tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post7886591201039378511..comments2024-03-25T00:18:14.319-07:00Comments on Against The Wicked City: A Year in the Wicked CityJoseph Manolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-74413041694949696342016-06-29T02:59:13.854-07:002016-06-29T02:59:13.854-07:00With the aid of a few sub-tables, you could have a...With the aid of a few sub-tables, you could have a whole 'random OSR fantasy setting' generator...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-78827593631459382432016-06-28T09:11:10.416-07:002016-06-28T09:11:10.416-07:00Per a friend of mine, who sent me a link to this p...Per a friend of mine, who sent me a link to this post:<br /><br />3 Worms. <br />4 Rats. <br />5 Cults. <br />6 Insects. <br />7 Snake-men. <br />8 Lizard-men. <br />9 Horrible cities. <br />10 Corpses. <br />11 Fungus. <br />12 Machinery. <br />13 Cannibalism. <br />14 Blood. <br />15 Slavery. <br />16 Mutation. <br />17 Drugs. <br />18 Masks.<br /><br />:)kesherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494262159858200847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-25333730008317886792016-06-13T09:03:04.247-07:002016-06-13T09:03:04.247-07:00I just discovered your blog a few months back but ...I just discovered your blog a few months back but quickly became an avid reader. There are a lot great posts here but the snake-man post is brilliant.<br /><br />I for one, am looking forward to another year of great material.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13254100278704803285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-78413983895038273532016-06-12T15:00:03.973-07:002016-06-12T15:00:03.973-07:00Yeah. And people are more likely to weigh in with ...Yeah. And people are more likely to weigh in with their opinions in the comments thread, which *also* generates more page-views, as the discussion goes back and forth...<br /><br />'Balbals and Blunderbusses' clearly needs to be the name of my OGL D&D fantasy heartbreaker.Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-52759625245334888602016-06-11T15:14:31.847-07:002016-06-11T15:14:31.847-07:00Commentary posts are popular because everyone know...Commentary posts are popular because everyone knows the source material and has an opinion about them. I've noticed the same thing.<br /><br />But please *do* keep developing your own stuff. I love your shamans and spirits and balbals and blunderbuses.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-47958914990303490662016-06-06T03:44:54.229-07:002016-06-06T03:44:54.229-07:00Indirect usefulness is the best kind of usefulness...Indirect usefulness is the best kind of usefulness!<br /><br />Honestly, I don't really expect anyone other than me to ever use the setting as written. But I hope that bits of it may be useful enough for people to adapt them into their own games, in suitably modified forms...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-5591585646562046002016-06-06T03:42:30.703-07:002016-06-06T03:42:30.703-07:00Thanks, Chris. And congrats on getting Elfmaids to...Thanks, Chris. And congrats on getting Elfmaids to 850 posts! Glad to hear it's been getting the popularity it deserves...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-38975440161312728622016-06-06T03:40:44.451-07:002016-06-06T03:40:44.451-07:00Thanks - that's good to know. I'm always p...Thanks - that's good to know. I'm always pleasantly surprised to hear that someone's read the archives! Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-83450464657719705262016-06-06T03:37:51.292-07:002016-06-06T03:37:51.292-07:00Yeah, I get what you're saying. It's just ...Yeah, I get what you're saying. It's just the popularity of the commentary posts - the ones where I talk about other people's work, rather than doing any of my own - which has slightly surprised me. <br /><br />I will be speculating wildly about the worms in a future post.Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-39930651837353425762016-06-06T03:29:30.988-07:002016-06-06T03:29:30.988-07:00Thanks. (She won't have done, though; I don...Thanks. (She won't have done, though; I don't think she's been on it for years.) Happy birthday for yesterday!Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-43879024505820574722016-06-05T19:08:26.631-07:002016-06-05T19:08:26.631-07:00Your rules text is always great - very clean and c...Your rules text is always great - very clean and concise, but also very flavorful. As I'm not personally playing a game of romantic clockpunk fantasy inspired by early modern central Asia I don't see myself lifting much material directly, but your writing has been an inspirational example of how to efficiently communicate an unusual game setting.Tom Kilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17086235205146158319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-139453423388417682016-06-05T18:01:47.875-07:002016-06-05T18:01:47.875-07:00congrats and yes love the central asian stuff and ...congrats and yes love the central asian stuff and pretty much everything here - one of my favorite blogsKonsumterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170560484656800416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-29858680482823442762016-06-05T15:34:26.933-07:002016-06-05T15:34:26.933-07:00In regards to your third point, I hope you continu...In regards to your third point, I hope you continue to post setting-specific material. Since discovering your blog a few months ago, I've read almost the entire archive and my favorite posts were classes, monsters, and other topics relating to your campaign setting, since I think they strike an excellent balance between illustrating the setting and providing the mechanics to put these ideas in play.<br /><br />I'm a lurker in the community, which is why I haven't commented on or liked previous posts, but I felt it was worth weighing in on this point, since though I've enjoyed your general purpose posts, I find them much less engaging than the setting-specific ones. Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738621455671767265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-58764803891957558782016-06-05T13:02:45.214-07:002016-06-05T13:02:45.214-07:00RPG archeology is also alway RPG alchemy. We'r...RPG archeology is also alway RPG alchemy. We're always trying to reconstruct the formulas of the ancient masters to glean their knowledge of the mysteries of GMing.<br /><br />I think that's also why general purpose posts are the most popular. They are the most useful for GMs. Setting and monster ideas are also well suited for idea mining. Magic items, spells, or character classes you can take as they are, but many people probably have their own already. There's not as much to learn from them.<br /><br />And who doesn't love worms? Or at the very least, loves to hate them? ^^Yorahttp://spriggans-den.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-45864946570734357532016-06-05T12:48:08.537-07:002016-06-05T12:48:08.537-07:00Happy anniversary to your blog! (Also to your wife...Happy anniversary to your blog! (Also to your wife, in case she didn't see the post on her Facebook page)Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292062128781092862noreply@blogger.com