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Goodman Games

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A great piece about the ground-breaking Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series and its editor, the great Lin Carter in our Appendix N Archeology feature!

Read more here!

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#DCCRPG #dungeoncrawlclassics #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #appendixn #osr #lincarter

November 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Goodman Games

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Explore the foundations of TTRPGs with Appendix N Archaeology, and learn more about influential author Harold Lamb!

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#ttrpg #goodmangames #dungeoncrawlclassics #dccrpg #osr #appendixn

November 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM

Kingyak

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Here's my final entry for this year's #Spooktober @worldanvil.com: Blood-Locked Enchantments. #CityofTenThousandDaggers #Worldanvil #FantasyNoir #SwordAndSorcery #AppendixN #TTRPG #RPG #Q3E

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Blood-locked Enchantments

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October 31, 2026 at 5:58 PM

Kingyak

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If you missed some of my #Spooktober posts, here's a page with all the links. #CityofTenThousandDaggers #WorldAnvil #FantasyNoir #SwordAndSorcery #AppendixN #TTRPG #RPG #Q3E

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Spooktober 2026

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November 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM

Kingyak

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Just one more article to go to get my #Spooktober badge. Tonight's entry: Harvest Knights. #CityofTenThousandDaggers #WorldAnvil #SwordAndSorcery #AppendixN #TTRPG #RPG #Q3E

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Harvest Knights

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October 30, 2026 at 2:18 AM

Kingyak

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Today's #Spooktober entry is about holy headsmen: The Grave Reverends. #CityofTenThousandDaggers #WorldAnvil #FantasyNoir #AppendixN #SwordAndSorcery #TTRPG #RPG #Q3E

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Grave Reverends

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October 28, 2026 at 11:55 PM

gszebe

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#hobbystreakday120: Spooky seasonal reading :P

#lovecraft #lovecraftianhorror #callofcthulhu #cosmichorror #appendixn #roleplayinggames #hobbystreak #wepaintminis #tabletopgaming #TTRPGs #boardgamegeek

October 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM

Kingyak

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Todays #Spooktober entry @worldanvil.com: Spirts of the Dead (it's like necromantic tequila). #CityofTenThousandDaggers #WorldAnvil #RPB #TTRPG #Q3E #SwordAndSorcery #FantasyNoir #AppendixN

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Spirits of the Dead

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October 28, 2026 at 1:31 AM

Kingyak

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Today's #Spooktober article @worldanvil.com: Memory Worms #CityofTenThousandDaggers #WorldAnvil #FantasyNoir #AppendixN #SwordAndSorcery #TTRPG #RPG #Q3E

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Memory Worms

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October 26, 2026 at 11:39 PM

Kingyak

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Here's The Stillguards' Guild, my #Spooktober entry for the "Still" prompt at @worldanvil.com. #CityofTenThousandDaggers #WorldAnvil #RPG #TTRPG #SwordAndSorcery #FantasyNoir #AppendixN #Q3E

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Stillguards' Guild

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October 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Anastas2002

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Some more #HeroForge for you all to enjoy. #RPG #TTRPG #RPGminis #Horror #Zombies #Barbarians #AppendixN

A masked undead horror that escaped from a facility conducting dark and horrific experiments. Its advanced state of decomposition is evident in its skeletal right arm and left leg. It still wears what's left of its restraints: a tattered strait jacket, restraining collar, and at mask with some sort of goggle apparatus. The cutting implement it wields was a dissection saw. Now it's a cruel and deadly weapon.

A zombie lunges at the viewer wearing a tattered plaid shirt and shredded denim jeans. In its hand is the broken femur of its last meal.

A dark-skinned outlander barbarian woman wearing a mail shirt, shoulder guards, and metal helmet. The spear she wields is the traditional weapon of her people called an Iklwa (IK-LWA). Though she has traveled far from her home, it has never left her possession. The metal bound round shield she carries is a gift from the man she now claims as her husband.

A bearded male outlander barbarian from more northern lands. He wears a metal helmet and mail shirt, studded leather bracers, and a cape made from the tanned hide of a great bear his tribe brought down. He delivered the killing blow. In his hands is a greatsword granted to him by the tribal chieftain that he might slay more such beasts. His wife carries a shield he gifted to her after her previous was shattered.

October 27, 2026 at 11:39 PM

V.K. Flinder 🐙

@vkflinder.bsky.social

I guess anyone who knows what an "Appendix N" is probably knows where it came from; it's a section in the original AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide where Gygax listed a bunch of D&D's fictional inspirations to help players/referees get the vibes right.

What's in your #AppendixN?

October 24, 2026 at 1:54 PM