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If you ever make it over, let me know. I’ll show you some Roman ruins, Iron Age forts, Neolithic burial sites and (of course) medieval castles in the London/SE region. Genuine offer. Alnwick is in the NE, but definitely worth a visit ( Bamburgh Castle is close to it as well as Hadrian’s Wall)

The Bloodflower is a beautiful monster. Truly scary. Alnwick Castle in UK has a wonderful Poison Garden, full of (as the name suggests) dangerous plants. The Bllodflower would fit in just fine to a fantasy version.

NZ sure is a beautiful country. Planning to visit in a couple of years to marvel at the scenery, meet people, geek out at the LOTR stuff and take in some rugby.

You can buy a chocolate-coated version, but the actual mint cake is pretty much just mint and caramelised sugar. Lots of energy and that “ clean teeth” feel, but pretty unhealthy.

I know I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating; these articles are awesome.

“ That’s the last of the mint cake,” said Sam, wistfully, as they huddled together on the stony mountain slopes of Mordor.. “Oh, Sam,” whispered Frodo, his drawn features breaking in a rare half-smile, “ how I wish we were back in Kendal.”

You can get pemmican in UK but only really in outdoor shops in the more “outdoorsy” areas of the country (Lake District, Highlands etc). I loved Kendal mint cake as a teenager, but find it a bit too sweet nowadays.

Energy bars are so great for hikes; I always think lembas! Back in the day, we had Kendal mint cake. Is that a thing in USA?

Hopefully Luke will appear in it. Hopefully Ernie won’t.

Wow! Superb read. Thank you so much.

Very good in a Steampunk setting or Victoriana of some kind.

I'm 59 and was also playing the kind of OD&D that this Alex bloke was playing in the 1980s, and I hated fascists then and I still do, whether they're dressed up as Alt-Right, MAGA, NuTSR or whatever crap labels they spout in support of their performative hatred and false victimhood. And just as...

In late 70s/early 80s UK, the punk scene was hugely important to me (though I no longer have green spikes hair nowadays!) but it’s influence on my D&D was probably more in terms of attitude ( as @Ralif Redhammer suggests) than in actual gaming culture. I leant a lot on the books I’d read...

Conan the Destroyer 8 LotR 11 +1 = 12 Willow 9 Krull 8-2 =6

A paper dragon called Lindisfarne eating all the magical scrolls is such a cool concept.

Just started running Scarlet Citadel with my group and we’ve adopted the new rules as a play test. Only one session into the campaign, but so far so good.

No dangerous wildlife in UK, though bison have been reintroduced near where I live, which is superb news. I did have a friend in primary school who was actually savaged by a squirrel! It was pretty bloody at the time, though I suspect being known thereafter as “squirrel boy” was probably worse.

My horse didn't get eaten by the owlbear because the griffin got to it first. By the time the owlbear arrived, there was only me left! Seriously, hiking is both beautiful and hard work. The longest/toughest I've ever done personally was 25 miles per day for three days with 50lb packs on arduous...

In a bizarre coincidence, when I was 18 one of my gaming mates had one of these “cars” and we actually crashed into someone’s front garden, late at night on the way back from playing D&D! So this thread hasn’t become entirely derailed.