The Biblyon Broadsheet

May 2013

• Roll20 and Gods & Monsters (Biblyon the Great) — May 14
• The Secret Bookshelf (Biblyon Broadsides) — May 12

April 2013

• Remington Steele’s Detection Lesson: The Cluedunnit (Role-playing reviews) — April 5

March 2013

• Uriel, Angel of Fire drops you to 666 hit points (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 8
• How True Are Your d20s? (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 8

February 2013

• Subplot Kudzu — February 18

January 2013

• Troll and Flame — January 10
• Conflicts and Contests (Role-playing design notes) — January 4

December 2012

• How to make Fire from Ice (Biblyon the Great) — December 21
• Final Game Junky: The Spineless (Biblyon the Great) — December 2
• Game Junky III: The Office (Biblyon the Great) — December 1

November 2012

• Game Junky II: The Hall Closet (Biblyon the Great) — November 30
• Game Junky (Biblyon the Great) — November 29

September 2012

• Gods & Monsters final draft (Biblyon Broadsides) — September 29

August 2012

• Hell House (Role-playing reviews) — August 24
• The great falling damage debate of 1983-84 (Role-playing design notes) — August 24
• Maximum Rock and Role Play — August 6
• Two lessons from early dungeons (Role-playing design notes) — August 1

May 2012

• Freeform Villains & Vigilantes calculator (Biblyon the Great) — May 13
• The Coriandrome Circus (Adventure Guidebooks) — May 9

April 2012

• The Marvels of Chance (Biblyon Broadsides) — April 28
• Symbols, Glyphs, and Sigils — April 20
• Recent Gygaxian D&D Products (Biblyon Broadsides) — April 19

March 2012

• Media Monday and Photo Friday on Facebook and Google+ (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 23
• Gods & Monsters@Facebook (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 15
• Jeff Dee Kickstarter: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks art! (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 6

February 2012

• Twenty Questions about Gods & Monsters (Role-playing design notes) — February 25

January 2012

• Villains, Rogues, and (Super) Heroes from 1992 (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 30
• Keep it Simple, Bastard! (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 11
• Oil doesn’t burn! (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 6
• The bizarre world of 1979 (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 2

December 2011

• Knee deep in monster frogs: A Judges Guild history (Biblyon Broadsides) — December 8

November 2011

• Anne McCaffrey, Dragonrider, 1926-2011 (Biblyon Broadsides) — November 22
• How to build a fire (Biblyon the Great) — November 17

October 2011

• Villains and Vigilantes falling damage off the charts (Biblyon the Great) — October 23
• Brawling weights in Villains and Vigilantes (Biblyon the Great) — October 23

August 2011

• Wandering monster chart assistant (Adventure Guidebooks) — August 25
• Cowboys, aliens, and the expectations of role-players (Role-playing reviews) — August 6

May 2011

• Revised Lost Castle of the Astronomers in print! (Biblyon Broadsides) — May 17
• A gaming library in my pocket? (Role-playing reviews) — May 9
• Psychosis of the Tenth Saint (Role-playing reviews) — May 8

March 2011

• The Last Tractor? Beneath the Isle of Dread (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 26
• How random is Python’s random? (Biblyon the Great) — March 20
• Multiple tables on the same command (Biblyon the Great) — March 14
• Spilling sand in the sandbox: tying up loose ends (Biblyon the Great) — March 12
• Comment on the Broadsheet (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 12
• Programming a Roman thumb (Biblyon the Great) — March 8
• Easier random tables (Biblyon the Great) — March 3

February 2011

• Programming for Gamers: Choosing a random item (Biblyon the Great) — February 26
• +1 platemail vs. Mearls (Biblyon Broadsides) — February 24
• The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger (Biblyon Broadsides) — February 20
• The tablets of Enki (Biblyon the Great) — February 12

January 2011

• The Adventures of Heisenberg’s Cat (Biblyon the Great) — January 13

December 2010

• The Yuma Territorial Dungeon (Biblyon the Great) — December 31
• A narrative isn’t always a collaborative story (Biblyon Broadsides) — December 31
• Off the Road Adventures (Biblyon Broadsides) — December 16
• How does the law react to the existence of superheroes? — December 9
• I brake for wandering monsters (Biblyon the Great) — December 7
• Use Gods & Monsters adventures in old-school clones (Adventure Guidebooks) — December 5
• Villains and Vigilantes at Monkey House Games (Role-playing reviews) — December 4

November 2010

• Fight On! 10: The Eudora Welty edition (Biblyon Broadsides) — November 13

October 2010

• The people of Mordol (Biblyon Broadsides) — October 21
• Mental mismatch (Biblyon the Great) — October 19
• Gods & Monsters online character sheets (Biblyon Broadsides) — October 13
• The tractor-feed dungeon (Biblyon Broadsides) — October 4

September 2010

• The New Lost Castle of the Astronomers (Biblyon Broadsides) — September 26
• Fight On! 9 PDF for $4.00 (Biblyon Broadsides) — September 23
• Dragonsfoot (Adventure Guidebooks) — September 17
• Automatically grab flavor text snippets in Nisus (Biblyon the Great) — September 15
• hexGIMP for old-school wilderness maps (Role-playing design notes) — September 12

August 2010

• Group effort (Gods & Monsters) — August 29
• The Pocket Gods & Monsters app (Biblyon Broadsides) — August 28
• Ability modifiers (Gods & Monsters) — August 28
• Difficulty levels and obstacle sizes (Gods & Monsters) — August 28
• Pocket Gods & Monsters (Gods & Monsters) — August 28
• Spotlight on: Unaligned (Biblyon the Great) — August 22
• Gods and Monsters in the Cave of Chaos (Biblyon Broadsides) — August 9
• Cave of Chaos — August 9
• Dizzy Dragon takes random dungeons to new levels (Role-playing design notes) — August 2

July 2010

• Jaquaying the Dungeon (Role-playing design notes) — July 28
• Another path for the cleric (Role-playing design notes) — July 15

June 2010

• Map of the Isle of Mordol (Biblyon Broadsides) — June 27
• Lifting and falling (Role-playing design notes) — June 25
• Fight On! #9: The Crawling Hand Edition (Biblyon Broadsides) — June 24
• Villains and Vigilantes returns! (Biblyon Broadsides) — June 19
• Mystery Circles (Biblyon Broadsides) — June 12

May 2010

• Like wearing a costume (Biblyon Broadsides) — May 29
• Secrets that shall never be known (Biblyon Broadsides) — May 26
• The locked room in a world of magic (Biblyon Broadsides) — May 23
• Introducing the spirit manifestation database (Role-playing design notes) — May 15
• Spirit manifestations (Gods & Monsters) — May 15
• Level drain in Gods & Monsters (Role-playing design notes) — May 13
• Scribus and Inkscape reference sheets (Gods & Monsters) — May 10
• Rule summaries (Gods & Monsters) — May 10
• Character sheets (Gods & Monsters) — May 10
• Blank map grids (Gods & Monsters) — May 10

April 2010

• Rob Conley makes rivers in Inkscape (Role-playing design notes) — April 20

March 2010

• Horror Houses (Role-playing reviews) — March 21
• Old Biblyon New Hotness (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 14
• Old school spell: Disbelieve Reality (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 7

February 2010

• Inspirational fantasy fiction (Gods & Monsters) — February 21
• Organizing rulebooks (Role-playing design notes) — February 5

January 2010

• Real character sheets (Role-playing design notes) — January 31
• Urbana Mystica (Song of the City) (Role-playing design notes) — January 29
• Role-playing design notes (Role-playing design notes) — January 29
• Old School Cool (Adventure Guidebooks) — January 23
• The Lord will hear you not (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 18
• There were no rules (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 17
• From the Dungeon to the Dictionary (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 16
• Welcome to the new Biblyon Broadsheet! (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 16
• Gods & Monsters (Gods & Monsters) — January 15
• Adventure Guidebooks (Adventure Guidebooks) — January 15
• Biblyon Broadsides (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 15
• Biblyon Broadsheet archive — January 15
• The Adventure Guide’s Handbook (Adventure Guidebooks) — January 3

December 2009

• Fight On! 7 is out (and I’m in) (Biblyon Broadsides) — December 12
• Game up! Time to buy. (Biblyon Broadsides) — December 8

November 2009

• The wonders of the modern world (Biblyon Broadsides) — November 8

October 2009

• Lamentations of the Flame Princess indie publisher (Role-playing reviews) — October 13

September 2009

• Fight On! old-school gaming zine (Role-playing reviews) — September 20
• Fight On! — September 16
• Dying is easy, ailments are hard (Role-playing design notes) — September 10

August 2009

• Escape from Tentacle City now available (Biblyon Broadsides) — August 23
• Big Damn Archmage (Biblyon Broadsides) — August 18

April 2009

• Post-Forge Midwest: Arneson and Roses (Biblyon Broadsides) — April 18

March 2009

• Twisting (recent) history (Biblyon the Great) — March 13

February 2009

• Rounds get longer over time (Biblyon Broadsides) — February 10

January 2009

• Constructing encounter tables using Nisus (Biblyon the Great) — January 2

October 2008

• How to use hex maps (Biblyon Broadsides) — October 27
• Helter Skelter (Biblyon Broadsides) — October 14
• Helter Skelter (Adventure Guidebooks) — October 14
• The Free RPG Blog (Biblyon Broadsides) — October 10

June 2008

• Tell it with treasure (Biblyon Broadsides) — June 29

April 2008

• Announcing the House of Lisport (Biblyon Broadsides) — April 25
• The House of Lisport (Adventure Guidebooks) — April 25
• From harmless to mostly harmless (Role-playing design notes) — April 24
• Swashbuckling and survival points (Biblyon the Great) — April 11

March 2008

• Rulebooks removed from Lulu (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 22
• Gary Gygax’s game (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 4

January 2008

• Spotlight on: The Prophet (Biblyon the Great) — January 21
• Tournaments (Role-playing reviews) — January 6
• Online die roller (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 1

December 2007

• Die Roller (Gods & Monsters) — December 27
• The (Chaotic) Mist (Role-playing reviews) — December 20
• The World of Highland Guidebook (Adventure Guidebooks) — December 15
• Portable speakers for Adventure Guides (Role-playing reviews) — December 8

October 2007

• Dragonsfoot Adventure Modules (Biblyon Broadsides) — October 20
• The Gentleman’s House (Role-playing reviews) — October 15

September 2007

• A whole mess of new systems (Role-playing design notes) — September 29
• Poisoning the Magic Well: RPG Distribution (Biblyon Broadsides) — September 7

August 2007

• Advantage in the fog of war (Biblyon the Great) — August 10
• We are walking narratives (Biblyon the Great) — August 4

July 2007

• The deep history of roleplaying (Biblyon Broadsides) — July 10

May 2007

• New character sheets, maps, and reference sheets (Role-playing design notes) — May 12
• New, improved experience rules for Gods & Monsters (Biblyon the Great) — May 10

April 2007

• Worlds and characters, and other copyright expansions (Biblyon the Great) — April 14
• Secular Humanist Pantheon (Biblyon the Great) — April 1

March 2007

• Game supplements and compatible works (Biblyon the Great) — March 3

February 2007

• Cover image source files (Role-playing design notes) — February 25
• Vale of the Azure Sun (Biblyon Broadsides) — February 25
• The Vale of the Azure Sun (Adventure Guidebooks) — February 25
• Prepping non-player character dialogue (Biblyon the Great) — February 17
• Copyright and game rules (Biblyon the Great) — February 17
• Why do we need open source games? (Biblyon the Great) — February 3

January 2007

• Haloscan comments system removed (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 30
• The three-act adventure (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 30
• Extended character creation (Biblyon the Great) — January 6
• Fifth 2005 Update (Role-playing design notes) — January 5

December 2006

• godsmonsters.com domain now sticks (Biblyon Broadsides) — December 29
• The players are the main characters (Biblyon Broadsides) — December 8

November 2006

• Weapon Fields, Psychic Fields, and Thief Fields (Biblyon the Great) — November 25
• Crosstraining-style fields and skills (Biblyon the Great) — November 18
• Facets of character improvement rules (Biblyon the Great) — November 4

October 2006

• Reward system discussions elsewhere (Biblyon Broadsides) — October 21
• Experience in thematic role-playing games (Biblyon the Great) — October 14
• Experience in world-based role-playing games (Biblyon the Great) — October 7

September 2006

• Experience in Generic Role-playing Games (Biblyon the Great) — September 30
• Rewards and improvement in Dungeons & Dragons (Biblyon the Great) — September 23
• Experience and Advancement in Role-Playing Games (Biblyon the Great) — September 16
• Testing haloscan for comments (Biblyon Broadsides) — September 14
• A minor re-organization (Role-playing design notes) — September 10
• Great role-playing games on Lulu (Biblyon Broadsides) — September 1

August 2006

• Facilities: things your character does better (Biblyon the Great) — August 12
• Are my dice random? (Biblyon the Great) — August 7

July 2006

• Living the Past (Role-playing reviews) — July 18

June 2006

• Spotlight on: Evil (Biblyon the Great) — June 30
• Silver sail and gold, above a dappled sea (Biblyon the Great) — June 10
• No comments on Broadsheet or Free Press (Biblyon Broadsides) — June 3
• Who is the master? (Biblyon the Great) — June 3

May 2006

• Xel-i-tec: the random dungeon of doom! (Biblyon the Great) — May 26
• What are lich waffles? (Biblyon Broadsides) — May 26
• Xel-i-tec (Adventure Guidebooks) — May 26
• Order Gods & Monsters in Europe (Biblyon Broadsides) — May 16
• Sold Poores (Role-playing reviews) — May 8

April 2006

• How to guide new players (Biblyon Broadsides) — April 27
• Nobility has its privileges (Role-playing design notes) — April 25
• Is role-playing about telling a story? (Biblyon the Great) — April 20
• Bundles of Trouble 12 through 16 (Role-playing reviews) — April 12
• Open gaming — April 12
• New Version of GFDL Announced (Role-playing design notes) — April 9
• Traveling books (Biblyon the Great) — April 7
• Encourage fiction-like risk-taking? (Biblyon the Great) — April 6

March 2006

• Bribing public officials (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 27
• Hex and square grids for mapping (Role-playing design notes) — March 22
• Cauldron converts Gods & Monsters to forum topics (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 20
• Why is a crossbow basic but a normal bow not? (Role-playing design notes) — March 18
• More things to buy and more things to do! (Role-playing design notes) — March 17
• Fantasy adventure generator (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 17
• Example character errors and clarifications (Role-playing design notes) — March 13
• New open gaming category (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 12

February 2006

• World of Highland player map (Biblyon the Great) — February 28
• How much do spell ingredients cost? (Role-playing design notes) — February 26

November 2005

• Visually interesting hand-made character sheets (Biblyon the Great) — November 28
• The big mojo update for 2005! (Role-playing design notes) — November 26
• Room description cards for players (Biblyon the Great) — November 20

October 2005

• Gamers and Gods (Biblyon Broadsides) — October 20

September 2005

• Plasticine ogres with carnadine flags (Biblyon Broadsides) — September 15

August 2005

• GURPS World War II: A World Ablaze (Role-playing reviews) — August 18
• Splendors of the Past: Lost Cities of the Ancient World (Role-playing reviews) — August 14

July 2005

• Gods & Monsters 2005 print versions available! (Biblyon Broadsides) — July 10
• Introducing Illustrious Castle (Biblyon Broadsides) — July 10
• Illustrious Castle (Adventure Guidebooks) — July 10

June 2005

• 2005 print version almost ready (Role-playing design notes) — June 19

April 2005

• Fourth 2004 Update (Role-playing design notes) — April 24
• Get your mojo rising (Biblyon the Great) — April 16
• Fields of study (Biblyon the Great) — April 10

March 2005

• The Thirty Year War (Biblyon the Great) — March 20

February 2005

• The ancient wizard (Biblyon the Great) — February 11
• Dragon from the ashes (Role-playing reviews) — February 8
• Mounts, defensive actions, and new stuff (Role-playing design notes) — February 6

January 2005

• Fresh snacks for game night (Biblyon the Great) — January 25
• Free Shipping (Biblyon Broadsides) — January 13

December 2004

• All for one! Swashbuckling sourcebooks for fantasy role-playing (Role-playing reviews) — December 30
• Road map to 2005 Gods & Monsters (Biblyon Broadsides) — December 4
• Gen Con SoCal 2004 special release! (Biblyon Broadsides) — December 2
• Dragonsfoot — December 2

November 2004

• Gonzo Gaming (Role-playing reviews) — November 29
• Training points for abilities, skills, and weapons (Biblyon the Great) — November 28
• H.P. Lovecraft’s Dreamlands: Roleplaying Beyond the Wall of Sleep (Role-playing reviews) — November 25
• New spells and spirits added, skills updated (Role-playing design notes) — November 11

October 2004

• Solving mysteries in role-playing games (Biblyon the Great) — October 19

September 2004

• Experience points, armor, new spirits and spells, and more (Role-playing design notes) — September 12

August 2004

• Combat bonuses, forced marches, poison, psychic combat, thieves, and some typos (Role-playing design notes) — August 13
• Populating England (Biblyon the Great) — August 7

July 2004

• Countdown to Comic-Con (Biblyon Broadsides) — July 14
• Dungeon 112 (July 2004) (Role-playing reviews) — July 11
• Are you the Jerry Stratton who edited the NAGEE? (Biblyon Broadsides) — July 11
• Building on History (Biblyon the Great) — July 7
• Great Potato Chips (Role-playing reviews) — July 2
• Free shipping extended through July (Biblyon Broadsides) — July 1

June 2004

• Vlad the Impaler: Blood Prince of Wallachia (Role-playing reviews) — June 25
• GURPS: Timeline (Role-playing reviews) — June 24
• Masterwork Maps: Inns & Taverns (Role-playing reviews) — June 22
• Hiding Rolls and Statistics from Players (Biblyon the Great) — June 20
• The Last Days of Constantinople (Role-playing reviews) — June 19

May 2004

• Starting a game of Men & Supermen (Biblyon the Great) — May 18
• Welcome to Men & Supermen fans (Biblyon Broadsides) — May 18
• What is open source gaming? (Role-playing design notes) — May 17
• Can I get an RDF site summary of the Broadsheet? (Biblyon Broadsides) — May 13
• Can I get a printed copy of Gods & Monsters? (Gods & Monsters) — May 2
• Gods & Monsters 2004 now available (Biblyon Broadsides) — May 2

April 2004

• Skill Resolution, Sorcerors, Surprise, Experience (Role-playing design notes) — April 19
• Spotlight on: Warriors (Biblyon the Great) — April 17
• Combat bonus costs modified for warriors, other minor changes (Role-playing design notes) — April 12
• Why no beauty statistic? (Role-playing design notes) — April 11
• Inscription spell, reference fixes, and the multi-type specialty (Role-playing design notes) — April 11
• Biblyon the Great (Biblyon the Great) — April 7
• Role-playing reviews (Role-playing reviews) — April 6
• Manuals adapt well to Palm PDA (Biblyon Broadsides) — April 4

March 2004

• The Tomb of Abysthor (Role-playing reviews) — March 21
• Partial Spirits, Divine Manifestations, Flavor Text, and Concentration (Role-playing design notes) — March 21
• Survival, Deep Survival, and Negative Survival (Biblyon the Great) — March 7
• Something Positive (Role-playing reviews) — March 6
• Knights of the Dinner Table (Role-playing reviews) — March 6
• Welcome to the Biblyon Broadsheet (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 6
• What’s wrong with Gralen and Valono? (Biblyon Broadsides) — March 6

August 2003

• Can Gods & Monsters develop psychic powers? (Biblyon Broadsides) — August 3

April 2003

• The Lost Castle of the Astronomers (Biblyon Broadsides) — April 26
• Encounter Guide (Adventure Guidebooks) — April 26
• Lost Castle of the Astronomers (Adventure Guidebooks) — April 26

November 2002

• Gods & Monsters reference sheets (Gods & Monsters) — November 20
• Arcane Lore (Gods & Monsters) — November 18
• Order of the Astronomers (Gods & Monsters) — November 17
• Divine Lore (Gods & Monsters) — November 16

October 2000

• Gods & Monsters Rules (Gods & Monsters) — October 22