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A blog about Old School Gaming

S.A. Fisher

Jun 1
5 min

Of Orcs and AI

Made vs. Created and the Nature of Orcs J.R.R. Tolkien's stories are deeply rooted in Thomistic metaphysics and Christian theology, where...

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Dungeoncrawling toward Joseph Campbell's "Inmost Cave."

S.A. Fisher

Jun 23, 2022
8 min

Dungeoncrawling toward Joseph Campbell's "Inmost Cave."

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." Joseph Campbell The Quest Do roleplaying games, particularly dungeon crawls,...

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S.A. Fisher

Jun 22, 2022
7 min

On being Mostly Dead: Rediscovering the Old School way of Death and Scarring

Miracle Max : Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big...

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Grappling Hook, an OSR Blog

I'm a long-time gamer and game designer, a writer, and a historian. I've published many books and articles for GURPS over the course of nearly three decades. Here I'll be writing about OSR fantasy gaming, which I started playing in the early 1980s.

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