https://aportman.com/games/ 2026-04-29T21:32:52+00:00 https://aportman.com/games/ https://aportman.com/games/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=30_days_of_wonder&rev=1430928634&do=diff 30 Days of Wonder DM: Doc Cross <mailto:doccross@aol.com> My Two Characters [Barzel the Archer] on a character sheet. From the character generator. Barzel is a 2nd level human fighter. He specializes in the crossbow. His sword is strictly the backup. [Merkava Sholef] on a character sheet. From the character generator. text/html 2015-11-26T16:01:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=a_little_history&rev=1448553704&do=diff A Little History Burt, Jerome and I began playing D&D when I was in college. We played at Burt's house or the Park's college dorms. Other players have come and gone, but we have been playing since 1982. (Really?) We played games on Burt's Apple II. Not a Mac, an Apple. We played text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=backend_stuff&rev=1430928634&do=diff Backend Stuff The Readme file with all of the notes text/html 2022-01-06T17:27:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=button_men&rev=1641490066&do=diff Button Men I funded (bought, they had already reached their goal) Button Men on Kickstarter from CAG. It looked fun, easy to learn, and wasn't an arm and a leg. It arrived on January 11, 2018. It was quite a bit late, but it looks nice. Resources for Button Men text/html 2024-02-05T18:16:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=chatgpt_castle&rev=1707156966&do=diff On February 5, 2024 at the Ancient Dungeons And Dragons Players The question was asked about using AI to “It would be interesting to see how AI could enhance the experience of dungeons and dragons for traditional gameplay. Maybe it could help create a storyline, theme, or world??? Lots of possibilities~ text/html 2015-06-20T15:22:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=commander_-_june_18_2015&rev=1434813757&do=diff Commander June 18, 2015 Game Two Burt played a blue/black control deck. Torgor played “Sworn to Darkness” a preconstructed black deck 2014 mono color decks. Tim played “Guided by Nature” a preconstructed green deck 2014 mono color decks. Alan played “Eternal Bargain” a preconstructed white/black/blue deck text/html 2022-04-11T22:28:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=coyote_crow&rev=1649716130&do=diff Coyote & Crow Coyote and Crow is a tabletop role playing game set in an alternate future of the Americas where colonization never occurred. Instead, advanced civilizations arose over hundreds of years after a massive climate disaster changed the history of the planet. You'll play as adventurers starting out in the city of Cahokia, a bustling, diverse metropolis along the Mississippi River. It's a world of science and spirituality where the future of technology and legends of the past will c… text/html 2026-03-31T16:01:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=d_d_links&rev=1774972918&do=diff D&D Links * Maxim Magazine - Playing D&D With Porn Stars * The Original D&D rules These would be the 1974 version, not Advanced D&D. * The Palace of the Sliver Princess The story of the D&D Module that was killed the day of publication. And I have the Download. * D&D Next The 5th edition of the official D&D rules. These are the public Beta resources, now closed to the public as well as my modifications. text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=d_d_next_adventure_2014&rev=1430928635&do=diff D&D Next Adventure 2014 The Party Micki played by Alan Mickey apprenticed under Walter Yen Sid, an older, wise but somewhat eccentric wizard master of illusion. She found working in the vaults to be to her liking and started to include Evocation studies with her Illusion studies. She worked as Yen Sid's archivist/librarian. text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=d_d_next&rev=1430928635&do=diff D&D Next All of the D&D Next September 9, 2013 play test files On Dropbox All of the documentation in GoogleDocs D&D Next Index My Player's Handbook. All of the Includes the spell book. Without the spell book. Why without the spell book? Because the spell lists are arranged by class and level. The spell book, alphabetically. There is a lot of flipping to do and it slows down the game. The Alan Spell Deck will be in this spot shortly. text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=d_d_saga&rev=1430928635&do=diff Our D&D Adventure 2012-2013 The Party PlayerCharacterClassJeromeLord Bentley IIWizardBurtBoricFighterMattZeddicusRangerAlanTeddyMonkTimAtumbo “Bo” Damu-damuShamanBenDungeon MasterDM Saving the Village The Cave of the Kobolds The Attack of the Black Dragon text/html 2022-01-06T17:48:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=distilled&rev=1641491292&do=diff Distilled I play games. I like whiskey (and whisky). It was a natural when I saw it. OK, an affordable natural. It is not a quick, simple. cheapass game. 400 cards, almost 800 pieces in the base set. I hope we have fun with it. Current Delivery Date: Late 2022 text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=doc_cross_games&rev=1430928636&do=diff Doc Cross' Games Meet Doc Cross Dociverse I want to run a game... I want to run a D&D game where the PCs are monsters who meet in a dungeon and then go explore a tavern. I actually have notes for a campaign where the PCs must restock a well looted dungeon with treasures AND monsters before an angry god destroys the world. text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=download&rev=1430928636&do=diff Downloads The “Magic Book” as a spread sheet . Office 2010 file version. Includes all of the mana charts and the land percentage charts. The “Magic Book” as a PDF . The same eight pages 8½ X 11 pages. The “Pocket Size” . The same eight pages, but reformatted to a single page. The page can then be folded into a book' text/html 2022-02-02T18:24:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=dungeon_a_day&rev=1643826285&do=diff Dungeon a Day The Story One night I was telling Ben about a Twitter feed Random RPG Generator that gives quick little RPG prompts. This is an example, “Just beyond your light you see a vacant pit run by crawling apes. It's written that the White Flower of All Desires was buried here. text/html 2022-01-18T19:22:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=easy_rpgs&rev=1642533774&do=diff Easy RPGs One night I was telling Ben about a Twitter feed Random RPG Generator that gives quick little RPG prompts. This is an example, “Just beyond your light you see a vacant pit run by crawling apes. It's written that the White Flower of All Desires was buried here. text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=fantasy_miniatures&rev=1430928636&do=diff Fantasy Miniatures I still have a few miniatures from my college D&D days. I never had the army of miniatures to fill a dungeon, just a few to represent the party. Here is the link to my lead miniature collection page on my main site Fantasy Lead Miniatures. ttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/gamingminiatures/ - Yahoo Gaming Miniatures Group. A group for those who are interested in collecting Adina, TA-HR, old Citadel, Dragontooth, Grenadier, Ral Partha, Heritage, Minifigs and other fantasy/sci-fi… text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=full_card_descriptions&rev=1430928637&do=diff <&#33;DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-W3CDTD HTML 4.01EN” “<http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd>”><html lang='en'><head><title></title><link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='spoiler list-files/style.css'><link rel='shortcut icon' type='image/png' href='spoiler list-files/set-icon.png'><script type='text/javascript' src='spoiler list-files/script.js'></script><style type='text/css'> body { background: rgb(255,255,255); color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: serif; } </style></head><body><img src='spo… text/html 2019-05-14T02:21:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=gaslands&rev=1557800519&do=diff Gaslands Gaslands is a tabletop game of post-apocalyptic vehicular mayhem. With fast and cinematic rules, it is designed to be played with toy cars, allowing players to ram, skid and race their way through the wreckage of a burnt-out Earth. Gaslands Web site PDF Rule book text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=heading_examples&rev=1430928637&do=diff Heading Examples This is the first heading button, the one with the blue line all the way down the icon. Since it is the first heading, it is a level one heading. This is Too If you click on it again, you get another heading on the same level. This is the Next Button text/html 2024-02-05T18:06:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=home&rev=1707156368&do=diff Games A Little History - How Jerome, Burt and I started playing, many moons ago. Magic: The Gathering Magic Pages - Information on our Magic: The Gathering Games and custom card sets. Dungeons & Dragons The D&D Saga Notes and a summary of our adventure 2012-13. Our D&D Next Adventure 2014. text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=how_to_use_this_site&rev=1430928638&do=diff How to make changes Introduction Wiki is Hawaiian for quick. The point of wiki code is to make creating and editing pages quick and easy to do. The syntax is very simple. At the bottom of each page there is a link to edit this page. This link will open the edit window. The edit window will show the text/html 2020-02-07T14:46:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=introductory_rpg_games&rev=1581086792&do=diff “Conversation at work today, with some folks interesting to start RPGs, with no experience. Any recommendations for a nice starter RPG that explains concepts as it goes along, to GM as well as players, with an included adventure? To stress, these will be new people, trying something with no experience or preconceptions, who may decide RPGs are not for them. If there is a game with programmed adventure to teach the GM as they go along, involving the players, then summat like that I have pulled… text/html 2022-06-30T12:51:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=kickstarter_games&rev=1656593490&do=diff Kickstarter Games Button Men a quick, clever dice game where you beat people up. DELIVERED Gaslands DELIVERED Distilled Gather your ingredients, brew your whiskey, sell it Coyote & Crow Native American Mythos RPG DELIVERED Mazes A return to the classic sword & sorcery dungeon crawler with simple modern rules. text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=lands_per_color&rev=1430928639&do=diff Lands Per Color For multi-color decks, the number in the table for the number of colors across the top will result in the amount of mana on the left, rounded down. 234516854317964318965419106542010754211175422117642312865241286525138652613975 text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=magic_links&rev=1430928639&do=diff Magic Links A few useful sites for Magic:The Gathering Gatherer - The Gatherer is the official encyclopedia of Magic cards maintained by WotC. Extensively indexed, so if you want every goblin card ever produced, plus every card with the word goblin in it, it is but a search away. I used it a great deal to look for specific effects I wanted to add to my deck. text/html 2024-10-09T15:48:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=magic_pages&rev=1728488936&do=diff Magic:TG Commander - June 18, 2015 - a summary for those who missed game 2. A few useful sites for Magic:The Gathering <https://archidekt.com/> Archidekt Deck Builder Gatherer - The Gatherer is the official encyclopedia of Magic cards maintained by WotC. Extensively indexed, so if you want every goblin card ever produced, plus every card with the word goblin in it, it is but a search away. I used it a great deal to look for specific effects I wanted to add to my deck. text/html 2020-10-06T15:00:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=magic_set_editor&rev=1601996456&do=diff Magic Set Editor I used the Magic Set Editor (MSE) magicseteditor.sourceforge.net to create the card set “Big Al's Cards”. I began on November 11, 2009 and the set was play tested on December 8, 2011. I just now remembered! My set does have a name! it is MTG: Sexy. The bright pink lady to the left is the set symbol if it was big enough to see. The MSE automatically converts your set symbol to black, sliver and gold on the cards. text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=mana_charts&rev=1430928640&do=diff Mana charts To build a deck with x number of cards, this is the ratio of land to non land to reach the given mana percentage. Click on the number above to jump to that table. No I do not know how the extra spaces got behind the 49 column. I'm just going with it. text/html 2022-06-30T18:18:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=mazes&rev=1656613131&do=diff Mazes MAZES is a return to the classic sword and sorcery dungeon crawler with award-winning, yet delightfully simple modern rules that put you right into the action. A thoroughly modern take on the original RPG of dragons, dice, and dungeons! [100] Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when paper, dice, and three thin books were all a night of D&D needed. If I remember my first setup was less than $20 and that included a lead miniature. What can I say, I'm old. text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=mse_downloads&rev=1430928641&do=diff Magic Set Downloads text/html 2015-05-06T16:30:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=my_mtg_card_set&rev=1430929834&do=diff MTG:Sexy Cards The cards, rule additions and card image files. It started with this card I wanted a fun little card to accompany my print out of our schedule for 2010. I started looking for a magic card image to Photoshop into what I wanted. Along the way I found the text/html 2015-11-26T15:55:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=old_schedules&rev=1448553301&do=diff Old Schedules The Schedule for 2012. Listing dates and hosts. Subject to change. For Burt, Jerome, Ben, Tim, and Matthew It is about 5 times each a year. The May revision Schedule C for 2012. <fc #FF0000>-Revised!</fc> I discovered I forgot February 16th. The schedule has been adjusted text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=old_school_d_d&rev=1430928641&do=diff Old School D&D Jerome and I began playing in the early 1980's. We started with the Player's Handbook, Monster Manual, and the Dungeon Master's Guide. I had seen the “original books” at a Con and heard about them. Over time, the rules changed. There were more books and more classes of characters. There were way more monsters. TSR got sued by H.P. Lovecraft over the Cthulhu monsters in the Monster Manual. text/html 2017-04-04T17:21:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=other&rev=1491326506&do=diff Housekeeping How to Use This Site Editing and creating pages in this wiki. Wiki on a Stick How to install Dokuwiki on an USB drive. Old Schedules My laptop cover is from Uniqueskins. List price was $40.00. I received a free one from Geek Day. I created a custom image and then uploaded it to UniqueSkins. text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=percentage_of_land_in_each_color&rev=1430928642&do=diff Percentage of Land in Each Color If you have 5 mana of a color in a deck with 22 land cards you have 22.7% of your land in that color. C4567891016 25.0 31.3 37.5 43.8 50.0 56.3 62.517 23.5 29.4 35.3 41.2 47.1 52.9 58.818 22.2 27.8 33.3 text/html 2019-06-16T16:20:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=pi_wallpaper&rev=1560702000&do=diff Pi Wallpaper * * * * [Tammy] text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=schedule_c_for_2012&rev=1430928642&do=diff Schedule C for 2012 DateHostLocationGame12/22/2011BurtHotShotzMU vs. IL1/5/2012AlanAlan'sD&D1/19/2012BenBen'sD&D2/2/2012JeromeJerome'sRavenloft2/16/2012MattMatt'sD&D3/1/2012TimTim's Ravenloft3/15/2012BurtJerome'sMagic:Sexy3/29/2012AlanMatt'sD&D4/12/2012 text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=schedule_for_2012&rev=1430928642&do=diff Schedule B for 2012 DateHostLocationGame12/22/2011BurtHotShotzMU vs. IL1/5/2012AlanAlan'sD&D1/19/2012BenBen'sD&D 2/2/2012JeromeJerome'sRavenloft2/16/2012MattMatt'sD&D3/1/2012TimTim's Ravenloft3/15/2012BurtJerome'sMagic:Sexy3/29/2012AlanMatt'sD&D4/12/2012 text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=schedule_for_2013&rev=1430928642&do=diff Schedule for 2013 DateHostLocationGame1/3/2013Bencancelled 1/17/2013Jeromecancelled 1/31/2013Mattcancelled 2/14/2013Tim cancelled2/28/2013Burtcancelled3/14/2013AlanTim's D&D3/28/2013Bencancelled 4/11/2013JeromeBen'sD&D4/25/2013Mattcancelled5/9/2013Tim text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=spoiler_list&rev=1430928643&do=diff Full Spoiler List for MTG Sexy Set by Big Al Card Name casting cost Type : rarity: Text Spoiler text ---------- Backson 2 Instant :common: Counter target spell Christopher has gone to school and will be backson. Exactly 40 6 Sorcery :rare: You may only play Exactly 40 if you have exactly 40 life. All other players loose 5 life. text/html 2022-06-30T18:21:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=test_maze&rev=1656613276&do=diff Test Maze Tested: June 30, 2022 text/html 2023-02-22T19:25:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=the_goblin_deck&rev=1677093913&do=diff The Goblin Deck I like goblins. I like weenie decks. What could be better? A quick search found a deck list and Ebay provided a source. A friend was able to find a local source. The Deck Commander Krenko, Mob Boss CreaturesSpellsEnchantments text/html 2020-10-06T15:12:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=the_good_stuff&rev=1601997157&do=diff My Card Set I started by making a card to distribute with the 2010 schedule. After playing around with doing it in PhotoShop, I found the Card Generator and created one card. [{{:4_old_white_guys.jpg?nolink&100|] Along the way, I found this, [The Monty Python Card set] It is hard to know who was more pissed, the lawyers for Wizards on the Coast or Monty Python. I decided to print a set off before they disappeared. What a surprise! As of January 5, 2012 the site is still up? text/html 2025-02-27T20:32:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=the_palace_of_the_sliver_princess&rev=1740688343&do=diff Or, to go straight to a PDF of the module, [Download PDf] or <http://www.pandius.com/b3_orig.pdf> The story from Wired Magazine. text/html 2015-05-06T16:10:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aportman.com/games/doku.php?id=wiki_on_a_stick&rev=1430928644&do=diff Wiki on a Stick Or, more accurately, Dokuwiki on a Stick. Dokuwiki is a simple to use wiki that does not require a database to run. For quick documentation, it is hard to beat. I have created several Dokuwiki sites for various uses. This is one. Creating the basic site took about ten minutes. Content, is a little harder.