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Post Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:06 pm 
 

Posted another set of areas for this dungeon a few days ago:

Areas #14-16: Rail Tunnel

And I've started drafting the next area(s) to be posted. About 2/3 of the dungeon is now complete.


Zenopus Archives website & blog: Exploring the Underworld of Holmes Basic D&D. Holmes Ref: Reference Sheets for Holmes Basic Referees, also compatible with OD&D plus the Greyhawk supplement


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Post Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 1:47 pm 
 

Like the rail tunnel, and the navigation links!
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Post Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 8:54 am 
 

Thanks, brute!

I've posted one more area since my last update:
Area #17: Holding Area

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And I recently realized that I never finished up my Gary Con XIV (2022) report, so I just posted a belated third installment covering Saturday and Sunday.

Here is the complete series:

Day 1: Thursday

Day 2: Friday

Days 3 and 4: Saturday and Sunday

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 1:05 pm 
 

Thanks for the link, by which I learned that what I assumed was a large flat-panel display on screensaver mode is actually a window. Us D&D players sometimes require a nudge in the right direction to distinguish the fantasy world from the outside world.
  

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 7:49 pm 
 

Ha! I can see that now. The Legends of Wargaming hall and the one next to it buck the trend of the typical windowless caverns that most con games take place in.


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Post Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:59 am 
 

Zenopus wrote in Zenopus Archives: Holmes Basic website & blog - updates:Ha! I can see that now. The Legends of Wargaming hall and the one next to it buck the trend of the typical windowless caverns that most con games take place in.

I thought that was the typical windowless cavern and LoW splashed out on a huge Oled backdrop.


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Post Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 3:00 pm 
 

Today on the Zenopus Archives blog, a new post: "The Forgotten Smugglers' Cave: Setting Up the Adventure", which describes how to introduce it into your campaign setting. Includes an NPC and rumors.

The Forgotten Smugglers' Cave: Setting Up the Adventure


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Post Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 3:18 pm 
 

Today is the release day for Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons, the retrospective compilation from The MIT Press celebrating the half-centennial of D&D.

And I'm especially pleased to announce that Tony Rowe and I have written a chapter for it about the work of J. Eric Holmes on Holmes Basic!

It's now available for order from various booksellers; read more about the book and find the link on the Zenopus Archives blog here:

Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons

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Post Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 3:04 pm 
 

Could have sworn I had pre-ordered this but this was a timely heads up! (Arrives Saturday)


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Post Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 4:47 pm 
 

Thank you for mentioning this, I ordered a copy!
  

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Post Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 8:46 am 
 

Thank you both, gyg & wjaehnig!

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I now have the full Table of Contents for the book, which I've posted on the Zenopus Archives blog today:

ZENOPUS ARCHIVES: Fifty Years of D&D: Table of Contents


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Post Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 9:50 am 
 

For Blackmoor Week, I take a look at the new book, Blackmoor Foundations, which presents a trove of newly uncovered original documents and maps by Dave Arneson about his early Blackmoor campaigns. Find it here on the Zenopus Archives:

https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/20 ... tions.html


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