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Release the Kraken! A Monstrous Lexicon Giveaway!

To celebrate the release of the Monstrous Lexicon I am giving away a kraken miniature! One of my favorite monsters in the Monstrous Lexicon is the Oceanic Leviathan which this amazing miniature can be used to represent! So without further interruption, RELEASE THE KRAKEN! Errrrr or LEVIATHAN! For each of the steps completed below, you will […]

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The Monstrous Lexicon has Arrived!

After almost a year of writing, testing, and editing the Monstrous Lexicon has been unleashed!  In just the first week the Lexicon broke the top 100 best selling gaming books.  Even better, the feedback we are getting has been amazing receiving multiple five star reviews.   The Monstrous Lexicon is a collection of 71 original monsters […]

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Days of Blight Book 1 is Now in Print!

Days of Blight, the best selling 5E horror adventure, is now available in soft cover on the DM’s Guild!  With new art and a new format, Days of Blight has never been better.  Rob from Passion Four Drawing and Rachael Allen have provided amazing illustrations to truly bring the horror to life!  Days of Blight Book […]

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Days of Blight gets a Facelift and the Monstrous Lexicon Draws Near

Hello friends! The Pickled Dragon has been in the midst of a whirlwind of activity. We collaborated with the Architects of Destruction, writing the Lost Tomb of Lord Longcloud to support the Rampage Kickstarter. Working with artists, Rob Shaffer and Rachael Allen, we have been working to give the Days of Blight series an artistic […]

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The Temple of Orcus Giveaway Results and more from the Monstrous Lexicon!

August has been one heck of a busy month so I won’t waste any time!  Congratulations to Wicked Smart Dragon on winning the Temple of Orcus.  I hope you have many hours of mayhem and carnage in its unhallowed halls!     This week the Arcane Library and I unveiled another beastie from the Monstrous […]

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The Monstrous Lexicon and more giveaways!!

The last several weeks have been absolutely insane.  I have multiple projects in the works (Days of Blight 3, Collaboration with The Architects of Destruction, and prep for upcoming cons) but The Monstrous Lexicon is where most of my attention has been focused.  We are starting to get some art back for the monster manual […]

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Gaming with Joe Manganiello

A little over a year ago, Joe reached out to me when he saw that I was preparing a piracy themed D&D campaign where any alignment would be allowed.  He was intrigued and expressed his fondness for dirty no good evil doers.  We have been talking ever since. Fast forward to Gary Con X, Joe […]

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The Long Overdue Stream of Many Eyes Post!

Now that I am back from New Orleans, I have a quick moment to reflect on this whirlwind month!  Ugh!  Where to even begin?! I arrived on Thursday and spent the day with Architects of Destruction honcho, Jamison Valerio.  He was kind enough to show me the lay of the Los Angeles land and brought […]

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Catching Up: Tavern of Heroes, Castle Ravenloft Giveaway, and more!

I have just returned from the Stream of Many Eyes (much more on that in my next post!) which has consumed all of my time for the last week.  Before I can share the good times had at the Stream I need to catch you guys up on a few things.   First of all, I […]

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5e Rappan Athuk is Coming!

While at Gary Con, I had the privilege of playing an OD&D version of Rappan Athuk dungeon mastered by none other than Skeeter Green.  As I watched my fellow adventurers be devoured by the dungeon of graves, I learned that Frog God Games had a Kickstarter to launch Rappan Athuk for D&D 5e.  As a […]

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