Category Archives: Breakfast Crunch

What is Breakfast Crunch? Well it’s probably a no-name knock-off cereal sold in huge plastic bags with a picture of, I dunno, a dancing hippo on it but it’s also a feature where Lizard sits down at his computer eats some breakfast and makes up some allegedly useful bit of game crunch. Guaranteed to have all the quality completeness and playtesting implied. I am writing this in an hour after having been dragged out of bed by a hungry cat and before the caffeine has hit my system. Consider yourself warned.

Traps & Trapmaking

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Lizard

It’s A Trap! (A Work In Progress)  This is still being developed; there’s some editing I need to do on things like costs, damage values, and scavenging; honestly, it’s still in a semi-rough note stage. However, due to various time constraints, … Continue reading →

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Disease

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Lizard

Ah, disease. One of the hallmarks of the medieval world, and, in a fantasy world, you can have all sorts of nasty plagues and poxes. This article contains an assortment of (I hope) imaginative and interesting infections with which to … Continue reading →

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The Demonblooded

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

The Demonblooded Tieflings. Somehow, they’ve gone from being the result of hot demon-on-human sex to being a race of emo posers. Hell, they even dropped the whole idea of Yeenoghu or Orcus or the occasional Marilith getting their freak on … Continue reading →

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Ye Gods!

Posted on December 29, 2009 by

Ye Gods! One of my favorite memories of AD&D, First Edition, was the section in the original Deities&Demigods regarding non-human deities — by which I mean the gods of the hobgoblins, trolls, kobolds, and so on. The long series of … Continue reading →

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Five Layers, Five Days

Posted on November 16, 2009 by

Five Layers, Five Days There’s no denying I’ve been a bit slack over the past few weeks, often taking 2-3 weeks to do what should be one week of articles. I blame the rise of paying work. Nonetheless, I am … Continue reading →

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Of Chitin And Creativity, Part VI

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Lizard

Of Chitin And Creativity VI: The Undiscovered Country Whew. It’s taken a lot longer to get here than I’d ever dreamed, but this is the finale of the series, finishing up the Cha’k for Fantasy Craft. No blather, no intros, just … Continue reading →

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Of Chitin And Creativity, Part V

Posted on November 3, 2009 by

Of Chitin And Creativity V: The Final Frontier Or, what does a giant bug need with a starship? And thus, we arrive at the end of our exciting adventure. Bringing the Cha’k into Crafty Games’ "FantasyCraft" is fairly straightforward. Direct … Continue reading →

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Of Chitin and Creativity, Part IV

Posted on November 1, 2009 by

Of Chitin And Creativity Part IV: The Quest For Peace Well, my planned update schedule didn’t go as… er… planned. So it goes. But, hey, it’s not quite next week yet, unless you’re a Seventh Day Adventist, and, if you are, … Continue reading →

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Of Chitin and Creativity Part III

Posted on October 29, 2009 by

Chitin And Creativity, Part III — In 3D! And the bad 80′s references continue… First, a quick catch-up for our audience (hah!) just now tuning in… In Part I, I introduce the Cha’k, an insectile race being designed for 4e. … Continue reading →

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Of Chitin and Creativity, Part II

Posted on October 28, 2009 by

The Cha’k Part 2: Electric Boogaloo My gods, I’m really dating myself with that lame "reference" to 25 year old pop culture. Anyway, back to the Cha’k. (Hey, that rhymes!) When last we left our intrepid game designer, he… that is, me… … Continue reading →

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