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1. Monster of the Week: The Devil Monkey
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Also Known As: The “Belt Road Booger” encountered by several people in Georgia in the 1970s was in all likelihood a devil monkey. The Nalusa Flaya of Choctaw legend bears a strong physical resemblance ...
2. Monster of the Week: The Hellhound
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Also Known As: Devil Dog, Demon Dog Description: Hellhounds look like large black mastiffs with red or yellow eyes. They have foul breath that is often described as smelling like rancid meat mixed with ...
3. Monster of the Week: The Ghoul
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... the less human it looks. A ghoul in the later stages of starvation will be extremely thin and pale, with veins clearly visible through the skin, and will have long, claw-like nails. Read More at ...
4. Putting Together A Gaming Group
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... it's possible to run a game with just two people (one player and one Game Master (GM)), most gamers prefer slightly larger groups. I personally like to have at least 3 players (plus a GM) for most games. ...
5. Monster of the Week: The Wampus Cat
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Also Known As: Ewah or Ew’ah (Cherokee). Description: The Wampus Cat is a demonic creature that looks like a bipedal mountain with large yellow eyes. BMA Classification: The Wampus Cat is listed ...
6. Monster of the Week: The Enfield Horror
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... report that its body is hairy. When threatened creature hisses “like a wildcat” Read more at The Death Cookie  ...
7. Archetype of the Week: The Noble Savage
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... beliefs.  A variation on the noble savage theme is the "Magical Negro" archetype, which includes characters like Uncle Remus, Bagger Vance, and numerous Morgan Freeman characters. Although the ...
8. Somewhere A Metalhead is Playing D&D and Weeping
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... feed: "Jeez. First Frazetta and now Dio. I feel like I should be involved with some kinda memorial D&D campaign or something."   Frank Frazetta started doing comic book art in the late 40s, ...
9. Archetype of the Week: The Warrior
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The warrior is a character who specializes in battle. Unlike swashbucklers, most warriors prefer to dispatch their enemies with ruthless efficiency and sound tactics rather than with flashy displays ...
10. A Six-Pack of Stagger Lee
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This article originally appeared in an old incarnation of The Death Cookie. Since Stag's hat is one of the items described in American Artifacts, this seemed like a good time to reprint it. If you're ...
11. Archetype of the Week: The Rookie
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The rookie is the new kid on the block who doesn't have a lot of experience. Unlike the hot shot, he also doesn't have an amazing knack for his line of work. He's just a regular guy starting his career. ...
12. The Rules: Robin Hood
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... Robin Hood but doesn't actually seem to be about Robin Hood. Don't get me wrong: I appreciate the fact that characters like Robin Hood change over time, but certain core aspects of the character need ...
13. QAGS Corner: The Price Isn't Right
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... Number is a failure), this makes it seem like the Number itself is import. It isn't, unless you're using the Lucky Break rules aned roll the Number exactly or fail and the Failure Degree is important. ...
...  citizens will actually remember that there's a primary election. A few of them will even vote. Since I like to think that Goat Head Gumbo readers are politically active (we also like to think that Goat ...
15. Downdown After Dinner Promises Entertainment Without Troublemakers, Satan
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... event coordinator Paxton Stooge and asked him a few questions about what we can expect this summer. Kingyak: It seems to us that while DAD might be great for kids and senior citizens, it (like ...
16. The Funniest Shit You've Never Seen: God Edition
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... “Sex.” There are also pages related to specific topics, such as “What the Bible Says About Parenting,” which includes useful tips like “Disobedient children should be executed” (Exodus 21:15, among others) ...
17. World Building 101 Part 6: Son of Big Picture
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I said back in January that with the holidays over and done with, I’d get back to writing this column every month. Obviously, that didn’t work out quite like I’d planned. Never fear, though: In order ...
18. Schroeder-Khan (A Poem)
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... in the city coffers will be It seems like someone is screwing the taxpay’rs   And at the council, with kickback deals to be made, All dissent is at rest summarily laid. Whether from teacher, ...
19. Tea Parties: An Accurate Name?
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Here in America, we like to imagine that the founders of our nation were heroic idealists unaffected by greed or self-interest. We praise their revolutionary idea that all men are created equal while ...
20. Fratboy of the Week: The Big Man On Campus
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The big man on campus (BMOC) is a student who is known and liked (or at least envied) by just about everyone on campus, including members of the faculty and staff. The BMOC's popularity may be due ...
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