Stefan Poag - Pure Class!

I've made no secret of my admiration for Stefan Poag; I love his lurid artwork; I love Mines of Khunmar; I love his unabashed enthusiasm for gruesome, perverse and scatological subject matter; I love how he's kind of a dick (with a heart of gold) on his blog; I love Exquisite Corpses.

Anyways, when he first released Exquisite Corpses I immediately snagged the (temporarily) free PDF; my gaming group had a hardcopy as well. I had always meant to buy the print version, but like a chump there was always something else sucking up my $$.

Today I finally manned-up and bought a print copy from Lulu; afterwards I found the following message in my inbox:

"Thank you for your order. Your support is appreciated.
regards
stef"

Sure it's an automated message, but it's appreciated and is a testament to Stefan's character.

This beer and this bong rip are a toast to Stefan Poag, one of the finest gentlemen of the OSR!

Table for use with Exquisite Corpses

d% Table for use with Stefan Poag's Exquisite Corpses
01-04 A. Ape
05-08 B. Bird, Monster
09-12 C. Brain-Headed Alien (Bighead)
13-16 D. Bug-Man (Insectoid)
17-20 E. Bull-Man ("Taurian")
21-24 F. Centipede, Giant Monstrous
25-28 G. Cthuloid (Squid-head)
29-32 H. Cyclopskiapod (One-eyed Hopper)
33-36 I. Dracon (Dragon, Wyrm, etc.)
37-40 J. Fungoid (Shroomian)
41-44 K. Great Race
45-48 L. Horse-Headed Centaur ("Horse-Head")
49-52 M. Icthyoid (Fish-Man)
53-56 N. Leech-Man (Sucker)
57-58 O. Man (human)
59-62 P. Man-Bat
63-66 Q. Mutant
67-70 R. Pig-Man (El Puerco)
71-74 S. Robot
75-78 T. Tree Man
79-82 U. Rotting Corpse (Zombie)
83-86 V. Saurian (humanoid)
87-90 W. Snake, giant (Monster)
91-94 X. Tentacler (Monster)
95-98 Y. Two Headed Giant (Giant)
99-00 Z. Woman (human)

EXQUISITE CORPSES Now on Sale...Or A Free PDF!!?!?1

"...Damn, look at that, Crabman is hard on the ladies. I wonder if he's taking that one off to another part of their nightmare cave to make some lady nuggets..."

Stefan Poag's Hotly Anticipated Random Monster Generator Tool EXQUISITE CORPSES Now Available for $10 (dead tree version) or as a (temporarily) Free PDF!

Fuck yeah, Slugbats...Mind Flayers...Crabman boners! A great toolkit for DM creativity! Lots of fun gonzo artwork to goof off with! And that madman Stefan is temporarily offering it as a FREE PDF DOWNLOAD, what a fucking class-act this guy is!

As an aside, I've been doing almost NO WORK on the Planet Algol booklet. I though I was in the "finalizing" stage of this thing months ago, but than I kept on getting sidetracked. "Ohh...the encounter table section needs a robust, wide NPC generation system! Dang, the robust, detailed NPC Generation System is dependent upon completing the Magic Item and Technolgical Item section!" ..and so forth. I call this "The Hydra," as in that for every one section that I think I've finished two more sections demand to be designed! At the turn of the New Year I WAS READY TO PUBLISH THIS THING IN A MATTER OF WEEKS and than I keep on getting distracted by side-tracks and months later I'm out of steam.

I'm seriously considering abandoning my quixotic attempt at a "90% Perfect Sandbox Setting & Science Fantasy Resource," compiling what I have, giving it a once over spit-and-polish, throwing in some dungeons and cranking it out.

I do have all sorts of goofy Planet Algol-related ideas percolating, but I think we'll all be served better by me holding off on such things until I get the first booklet finished and published. There's no need to hold off on "Planet Algol 1 - The Iridium Plateau" due to me banging away at including comprehensive science fantasy basket-weaving rules....

Anyways, what I have been up to lately is listening to records. Here's a random table:

d12 What Blair Has Been Listening To Lately Random Table
1- The Plasmatics - Beyond the Valley of 1984
2- Kerasphorus - Cloven Hooves At The Holocaust Dawn
3- Nifelheim - Servants of Darkness
4- Inepsy - City Weapons
5- Procreation - Rebirth Into Evil
6- Katastrofialue - Tuskatakuu '94-'98
7- Nausea - The Punk Terrorist Anthology Vol.2
8- Detonize - Rat Dogs of War
9- Witchchrist - Curses of Annihilation
10- Martire - 12" EP
11-12 - Some kick-ass seventies soft rock on the radio...Summer Breeze!!1

Friday Night's Exquisite Corpse-Dungeon

As previously discussed, Friday night was spent having some drinks at Lester/B Portly's with Lester & Cameron. There was much discussion of dungeon design and the idea of doing an "Exquisite Corpse" dungeon map came up.

The above map was the product of such an exercise, the top section being Cameron's first ever dungeon map! We also did some round robin dungeon stocking, and we had a lot of fun. One of the goals was to show Cameron some dungeon design methods (we also hooked him up with some crucial dungeon design texts), hopefully he'll be DMing a dungeon soon and we're looking forward to some more boozy Friday night rpg collaboration efforts...such as finishing "Breeon's Exquisite Pit."

Still stoked on Punk...