I've just started a new series of posts on my blog inspired by page 55 of the Gamemastery Guide. Entitled "Cool Words for Gamers" the posts list and define coolm unusual words that gamers can use in their games.
First up, we have atavastic, cyclopean, gibbous, benighted and portentous. Have a read, and use them in your game today!
I've just started a new series of posts on my blog inspired by page 55 of the Gamemastery Guide. Entitled "Cool Words for Gamers" the posts list and define coolm unusual words that gamers can use in their games.
First up, we have atavastic, cyclopean, gibbous, benighted and portentous. Have a read, and use them in your game today!
My blog now has installments II, III and IV of cool words up! Head on over a take a look. Just hit the "cool words" tag in the tag cloud to see previous posts.
I've added another installment to Cool Words on my blog! This time, there is a special Greyhawk connection to one of the entries.
I've posted some more cool words to my blog. To peruse this and earlier installments, hit the cool words tag.
First up, we have atavastic, cyclopean, gibbous, benighted and portentous. Have a read, and use them in your game today!
I've been going down the list and posting the definition of each, alphabetically, on my facebook status. I do one per day, in the morning. I'm currently at benison.
If I'm ever at a loss for what to say, I just throw my hands into the air and shout "Batman!" and the game seems to roll smoothly from there.
While going through the words above and checking each in the dictionary I was particularly struck by cyclopean. I had presumed it was pretty much the most straightforward meaning, essentially just having the characteristics of a cyclops (presumably strictly one from Greek Myth). Turns out that it also means a kind of stone work found in the ancient world. Basically large unworked stones loosely fitted together with no use of motar.
Yeah, and it was HP Lovecraft's favorite word, though he really stretched the definition, using it to describe something ancient and ominous.
Thanks for all the kind comments! I really enjoy creating these lists. On that subject, I've posted some more - this time all from the latest Conan story that I'm reading.
As once agin it's Thursday, I've posted some more cool words for gamers to my blog. You can see the latest words here. Happy holidays everyone!
Because of the impending New Year, I've posted the ninth installment in my cool words for gamers series early to my blog. Enjoy and have a great New Year.
Hey All! Happy New Year. I've just uploaded my newest Cool Words for Gamers post to my blog. I've got ten great new/old words for you! Head on over and take a look.
I'm surprised you got this far without "ensorceled".
I'm surprised you got this far without "ensorceled".
Good word! I've added it to next weeks list!
More cool words (including enscrolled!) for gamers are up on my blog! Enjoy!
How about 'Cathedra' for a throne?
'Dyad' for a pair?
'Chthonian' for something you really don't want to meet.
'Enervate' to weaken?
'Supercallifragilisticexpeallidocious' for... Wait, wrong place.
How about 'Cathedra' for a throne?
'Dyad' for a pair?
'Chthonian' for something you really don't want to meet.
'Enervate' to weaken?
'Supercallifragilisticexpeallidocious' for... Wait, wrong place.
I've just put up another ten cool words and included some of these! you can see my list here -
I've added another 10 cool words to my Cool Words for Gamers set of posts on my blog. Check them out here!
I've added more cool words to my blog - check them out!
This week, more cool words (including balderdash, capacious and a guest word from an old chum!) check them out!
This week I found some really cool words. My favourites are emprise and callimastian. Check them out!
dicelicious (pronounced dice-a-licious) ;)
I'm not sure dicelicious is a real word! That said, I've got some new words up. If you've ever had a burning desire to know what "flummery" means, now is the time to find out!
dicelicious (pronounced dice-a-licious) ;)I'm not sure dicelicious is a real word! That said, I've got some new words up. If you've ever had a burning desire to know what "flummery" means, now is the time to find out!
More cool words for your entertainment pleasure can now be found on my blog!
More cool words! Get them while they're hot!
I've just released my 20th list of cool words for gamers! You can read them here.
Following on from last week's 20th set of cool words, I've posted another set. You can read them here.
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More cool words for everyone. This time, I think, they some are partciularly bizarre! You can read them here.
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I've just uploaded my most recent cool words for gamers. This is a very special instalment as it touches extensively on one of my favourite old Greyhawk modules. You can read them here. Anyone who loves Greyhawk needs to check this out!
Hmmm...
It's harbinger. Not harbringer.
And how can such a list exist without "Cimmerian" and "Plutonian?" Both words for "black," "shadowy," "deep darkness," etc.
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Interesting list. Ditto Bruunwald, though. Some of the spellings should probably be checked before posting. Calllimastian, for example. Still, I'll definitely be pulling some of these for use in games, and some for use in real life. :)
More words are up! Read them here -
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Interesting list. Ditto Bruunwald, though. Some of the spellings should probably be checked before posting. Calllimastian, for example. Still, I'll definitely be pulling some of these for use in games, and some for use in real life. :)
I do check the spellings, but lots of these don't appear in spell checkers which makes errors inevitable. It's also possible, given that I'm using the UK spelling of these words that slight differences m result from that.
A few years ago I wrote up the Clark Ashton Smith Vocabulary Builder, a list of all the words and senses of words I had not encountered before when reading Zothique. There's also a number of other odd old words in the sidebar of my old blog. Feel free to grab them for your own lists.
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A few years ago I wrote up the Clark Ashton Smith Vocabulary Builder, a list of all the words and senses of words I had not encountered before when reading Zothique. There's also a number of other odd old words in the sidebar of my old blog. Feel free to grab them for your own lists.
I've just checked out your link. You've got some great words there! If you'd like I'd be delighted to host a guest post of your ten favourites! I'm on creighton [at] ragingswan [dot] com
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It’s Cool Word Thursday so come take a peregrination into the lands of strange words!
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It's Thursday again and because I am not a bludge I've got some more Cool Words for Gamers up!
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It's my 30th installment of Cool Words for Gamers and in celebration I've got 15 bizarre words this week. Read them here!