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We’ll likely make them available by mail order after the cons too, so you can always combine shipping with OSRIC, etc. to help defray the insane overseas postage ;) Allan.

We’re picking up some extra copies for the booth, so we should have some at GaryCon and NTX next year. Allan.

Preview pics posted at https://grodog.blogspot.com/2025/06/sneak-preview-for-return-to-perinthos-a-tribute-to-jennell-jaquays.html Allan.

My copy arrived this morning! Will share some pictures later after work :) Allan.

Me too! I’m hopeful it’ll arrive sooner vs. later, but it’s hard to be patient ;) Latest update is at https://crowdfundr.com/stories/eMM337 and says (in part): That update was from 18 June 2025, so the project should hopefully go live on DT soon. Allan.

Anyone receive their copies of the Jaquays tribute fundraiser collection yet? I still await mine’s arrival. Allan.

Thanks, I will be revisiting that one again soon! :) Allan.

Thanks!—it’s far from wine and roses all the time, but it’s definitely still fun :) Allan.

Some reflections and thoughts on Black Blade Publishing, after 16 years: https://grodog.blogspot.com/2025/04/black-blade-publishing-and-the-osr-community.html Allan.

Danke! I think it’s clear that we weren’t all using the same standards for our selections—I selected individual titles, rather than blurring them through collected titles (G3 vs. G1-3 vs. GDQ1-7), for example. Similarly, Jay didn’t consistently group all of the titles either—T1 and T1-4 appear...

For your consideration: https://grodog.blogspot.com/2025/05/grodog-top-10-favorite-greyhawk-adventures.html.html The list, sans commentary (which I have on the blog page, along with honorable mentions): 1. D3 Vault of the Drow by Gary Gygax 2. WG5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure by Rob...

Thanks! That’s a good point, and it’s worthwhile for me to keep in mind as I write future pieces in the series. There’s not a lot of big changes to the planar architecture until 3.x, although things continue to evolve over the 1980s. I think that’s quite reasonable. I would likely place...

My new blog post looks at the history of planar design development in AD&D: https://grodog.blogspot.com/2025/03/brief-history-on-development-of-planar-cosmology.html More to follow, soon! Allan.

IIRC, this article did just that: "Who Gets the First Swing?" by Ronald Hall in Dragon 71. Allan.

Indeed—she’s a keeper :) I’ve read aloud to Heather The Hobbit, LOTR, Harry Potter, Dan Brown’s _Angels & Demons_ and _Da Vinci Code_, _Kite Runner_, _Life of Pi_, and Shannon Chakraborty’s _City of Brass_. With the boys I’ve read TH/LOTR, HP, Amber, Elric, Dune, Wirld of Tiers, HPL, ERB, Fritz...