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Some reflections and thoughts on Black Blade Publishing, after 16 years: Black Blade Publishing and the OSR Community Allan.

For your consideration: grodog's Top 10 Favorite Greyhawk Adventures The list, sans commentary (which I have on the blog page): 1. D3 Vault of the Drow by Gary Gygax 2. WG5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure by Rob Kuntz 3. MoZ4 The Eight Kings by Rob Kuntz 4. T1 The Village of Hommlet by...

My new blog post looks at the history of planar design development in AD&D: A Brief History on the Development and Design of the Planar Cosmology in AD&D More to come, too! Allan.

My GaryCon summary report is now posted at The grodog Thither and Hither and Points Between As always, GaryCon was a fun time, made even more fun by gaming with and visiting many friends and colleagues there! Allan.

Hola folks!--- I shared a new post in my blog that's a mixture of Greyhawk campaign update and some noodlings on Pholtus: https://grodog.blogspot.com/2025/04/enter-stage-left-agutha-glimmering-sisters-of-pholtus.html Enjoy! Allan.

For your infernal and planar gaming needs: New Planar Magic Items - Hellsguard, Mephrytis, Ring of Planar Vision, and Four New Potions Enjoy! Allan.

As previously mentioned at https://reddit.com/r/osr/comments/16bjlpx/comment/jzf3o1i/ (among various places/sites), new changes are afoot for OSRIC! Read-up, get current, and provide feedback on the Knights & Knaves Alehouse discussion thread started by Matt Finch at...

In-between my GaryCon convention reports (the last of which I should complete this week), I created a new Greyhawk magic item, inspired by John Popson’s GaryCon XVI commemorative ring: Maw of the Beholder - A New Magical Ring for the World of Greyhawk I called the ring “The Maw of the...

…in case you’re interested in my Greyhawk-related ramblings: Greyhawk With Allan "grodog" Grohe - Episode 274 - 2/29/2024 - SHANE PLAYS Allan.

In case anyone is interested, I'll be on Jay Scott's Legends & Lore show tonight at 6pm CST to discuss Castle Greyhawk, in its myriad of forms: Reruns on Twitch and YouTube soon thereafter. Allan.

My look at high-level AD&D adventure design considerations, inspired by Prince of Nothing's recent No Artpunk 3 contest: https://grodog.blogspot.com/2023/12/high-level-adventure-design-and-play-considerations.html What other design principles guide your designs and play in high-level...

A quick campaign update from our Castle Greyhawk game: https://grodog.blogspot.com/2023/12/campaign-journal-update-from-hardby-to-dyvers.html Allan.

I had a blast at the con this past weekend: virtual Greyhawk Con 4 - grodog's convention report If you haven’t attended vGHC yet, you should mark it on your calendar for next year! Allan.

This month's compilation of things that caught my eye: https://grodog.blogspot.com/2023/04/greyhawk-news-you-can-use-in-month-of-planting.html Allan.

My GaryCon XV convention report!: GaryCon XV Convention Report - 21-27 March 2023 :D Allan.

More Greyhawk news updates, including support for charity events from Jay "Lord Gosumba" Scott, Carlos "casl Entertainment" Lising, and GaryCOn; two new products from Rob Kuntz; and more: Greyhawk News to Warm Your Readying Hearts Allan.

For my current Greyhawk campaign, I needed some wilderness random encounters for Hardby, since they weren't detailed in the original 1983 Greyhawk boxed set: Wilderness Random Encounter Table for Hardby - Greyhawk Campaign Prep Enjoy! Allan.

Some #dungeon23 resources to assist your mega-dungeon mapping projects!: #Dungeon23 Resources - Mega-Dungeon Tools of the Trade =) Allan.

"Why Greyhawk?" and why I think that Greyhawk is still as relevant in 2023 as it was in 1973: Why Greyhawk in 2023? - grodog's Thoughts Allan.

Anthony Huso posted a cool site that allows you to build heraldry at the elements level, and I thought it might catch folks' eye, in particular fans of Greyhawk: Ravens Fell Heraldry Allan.