Perils & Phantasmagorias is out! (My first fantasy role-playing game!!!)

My first fantasy role-playing game has finally been published!! I can't believe it.

I didn't anticipate anything to anyone, i know, it's a total new thing that i am announcing now to all of you.

PERILS & PHANTASMAGORIAS, a new OSR fantasy role-playing game is among us. I finished writing it, and editing it. Here is the cover in all its glory.

Now you can get it for just 5 dollars. As you can see i put a Paypal button on the blog home page. Follow the link to purchase it and then write a comment here below or in the Paypal process to let me know the mail to which i am to send it.

White dwarf review (Winter 1979)

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I don't think I ever advertised my G+ page.

For those interested, it's here:

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Quest for the Golden Orb (1984)

Info here.

GET IT HERE.

The Convert

A fantasy adventure published in 1987.
As usual,I like uncommon stuff and I don't remember -as far as I know- of having read posts in other blogs about this module.
Those interested to have a glimpse of this item, contact me through e-mail.
As you can see, I inserted the mail where I can receive PM on the right corner of the web page.

Vote for this!

Now let's do something interactive and see how many votes this series of module gets.

It's your time to throw a vote to let everyone know if you would like what's in the picture on my blog.

The Spellcaster's Bible

Spellcasters Bible.pdf

A foreign rarity

This is one of the rarest RPG that I own.
I think I should translate it into English one day. A so called "fantasy heartbreaker" which you may mine for unusual ideas.

Wizard's aide (1977)

LINK

Lots of OSR goodies today

Follow the white rabbit below.

There may be a couple of documents that i had already shared in the past, but all in all i am pretty sure that most of them are new here on my blog.
As a rule of thumb,if you like what you see,then join the blog or don't forget to say thanks.

Dragon tree spell book.zip

The Misty Isles (1977)

D&D - Dungeon Masters Kit #3 - The Misty Isles.pdf

Perilous ages

PERILOUS AGES is almost finished!

LINK



Here and Here you can find info about the game mechanics (though they may differ in the final edition of the game). As you can read, this should be a game heavily influenced by the eighties, with lots of charts and so forth (that's why i am pretty excited).

Let's listen to Dave Hargrave

Each image is numbered on the top (starting from 1.jpeg until 10.jpeg). Follow the right order of reading, which is not necessarily as displayed on this website.

A detailed analysis of Gandalf in D&D terms and more (As written in August, 1975)

Should you have problems in visualizing these images (due to pop-ups, or ads), go to the following alternative link where they are displayed from the right to the left, IN INVERTED ORDER).

The Return of Hidden Kingdom

Chek this amazing piece of news.

Are Millennials missing something?

A poor RPG doesn't make you feel dejected?

I think that is one of the reasons why i started being interested in the history of our hobby and that is what triggered my collecting mania.

The subtle feeling that there MUST be more than meets the eye.

You play Dungeons & Dragons for a couple of years, then you realize the many inconsistencies it has or you just aren't satisfied with one or two official mechanics of play -  so, instead of trying to fix the problem by implementing an house rule that you just devised, you decide to look around to check if there exists another role-playing game that suits your needs.

Yes, at that time (when i discovered for the first time games such as Rolemaster, for instance) i felt that D&D encroached on my intellectual horizon, preventing me from relishing higher tastes.

Higher tastes.

The attitude of keeping playing Dungeons & Dragons blindy, without considering all the other fantasy role-playing games that were produced and published in the past, thus ignoring all the different perspectives would have jeopardized my entire game life.

Most of all, what i wanted to accomplish was to find out which were (in my opinion, of course) the best fantasy rpg's ever published in the history of our hobby.

Imagine that someone prevents you from knowing some important pieces of information, and therefore you are doomed to experience just a portion of the whole reality.

In this way, the consequence might be that you will be able to experience a crass kind of entertainment, a crass kind of joy (yes, i am using the word JOY, because that is what i feel when i play, so it is not an over-statement). You will never come to know that "unknown joys" are there and await to be picked up and savoured. No one tells you that.

You never felt in danger like this?

And, more importantly, the so-called "Millennials" are missing something valuable not knowing the predecessors of the latest edition of D&D that they are currently playing?

Tortured souls #6

I think i gave issue 1,3,4 and 7 so far (i can't remember). This is issue #6. Enjoy.

TORTURED SOULS #6

The fantasy RPG i daydream about

At times the thought of writing a personal fantasy role-playing game deeply rooted in my old-school knowledge wanders through my mind. It is not the first time it happens.

 In my grand dream, it would be a modular game, where you can use different sub-systems of your choice (among those available) in dealing with combat, character generation, etc...It would be a sort of mix between many old and glorious rpg's that i have come to known in my life. Totally old school, with rules never before seen.

Only God knows if i ever write this game. I am not balking at the project, maybe the right idea would be that of doing it all as a kickstarter project.

Also, the potential title perplexes me. I am not english mothertongue, so i am asking those who read a serious question (because i maintain that the title is the most important aspect of a game), how does "Sleep & Sortileges" sound to an american ear?

High Fantasy - 1st ed by Jeffrey C. Dillow (1978) - PART 1 - Introduction

Mesmerizedbysirens changes

Mesmerized by sirens has been online since 2011. Besides, some among you are aware that i had a previous website before embarking on this project which had been running for several years as well.

Taking into account all this, and after 432 posts, 1012 comments and 144 followers, i think i pretty much contributed to the OSR community (mainly in terms of obscure fantasy role-playing games knowledge database).

Time changes. Time is tyrant. And i have literally tons of other interests in life in addition to fantasy rpg's. Also, the audience nowadays is somewhat lazy (largely due to our common habit of using social networks and the like, perhaps), and therefore the written form of communication is increasingly becoming cumbersome.

Given all this, i am certainly not going to give up my "mission", but -to cut it short- it may well be that this blog will turn into a VIDEO BLOG. As you may have noticed, i already made some short videos and i found this is fun and much easier for me than writing long posts.

Should i opt for writing about the games i intend to talk about, i would surely need more than one lifetime.

 But i positively believe that making videos instead could prove very useful to my cause, hence the change. Nay, to be honest i should admit that i am quite excited because i realized for the first time that making video posts halves the time and this is good news because i could finally analyze all the games in my collection- a task that i consider impossible if i rely only on the written medium.

The official address of the Youtube channel is:

MESMERIZEDBYSIRENS

Of course all the new post will appear here as well.
So even if you follow only this web page that you are currently reading, you won't miss anything.