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LONG-TIME JUNGLE VISITORS will remember Ken Lacy, aka “The Fabulous Orcboy,” who wrote several posts and contributed to many battle reports and campaigns under the old version of this site. Ken is a 40K veteran, a literal scholar, and a Continue reading The Fabulous Orcboy’s NovaCon 2023 Diary (Part 1)
I DON’T VISIT a lot of gaming websites, mostly because I’m extremely busy, what with a full-time day job, a second career as a sci-fi/fantasy novelist, a wife, two grown kids (who nevertheless sometimes need their old man to give Continue reading Beyond the Jungle: Grognardia
THIRD IN A SERIES of preliminary reports (Translated to Imperial Gothic from High Mahaduyanan) ++MEMORANDUM TO: [REDACTED], Ordo Astartes++ ++FROM: Inquisitor Varman Kumar++ ++DATE: 0451023.M42++ PER YOUR DIRECTIVE, I am conducting a multi-year investigation of the Adeptus Astartes Chapter known Continue reading The Fighting Tigers of Veda: Organization
THIS POST is part of a series describing the rule changes I’ve made for my current fantasy role-playing campaign. “Kilgore’s Dungeons & Dragons,” or “KD&D,” is a full-fledged variant of the 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game initially released Continue reading “KD&D” Part 4: Simpler & Better Fighters
TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE, Games Workshop has announced the release later this year of the 10th Edition of Warhammer 40K. For the last few weeks, GW has been releasing sneak peeks at 10e, and it looks really damn good. And Continue reading No Trust in 10th Edition
FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I’ve been undergoing chemotherapy for recurring bladder cancer. I was first diagnosed with it early last year, after I had been passing blood in my urine. I had surgery to remove a small tumor, followed Continue reading “The Show Must Go On”
IN THIS SERIES, we showcase armies used by your humble Jungle Guides. By detailing how the army was collected, how the background and color schemes were developed, and how the army is used on the battlefield, we hope that this Continue reading Armies of the Jungle: Yblis’ Centurions
I STARTED PLAYING Advanced Dungeons & Dungeons (in its first edition) in 1982, as a high school kid, and soon took over as the Dungeon Master for our little group when the regular DM quit. Far from feeling like I Continue reading “Silver” Can Be As Good As “Gold”
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE of Jungle Guide Patrick Eibel’s wife Marie (“Pippa,”) who passed away from a heart attack on January 14, 2023, at the age of 52. Pippa had been ill for some time, culminating in a stroke Continue reading the Jungle Loses One of Our Own
“KEEP YER BEADY eyeballz skinned!” Big Boss Nadzdrag bellowed. His boyz trudged along the cold desert plain, heads down, not because they were tired, but because their leader was looking for something. Many somethings, in fact. It had been several Continue reading A Grim, Dark Future for Auros IX