bebergal’s Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons.
Read MoreDungeons and Dragons has become a household name. It is firmly embedded in our pop culture. Whether you have played the game or not, you are aware of it. Within its pages, co-creator Gary Gygax shared a list of stories that inspired him. This list is known as Appendix N.
Read MoreUnlike all other 2nd Edition AD&D sourcebooks, The Complete Book of Necromancers explicitly admitted its inspiration from literary sources and encouraged players and DMs to do likewise. Clark Ashton Smith is mentioned by name in the majority of the chapters.
Read MoreYou may not be familiar with the name Buzz Dixon, but you’re definitely familiar with his work. Buzz has worked on everything from the Transformers and Dungeons and Dragons cartoons to Penthouse Comix! Since his novella “Q’a the Librarian” appears in the DMR Books anthology Death Dealers & Diabolists, I thought this would be a good opportunity to learn about his storied career.
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