Skull Mountain Reboot in East TN

North of the last outpost of Sparn, through the cannibal haunted jungles of Brool, a boulder-strewn crag rises from the mists. An enormous stone reptile skull sits atop the rugged formation. Some say it is an odd natural formation, while others insist it is the petrified remains of a primordial unhuman god.

Whatever its origins, tales of Skull Mountain all agree: incredible treasure and unmatched glory await those bold and foolish enough to penetrate the mountain, unravel its secrets, and brave its untold dangers. Of course such treasure and glory will only accrue to those who can return alive!

The Planet Eris campaign is rebooting in East Tennessee near Knoxville. If you are in the area and would like to join, you can sign up via the Oak Ridge Old School D&D Meetup Group.

Huzzah!

NTRPG CON XII LIVE BLOG DAY 5.1

Last game of the con: Mike Kelly's Traveller - End of the Imperium.

NTRPG CON XII LIVE BLOG DAY 5.0

I guess the midnight auction is technically Day 5. (It starts Saturday at midnight, which is then actually Sunday?) Anyway, with low attendance (from the COVID hysteria), I thought I might actually be able to get some good stuff. Here's my first ever win at an NTRPG Con auction! (The PHB is Doug's-- focus only on the boardgame.)

NTRPG CON XII LIVE BLOG DAY 4.2

Dennis McDonald runs his Adventure MAXIMUM game with minis, and Bad-Robert runs Gladiators with constricting walls!

NTRPG CON XII LIVE BLOG DAY 4.1

The Odboxx of Zoforon, by Lawson "Blood Master" Bennet. He and I co-DMed this session. We had 6 players, but Steve's mask was becoming too scary, so I didn't photo his side of the table.

UPDATE: Steve reviewed this game at the K&K Alehouse.

NTRPG CON XII LIVE BLOG DAY 3.2

This post should have gone up last night, but my game ran really long. I was running The Tomb of F'Chelrak, which I located on the "West" panel of the Outdoor Survival mapboard. Ended up having a very exciting battle in one of the early interior areas involving skeletons, gray oozes, gray-ooze-covered-skeletons, and an oil-covered-flaming-ooze that attached itself to a characters face.

UPDATE: An after-action report of F'Chelrak (and my earlier Outdoor Survival game) can be perused at the K&K Alehouse. (Follow the links.)

NTRPG CON XII LIVE BLOG DAY 3.1

Todd Sharp, DMs the original Tomb of Horrors!

...And Levi Combs (Planet X Games) gave me a copy of the premier of his new 'zine: PHYLACTERY. The art is fantastic!

NTRPG CON XII LIVE BLOG DAY 3.0

Matt Finch, architect of Swords & Wizardry, runs his iconic Mythrus Tower dungeon.

 

NTRPG CON XII LIVE BLOG DAY 2

Sorry for the lack of posts today. I had a hectic schedule. Ran OUTDOOR SURVIVAL OD&D from 10AM to about 4:30, with about a 1/2 hour turn-around before the K&KA anti-social. No pics from the OUTDOOR SURVIVAL game. That game is so intense, with so many random, movig parts, that I had no time for photos. It really is an exhausting game to run, but super fun! (Thanks, Patrick, for always signing up for this!)

That being the case, when Chris C. (i.e., FLAMBEAUX, originally scheduled to run HUMBLEBEES for the K&KA social) showed up today, I poured all of my CHA stat into convincing him to give me break and run it. He Did! Awesomely cool scenario!

UPDATE: A write-up of the of the HUMBLEBEES (by player Steve R.) can be found at the K&K Alehouse. Here is the link.

https://knights-n-knaves.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?p=268102#p268102

Here is a pic of DM Chris, my charcter, my beer, and Doug's PM game.

Doug runs his AD&D scenario: No One Knows

NTRPG CON XII LIVE BLOG DAY 1.2

Day 1 is done. I leave you with these minis pics. Back tomorrow for day 2!

Chariot Races:

Ultimate Dinosaur Fighting:

Back tomorrow for day 2!

NTRPG CON XII LIVE BLOG DAY 1.1

UPDATE: A write-up of the game depicted in this post (by player Steve R.) can be found at the K&K Alehouse. Here is the link.

https://knights-n-knaves.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?p=268065#p268065

Steve R. rolls character stats in improvised mask as Joe M. witness the rolls.

These guys won OD&D! When I ran this module (Jaquay's Lost Temple) 3 weeks ago with the "veteran" players in my home group, they got TPK'd! These guys beat the whole thing and killed the Demon at the end in 7 rounds! (One round before their haste spell expired.)

I was worried that Steve wouldn't wear his anti-COVID mask, but he kept it on the whole time!

NTRPG CON XII LIVE BLOG DAY 1.0

Got here way early. Even beat Doug, so I ate lunch and studied tonight's game. Doug showed up as I was finishing my cookie. This year's entrance banner by Diesel is badass. I loaded in and set up The Scribes of Sparn display. Now I need to look up my schedule so I know where I'm s'posed to be!

More to come!!!