2024-04-12 05:10
Moon PrincessThere they were, floating in space, not far from the moon. The three spaceships hovered among the fifty Giant Nuclear Missile Robots, known as The Phalanx, as Karl Capek… Read More
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2024-03-15 05:25
Dietrich Keller lay on the bench, mercifully unconscious. Jacob's Narcoleptic Beam had done the trick, though he had hoped it would stop the bizarre thorn-like creature as well. … Read More
2024-03-05 23:26
'Twixt Bone and SteelThree gleaming ships flee the smoldering moon,Escaping shadows of fallen Eisenhelm.Below in smokey depths, a creature croonsHer song of suffering, pain that never ceases… Read More
2024-02-26 20:16
Another experiment with AI... this time using DashToon to create a Comic from the Way of All Flesh Story. While only a tiny fragment, I'm trying to get a feel for what can be done, and… Read More
2024-02-15 20:17
Dr. CapekHaving defeated the four Nazi UFOs, our heroes had begun their journey back to Earth. Not far behind them were the eighteen Nazi technicians manning the two UFOs that they had… Read More
2024-02-02 05:33
Ling, Jacob, and Vallnam swiftly departed from the smoldering wreckage of Eisenhelm in their ultra-sleek spacecraft, Shadow Hawk, possibly the stealthiest ship in the galaxy. Trailing closel… Read More
2024-01-06 01:32
Everyone paused, guns aimed at Robot N, its wedge-shaped head poised for a moment in what looked like contemplation. A dozen or so antennas protruded from it, with scores of tiny blink… Read More
2023-12-25 04:21
This video was created almost entirely by a Generative AI from a company named Visla. I pointed it to Session 56 on my blog, and it created the summary, and the voice over, and I was a… Read More
2023-12-09 01:51
Jacob pushed himself up against the wall, his purple bubble suit clinging tightly to his body, its shimmering fabric barely concealing the wounds he had sustained in the fierce firefight. Wi… Read More
2023-10-14 01:14
Captain Bruin Hilda crouched behind a rock, peering across the darkness towards the smokey red glow on the far side of the Sever River. She was cold and wet, like everyone else, and it didn'… Read More
2023-08-19 20:36
Moon Princess LingAmid all the hell that had broken loose inside of Eisenhelm, the ultra-secret Nazi Fortress constructed near the north pole of the moon in 1943, an especially vicious battl… Read More
2023-08-03 22:09
Major HrodwulfMajor Hrodwulf, the inimical Nazi commander, fixed his gaze upon his arch-rival Major Hanna Schiller, with such a seething revulsion that it teetered on the brink of full-blown… Read More
2023-07-29 02:33
Here is a sample of ElevenLabs AI reading the first lines of Session 52. For the fun of it, I added a bit of musical intro from Akira Kurosawa's classic film Ikiru.
Enjoy.
Note: Blogger… Read More
2023-07-21 04:31
Eisenhelm trembled. Along the tunnel wall, across from Pillbox C3-PB-A1, an enormous shadow moved in unison with the tremendous vibrations that attended each footfall of Obliterator Ro… Read More
2023-07-07 03:00
Jacob looked intensely at Hanna Schiller, the Nazi Ace Pilot of Eisenhelm with whom he had teamed up. They were still deciding exactly what they would do next. At that point, Lin… Read More
2023-06-23 02:39
Eisenhelm, the ultra-secret Nazi Moon-Fortress had been secretly occupied since 1943. At this time was being eviscerated by two titanic struggles. First was the ripping apart of the precario… Read More
2023-06-10 03:39
Captain Samwise squatted down next to Fred and peered at him intently. A long strand of drool was distended from Fred's lip to the floor. This was not unusual. Fred, having ascertaine… Read More
2023-05-19 01:41
Beneath the austere, monochromatic surface of the lunar landscape, a fierce conflict raged on. Three sects of Moon Nazis were engaged in a ruthless power struggle, each determined to annihil… Read More
2023-04-18 02:35
As the sun descended beyond the rugged landscape, the towering red rock formations loomed over the encampment like dormant giants in the fading light. The cool desert breeze whispered in nea… Read More
2023-03-19 04:12
Dark cavern Nexus, River Styx runs through, its icy waters memories erase forever. In dread silence the three evil races endlessly scheme.
Styx runs over the edge down into the fat… Read More
2023-03-17 17:04
2036 A.D. Panguitch, Utah. Desolate. A smoldering ruin. As the encroaching Lizardman Army arrived with a phalanx of tanks from the south, the town's people had f… Read More
2023-03-03 05:24
Captain Bruin Hilda stood gazing at the sacks of snakes and lizards on the back of the jeep. She estimated it ought be enough food for a few days at least. They had eight hundred… Read More
2023-02-18 04:43
Somewhere in the dark shadows of the moon, far below the frozen rocky surface, Eisenhelm, the ultimate in super-secret Nazi Moon-Fortresses, was being rocked to the core by a three way civil… Read More
2023-01-31 05:13
Fred sat in the darkness of the Armored Ground Vehicle, listening to Samwise murmuring incoherently to himself, while Penelope continued quietly sobbing, near hysteria. Major Sekston had go… Read More
2023-01-20 20:32
Hans SchmidtLead TechnicianMeanwhile, far away on the moon, a woman pulverized by explosive decompression, lay on the shining white floor behind Jacob and Hans. They had already looted… Read More
2023-01-04 05:31
Captain Bruin Hilda stood next to the jeep peering through her binoculars at the distant insect mound that towered over the local landscape. It was a hill of green fauna so thick that one's… Read More
2022-11-11 19:43
Captain Bruin Hilda watched the pink mist settle over the Great Insect Mound through her binoculars. The air was shimmering from the late afternoon heat and beads of sweat dripped down her n… Read More
2022-10-29 19:44
Captain Samwise was laying on the couch in the back of the AGV trying to ignore the throbbing agony of his leg. At least, he thought, the metal cubby had stopped banging for the moment… Read More
2022-10-12 03:34
Pita stood stock still, not even daring to breath. He'd just made what could have been the greatest mistake of his life. Ahead of him, also standing as still and silent as a stone, was Vila… Read More
2022-09-16 03:09
The AGV had been hit multiple times by tank shells. Thin wisps of white smoke still wafted off the jagged edges of the metal holes that they left in the hull. On the last hit, mo… Read More
2022-08-09 02:36
Captain Bruin Hilda IV thrummed her fingers impatiently on her jeep's dashboard. It was tilted at an odd angle since she had crashed it into an ant-ditch and busted an axle. She… Read More
2022-07-28 02:30
Happy Gygax Day!Here is my offering ... a new free book in the Elthos RPG DTRPG Store!Elthos RPG - Actual Play Run Through on DTRPG!Thanks Gary for so many years of creativity, friends… Read More
2022-07-23 20:23
Ratta-tatta-tatta-tatta-tat! -- Ratta-tatta-tatta-tatta-tat!Once his machine gun emptied its clip into the open turret of the tank, Good Captain Samwise pushed the dead Lizardman Captai… Read More
2022-07-14 12:51
Whether to use "Race" or "Species" as a term in Role Playing Games is a legitimate question. It's not an easy one to answer because there's been muddied waters on this for quite a long time… Read More
2022-07-09 22:35
As the three cosmonauts from Federation Command stood in the bone chilling darkness of Tunnel C3-A beneath the moon-craters of Mare Frigoris, the entirety of the great and secret fortress of… Read More
2022-06-25 04:15
At this time, about a mile south of Panguitch, Good Captain Samwise was pointing his machinegun down the hole of the turret into the darkness waiting for the bellowing and infuriated Lizardm… Read More
2022-05-16 02:42
Good Captain Samwise dragged his ruined leg behind him as he climbed painfully upward through the brambles towards the tank that overhung the ledge some 200 feet above him. It was goin… Read More
2022-05-01 01:44
Once again we find our heroes having split the party three ways from Sunday. Far, far away, Jacob and Vallnam were crouching at the hanger bay entrance of Eisenhelm, the ultra sec… Read More
2022-04-08 00:23
You can create a story. You can play a game of chance. But once you are playing a game of chance it is unlikely that you will get the story you want or expect. Because that's the nature of d… Read More
2022-04-02 00:21
And so, our heroes had once again split the party into 3 neatly divided groups and each was pit against dangers beyond ordinary comprehension. Far off in the distance, beyond their perceptio… Read More
2022-02-18 13:37
...unfortunately the recording of this session has been lost and there is no way to recover it. So this episode has to be transcribed from memory, which means that lots of details will… Read More
2022-01-24 02:09
Having successfully warded off all of the skull spiders, Linda and Pita stared out at the raging radiation storm from the entrance of the cave. They were still a bit shaken up by the f… Read More
2022-01-08 06:27
Having returned to the warehouse warren with the supply of Acoustic Insect Shields, Captain Samwise surveyed the road ahead. It was getting hot, and the wet air was shimmering over Rou… Read More
2021-11-24 04:06
So there they were, roughly a thousand refugees hunkered down north of Panguitch, Utah, watching the thunder storm through thick glass windows from within the six fortified warehouses they w… Read More
2021-11-16 04:49
Onboard the stolen Moon-Nazi UFO, Jacob and Vallnam were at the controls, the former piloting, the latter navigating. Their organic-pressure suits absorbed the sweat that would have ot… Read More
2021-10-09 02:28
Having escaped the arena amid the smoke and fire the four party members lead by Jay Hammond moved south along the Euphrates. They came to the docks where scores of sailing vessels were… Read More
2021-09-16 04:35
Two heroes showed up (out of five) for our Sunday Night Elthos RPG "The Way of All Flesh" One Shot. They leapt straight in with pre-generated characters.
They start out in the ye… Read More
2021-09-11 16:48
On route to Earth, Vallnam, Jacob and Bruin Hilda studied the schematics of the Nazi UFO very carefully. They were inscribed on a metal plate just along side the main control panel at… Read More
2021-08-20 03:58
Meanwhile, on the moon ... the heroes of the Silver Eye mission were standing in the cold gray cliff-side hall that overlooked the Aristarchus crater. They'd been captured by the Moon… Read More
2021-05-14 05:15
And so ... we find our heroes rolling North on Route 93 in their Armored Ground Vehicle (AGV), while Pita Piloted the "Rhino" Mech along side at an attitude of 15 to 20 feet. They were… Read More
2021-04-16 12:07
Major SekstonOnce the team made it through Panguitch to Garfield Hospital, they found there was quite a bit of planning to be done. It was a bit of a surprise that Dr. Rogers knew both… Read More
2021-04-02 20:28
Down highway 93 they roared, full throttle, hoping to escape whatever it was that had woken up inside the gigantic Mind Shield surrounding the Black Wind V facility. They had to leave LexiB… Read More
2021-03-08 04:58
It was after midnight at this point. A sliver of moon crescent hung over the western horizon. The air above was strangely clear of clouds, but the ever present iridescent r… Read More
2021-02-20 16:25
And so, the team repaired their heavily damaged Armored Ground Vehicle at the airport just north of Panguitch, UT. Pita received his Mech Training from Captain Sekston, and took a spin… Read More
2021-01-23 00:27
Having spent the night deep in the bowels of the Garfield Hospital, the party began the day with a rapid repair of essential components of the Armored Ground Vehicle, parked outside in the h… Read More
2020-12-23 05:07
So there they were, on the edge of the town of Panguitch. Behind them, the zombie-man that they rushed passed in their Armored Ground Vehicle (AGV), was still flailing one arm in the a… Read More
2020-11-29 23:35
And so we find our heroes hightailing it down Route 89 back the way they came. Eastward they rumbled the Armored Ground Vehicle. Good Captain Samwise considered their options.&nb&hell…Read More
2020-10-30 03:45
In brief, our heroes decided at the last not to engage with the Lizard men after all. Nope. The team, lead by Guns who argued vociferously against joining forces with the Crusade… Read More
2020-10-17 03:47
Tactical CombatHaving met with Geoffrey, his Paladins and the Cleric of the Crystal Light, the team from Tuscon decided to aid the Crusaders in ridding the land of the Lizardmen. At le… Read More
2020-10-02 23:33
Pita was dreaming. He was back in Seattle. The year was 2027. The city had already been rebuilt, several times, as it had come under severe attack before. But this wa… Read More
2020-09-18 18:58
It was just about dawn when the great battle ended with a huge blast of electro-magnetic power. The heroes took account of the damage to the AGV and it was massive. The EMP took out al… Read More
2020-09-10 21:46
Some personal reflections on my mood lately, as it relates to the Covid-19 Pandemic, and other matters. This is likely to be a long post, so feel free to ignore it, or pop down to the botto… Read More
2020-08-24 03:31
The heroic band sat in the Armored Ground Vehicle (AGV) overlooking the township of Page, Arizona at the intersection of routes 98 and 89. They had little interest in the town itself… Read More
2020-08-09 02:07
Ah! Finally! I have been restored to civilization! I now have electricity again after 5 days. Internet access has also been restored!
Now, from all this I want to tell you a few things I le… Read More
2020-07-28 03:13
Mech Base 012
It was just at sunset as the team geared up to leave the abandoned and desolate Mech Base 012. They'd disabled the two towering Mechs by removing the Power-Couplings and… Read More
2020-07-12 22:09
Having stopped in the pitch darkness outside of the small derelict Mech-Base just north of Gray Mountain, Arizona on Route 89, the party sat in the Armored Ground Vehicle (AGV) surveying the… Read More
2020-07-01 17:34
Captain Samewise
And so it continues ... the Black Wind Team left "Parks", Arizona and headed East on route 40 towards Flagstaff. Linda's Ultra-Low Frequency transmission of the expedition… Read More
2020-06-16 15:05
People ask me all the time, "Hey, what RPG System should I use after the End of the World, man?"
I always tell 'em, "You know, there's always Elthos RPG. Its light weight 1d6 system m… Read More
2020-06-16 13:24
"The Way of All Flesh" is my current (and first) Cosmic Sci-Fi RPG Campaign using Elthos RPG and the Mythos Machine. The adventures thus far have been recorded on audio, but not released (du… Read More
2020-06-13 05:22
And so the team had one seriously wounded member, Pita Tochristor, who had been shot twice. He was being operated on by LexiB, their Proximatics Industrial Android. The others were decidin… Read More
2020-06-03 03:05
"Gamemasters should not homebrew their RPGs. Ever. The dark fact is, it can be dangerous, both to the GM, and their players. Homebrewing is something that has to be done with extreme caution… Read More
2020-05-31 02:44
We played the next session of The Way of All Flesh campaign on Friday night. It was fun, but I can't easily recap as the game lasted around 4 hours. Here's the very brief -
They stationed… Read More
2020-05-25 00:56
There I was enjoying a nice warm cup of java the other morning when the topic of Homebrew came up in conversation, as it often does. Some people were saying that they homebrewed their game… Read More
2020-05-22 14:15
A little video I created to explain Elthos RPG Mythos Machine.:) Read More
2020-04-14 03:48
Latest Elthos RPG Mythos Machine News
After a super flurry of updates, enhancements and bug fixes, I got through my rather long CrimsonScorpion Feedback List, and was then ready to get to w… Read More
2020-04-12 23:37
How I use the Elthos RPG - Mythos Machine to create my own Worlds, and in particular how I use the World Things Holes Report to help me ensure that my World is well designed and has everythi… Read More
2020-04-04 17:27
Heya. Well, despite all that has been going on, we've been sticking with our Friday night bi-weekly games. We're play testing the Way of All Flesh Campaign, and I have to say, it's going q… Read More
2020-03-21 05:36
Well, we had our first COVID-19 game session, and it went well. We defeated "The Fear" and instead had a great time playing online instead of our usual around the living room table game. To… Read More
2020-02-27 23:40
The other day my friend Datum (Cavin) on Discord asked me if I'd participate in a video interview with Cameron Corniuk.
This was a fun conversation that covered the question of "How do w… Read More
2020-02-25 05:24
The great thing about the Elthos Project, from my point of view, is that it's very light weight for me to maintain it. It costs me almost nothing to run the site. Just the cost o… Read More
2020-02-18 07:49
I think you folks know I've been working on Mythos Machine for a really long time, very steadily, but I could not quite manage to get much interest in it. The concept has always been the sa… Read More
2020-01-27 21:56
Alignment has always been a problematic feature in D&D, I think. The rules were kind of vague on the topic, but they alluded to what the purpose was.
The way it seems to me it was suppo… Read More
2020-01-20 21:34
“Creativity; the use of imagination or original ideas to create something”
On the Benefits of Creativity
Many people don’t believe they are creative, but my own view is t… Read More
2020-01-18 13:27
I have a few friends who have chatted on occasion about their Play by Post experiences. I haven't tried it myself, but I've always been curious about it. My friend Tom, who runs a Play… Read More
2019-12-31 02:08
I got a Wacom CTL-470 Tablet. It's an older, simpler model... an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.
So, you can guess what comes next ... I shall of course be posting some… Read More
2019-12-16 17:57
As you may know, I've been working on Elthos RPG since 1978 when I created the original Elthos RPG Rules. I have been GMing my homebrew system ever since, and after 40+ years am tickle… Read More
2019-12-03 03:18
Ah, so I was thinking about how to present the story of my players as they adventure through my brand new "The Way of All Flesh World". However, as I was about to launch into one of a numbe… Read More
2019-11-18 04:33
Our first game playing The Way of All Flesh, a Cosmic Sci-Fi Space Opera was played last Friday. This is my quickie recap of the events of the game, recorded to reflect the modality of the… Read More
2019-11-11 03:56
A slight change of style, with one frill, wherein I talk about my upcoming Campaign World "The Way of All Flesh". I ruminate about the larger background, zoom into some details, and leave g… Read More
2019-11-03 15:27
What I'm trying to accomplish with my Elthos RPG Armor Class system, and how I've gone about it.
In Brief - Armor has four components:
- Armor Class Modifier
- Damage Absorption
- Dexte… Read More
2019-10-28 23:51
Just some somewhat miscellaneous ramblings about how I go about World Weaving for my RPG, what my goals are, and how I think about it... in which I talk a bit about the order in which I conc… Read More
2019-10-21 03:03
My 3rd Podcast ... no frills ... on the topic of RPG Character Development, what my goals a Gamemaster are, and where I'd like to try to go with it in the future Read More
2019-10-06 23:18
My thoughts on the origins of Alignment, where it went wrong, and how I re-interpreted the thing for my own use... and hence, why I for one like Alignment for my RPGs Read More
2019-10-01 00:44
I started working on Elthos in 1978. I did a light skim of Men & Magic, and took it from there. Here were my three primary design goals.
1) What rules system will make my li… Read More
2019-09-29 22:02
Ok, always one to jump on the bandwagon long after it has left the station, here we go with my very first Podcast! It's my first try, so it's definitely rough around the edges, but I'm exci… Read More
2019-09-27 19:00
2019-09-09 02:12
I pulled this from a recent Meetup that has just launched in our area. It got me thinking some thoughts. Here's the part of their FAQ that made me think...
4) How are story game… Read More
2019-09-02 03:03
There once lived a squirrel in an enchanted forest high in the boughs of an
oak tree. She was a merry little thing
and her name was Chippy.
Chippy's Birthda… Read More
2019-08-23 15:30
Very much enjoyed this tactical analysis of the Battle of Winterfell against the Night King on Youtube ... following is my commentary ...
My commentary on the video ...Totally agree with… Read More
2019-08-08 15:43
Just a quick note to tell you what Elthos things I've been working on lately.
I updated the marketing website (not exciting I know, but it is helpful to the project, so I bear with the gr… Read More
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