Musing and articles from Peter Amthor. Usually of a role playing game influence but I do drift into other directions occasionally. You can also find me on Mastodon at dice.camp/@peteramthor. Comments and constructive criticism welcome. Also this blog is best viewed on a desktop or wide screen tablet.
I do so love 80's and early 90's TTRPGs. Everything about them just hooks me and reels all my attention in. Just look at this hit location chart, overly detailed to say the least. Not as bad as, say, Phoenix Command but it's still pretty over done. Even has a second chart for when the target only has their upper body exposed.
For those wondering this one is from the original RECON game released in 1982 from Role Playing Games Inc.
So you want to buy a museum? One that's dedicated to the roleplaying game hobbies roots and where it's gone from there? Well look no further you can buy one right now! That's right the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum that some folks have been raving about (I mean twenty people or so...) is now up for sale!
All for the ultra affordable price of just five million dollars.
That's right I said five fucking million dollars.
LeNassa must be high if he thinks anyone will pay this. Probably still think WotC will buy it off of him just like he knew they were going to settle with him out of court with him being on the plus side. But the grifter has bills to pay, like lots and lots of legal bills. Along with a lot more legal bills coming. Not five million worth but he's just trying to get enough so he can not do anything for the rest of life.
I would say some of this would probably go to help pay for the medical expenses of Ernie Gygax but I highly doubt that. LeNassa would vanish into the night just as soon as the money hit his bank account.
So here is the full real estate listing for the property:
https://www.atproperties.com/1857630/723-williams-st-lake-geneva-wisconsin-53147-swi
There is a nice gallery to look through. The place doesn't look to bad. The big TSR in the tiles of the driveway are a neat touch. All in all pretty damned sweet. Not 5 million dollars of sweet though.
What I would like point out is that at the end of the gallery is the membership rates for sponsoring the place. Along with all the benefits endowed to the people who pay. Which means one would likely still have to honor all of those folks if you were to buy this turkey... I mean, buy this museum and try to keep it open just as it was. You would get none of what they have paid in, that's already in the black hole that is LaNassa's wallet, and you would have to give folks free drinks, coffee, donuts, food and all sorts of other things.
What the hell really?
Hopefully nobody is suckered into buying this place.
Various folks from the UK deep in the hobby circles have reported that Russ Nicholson has passed away. I don't have any details yet as to what happened. He has been one of my favorite black and white artists ever since I saw his stuff in "The Warlock of Firetop Mountain" so many years ago. While over here on this side of the big pond it was harder to find his stuff I still tracked down what I could.
He will be missed. Another great has left us.
If I get more information I will either update this post or make a new one depending on how much comes along.
EDIT: It's been confirmed by UK gaming legend Ian Livingstone over on his Facebook page.
Something new I learned today. Cuneiform was made with the corner of a single cuboid tool.
