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Photo of an intact Roman two-handled translucent cobalt blue glass cup dated AD 30-70. The cup has a cylindrical body with vertical sides and two narrow strap handles attached to each side as ear-shaped loops. The cup is mould-blown with relief decoration on the body which incorporates two inscriptions in Greek, one on each side of the cup. One side reads ‘ENNIWN/ENOIH/CEN’ (‘Ennion made [it]'). The other side reads ‘MNHOH/O AOPA/ZNW translated as ‘May the buyer be remembered’. Dimensions: Height 2½ in. (6.4 cm), diameter (rim): 3% in. (9.5 cm) Collection Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria, Italy. Incredibly this is one of two matching cups blown from the same mould, found together in a Roman tomb at Cuora, near Adria, Italy, in the early 1900s. The matching cup is now part of the collections at the Corning Museum of Glass

Exquisite Roman glass cup signed by master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. AD 30-70.

Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone

#Archaeology

@helpmeskeletor a day ago Lol an archaeology website had a Al write an article on the scimitar and they accidentally scraped a Dungeons and Dragons description. Known to Europeans as the scimitar, the shamshir is the quintessential long sword of the horsemen of Persia (Iran), Moghul India, and Arabia. It scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for high-dexterity characters who can excel at slashing attacks while spinning. A curved sword with a thin blade of ample length. Light of weight despite its larger size, its slicing attacks come in rapid succession. Such sabers were renowned for their sharpness and lethality.

Nerdy Wonderland: A Holiday Market Sunday, December 7 12:00 PM-6:00 PM Free Admission At the Lost Druid Brewery 2866 Washington Street Avondale Estates, GA 30002

If you're in the Atlanta area tomorrow, come out and see me and a bunch of other authors and creatives at the Nerdy Wonderland holiday market, and get gifts for all those nerds in your life! Dice! Books! Trinkets and treasures galore!

Sorry for the delay on another preview, holidays slowed things down some! However here is one more Fabled monster for @koboldpress.com Tales of the Valiant! Adult and Ancient Black Dragons! You can find this and the others on my patreon at patreon.com/DMDorga! #ttrpg #talesofthevaliant #dnd5e

Most people do like free.

Yeah, the D&D audience is bigger than the DaggerHeart audience overall, and it is not going away anytime soon.

I was mildly surprised to see DH poll that way among Kobold Press fans.

I could see that, given the ToV crowd is made up of some percentage willing to try other games. I’ll say this, I both love other RPGs and see thousands of new D&D players each year when I run D&D events at PAX-W and ECCC.

Several hundred votes in this poll, which should be taken with a massive grain of salt.

Results are that people who answer a Kobold Press poll love high fantasy, dark fantasy/horror, and the Midgard and Labyrinth worlds.

More surprisingly: they love DaggerHeart more than they love D&D 2024.

There are wolves inside of you, wild and free.
There's also a grizzled raccoon who's seen too much, a wine drunk lynx with late night ennui, and a sleepy little squirrel who often feels the weight of the world.

A drawing of the two sides of the Tune runestone, showing its four lines of a runic inscription

It's a great word fact that English 'lord' comes from a compound meaning 'bread guard', which fused into one word: Old English hlāford.

There's evidence from Norway that the concept was an old one, as the Tune runestone (c. 400 AD) mentions the role of "witadahalaiban" – 'the one watching bread'.

I mean, Dungeon Crawler Carl is sort of this, in the form of a hilarious and silly novel. The frame is that it is all a game show…

A drawing of an anthropomorphic mushroom guy who also looks undead

A very old (2007?) drawing of a deathcap myconid drawn for a @koboldpress.com book. 🍄

Would like to try my hand at more realistic fantasy work again in the new year...

Yeah, I think was for the Empire of the Ghouls Pathfinder edition. Or the Midgard Bestiary around then?

On the @koboldpress.com blog @wolfgangbaur.bsky.social is polling the #TTRPG community on what KP should work on next. I wanted to elaborate on what I chose and a little on what I didn't choose.
- #ToV & D&D #5e - I really like KP's take on 5e with ToV and would like to see them continue to grow it

I can get you some pictures of a wall-crawling menace if you want them! Just going to need one of those Kobold PRESS badges 📰

I don’t want to say that my job is the same as J Jonah Jameson’s job, but sometimes…

Beyond the World's Edge - Schwalb Entertainment | Shadow of the Demon Lord | DriveThruRPG Go Beyond the Edge of the World! What’s beyond the Auroral Ocean? Where did the human conquerors come from? Is there anything north of the Desolation? What awaits those who set sail across the Nyxian?...

Hey! Beyond the World's Edge is the Deal of the Day on @drivethrurpg.com!

Every title and every map is on sale for Cyber Monday.

I call my fists Strunk and White because they have the elements of style.

The Kobold Shop is 25% off here:

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💻 CYBER MONDAY💥Enjoy 25% off our ENTIRE VTT collection across every platform! Dozens of titles and hundreds of spells, player options, monsters, and adventures are on Shard, Fantasy Grounds, Foundry, Roll20, and more! Expand your digital tabletop with 25% off all things virtual on the KoboldStore!

While eating delicious eels caught in the marshlands, one supposes.

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Bald eagle
Gyrfalcon
Hummingbird
Nightjar
Osprey

Heathrow, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Dubai

A 400-year-old kung fu-fighting monkey is finally having his American moment The Monkey King, a rebellious 16th-century Chinese superhero, is finally breaking into the U.S. through Netflix films, blockbuster video games, and a sold-out San Francisco Opera production.

The Monkey King, a rebellious 16th-century Chinese superhero, is finally breaking into the U.S. through Netflix films, blockbuster video games, and a sold-out San Francisco Opera production. n.pr/4rov9hl

Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2025 Tabletop Gaming Deals - The Gaming Gang Here are just a few of the Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2025 board game, miniature, and TTRPG deals you'll find this week.

These links might come in handy for you today and over this weekend! With new deals from our friends at @chaosium.bsky.social @montecookgames.com and more just added to the listing this morn. #TTRPGs #TabletopGaming #BoardGames #BlackFriday2025 thegaminggang.com/save-money-o...

Also maple syrup!

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I was very lucky—I saw him at the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington state. Beautiful outdoor venue on a summer night.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:

• David Bowie
• Taj Mahal
• The Pixies
• Robyn Hitchcock
• Billy Bragg

A dwarf scavenger dressed in a wild mix of mismatched armor and gear is using a small pick-axe to break some armor plates from a rusty, old, fallen iron golem.

Scavenger, done for Monster Vault 2 by @koboldpress.com .
© Kobold Press
Acrylics on 300g bristol paper, 325 x 250mm.
Original is available for 200€

#dnd #talesofthevaliant #TOV #scavenger #dwarf #irongolem #adventurer #fantasy #RPG #fantasyart #art #acrylic #painting #originalart #artist