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Retro musings on Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and other tabletop games

This blog is a vehicle for my thoughts on Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and related matters. The focus is on WFRP’s first edition, but I also touch on WFRP’s fourth edition, WFB’s first three editions and other old-school tabletop games.

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LEGS ELEVEN

MISCELLANEOUS. No, not a Chaos mutation. It’s WFRP bingo!

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TOPOS: JUDGES

MISCELLANEOUS. WH40K’s Adeptus Arbites and 2000AD.

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TOPOS: HIVE WORLD

MISCELLANEOUS. Megalopoleis, ecumenopoleis, mega-cities and hive worlds.

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TOPOS: ROGUE TRADER

MISCELLANEOUS. The origins of WH40K’s eponymous agents.

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LOST WARHAMMER: BRETONNIA

HISTORY. A fleeting glimpse of a WFRP supplement that never came to be.

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LOST WARHAMMER: FANTASY EPIC

HISTORY. Richard Halliwell’s other fantasy wargame.

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READING THE RUNES

HISTORY. A short timeline of the relationship between Games Workshop and Chaosium.

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THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

REVIEWS. The review I said I wouldn’t write: Empire in Ruins.

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THE GREEK GOBLIN

THOUGHTPIECES. The dubious origins of goblins.

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DO OR DICE

REVIEWS. A short review of Dice Men.

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THE STORY SO FAR

HISTORY. Previously on ‘The WFRP Story’….

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LOST WARHAMMER: CHANGING TIMES

GUEST POSTS. Robin Low on a WFRP1 campaign that never came to be.

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KTEMA ES AIEI

REVIEWS. Short reviews of Jon Peterson and Ben Riggs’ latest books on the history of TSR.

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SIX YEARS

MISCELLANEOUS. Awesome Lies’ sixth anniversary.

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LOST WARHAMMER: LUSTRIA

HISTORY. A detailed look at the 1991 draft of the Lustria supplement.

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LOGOS & LAWSUITS

HISTORY. How changes in D&D’s presentation reflected its history.

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WEST END FINAL

MISCELLANEOUS. My final Enemy Within fake front page.

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TECHNICAL FAULT

MISCELLANEOUS. A bug has been affecting file downloads from this site, but there is a workaround.

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HOUSE OF THE DEVIL

MAPS. Something for GMs of the Enemy Within campaign.

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SAILING TO DYSTOPIA

MISCELLANEOUS. Jean-Luc Godard and role-playing games.

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LOST WARHAMMER: MARIENBURG

HISTORY. Flame’s Marienburg book.

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STRANGER FONTS

MISCELLANEOUS. Stranger Things and false memories….

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STRANGER THINGS

MISCELLANEOUS. A D&D spotter’s guide.

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LOOSE ENDS

ADVENTURES. Tweaking the Enemy Within Director’s Cut to tie the elements together better.

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THE ENEMY WITHIN THAT WASN’T

ADVENTURES. How the Enemy Within Director’s Cut changed course during writing.

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