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Alright, an RPG about roleplaying dogs? I'm in, if only because I know my wife will be in 110%.
Today's Deal of the Day, Heckin' Good Doggos, usually is 10 bucks, but until tomorrow morning, it is $4.
Heckin’ Good Doggos is a family friendly, all ages role-playing game where the players take on the roles of humankind’s best friends: The dog! It is a game of "Dogs doin' Dog Stuff" that focuses on the kinds of stories and adventures dogs can get into such as:
Finding their favorite treats.
Heckin’ Good Doggos is a game of make believe where players can experience the world from an animal’s point of view. Some things will seem familiar, like protecting their backyard from potential threats and protecting their owners, while others are purely fantastic and whimsical situations they find themselves in like helping a ghost resolve its business so it can leave this world. It is simultaneously serious and silly, with an emphasis on crafting scenarios that make players have a blast while also having to solve the many challenges they will experience in ways that only doggos can.
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Forbidden Planet’s range of Doctor Who merchandise continues to expand. Recent and upcoming additions come from both the present season and classic stories. There are designs featuring the cactus faced doppleganger Meglos and the 1980s Daleks and the Chief Clown. Others celebrate the TARDIS, Ruby Sunday, and all Fifteen Doctors. New art by Kelly Yates highlights the current Doctor’s wardrobe highlights, and you can get ready for Christmas with a Joy to the World inspired design. There are also new entries in Titan’s toy range, with little versions of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors and the TARDIS. Meanwhile a new set of postcards features art by Mike Collins depicting various Doctors in comic book style. There’s even a new pin badge recreate the unique White TARDIS from Second Doctor serial The Mind Robber.
These designs feature across a range of items, including t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, coasters, badges, and more.
The full range of new items include:
You can shop the entire Forbidden Planet range of recently added Doctor Who clothing, toys, and giftware on the Forbidden Planet site.
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MooglyCAL2024 Block 19 is a beautiful, interesting square designed by the lovely Lindsey Stephens of Blankets With Heart! The Log Cabin Granny Crochet Blanket Square pattern is perfect for all skill levels, and will drastically change its look in different colors! Get all the details for this free crochet along and the free pattern link...
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Today I notice that the Art & Arcana Special Edition - which includes a reprint of the original version of Tomb of Horrors resembling an OD&D supplement - is back in stock and on sale and at an even lower listed price than before, $61.61 (albeit there's no extra coupon). That's lower than the pre-order price I paid when it came out ($63.50). Find it here:
One thing I forgot to mention last time that is of interest to readers of this blog is that the book includes a drawing by Chris Holmes of a displacer beast from the 70s, drawn for the Basic rulebook manuscript (which appears courtesy of Billy Galaxy).
Update: I was asked about the content of the posters in this set. I took a look at my set and found:
Earlier post (from April):
The Special Edition of the D&D artbook Art & Arcana is currently selling for $69.99 on Amazon, plus when I look at the page I'm also seeing a coupon for $23.33, making the total only $46.66. If you can get it for this, it's a great deal for a set that has a list price of $125.
The real hidden gem of the set is a reprint of the original OD&D tournament version of Tomb of Horrors, in a digest format resembling the LBBs. FWIW, the page says only 10 copies are left in stock.
See also my earlier posts:
Locations for the Tomb of Horrors on the Great Kingdom Map
Delta's D&D Hotspot: Tomb of Ra-Hotep
Earlier Update (from April):
Amazon is no longer has the coupon available, but the book is still available new for $69.99 (follow the link above).
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0The Apartments of the Guildless, a dynamic pointcrawl through abandoned chambers, ruined temples, arcades and sunken courtyards, where the outcasts of Zyan are hunted by stuttering puppet automata. Visit the convent of the crawling nuns! Hear haunting flutes amidst trembling fungal woods! And much more!
This double issue (two 32 page digest zines) is a … description of a home base and a small region around it? Ben’s shit is very good. I joined his Patreon because I like good shit.
I read some book. It was talking about the cultural heroes in certain societies. It made the point that in order to be a cultural hero you had to 1) be recognized as a part of that society and 2) exhibit traits outside of that society. So, if a Japanese Salaryman represents Japan, then you can’t be a Japanese hero by being a very good Salaryman. You have to be a weirdo artist or something, defying the expectations and conventions that the Salaryman represents.
I take note of this today because of Through Ultan’s Door. We are awash in trade dress. In the 5e DMsGuild templates, for covers. In art styles that all look the same, the generic heroic fantasy of today.
Then you stumble across the covers for Through Ultans Door. Clearly, something else is going on here. Someone has a clear and strong artistic vision in the art direction, which is consistent with the gaming environment presented. You are about to hit something different, the cover tells us. The art absolutely sets the vibe and contributes to it, which is exactly what the art SHOULD do. Yeah, I know, I never talk about art. Because it seldom accomplishes that. But it certainly the fuck does here.
So, I don’t know the fuck how to review this double issue. I’m not sure it’s an adventure, and all I really know how to do is review adventures. I’m terribly excited by this … setting(?), so much so I joined Bens Patreon. The first two issues clearly had site based adventures in them. This one is a little different. It feels like this is the start of a larger world coming in focus, but a game world, meant to play, not a gazeteer. Let us imagine you are publishing a megadungeon and you release a few levels of it. Then you decide that you should also release a home base, a town to venture forth from, as well, perhaps, as the environs nearby that the party might end up in or travel through. That seems entirely appropriate, yes? So if we view Ultans Door as episodic entries in a dungeon, or, in the context of a larger, completed, work, then a home base and the environes for travel seem like something that should be present. Indeed, my own standards indicate that I enjoy a little ‘wilderness’ journey to get to the dungeon. Thus the setting in which we find ourselves in this double issue of number three.
The volumes cover a system of movement through the undercity and searching for secrets, etc, on the way. And what secrets they are! The hidden pirate lair. The witch/hag lair, and the sewer dragons lair. Shades of wandering in to that lich room in D2.
It then transitions, in the second volume, in to a description of a kind of home base, of sorts. A leper colony, full of folks suffering from the weirdo diseases. More like a prison, with trustees and perhaps chanelling that scene in Ridick in the prison (complete with elevator). You have the trustees, the gang of invalids who kind of look out for each other, and then, descending sometimes, the guild of healers, weird beyond pale in their own right. We;ve given mostly the social setting present, with the mundanity of buying and selling not present. This is a place to rest and perhaps get sucked in to intrigue, without gearing up again.
Following that is a kind of regional setting. The locations detailed in issues one and two are noted, as well as a few others that really fall in to less of the site-based-adventure category and more of the “fucked up place to visit” category, perhaps with some motivation to do some stabbing or leverage their own intrigues.
The opium induced environment is strongly visioned, as they have been in all of the issues so far, with excellent descriptions of creatures, weird environments that successfully channel, more than anything else, the AMR Barker and Dreamlands-ish visions that we all hope for when we dig in to one of their vaguely dreamlike adventures/settings. Ben really does an excellent job with the descriptions and in communicating a vision; the vibe is ridiculously strong here. Things perhaps get a little longer in the text here than is immediately comfortable, and could perhaps use just a tad more formatting to help draw attention, but the overall effect is magnificent.
The toad people : “Their pale clammy hide is speckled with pus-dripping carbuncles. Fleshy sacks hang to either side of pot-bellied stomachs, topped by heads like misshapen toads. They wear jewelry fashioned from sewer trash and ill-fitting stained clothing ripped from water-logged corpses … with excellent manners.”
Given the episodic nature of my reviews, and the episodic nature of Ultans door, and in particular this double issue, its hard for to review this. And, I don’t think I have, I have just described it. As a standalone product its hard to recommend. But, seen as the first chapter to a larger dungeon, the base and environs, it fits in perfectly well. I’m excited to see more.
This is $10 at DriveThru.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/364621/through-ultan-s-door-3-double-issue?1892600
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I've been a Black Library Warhammer fiction fan for years, but I prefer audiobooks over electronic copies. Humble Bundle bundles are a fantastic way to catch up for those who prefer digital copies.
Tales of the Space Marines Chapters 2024 is the latest Black Library Bundle. You get 24 digital books for 18 bucks - or six books for a buck.
Discover the fearless exploits of the Adeptus Astartes—the elite Space Marines of the Warhammer 40,000 universe—in this collection of novels & fiction from Black Library! This galaxy-spanning bundle gathers war stories of Chapters and squads from across the Imperium, charged with defending humanity against the relentless forces of Chaos. Explore the grim darkness of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and support EveryLibrary with your purchase!The Tavern is supported by readers like you. The easiest way to support The Tavern is to shop via our affiliate links. The Tavern DOES NOT do "Paid For" Articles and discloses personal connections to products and creators written about when applicable.
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The first Doctor Who fiction books for 2025 have been revealed. First up in April, almost exactly 20 eyears since they first appeared on television, the Ninth Doctor and Rose return. Frankenstein is the latest in the strand of novels playing in the world of classic literature. This time the book sees the duo meet a mad scientist determined to play god. He believes Mary Shelley’s recently published novel must be based on some element of truth (if only he knew). Now, nothing will stop him from making Frankenstein’s nightmare a reality. Doctor Who: Frankenstein is the work of crime novelist Jack Heath, as he enters the Whoniverse for the first time.
The Sequels follows in October. The short story collection explores what happens after the TARDIS disappears. Can those people the Doctor’s met rebuild the worlds they’ve just saved? Authors for the stories are still unknown for now.
Doctor Who: Frankenstein by Jack Heath, 24th April 2025
What a piece of work is a man . . .
When the Ninth Doctor and Rose investigate a strange signal in a remote village in England, they get more than they bargained for.
A scientist has taken it upon himself to create new life – imitating Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a book that has sent shock waves around the country.
But, much like his fictional counterpart, this doctor is playing god, and with forces beyond his understanding. As the Doctor and Rose attempt to put the brakes on the experiment, before it gets out of control, a sinister alien presence reveals itself…
Doctor Who: The Sequels, 23rd October 2025
A remarkable collection of new Doctor Who short stories that give a glimpse into the moments just after the Doctor saves the world, and the credits roll.
The Doctor has had many adventures, visited many planets and made a whole host of friends (and some enemies).
But if you thought it was all over after the TARDIS doors closed, and the time ship dematerialised, onto the next adventure, you’d be very much mistaken.
From Earth’s past, present and future, to the furthest reaches of the universe, here are ten tales that give us a glimpse into the worlds the Doctor left behind. Sometimes triumph, sometimes tragedy (and always chaos) these are stories you’ll never forget.
In the meantime, there are some previously announced fiction books on the way for the rest of 2024
The Adventures Before Doctor Who: The Adventures Before, 3rd October 2024
Discover what happened before . . .
What did Osgood do the morning of the Day of the Doctor?
What happened to Tegan before Arc of Infinity, and why does it involve strange sentient lights in the Australia outback?
What was the Tenth Doctor doing in a hall of mirrors, right before Planet of the Dead?
Answers to all these questions lie in an incredible collection of Doctor Who short stories that give a glimpse into the moments just before we saw the Doctor step on screen.
From Skaro to Apalapucia, from a shop front drained of colour to Rassilon’s tomb, join a host of incredible adventures across the universe with Doctors, companions, friends and foes.
Eden Rebellion. Cover by Lee Binding (c) BBC Books Doctor Who: Eden Rebellion by Abi Falase, 14th November 2024
On the crystalline planet of Yewa, the Gardens of Kubuntu are a true Eden, said to be the most peaceful destination in the universe. At least, until the Doctor and Ruby arrive.
Ancient rivalries between Yewa and its more prosperous sister world of Bia are being stirred by forces unknown, threatening to plunge its people into anarchy. With Ruby swept up in the fire of the Yewan rebellion, the Doctor finds dark secrets buried deep in the planet’s ancient history – and his hopes for a lasting peace hanging by a thread. For sinister guardians stalk the Gardens of Kubuntu, while an implacable enemy plots in the shadows – and in plain sight…
Pre-order Eden Rebellion here.
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Crochet Hats and Mittens for Everyone: Winter Essentials in Sizes Newborn to Adult Large by Sascha Blase-Van Wagtendonk is a lovely, brand new book that debuted in August 2024! Get a peek inside, and then enter to win your own copy, right here on Moogly! Disclaimer: I was given a copy of this book for review;...
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