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Music for roleplaying

March 28, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

I wish “Music for Roleplaying” had been one of the first sections I added to GameWyrd as perhaps it would have had a higher profile and been more successful. I still think the internet would benefit from a music database/recommendation service for gamers and scenes.…

The Friendly Face of Fear

March 21, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Oh my gwad. This is an original article from 2001 back when I was exploring the possibility of writing editorial dialog for web sites. I paid no attention to the writing.…

Practical Wisdom by Fell Coldwyn

March 21, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This article was submitted to GameWyrd by Wyrdling Fell Coldwyn. I was very happy to make a page just for it. Practical Wisdom I’ve played various RPG’s for six years now, which isn’t long by most standards.…

Index to Sharn, City of Towers

February 14, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This index was submitted to GameWyrd by the writer Jason Tondro (aka 7th son). The original had a very flaky JavaScript search function written by yours truly. To search the index today; I recommend Ctrl+F.…

Gamer humour | The Newbie and the Ranger

February 14, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This joke was always bad… and it’s even worse out of context. The whole point is that the Ranger class in one addition of D&D lacked focus – at least, some would argue it did.…

How Stupid Do You Think I Am?

February 14, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Are you stupid? Is your current PC stupid? No. Thought not. Let’s have your expert advice on these then: Adventurer bait – often pinned to notice boards in taverns. Annoying spam – often arriving as unsolicited email. Adventurer bait Dear friend, My name is LOI ESTRADA,The wife of Mr.…

Sapphire College for Elf Maidens

February 14, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In response to the Book of Erotic Fantasy Wizards of the Coast updated the rules and regulations around the use of the d20 logo. Needless to say; GameWyrd set out to break them! “At Sapphire College sexy elf maidens frequently engage in wanton bathroom activity!…

Gamer humour | Cool… not cool

February 13, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is list from GameWyrd’s Lost Archives. It’s a user generated list of cool/not cool pairs from the world of gaming. Cool: Sparkling dice. Not Cool: Exploding dice. Cool: Describing the spray of blood when your party’s fighter kills an orc.…

Downloading and extracting PDF RPGs!

January 31, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I wrote this back in 2001. Back then, nearly 10 years ago, I think it was helpful. The article really did serve as an introduction to PDFs and RPG ebooks for many Wyrdlings.…

Find Time For Time

January 31, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

This tosh was written for GameWyrd waaay back in 2001. There was some crud reason why the site needed something that looked like an academic essay on RPGs or something which explains the rush job in putting it live – nevertheless; I still maintain you can put all sorts of wonderful mythology/world goodies into a game’s calendar system!…

Music for roleplaying

The Friendly Face of Fear

Practical Wisdom by Fell Coldwyn

Index to Sharn, City of Towers

Gamer humour | The Newbie and the Ranger

How Stupid Do You Think I Am?

Sapphire College for Elf Maidens

Gamer humour | Cool… not cool

Downloading and extracting PDF RPGs!

Find Time For Time

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