Session Report – Nordvorn at FNORDCon (Carl Patten)
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Session Report – Nordvorn at FNORDCon (Carl Patten)

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Intro: May the FNORD Be With Us Over Apr 6-7, I went down to FNORDCon, Steve Jackson Games’ first gaming convention that they planned and ran themselves. Originally, there wasn’t going to be any GURPS/DFRPG content at all – maybe not even any roleplaying – but I and one of my authors, also a MiB,…

Lost Hall 2e Foreword (by Matt Finch)
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Lost Hall 2e Foreword (by Matt Finch)

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I got back into D&D after a long, long time with GURPS (though I did not, and will not, stop creating for that system) by joining Erik Tenkar, Peter Dell’Orto, Tim Shorts, Joe the Lawyer (I never actually got his whole name), and several others in Erik’s “B-Team.” We played once a month, and compressed a whole lot of…

Medieval Demographics Made Easy (by S. John Ross)
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Medieval Demographics Made Easy (by S. John Ross)

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When putting together some of the cities and towns in Dragon Heresy, I used an article by S. John Ross called Medieval Demographics Made Easy. It’s pretty much what it says on the tin: a tightly-presented metasystem and consolidated research finding on the population of medieval towns, villages, and cities. It provides die rolls, tables,…