As time flows, individual posts become buried in the past. Some of my favorite and noteworthy here.
Publications:
- Fire in the Jungle. An rpg setting/module inspired by the Vietnam War, Pacific War, and other classic jungle portrayals.
- Across the Wide Dark Jungle. A “Mountain/Jungle Man Dragonhunters” setting/module inspired by the old west fur trade. See Rendezvous in the Jungle for a brief intro.
- Jungle Castle Rock Apocalypse This rpg setting/module is a mashup of bizarre post-apocalypse movies and the true accounts of resistance fighters in the Pacific during WW2. See The Blasted Jungle and 22 Questions for a brief intro.
- The Rise and Fall of Zamzer. Zine containing an homage module and several companion articles, including How to Scare Monsters
More supplemental rpg rules and subsystems:
- Making Jungle Travel Its Own Adventure. Outline of a system for spicing up expeditions into the jungle.
- Hunting in the Jungle. A system of pursuit and evasion in the jungle.
- The Bolo Man PC Class…a new way to interpret Thief skills and great Tarzan art.
- The Gorilla PC class…big chest thumping warriors.
Connecting and comparing classic fantasy pulps to old modules:
- Red Nails Influence in Dwellers of the Forbidden City? Howard’s Conan or ERB’s Tarzan?
- Comparing the new and old editions of Garden of the Plantmaster. Inspired by Garden of Adompha by Clark Ashton Smith.
- Isle of the Ape: Gary Gygax is your Drill Instructor. King Kong is your daddy.
A trilogy of posts about randomized tunnel and cave exploration:
- Ant Tunnel Exploration System
- Tunnels in the Jungle
- PHANTASY CAVE non-jungle revamp.
About fantasy and jungle movies:
- The Big List of 1980s Barbarian & Fantasy Movies
- The Most Interesting 1980s Fantasy Movies in the World
- The Most Interesting Trashy 80s Jungle Movies Made in the Philippines in the World
- Guide to Cirio’s Post-Apoc movies
- Guide to Cirio’s Nam movies
- Jungle in Fire and Ice…and butt comparison
Supplemental rules for Source of the Nile:
- I’ve Found Dr. Livingstone. Now What?
- Looting King Solomon’s Mines
- What Makes Them Special
- And Miss Sharp Finds Lost City! Maps the White Nile! Retires! The final installment of “The Cairo Confidential”, wherein I play a massive solo campaign of Source of the Nile.
Curations of jungle imagery:
Fire in the Jungle 