The Ruby Yott
If I were a scientist, instead of a game designer, I think I’d like to be a biologist. Life is fascinating, and the more you find out about it, the more interesting it becomes. There’s life in general,...
View ArticleTunnels & Trolls Dice Bag
What do you want to bet that once they see our dice bag, all those other rpgs will start coming out with their own fancy bone holders? Only about 100 people in the KS supporters had the forethought to...
View ArticleCoin of the Realm
One of the Deluxe Tunnels and Trolls stretch prizes was a set of coins from Trollworld. It took quite a while to get our acts together and to design coins appropriate for the game. (And when I say...
View ArticleNew Edition of Griffin Feathers
All my life I wanted to be a fantasy writer like Edgar Rice Burroughs or J.R.R. Tolkien. And I have tried to create an epic fantasy, but the truth is, I’m a lot more like a twisted version of Robert...
View ArticleTroll Gaming and Fantasy Art
Why do we bother with art in role-playing? Do we really need to show you what an elf or a dragon looks like? I don’t think so. Ordinary fiction has a cover illustration, and the rest is left to the...
View ArticleBrand new art from Trollhallans
Yesterday, I challenged Trollhallan artists to send me some new art for the Outer Sanctum, and I repeat the challenge today. I am happy to say that two of our members responded and I have some new art...
View ArticleThank You!
This is a special day in America, a day set apart for remembering our blessings and being thankful for them. It doesn’t matter whether you thank your family, the Great Spirit, Crom, El, or the...
View ArticleDid You Know About These T & T Products?
Thanksgiving Day is over. Time to take down the turkey, and get back to the (not so) serious business of living in a fantasy world. Did you know about these great t & t products available through...
View ArticleThe Dreaded Yott of Zorr
Strange creatures roam the badlands of Trollworld. I thought this could be one of them, a kind of living metal creature that inhabits the deserts of Zorr. And where there are monsters, there will be...
View ArticleThe Dreaded Yott of Zorr, Part 2
You’ve seen my first attempt to use the metal sculpture of my niece in a fantasy montage, and if you haven’t, just scroll down into the next entry. I mentioned what I would like to do to artist Eric...
View ArticleKhazan Challenge
Today’s art is by Trollhallan Garrlakk (David Ullery) and it illustrates a mini-solo I wrote and published through Trollhalla Press. There are several nonhumans illustrated in these pictures, and I...
View ArticleThe Many Types of Gurkk!
It started a couple of years ago when I wanted a couple of new monsters to live beneath Khazil and Khizil. I just made nonsense noises–gakk and gurkk. I’m silly. I liked the sounds so well, I...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy Being a Wizard
Here we are at the start of a new year–time for new ideas, new beginnings, new complications just in case the old ones were getting stale for you. In conjunction with the theme of newness, I have...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy, Part 2 and Part 3
Part 2 Final Exam, Episode 2, 74A and 2A-1 and 51A Markus looked at his instructor quizzically. “That’s a very kind offer, Sir, but what good does it do me to cast a spell now, when I will...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy, Parts 4 and 5
We now continue our wizardly tale. Final Exam, Episode 4, 6D-27A-35A Markus turned left and set off on his explorations. He took a moment to mark his trail with a chalk arrow and an M. He walked for a...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy, Parts 6 and 7
This story should go by faster, but I’ve been spending most of my time at Dark Con this weekend. I have to go off and do a panel about T & T in about 15 minutes. So . . . […]Continue reading «It's...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy, Parts 8 -12
Our wizardly tale continues . . . ****************************************** Final Exam, episode 8, 41A-3C Markus looked at the young fool so eager to rush off and try his luck against an ogre. “Well,...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy, Parts 13 -16
I need to finish this story up and get onto other things. Let’s see how much I can put in today’s episode. **************************** Final Exam, episode 13 19A 69C 39A Markus felt amazingly hungry...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy, Parts 17-21
And now, let’s finish this tale of wizardry being tested . . . **************************** Final Exam, episode 17 14A cont. The idea of being knocked down from behind caused Markus to discount the...
View ArticleYou Die Alone
. . . and fairly often if you’re playing T & T solitaire adventures. It’s part of the fun. Yes, death can be fun. It’s another one of Christ’s true meanings when he told his followers “it is better...
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