...but this one just might be my all-time favourite. A replica air loom
...a human Influencing Machine. Borne of the same paranoia and psychosis that characterises contemporary reports of mind control... [its designer/whistleblower] believed it ran on magnetic fluids. Operated by skilled pneumatic chemists who controlled the warp of the fluids that ( Read more... )

First, this is a mighty handy resource: a list of not a few OSR AD&D (1e) modules you can get for free or close to it. Imagine you picked up the reprints of the original AD&D rulebooks that WoTC will be distributing in April, and you say to yourself, “well, what do I do with this crazy game?” Here. Also entries and winners of the One Page Dungeon ( Read more... )

soon I will shut up about Carcosa, I promise. Still, I've been trying to think of a historical analogue for its blasted, bleak dehumanizing environment. I thought about Afghanistan in the 90s or Somalia, and those have elements of the setting, but the core thematic element is the sorcerers and their predations. These guys want to truck with ( Read more... )

I posted this over at my architectural history place and I figured you guys might want to know, too.

I hate to just repost entries from The History Blog here, but this one's going in my archives too: Ancient citadel in Herat, Afghanistan, restored. The photos alone are worth the visit.

I'm ambivalent about these projects: part of me loves them and ( Read more... )