# check this out (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover check this out. Page: Feed: --- ## [Ex-RPGNet Review: Penumbra Backdrops](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53771/roleplaying-games/ex-rpgnet-review-penumbra-backdrops) _2026-08-21 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ If you actually run a D&D campaign, Backdrops is just the sort of crunchy goodness that the doctor ordered. If you’re looking for reading material, on the other hand, give this one a pass. Originally Published June 27th, 2002 CONTENTS The concept behind Penumbra’s Backdrops is simple: Provide professionally designed, ready-to-use maps and descriptions of \[…\] ## [Chaos Lorebook: The Assassins of Chaos](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53746/roleplaying-games/chaos-lorebook-the-assassins-of-chaos) _2026-08-17 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ Like an arrow drawn from its quiver, so were the carach sent forth from their towers of dread iron. And like arrows in flight, so are the carach in their pursuit – singular in their purpose, relentless in their aim, and methodical in their doom. To be carach-marked is to be carrion. Three blood-stained scrolls \[…\] ## [Check This Out – Eclipse Phase: Ego Hunter Resleeved](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53797/roleplaying-games/check-this-out-eclipse-phase-ego-hunter-resleeved) _2026-08-16 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ Ego Hunter is amazing one-shot scenario for the equally amazing Eclipse Phase roleplaying game: The PCs are all different forks (copies) of the same person who, upon returning home to be merged back into their alpha, discover that their alpha has instead been killed. I loved the adventure so much that I remixed it, creating prep notes \[…\] ## [Ex-RPGNet Review: GURPS Space (3rd Edition)](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53766/roleplaying-games/ex-rpgnet-review-gurps-space-3rd-edition) _2026-08-14 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ GURPS Space continues to be one of the best resources for a science fiction campaign in the industry today. Originally Published March 18th, 2002 CONTENTS The goal of GURPS Space is simple: To provide an authoritative resource and reference for any conceivable science fiction campaign set in the wide universe beyond Earth’s atmosphere. For a \[…\] ## [Random Worldbuilding – The Use Beyond Use](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53792/roleplaying-games/random-worldbuilding-the-use-beyond-use) _2026-08-13 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ This is the tomb of Strongbow, aka Earl Richard de Clare, in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. Richard was an English nobleman who, through a complicated series of treaties, wars, and arranged marriages, was instrumental in making the Kingdom of Leinster subject to the English King Henry II. This fascinating history – and the many \[…\] ## [What Does It Mean to Play Dungeon Crawler Carl?](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53789/roleplaying-games/what-does-it-mean-to-play-dungeon-crawler-carl) _2026-08-12 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ I recently finished listening to the Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks written by Matt Dinniman and performed by Jeff Hays. I then immediately went back to the beginning of Book 1 and began reading the whole thing over again from the beginning, something which I’ve only done on the rarest of occasions for individual books and \[…\] ## [After Action: Return to the Bloodwight Heist](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53784/site-news/after-action-return-to-the-bloodwight-heist) _2026-08-10 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ Alexandrite members of the Alexandrian Youtube Channel can check out the latest After Action Report: This one taking a look at what a sequel session in my Mothership open table looks like. Check It Out! ## [Chaos Lorebook: The Hand of Gellasatrac](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53743/roleplaying-games/chaos-lorebook-the-hand-of-gellasatrac) _2026-08-10 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ But before they slept, they committed one last act of divine betrayal. They fell upon one of their beloved named Gellasatrac, shredding him completely so that one future day their servants could feast upon his flesh and his blood and be changed. Gellasatrac’s ebon hand would bring blessed mutation and lovely transformation, granting those who \[…\] ## [Ex-RPGNet Review: Amazing Engine – Bughunters](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53759/roleplaying-games/ex-rpgnet-review-amazing-engine-bughunters) _2026-08-09 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ Bughunters can be mined for ideas, but – like most of TSR’s output in the ‘90s – is padded with too much fluff and empty space to present a truly high quality package. Originally Published March 16th, 2002 WHY BUGHUNTERS? Bughunters was a supplement for TSR’s Amazing Engine game – which hasn’t been in print \[…\] ## [Chaos Lorebook: The Shadow That Never Passes](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53741/roleplaying-games/chaos-lorebook-the-shadow-that-never-passes) _2026-08-09 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ Above all Those Who Slumber was the power of the One Who Was Born of Destruction, the Song Render, the Ender of Souls, the Dweller in Darkness. And among those who would speak his name, his name was Shallamoth Kindred – the act of desolation given life and mutilation given flesh. This volume is a \[…\] ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jhbAnGE9jYcj) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [Ex-RPGNet Review: A4 – In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53682/roleplaying-games/ex-rpgnet-review-a4-in-the-dungeons-of-the-slave-lord) _2026-07-31 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ The Slavers saga comes to an end with a whimper instead of a bang. Originally Published March 16th, 2002 This review builds on my reviews of A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity, A2: Secret of the Slavers Stockade, and A3: Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords. It’s probably a good idea to read \[…\] ## [Why Can’t Marvel or DC Sell Graphic Novels?](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53733/comics/why-cant-marvel-or-dc-sell-graphic-novels) _2026-07-30 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ It’s pretty well understood that over the last forty years, the sales of comic books in America have shifted inexorably from “floppy” pamphlets to graphic novel collections. To understand this shift, one must first know that it follows a thirty-year decline of comic book sales at newsstands as the medium became one of the last \[…\] ## [Chaos Lorebook: The Beast Without Shadow](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53645/roleplaying-games/chaos-lorebook-the-beast-without-shadow) _2026-07-27 · Justin Alexander · The Alexandrian_ Blood gushes fresh in the mouth. Blood beats in the vein. Blood pours from the wound. Blood roars through the brain. Blood flares in the scent. Blood thickens in death. Blood fills the throat. Blood cleanses the hunger. Blood burns. He is the personification of Rage. He is the Beast lurking in the heart of \[…\]