Tag Archives: OSR

Swords and Super-Science of Xuhlan

Posted on December 29, 2020 by terjenordin

Several years ago I made a sword and planet style setting called Xuhlan on this blog. Now I’ve expanded that material and rewritten it for use with the excellent Warriors of the Red Planet rules system. The cool art was … Continue reading →

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NPC for PARIAH

Posted on June 26, 2020 by terjenordin

Pariah is a “psychedelic proto-neolithic animist old-school roleplaying game” that I recently received after backing its zine quest kickstarter. Check out the creators blog here and itch.io store here. I really like this game (another campaign to play, I need … Continue reading →

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Esoteric Enterprises Actual Play

Posted on February 16, 2020 by terjenordin

Today I ran my first session of Esoteric Enterprises at our local osr-con. The player characters were: Janne, a doctor who never really finished med-school, runs an illegal street clinic and wants to do some interesting medical experiments. Bob, a … Continue reading →

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Creating a city with Esoteric Enterprises

Posted on February 9, 2020 by terjenordin

The coming saturday I will run a Esoteric Enterprises game on our local quarterly OSR con Grottröj. I could have gone with something a bit more small-scale, but I wanted to test the EE tools for creating an underground environment … Continue reading →

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Secret wars and occult transhumanism

Posted on May 16, 2016 by terjenordin

All this talk about psionics and occult transhumanist conspiracies made me think of a couple of related ideas I’ve had perculating in the back of my mind for a long time. My writing and gaming schedule is tight and there’s … Continue reading →

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Xuhlan campaign supplement

Posted on March 19, 2015 by terjenordin

Five or six years ago I played with an idea for a science fantasy sword and planet style campaign that I originally thought of as “Gamma Barsoom” or “Conan on Tatooine.” After having toyed around with the concept on and … Continue reading →

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Comic encounter: Easy recruitment

Posted on January 30, 2015 by widugauja

Taken from Shakespeare’s tragedy of King Lear from 1903. https://archive.org/details/shakespearestrag08shak The illustrator is unknown. The image seems to be free of copyright but please give me some credit if you use it. Especially if you use the caption, which is … Continue reading →

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Comic encounter: Dear Mother Nature

Posted on January 12, 2015 by widugauja

This illustration is taken from the story “The Magic Hide and Seek” in Andrew Lang’s Pueblo Indian folk-stories from 1910.  The image was drawn by George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950). The image seems to be free of copyright but please give me some … Continue reading →

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Comic encounter: Mother knows best

Posted on December 31, 2014 by widugauja

The picture is taken from the story “Apotheose de docteur Puff” in J.J. Grandville’s Un Autre Monde from 1844. The image is free to use but please give me some credit if you use it, especially if you use my … Continue reading →

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