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Hard at work revising the rules in response to actual play, and moving forward towards a finished draft. Studious monkey is studious. http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/09/some-rules-revisions-housekeeping.html

"Great & Small would be a grand experiment in seeing whether the world's first roleplaying game and its descendants could run smoothly using 'monster' stat blocks alone." http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/09/on-bandits-berserkers-banished-ability.html

Took my Quick Start Rules for a test run. Highlights here. http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/09/alpha-test-session-report.html

Sample player characters for the roleplaying game of animal fantasy. http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/09/sample-pcs-for-great-small.html

Thanks for hosting me, Dan! :)

Transcript of my Q&A with the Hardboiled GMShoe is now linked. http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/09/for-those-of-you-who-missed-it.html

Made some changes to Scout characters, to make them more flavorful and versatile. http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/08/scout-niche-errata-update.html

I'll be a doing a Q&A for Great & Small on the Hardboiled GMshoe's #rpgnet chat on Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. CDT/5 p.m. PST. http://tinyurl.com/rpgnetchat

Another side project, this time for cat-lovers. Play a cleric of the goddess of familiars! http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/08/sylvestara-queen-of-cats-goddess-of.html

A little side-project, inspired by my current efforts. Play a cleric of the god of dogs! http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/08/anaxskylos-patron-deity-of-dogs.html

By reader request: ravens! http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/08/featured-creature-raven.html

There's a simple solution to the problem of how animal characters hang on to magic items: they eat them! http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/08/spandrels-kind-of-magic-for-animal.html

Here it is, because every version of D&D needs it: the Magic-User. http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-magic-user-niche.html

First look at Trucewood Vale, a classic fantasy campaign scheme for animal player characters. http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/08/trucewood-vale-tale-of-beginnings.html

Bears! Nuff said. http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/08/featured-creature-bears.html

A brief mythic history background for Creepy Crawlies, one of the campaign schemes I'm developing for "Great & Small." http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/08/creepy-crawlies-pt-3-watch-dogs.html

I've never heard of that adventure, Crothian. Thanks for the tip. It sounds like fun. I've got a number of adventure ideas in mind for various genres, which I'll be revealing in the near future. I'll look up "Another Fine Mess," and add it to my inspirational reading list.

Here's a monster I designed for use in Creepy Crawlies, one of the three Great & Small campaign schemes. http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/08/creepy-crawlies-pt-2-eater-of-last.html

In memory of Cecil The Lion, I've deviated from my alphabetical-order approach to OSR animal stats, to create character info for great cat (including lion) PCs. http://greatandsmallrpg.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-great-cats.html

I'll be doing character stats for the big cats and great cats this week, in honor of Zimbabwe's Cecil The Lion, who was killed by a poacher a few days ago. #RIPCecil I hope to have the game info done by Thursday, but in the meantime, if you're interested in taking the fight to the poachers...