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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 01/10/2026

Good morning, BlueSky - it's Dave Arneson Day! 79 years ago the co-creator and perhaps spiritual originator of modern role-playing games was born. His Blackmoor game was not only the spark that turned Gygax's Chainmail into something more, it was also an official D&D element. Happy Arneson Day!

Dave Arneson in a black shirt holding a blue dragon figure perched on his shoulder. He has a beard and a black hat.

The cover of Dungeons & Dragons Book V: Blackmoor. It shows a fantastic castle revealed beyond some rocks.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 30/09/2026

"An uneasy peace." ZSF fan art #workdoodle on a notepad with sharpie and a rollerball pen and a white industrial paint marker, after the one and only great himself, @jvwest.bsky.social 😅

Two space ships - a sleek fighter and a bulky pirate vessel bristling with weapons - face off over a tiny rock with an outhouse and a sign saying LAST STOP 30 LIGHT YEARS

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 22/09/2026

The sequel is upon us! I adore this movie. It is perfect and cannot be improved upon except for with a time machine to make more Evil Dead movies. This will be a great evening of film once more!

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 21/09/2026

My notes app background is black so this looked normal-ish when I doodled it there. Now that it's exported it's horrible. Yellow on white?!

Drawing of an opossum reaching up for a donut. Yellow digital art.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 21/09/2026

Back at it again, this time to watch one of the greatest movies of all time, a film so amazing it retroactively justifies the invention of film and cameras. One of the most sparkling jewels in all of creation: EVIL DEAD 2

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 19/09/2026

The fearsome langobards themselves?! 😰

Map of Lombard invasion and resettlement of Italy ca 600ad

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 14/09/2026

Time for tonight's summerween horror film: 1989's INTRUDER, which features cameos by Sam and Ted Raimi and the incomparable Bruce Campbell, one of my all-time favorite dudes. This one I remember pretty well, I feel like I thought this was actually kinda underrated/underappreciated. We'll see!

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 13/09/2026

Tonight we cap off the Return of the Living Dead series because I am not subjecting her or myself to 4 and 5 (again; I made the mistake of watching them when they came out and I don't feel like I'll do so again 😅)

The title card for RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 12/09/2026

Tonight's wonderful foray into horror films is Return of the Living Dead Part II! Back to some good stuff. 😊

Title screen for return of the living dead part 2

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 10/09/2026

After a few construction-filled days off from the summerween (and a few more days off for rest after the construction, because I'm old) we are back at it with the sequel to Night of the Demons!

The title card to the Night of the Demons 2

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 08/09/2026

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills because the whole of comics fandom seems obsessed with Absolute Batman (and hats off to the creators and fans, truly!) but it holds no real appeal to me? I've dabbled a bit but it hasn't grabbed me. Happy for its success, but feeling confused anyway 😅

Cover to absolute batman #1, showing a super buff batman posing in front of a window that leads out to a cityscape wrapped in an orange-haze

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 06/09/2026

I have a small square from an estate sale which is too thin to properly bite the edge of my drawing table. So I cut & glued some scrap fiberboard fairly flush to it. A little bit of fine tuning will keep it square. It has a bit of an inset hollow, so of course I had to fill it with a lil guy... 😊

An artist's square, clear plastic, with a wood reinforcement glued on the end.

A close-up of the wood glued on the end of the clear plastic artist's square, showing the inset possum doodle.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 06/09/2026

Of course! A wonderful reward. We also got to collect a prize basket we won at the last fundraising event we went to - we often win by buying a stupid number of tickets to support the rescue 😅

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 05/09/2026

In between the construction work I have found minutes here and there (as paint dries...) to finish up my project for cataloging my nibs! I made these cards, each with a reinforcement around the hole, and wrote with each of my nib types. Then I recorded my notes, their age (new/vtg), and shape.

A paper card on a metal ring with details of a dip pen nib (A J Barbaro No. 7). It sits on a writing table with pens and other items in the background.

A paper card on a metal ring, further down the bunch, with details of a dip pen nib (Gillott No 303 Extra Fine). It sits on a writing table with pens and other items in the background.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 05/09/2026

All minimalist cartoon styles feel exceedingly corporate/govt at this point. It feels like I am being recorded while looking, and it will be used against me by HR/KGB. It's not really fair to artists who happen to have overlap with their natural style/vision but nonetheless I recoil & distrust it.

A collage of minimalist cartoon styles titled BIG TECH CORPORATE ART STYLE

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 31/08/2026

Tonight's film - summerween continues! This time it's a "classic" (for a generous definition of the word) C-grade horror flick I first saw in high school, sometime around it's 15th anniversary. Hopefully my lovely wife enjoys it, because I'm a fan (for a certain generous definition of that word). 😅

The title card for Night of the Demons, showing scary swirling clouds over a haunted house on a hill

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 31/08/2026

Just got back from an event at the wonderful second-hand craft shop my wife and I frequent. Had to make 8+ artist trading cards in three hours and share them with the others doing the same. We had fun and the folks were so nice! These are the ones I made. They're out there in the wild now! 😊

An assortment of five artist trading cards. One is the bride of Frankenstein sipping a drink. One is a jack o lantern with sunglasses. One is a coffin full of ice and drinks, like a cooler. One is a witch in a bikini with a drink in one hand and a broom in the other. One is a skull on the beach with an orange child shovel, wearing sunglasses

An assortment of five artist trading cards. One is a "Frankenweenie", a hotdog made of stitched up meat with bolts sticking out of it. One is an "ice scream truck", it is orange and has a skeletal worker with a pink paleta. One is a tombstone but instead of RIP it says 103 Fahrenheit. One is a possum vampire dressed like Dracula. One is a watermelon jack-o-lantern saying happy summer.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 30/08/2026

Forgot to photograph last night's movie, but it was Cheerleader Camp and it was bad. Scenes were disjointed, especially the main character doing stuff that made no sense. Most characters did, tbh. We figured out the twist right away but had to wait 90min for the movie to get there.

Cheerleader Camp theatrical poster, showing a cheerleader cheering with a skull instead of a face, while chaos erupts in the background. The taglie says GIVE ME A K, GIVE ME AN I, GIVE ME AN L, GIVE ME AN L like a cheer.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 28/08/2026

Tonight we are watching the 4th Jason flick. This subtitle is obviously fraudulent since I think they made 8 or 9 Jason movies after this one, but I suspect this will be the last Friday the 13th of our 2026 Summerween viewings. Maybe we'll get to 5-12 next year. Onto other titles after this!

The title card for FRIDAY THE 13TH 4: THE FINAL CHAPTER

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 26/08/2026

Why break a good run? Onto the third chapter of our plucky hero Jason Voorhees. (Did I forget to post about today's new blog post? Yes. Did I forget to post this? No. Priorities.)

The title card for Friday the 13th Part 3

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 25/08/2026

The sequel is upon us! Friday the 13th was a winner in my wife's book, though she was mad about the killer's identity after hearing about Jason for so many years 😅 We'll see how she likes Part 2.

The title card for FRIDAY THE 13TH PART II

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 24/08/2026

Back on the grind of summerween Forgot to photograph a few from last week but we're on the right path now with this classic.

Title card for Friday the 13th with a shattering glass effect

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 23/08/2026

Behold my greatest treasure. I found him at an estate sale today.

A coffee mug shaped like a frog with a purple wizard cap.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 22/08/2026

Testing some new brush pens on scrap paper at the desk. Both are stiffer and pointy and their flexible line character is minimal, they're like less expressive Tombows kind of. Hard to say, since I'm so new to brush pens. But some cute lil guys anyway! 😊

A black & white doodle of a possum with a knightly helm and sword standing upright. He is happy. Caption says SIR POSSUM, THE KNIGHT OF THE KURETAKE ZIG MANGAKA FINE FLEXIBLE LINER BRUSH Pen.

A black and white pen doodle of a happy possum trotting along with a friendly face and a curled tail. Caption says HAPPY WRITECH "CLICTEK" LINER BRUSH PEN OPOSSUM

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 20/08/2026

Sir Daddy, erm, Sir Brom is a wizened night past his prime and afraid of retirement, looking for a final great deed to die in pursuit of. You can meet him and his quests on my blog for the 14th day of #RPGaDay2026 - Regard. dungeonsandpossums.com/2026/08/rpga...

A handsome aged knight in blue armor with gold trim. He has dark salt & pepper hair and a bushy mustache. He stands before a pomegranate sunset.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 20/08/2026

And if you missed the 16th day of #RPGaDay2026 it might be time to check out some magic shields on my blog! dungeonsandpossums.com/2026/08/rpga...

Five shields on a white background. First is rectangular and tall, with a stretched orange hide and a painting of a dragon skull pierced by three spears. Second is an inverted tear drop shape with a masoned field of grey and a pink and pale blue wearing virginal femme figure central. Third is a shiny disc with reflective dome boss. Fourth is a large oval shape of a tusked and horned monstrous face. Fifth is an assortment of bones and jaws tied together with wire, and a surface of human skin stretched tight across it; a sigil of a nail through a skull is painted on it in orange-red pigment.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 20/08/2026

If you missed it, now is a good time to check out #RPGaDay2026 number 17: Intensity! dungeonsandpossums.com/2026/08/rpga...

A room with dirt floor and wood plank walls decorated with shields and weapons. A jug of noxious poison tips off a falling pedestal. A red stone altar to Maglubiyet spews flames into the room. A chandelier swings through the scene. In the background, shadowy reinforcements begin to arrive...

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 17/08/2026

Stopped by Daiso today for a drawer organizer for my wife. Happened to find 6oz of sumi ink for $2, a watercolor brush, and a double-ended brush marker as well. Cant argue for $7 total! The ink is a shockingly good buy. The watercolor brush pen is okay, bristles are not great. The marker is lame.

6oz bottle of Daiso art grade sumi ink on a sketchbook page with a small stainless steel saucer of ink next to it. In the background, some notes and a Corsair mechanical keyboard with red illumination.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 16/08/2026

Back on the grind! Tonight's dark and sordid film affair:

The title card for 80s b movie horror flick 976 EVIL

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 15/08/2026

Scribbling on cardstock to test pens and the paper's response to various inks, also Pokémon and channeling my inner @jvwest.bsky.social

A doodle on cardstock, many alcohol marker test swatches and a ditto and a poke all and some pikachus (including a concerned one) and a barbarian chick with a saber and battleaxe

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 15/08/2026

Whoops I forgot the post the gouache. Unopened brand new. This was $10 of the $100. Theft, I tell you, theft! 🫪

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 15/08/2026

We just got back from an estate sale. We got all of these brand new (tested) markers & pens, this cardstock, this flat file, and (not pictured) a couple dozen drawer organizer bins and other assorted bits for $100. A Minnie Mouse (not pictured) for a relative was $12 of that $100. Robbery. 🤩🎉

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 13/08/2026

Woke up to this winner on my blog post where I talk about the difficulty of squaring my love of Robert E Howard with his hatred of my people (Italians and immigrants, of which I am both) Obviously deleted as per the terms of use on my policies page, and because it's absolutely moronic. Racist twat.

A comment by "Tyr" on my blog reading as follows: Who’s to say we aren’t flawed now? People have been systematically brainwashed for the last 70 years with self-appointed “experts” thinking for them, instead of allowing them to think for themselves. Every other race on earth is extremely racist, and it’s only considered inappropriate when it’s whites who have preference. Self hating whites are the worst of the worst. And they aren’t aware of the Barbary slave trade which was larger and lasted longer than the transatlantic slave trade. Thomas Jefferson basically went to war because of it . Ah, you never heard of that have you? Well don’t worry Google has sanitized it down this memory hole you aforementioned. That’s right blacks had whites as slaves I made a lot of money on it called “white gold”. So get wrecked selective bigot.

A screenshot of the offender's partial email, reading "Anglosaxon" as part of the address

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 13/08/2026

And if you missed yesterday's #RPGaDay2026 post for the trait "Loss", I'd love to direct your attention to the RUINED KEEP OF BUCK TIMELY: Click the link to get the whole dungeon! dungeonsandpossums.com/2026/08/rpga...

Map of the RUINED KEEP OF BUCK TIMELY, a seven-room dungeon

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 13/08/2026

Tonight's film selection is another good one my wife has not had the chance to see. This one is a favorite of mine because back in the early 90s by lovely coincidence I had the comic book adaptation, which I read cover to cover a dozen times or more before I ever saw the movie!

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 11/08/2026

Tonight's spooky movie pick is a classic my wife has never seen. One of my favorites.

The title card for THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 10/08/2026

Lifelong idol of mine. In HS my teacher introduced me to his work & used the school's large-format printer to sneak me a poster-sized print of this MGS art. It stayed on my wall until a move years after HS. Probably up there about a decade by the end. Awesome to see he's still making amazing works.

Travis Charest Metal Gear Solid promo art showing solid snake and Meryl with guns flanked by the metal gear

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 09/08/2026

Yesterday I walked out of a sale with this. First of a future collection. This and the Mysteries of the Unknown series were mainstays of my childhood. I always approached it very skeptically even very young, but at the same time, I wanted it to be true. Happy to have found this guy, tho. 😊

A worn copy of MAN MYTH & MAGIC volume 2

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 09/08/2026

Bought a new old stock Brother HL-4150CDN color laser printer with toners for $30 today. This is the Zine Production Engine of Dungeons & Possums dot com, at last.

A photo of a Brother HL-4150CDN color laser printer with copies of my zine THE ALCHEMIST'S OUBLIETTE sitting on top. The printer is on the floor.

A screenshot showing listings of the same Brother HL-4150CDN for sale at prices like $333 and $410.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 09/08/2026

Tonight, freshly back from a fundraising event at the local wild animal rescue we visit and volunteer at (so I can befriend opossums), the spooky film is a known winner: The Blob, an 80s remake of the drive-in creature feature classic!

A scene from the 1980s remake of The Blob where Kevin Dillon visits Moss' garage for some sockets to repair his motorcycle. Moss is a handsome Black man in a mechanic's overalls set working on a snowmobile while Kevin Dillon's character is in black leather jacket with long brown hair

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 08/08/2026

Tonight's spooky summerween film selection:

The title card for SLEEPAWAY CAMP, being white text on an autumnal forest scene

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 07/08/2026

Tonight's spooky movie choice is Near Dark, one of the coolest vampire flicks of all time. Between this and The Lost Boys, I was a big fan of vampires back in the day. Definitely influenced my later interest in VtM.

A photo of a TV in a dark room. Near Dark is playing on the TV.

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 06/08/2026

Time for a classic. Halloween approaches, after all!

Title screen for the film NIGHT OF THE CREEPS

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 31/07/2026

New blog post coming soon, maybe even later this weekend... 🤔

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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 28/07/2026

OP is saying that, based on the actual primary sources for medieval clothing, a coif being untied is a Hard Pass, No Thank You; while a tied coif is Welcome and Good Indeed (as indicated by the helmeted knight waving off the untied coif, and approvingly gesturing toward the tied coif).

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