The Fellowship of the Thing

The Fellowship of the Thing We grew up playing old-school games from the 70's like OD&D and Squad Leader. During filming we found some great stuff - stuff we are now bringing to you.

We love those games so much we made a film called "Secrets of Blackmoor" on the history of D&D.

04/15/2026

ArneCon 4 Special Guest: Matthew Tapp

Matthew Tapp is a Proto-D&D 3rd-wave OSR tabletop RPG game designer, writer, and YouTuber. He produced the Weird Science Fantasy TTRPG, Barrows & Borderlands, and has been writing/playing tabletop games for well over a decade.

He also runs a Massive Multiplayer Tabletop Roleplaying Game using his B&B-Game of Games mixed system that is connected to the same campaign he started in 2014. It currently has over 200+ players, and 10+ Referees that all run 5-30 Characters in a shared 1:1 open sandbox world. It boasts a multiversal setting that spans 10+ universes at this moment. Each player may bring in classes/races from almost any Classic Fantasy ttrpg and mix it in.

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03/23/2026

ArneCon 4 Special Guest: Jeffrey Talanian

Jeffrey Talanian is the publisher at North Wind Adventures and the creator of HYPERBOREA, a tabletop adventure game of swords, sorcery, and weird science-fantasy. HYPERBOREA is inspired by the pulp fiction of Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, and Clark Ashton Smith, with mechanics inspired by the works of E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Previously, Jeffrey coauthored Castle Zagyg, working closely with the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, E. Gary Gygax, until his passing in 2008. These days, Jeffrey lives in New Hampshire with his wife, children, and other creatures, and he’s always at work on the next HYPERBOREA project.

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October 9-11, 2026

02/12/2026

ArneCon 4 Special Guest: Richard Whitters!

Richard Whitters is a concept artist, art director, and world builder that has worked on D&D, Magic the Gathering, and with Larian Studios. He’s currently working on his own TTRPG project called Ruttigers with three of his oldest friends. Winston is their puppy mascot!

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02/03/2026

THE ALTERNATE MAGIC SYSTEM

We recorded a show that describes a way to use Magical Power as a Point System instead of the standard Spell Slots in the old game.

It is somewhat in a prototype stage. I also do not feel it needs to be used exactly as I describe it.

Feel free to alter what I am presenting and make it your own.

As I described things in the video I got a formula wrong because I tend to jumble things when I write. I must have had a dyslexia moment when I was prepping my show notes before we recorded. If I do not pay attention I will re-arrange letters in typed words too!

The correct equation is: Character Level + (Character Level * Magical Aptitude)

The video about the system is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1WZbwp5RXI

I think the options it provides can make Magic-user characters more interesting to play.

The use of Hit Points as exhaustion from spell casting makes them more vulnerable as they cast more spells.

The Desperate Sorcery rule also gives magical types a way to risk it all when low on magical power.

Because it is comparable to the old system it can also be used along with Vancian magic.

Those players who prefer the standard system can use that and players who want something more flexible, yet slightly more complex, can use this system in the same game session.

Thanks!

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