Alex KeaneStarting Pirates of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Got through the frame chapter so far.
So our hero is telepathic Elon Musk? Wonderful...
As I do a read through of the various appendices of inspirational reading from various RPGs, it's interesting to note which books hold up compared to modern books. Or how some ideas stick with us.
Like one vignette from The Dying Earth by Jack Vance has color-coded people of opposing religions forced by a tyrannical wizard to just not see or acknowledge one another, except when one side attempts to gain both halves of a tablet that will impart knowledge. And... yeah.
Alex KeaneExperiences So Far Reading the Appendices
Back in January, I got an idea, inspired both by others doing the same and my own attempts the last couple years to read classics from my favorite genres, to read through titles from AD&D's Appendix N. I sat down wI ith the list and copied it as a checklist into a pocket notebook I'd picked up on a whim. Moleskine pocket notebooks haven't been the best with my wetter pens, but the size factor is great for carrying everywhere I had already started using my pocket notebook to plan a session […]https://alexanderkeane.com/2026/03/22/experiences-so-far-reading-the-appendices/
Timothy S. BrannanThe Witches of Appendix N : Michael Moorcock
Michael Moorcock is easily one of the biggest influences on Dungeons & Dragons. Certainly, his contributions rival those of Howard or Tolkien in shaping the structure of the D&D multiverse. Indeed, one can barely talk about the Multiverse of D&D without invoking Moorcock.
But how do his witches fare?
#AppendixN #dnd #witches
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2026/03/the-witches-of-appendix-n-michael.html
Michael Moorcock is easily one of the biggest influences on Dungeons & Dragons. Certainly, his contributions rival those of Howard or Tolkien in shaping the structure of the D&D multiverse. Indeed, one can barely talk about the Multiverse of D&D without invoking Moorcock.
But how do his witches fare?
#AppendixN #dnd #witches
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2026/03/the-witches-of-appendix-n-michael.html
Dolmenwood does some extra focus, looking at certain Lord Dunsany texts that are in Appendices N, 3, and E, and then narrowly adding modern texts like Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and Stardust to the focused list.
Sort of like Cyberpunk Red does with its Bibliography, ignoring general adventure books in favor of seminal Cyberpunk stories like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Neuromancer, and Snow Crash.
I've made some reading lists from AD&D Appendix N, 5e's Appendix E, and some other games.
Based on a post from Grognardia (https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-original-dungeon-delver.html?m=0), I've started my delve into the inspirational media of D&D with The Moon Pool by A. Merritt, written in 1919.
It begins with a classic D&D scene, a group faced with a door that will not open and puzzling how to make it do so. And then when the door does open...
Liking Merritt's immersive description so far.
PeterNew Sword & Sorcery fiction mag. incoming.
I like the title. Cool callback.
#Sword&Sorcery #fiction #AppendixN
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Get Ready for Swords Against! ...
Get Ready for Swords Against! ...
Strange QuarkI HAVE FINISHED THE TEXT OF RETURN OF THE RIPPER!
I started #writing on 28 August 2023, so it's teken me over two years. It's over 140 pages, about 100,000 words.
The last part was #AppendixN on Inspirational Sources, which runs to 8 pages. Illustrator Oscar Zárate was kind enough to grant me permission to reprint his drawing for an article on Nicholas Hawksmoor that's in the bibliography.
Witches of Appendix N: John Bellairs
There is only one entry for John Bellairs in Gygax's Appendix N; 1969's The Face in the Frost. And even my Gary's own recounting it didn't influence D&D very much. But he said it could have.
#adnd #appendixn #witch
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2025/10/witches-of-appendix-n-john-bellairs.html
There is only one entry for John Bellairs in Gygax's Appendix N; 1969's The Face in the Frost. And even my Gary's own recounting it didn't influence D&D very much. But he said it could have.
#adnd #appendixn #witch
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2025/10/witches-of-appendix-n-john-bellairs.html
Witches of Appendix N: Poul Anderson
It is the start of October, and time for another foundational author for D&D from Gary's Appendix N. As always with this feature, I am focusing on the witches presented in these tales.
#AppendixN #ttrpg #ADnD #witch
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2025/10/witches-of-appendix-n-poul-anderson.html
It is the start of October, and time for another foundational author for D&D from Gary's Appendix N. As always with this feature, I am focusing on the witches presented in these tales.
#AppendixN #ttrpg #ADnD #witch
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2025/10/witches-of-appendix-n-poul-anderson.html
