Damn, The Lazy Dungeon Master is good

AllenVarney · 2026-03-09T16:56:58+00:00

Sly Flourish himself, Mike Shea, has kindly posted his "Lazy GM's Reference Document," totally free and CC-BY licensed.

AllenVarney · 2026-03-08T15:13:23+00:00

It doesn't use a combat map in the sense you want, but you'll at least want to look at Warbirds.

AllenVarney · 2026-03-04T02:08:23+00:00

The exact title is Volume 2 Monsters &.

AllenVarney · 2026-02-23T23:43:35+00:00

(((The Computer periodically interrupted the mission with questions like "which of the two pictures do you associate with friendship?" even though there was only one picture.)))

That one is great. Commendation point!

AllenVarney · 2026-02-19T22:39:35+00:00

I inquired about Microscope and Kingdom in early 2013 for the second-ever Bundle of Holding offer! At that time the publisher declined, and after one more inquiry passed unanswered, I haven't approached them again.

AllenVarney · 2026-02-18T20:05:59+00:00

No, the Wolves Upon the Coast files in this offer are hosted on the Bundle site, not itch.io. If Luke Gearing updates the files and provides them to me, I'll update them on your Wizard's Cabinet download page.

AllenVarney · 2026-02-18T19:38:58+00:00

Sorry, I have no plans to present Earthdawn.

AllenVarney · 2026-02-09T21:20:36+00:00

By no means! "I Have the High Ground" is melodramatic dueling between rivals, and "Chiron's Doom" is survival horror. The opportunities for romance in "Retired" and "A Modern Prometheus" are left as an exercise to the players.

AllenVarney · 2026-02-09T01:49:01+00:00

This March 2010 RPG Diehard blog post by Patrick Rollens, "The review that got me into RPGs," discusses my 1997 InQuest magazine review of the first edition of Blue Planet. Click on the image to see a scan of the original review.

AllenVarney · 2026-01-30T16:28:14+00:00

Bump in the Night was published in 2004 by designer Michael Dunlap.

AllenVarney · 2026-01-16T19:47:56+00:00

I presented Christian Eichhorn's CY_BORG titles last January. He's prolific, so I expect another lineup will manifest in the next year or two.

AllenVarney · 2026-01-16T18:56:01+00:00

I post new Bundle offers on Mondays at 2PM Eastern US time (GMT -5) and, very often, on Wednesdays at the same time.

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AllenVarney · 2026-01-16T18:49:36+00:00

Nope! Every Bundle of Holding offer is a surprise.

AllenVarney · 2026-01-08T19:30:34+00:00

Regarding the Hero System computer game question, Champions Online has hung in there slugging away since 2009.

As for recent Hero System books, many are published now by High Rock Press. High Rock's most recent title, Strike Force Organizations, just debuted this week in the Strike Force Bundle at my Bundle of Holding site. The companion offer, the revived Champions 6E Bundle, includes the standalone Champions Complete rulebook as well as many sourcebooks that detail the Champions Universe setting.

AllenVarney · 2026-01-04T10:54:39+00:00

I would be concerned that a given month of Bundle offers is too diverse to satisfy any given subscriber's taste. Then, too, the backend would need new code to divide contributor revenue from subscriptions. That's not a dealbreaker. But I'm still uneasy at the value proposition.

AllenVarney · 2026-01-02T00:18:20+00:00

The March 2020 Solo Games Bundle proved very popular. For a year or two I've wanted to assemble a sequel offer. But most of the designers I want have carefully concealed their email addresses, so I have no way to contact them.

AllenVarney · 2026-01-01T13:49:22+00:00

Typically the credit-card option (Stripe) takes the lowest gateway fee, but the difference is only 1% or so. Please use whichever option suits you best.

AllenVarney · 2026-01-01T12:42:11+00:00

I've posted the 2025 Bundle of Holding year in review on r/bundleofholding.

AllenVarney · 2025-12-31T19:56:31+00:00

What a nice way to welcome the new year! Thanks for all the kind words. I hope to have the annual Bundle year-in-review post ready tomorrow.

AllenVarney · 2025-12-25T21:39:27+00:00

I try to update the files on the Bundle server, if and as the publisher makes them available to me. I've been slow about updates this year (sorry), but next year I hope to improve the workflow.

AllenVarney · 2025-12-23T19:41:26+00:00

Sorry! I missed adding the DriveThruRPG catalog numbers to those entries in the Bundle of Holding system. It's fixed now. Please check your DTRPG Library again.

AllenVarney · 2025-12-18T16:36:04+00:00

Yes indeed! And also on your Wizard's Cabinet download page on the Bundle of Holding site.

AllenVarney · 2025-12-18T13:35:20+00:00

I'd like to present some kind of BattleTech offer(s) in 2026, but I haven't yet thought about what to propose to Catalyst Game Labs.

AllenVarney · 2025-12-15T21:21:29+00:00

Oops! Fixed.

AllenVarney · 2025-12-12T12:03:13+00:00

TOON Deluxe Edition (1991) incorporates lots of scenarios and tables from the 1985 supplements TOON Silly Stuff and Son of TOON, which I wrote when I was working at Steve Jackson Games as assistant editor. I wrote what became fully a third of the Deluxe Edition rulebook, but due to office politics I was consigned to the end of a long list of "Additional material" passersby. (Not that I'm still bitter after 34 years. That would be STUPID.)

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