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Animal Rescue Site
Animal Rescue Site:
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com
Please visit the site and
click on the big purple button.
It
costs you nothing except three seconds of your time,
and every click
provides the site with funding to feed animals . Visit the
site every day and help out our furry friends.
The Voodoo Orc commands it! (He likes bunnies.)
Arms & Equipment
Blade Realms:
http://www.bladerealms.com/
A veritable smorgasbord of display-quality
weapons, including movie replicas.
Bud K Catalog:
http://budkww.com/
A cool distributor of weapons of all
types, at excellent prices. Request a free catalog or browse online.
Christian Fletcher's Site:
http://www.christianfletcher.com
This is the home page of an authentic armorer and weaponsmith.
Very pricey, but you can order all your custom-fit plate mail or family heirloom
bastard swords here.
Ninja Stars.org:
http://www.ninjastars.org/
Pretty much what it sounds like. The owner, Joe,
gave us a heads up about some linkage problems on this page, so
we'll give him a shout out as a thank you. So visit his very
secret ninja page. Ah, so desu! Domo arigato!
Art
"Ed Beard, Jr.":
http://www.destiniproductionsinc.com/
Ed's a really sociable guy, and cool to talk to. His work is
great too, and can be found in abundance in the most excellent ccg,
Shadowfist.
Boris Vallejo / Julie Bell Official Site:
http://www.imaginistix.com/
One can barely think "barbarians" without this husband and wife
team springing to mind. Boris and Julie are legends in the fantasy art
community, their works gracing the cover of countless books in the Conan,
Tarzan, and Horseclans series, to name but a few. Their subjects are
often wrapped in bulging muscles and damn near nothing else, and their talent
for capturing the human form is amazing.
Clyde Caldwell Official Site:
http://www.clydecaldwell.com/
Anyone who ever purchased a TSR item recognizes Clyde's work. He
specializes in shiny objects and slinky ladies, but he does some cool vampires
as well.
Fred Fields Official Site:
http://fmfsdg.fineartstudioonline.com/
Mr. Fields did some great gothic/ vampire-themed artwork
for TSR in the early 90's. His work is mostly portraits with amazingly intricate
detail. (He also once offered to sell Mike Brutko one of his original works, the
cover to a Vampire the Masquerade sourcebook, for $3,000 at GenCon.)
Larry Elmore Official Site:
http://www.larryelmore.com/
Larry Elmore is an amazing artist, and has done hundreds
of pieces for TSR over the decades... not to mention SnarfQuest !
Todd Lockwood Official Site:
http://www.toddlockwood.com
Todd does very realistic pieces with a great deal of detail.
You've seen his work in a whole slew of D&D material from Wizards of the
Coast; in fact, his sketches set the new look for the 3rd Ed. stuff. (Plus,
he's very friendly when you e-mail him.)
Toni DiTerlizzi Official Site:
http://www.diterlizzi.com/
Another prolific D&D artist, his art work literally established
the look of the Planescape setting. His pieces are also very prominent in
the 2nd Ed. Monstrous Compendiums.
Comics
Dork Tower:
http://www.dorktower.com/
The comic strip is a
hysterically accurate depiction of role-players. This is the author's home-page.
Irregular Webcomic!:
http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1.html
This is a fantastic site by a
guy who poses Legos and metal miniatures for his comics! Truly worth the time to
read every week.
Knights of the Dinner Table :
http://www.kenzerco.com/
A great comic strip about a group of long-time
players. The story lines are always worth a laugh, and this web site will
introduce you to the comics and the company that publishes them.
Order of the Stick:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html
This is a fantastically good comic strip that breaks
down the barrier between character and player knowledge, poking fun at
stereotypes, WotC, and 3rd Ed D&D.
Fun Stuff
PA Renaissance Faire
(Mt. Hope Estate
and Winery):
http://www.parenaissancefaire.com/
While every state has its own Ren Faire, not every one has it
located on acres of winery grounds! The sangria and the honey
mead are mmmmm gooooood, and the Ren Faire is growing
every year. We try to make it there each autumn, of course in costume.
A Tribute to Ray Harryhausen :
http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/tribute/
This tribute to the godfather of B-movie stop-motion animation is indescribable.
I have no idea what drugs these people were on when they created this clip, but
God bless 'em.
HeroMachine :
http://www.heromachine.com/
This is a cool, simple online character portrait generator! (Or you can
download it to your PC.) Fast, printable pics of any PC or NPC for any genre
game. You can customize every detail of the portrait, or let the program
randomly design your dude. Fun!
Medieval Times Restaurant :
http://www.medievaltimes.com/
If you can get to one of these, go, dude! It's pricey, but it's a hoot. In
Myrtle Beach, Mike, Jacque, and I were in the evil Green Knight's gallery, and
we got to yell put-downs at hundreds of other diners all night.
Plus, the soup is really good...
Siege Engine.com :
http://www.siege-engine.com/index.shtml
Oooooh yeaaaah... you read that right. The name says it all. Buy yer own
siege machinery!! (Also, be sure to check out the "Cartoons" section of this
site for one of my favorite Dragon magazine cartoonists, Joe Pillsbury.)
Game Companies
BTRC
- Blacksburg Tactical Research Center:
http://www.btrc.net/
Producers of such fine fare as the Macho Women with Guns rpg and the
F*ck This! card game, Greg Porter at BTRC only sells his games in PDF format.
Cheap, fun, and the owner lives in a dome. What more do you need to know?
Cheapass Games :
http://www.cheapass.com
Cheapass games are fast, easy, fun pastimes designed to be run in about
20 minutes, depending on the game. There are many to choose from, so you'll find
something goofy enough in a genre for your tastes. The name comes from the
production values; usually black & white photocopies of the rules and cards or
playing pieces, but the fun quotient is so high that you won't
mind the cheap ass games.
Chessex :
http://www.chessex.com/
Because every player knows... you can never have too many dice!
Koplow Games:
http://koplowgames.com/
This is another major dice manufacturing company. (They make dice out of
anything they get their hands on...) They aren't set up to sell to the public,
but check out this site for their gnarly cool products, then get your
local game store to order some stuff for ya!
Steve Jackson Games :
http://www.sjgames.com/
Steve Jackson has developed some wonderful games over the years, from all
genres (including the all-genre-encompassing GURPS system).
The company produces
something for everyone, whether you like ccgs, rpgs, tabletop, or are just
looking for accessories.
Wingnut Games :
http://www.wingnutgames.com/
This company puts out only a few products, but they're frickin' funny! There's
not a single game of theirs that I wouldn't play. Visit the site, and have your
PC speakers turned on when you get there... mooooo!
Wizards of the Coast :
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=welcome
This is the offical website of the current publishers of D&D.
If you're looking for some good ol' classic material,
this particular page allows
you to download all sorts of useful info for your early-edition
games. Specifically, there's a wagonload of ancient D&D 1st Ed.
modules listed free for the snarfing! Go to it, DMs!
Gaming Resources
Free Paper Model Dice!:
http://www.puam.be/freedice/
This dude designs printable blueprints for cutting and folding your own role
playing dice. Just download 'em and paste 'em, and yer ready to roll!
(He he! Get it? Ready to roll ?... Oh, never mind...)
Gen Con:
http://gencon.com/
GenCon, bay-bee! This is it, the Mecca of game conventions! Any gamer
worth his weight in dice should check this out at least once.
I Am the Mimir!:
http://mimir.net/
This is a thorough overview of the Planescape setting, for those looking
to expand their knowledge of the multiverse outside the Prime Material worlds.
Watch out for phase spiders...
Noble Knight Games:
http://nobleknight.com/
These guys specialize in trading, buying and selling games both new and out of
print. Unload your old stuff, find some new stuff, dig up some long-dead
artifact!
ORIGINS:
http://www.originsgames.com/
Second only to GenCon as a legendary gaming destination.
RPGnet:
http://www.rpg.net/
A site with everything a dedicated gamer could want. Forums, commercial links,
trading columns, and other good tidbits. I recommend it for the gaming product
reviews: anything gaming related may be reviewed here by anyone, so you can
often get the scoop on the latest novel, rpg, ccg, or whatever that you've been
wondering about, written by your fellow gamer addicts.
Spelljammer - Beyond the Moons :
http://www.darkwood.org/sj/
An extensive collection of info about D&D's final frontier. Much of it is
homebrew, but still interesting.
Miniatures
Dwarven Forge - MasterMaze:
http://www.dwarvenforge.com/
Incredibly detailed, excellent quality 25mm tabletop dungeons for use with
miniatures. A bit pricey, but this stuff kicks ass! (We Dungeon Masters
salivate over this type of stuff...)
Hirst Arts
Fantasy Architecture:
http://www.hirstarts.com/index.html
Holy sizzling thork toes! You gotta check this site out! They sell
top quality molds for casting your own dungeon/ building miniatures, and offer
instructions on building wonderful set pieces. They don't sell completed sets,
only the components, but the variety of stuff you can build with the pieces is
staggering.
MicroTactix Dirt Cheep Scenics:
http://welcome.to/microtactix
These guys provide downloadable scenery that you print out
on your home PC! Fold up into buildings, caverns, dungeons, etc. For a
few bucks, you can print out high quality miniatures-ready environments! Sweet!
Cheap! Neat!
WorldWorks Games:
http://www.worldworksgames.com/store/
Awesome color downloadable/ printable scenery for every
genre! Even though they fucked me over with their Christmas sale
dates
L, I'll still give
them a plug.
Reaper Miniatures :
http://reapermini.com/
One of the best metal miniatures companies out there today. They have a wide
selection of detailed figures of all types, by the best sculptors in the
business. (Request a free catalog at their site, or browse some figures online.)
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