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Animal Rescue Site
Animal Rescue Site:
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com
Please take a moment to visit the Animal Rescue Site and
click on the big purple button. Every click
provides the site with funding to feed animals, and it
costs you nothing except three seconds of your time. 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 of all types,
including movie replicas.
Bud K Catalog:
http://budkww.com/
A seriously cool distributor of quality 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.
Crossed Swords:
http://xswords.com/
Along with pewter and other figurines, this company provides some
fine display weaponry.
Ravensmoon Replicas:
http://ravensmoon.com
This small company offers a respectable line of weapons, clothes,
and armor fit for the Renaissance Faire traveler.
Steele Arms:
http://www.steelearms.com/
Nice selection of replica and collector pieces, as well as blades
for actual use. Good prices, good quality, nice variety.
Swords and Armor:
http://www.swordsandarmor.com
In addition to some nice, affordable replicas of guns, bows, and
blades, this company offers armor suitable for SCA (Society for Creative
Anachronism).
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://www.fredfields.net/home.html
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.)
Illuminators' Guild:
http://www.illuminatorsguild.com/
Order a reasonably-priced custom portrait of your Player
Character! Review portraits done by artists listed on the site, choose the
artist you like best, and choose the style of portrait you want. (Now you can
see your beloved "Thragnor the Mighty" in person!)
L.A. Williams:
http://www.lawilliams.com/
Mr. Williams is a friendly artist whose work is well known to
fantasy buffs. Check out this page for your dragon and/ or fairie portrait
needs!
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/index.asp
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.
Joseph Pillsbury Official Site :
http://www.bogworld.com/adventures/med1.html
Joe Pillsbury was always one of my hands-down
favorite cartoonists in Dragon Magazine. This link takes you to a
medieval adventure story involving a little dinosaur named Bog.
Knights of the Dinner Table :
http://www.kenzerco.com/periodicals/kodt/index.php
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 :
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 at the Mt. Hope Estate
and Winery is 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.
Dragon Spirits :
http://www.dragonspirits.net/
This guy sculpts his own dragons by hand. They're WAY expensive, but
they're fantastic to see. (The photos on the website don't do justice to the
details of the art pieces; I've seen him designing them up close.)
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.)
Spellfire :
http://www.spellfire.net/index.shtml
A surprisingly current site dedicated to our beloved first CCG, Spellfire.
Although, sadly, we rarely play the card game now (sniff!), it will
always hold a special place in our hearts and card boxes.
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, BTRC only sells its games in PDF format.
Cheap, fun, and the owner lives in a dome. What more do you need to know?
BoardGames.com :
http://boardgames.com/
A buttload of your favorite boardgames, from strategy to trivia to adult fare
such as the Sip and Strip game. (And I can vouche personally for the
quality and response time of their customer service.)
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 own'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). His 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
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.
Planewalker.com:
http://planewalker.com/index.php
Lots of Planescape material.
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.
The Gamer's Attic:
http://www.gamersattic.com/
This is a useful online store where you can snarf up LOTS of gaming stuff for a
discounted price. Miniatures, books, paints, all sorts of glorious treasures for
your horde.
TSR Downloads :
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/downloads
This is on the WotC site, but this particular page allows you to download all
sorts of useful info for your games. Specifically, there's a wagonload of
ancient D&D 1st Ed. modules listed free for the snarfing! Go to it, DMs!
Miniatures & Painting
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://www.microtactix.com/newsite/dcmain.shtml
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!
Mystic Modular Dungeon Blocks :
http://www.voidgamers.com/
This site offers more 25mm 3-D dungeon terrain for miniatures gaming. The pieces
are inspired by (and closely resemble) other high-quality products on this link
list, so they look just as spectacular, but cost less! What do this guy's
pieces have to offer that the other sets don't?...Mushrooms, baby! Check
it out!
Ral Partha Publishing :
http://www.ralgames.com/
Formerly prominent in the metal miniatures field, Ral Partha now sticks mostly
to publishing rpgs. However, this site has links to many webpages devoted to the
art of painting miniatures, so it's worth a look. They also provide some free
game downloads.
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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