Skip to content

The Penultimate HârnPage

  • History
  • Tabletop RPGs
  • Gallery
  • Blog

The Penultimate Blog

Review: Glasshouse, by Charles Stross

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Barwickian

I picked up Glasshouse in my local Borders a couple of days ago (yes, we still have Borders here). It was the only Stross they had, but I was overjoyed

Read More
Gaming, Stuff AD&D, Charles Stross, review, science fiction Leave a comment

The social contract

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Barwickian

Reading an old thread on the Hero Games discussion boards, I came across this post from a contributor with the handle RDU Neil (post trimmed slightly). Game Contract… I call

Read More
Gaming game advice, game aids, RPG craft Leave a comment

I got cited!

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Barwickian

No, not for the blog – at this stage in a young blog’s life, regular readers are as rare as unicorns (maybe I can catch some with a virgin). Nope.

Read More
Gaming, History game aids, medieval history, narcissism 1 Comment

Hida Province map

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Barwickian

This is a work in progress – the province-level map for the Chrysanthemum War campaign. I’m drawing this with Campaign Cartographer 3 and Fractal Terrains 2.3, both from Profantasy Software.

Read More
Gaming, History Campaign Cartographer, Chrysanthemum War, Japan, maps 1 Comment

The Chrysanthemum War: a short campaign idea

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Barwickian

After a discussion with my buddy Cameo Mo, I’m working on a short campaign to run during Ramadan, when we hope to persuade some of the card-playing suhoor crowd from

Read More
Gaming Chrysanthemum War, Hero System, ideas book, Japan, tabletop Leave a comment

Sengoku-era Honshu

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Barwickian

Here’s a work in progress for a game I’m planning to run during Ramadan, a few weeks hence. I’m slowly refining my technique for creating shaded relief maps in Campaign

Read More
Gaming, History Campaign Cartographer, Chrysanthemum War, Japan, maps Leave a comment

A medieval journey

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Barwickian

I recently found copies of the first two volumes of James E. Thorold Rogers’ A History of Agriculture and Prices in England (the first two volumes cover 1259-1400). I found

Read More
History Campaign Cartographer, medieval Leave a comment

Steampunk archetypes

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Barwickian

Stephen A Watkins has a nice little rundown of the steampunk equivalents of traditional fantasy archetypes at Fantasy magazine’s website here. Reading it makes me wonder of there’s scope for

Read More
Gaming ideas book, RPG craft 1 Comment

Chivalry & Sorcery PDFs available

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Barwickian

Update, January 2020: A brand-new edition of Chivalry & Sorcery – the 5th Edition – is now available in PDF, and I’ve had a hand in designing it.  Britannia Games

Read More
Gaming C&S, Chivalry & Sorcery, medieval, plug, tabletop Leave a comment

Games, plots and the death of Bin Laden

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Barwickian

“It was agreed, that my endeavors should be directed to persons and characters supernatural, or at least romantic, yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human interest

Read More
Gaming RPG craft, tabletop Leave a comment
  • ← Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • Next →

Categories

  • 3D Art
  • Gaming
  • History
  • Stuff
  • Uncategorized
Built with BoldGridPowered By DreamHost