A Black Wind Blowing: Robert E. Howard and The Weird Menace Horror Pulps
A Black Wind Blowing: Robert E. Howard and The Weird Menace Horror Pulpsby Ryan HarveyRobert E. Howard was a pulp professional, always searching for new markets to sell his fiction. Unlike his friends in the Weird Tales bullpen, H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, both of whom kept to a narrow fictional style and a handful of magazines, Howard experimented to target different markets. Sometimes the experiments were a bust. He sold...
Check Out Our New Adventures in Fiction Page!
Visitors to our site are likely familiar with our Adventures in Fiction posts. Each of these articles explores the past era of sci-fi, pulp, fantasy, and sword-and-sorcery fiction that helped to inspire the creation of the role-playing genre. They are an exploration of the core of our industry, and something that we hold dear to our hearts.And now we’ve made them easier for you to explore. Introducing the Adventures in Fiction...
Real Life Adventures – The Robert E. Howard House
113 years ago, Robert E. Howard was born. Best known for his character Conan, Howard also created Solomon Kane, Kull the Conquerer, and the sword and sorcery genre as we know it today. If you play D&D or DCC, you have touched Howard’s work, whether you know it or not. To honor his birth, we present this special installment of Real Life Adventures, where intrepid writer-adventurer Marc Bruner visits Howard’s birthplace in Texas....
Visit Us at PulpFest!
What are you doing this weekend? Well, if you are anywhere near the Pittsburgh area, we have a suggestion. Goodman Games is going to PulpFest! This pulp-centric (hence the name of the show) convention will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry, and runs from Thursday, July 26 through Sunday, July 29. Though the dealer’s room is only open Friday-Sunday, which is where you will find us! And we’ve...
It’s a Three Con Weekend!
You can’t stop us. It doesn’t look like you can even contain us right now. Goodman Games isn’t going to one, or two, but THREE conventions this weekend! Whether you are in the mid-west, the northwest, or the southeast, we’ve got options for you to come by and see us at a great trio of shows! And we’re also throwing in two in-store appearances to boot! And now, in alphabetical order, the three shows to...
Tales From the Magician’s Skull, Issue Two
GREETINGS MORTALS! It is I, The Skull! Pay heed to my words, lest you discover that my boney exterior is not as pleasant as my internal fire! Now, listen to my minion as he lays forth my plans…. Thanks, my skeletal overlord! We are a big fan of classic sword and sorcery pulp fiction. When we launched the Kickstarter to get Tales From the Magician’s Skull started, you funded two issues worth of material. Now that issue #1...
Big Debuts At Gary Con This Weekend!
The Goodman Games crew is back on the road! This weekend we hit up one of our favorite shows! Gary Con March 8 – 11 Gary Con is an annual game convention in Lake Geneva, WI celebrating the life and works of Gary Gygax, the Father of Role Playing Games. This is done by doing what he loved so much in life, playing Games! Join Gary’s children, friends and fellow game enthusiasts as we celebrate a life well-played. If you...
New Pulp Magazines Now Available!
We have some new pulp magazines! Well, technically, they’re old pulp magazines. Still, they’re new to our store, so…we have new old pulp magazines! Goodman Games has always been proud of our connection to Appendix N, the fabled section of Dungeons and Dragons that explained the influences on the game. Dungeon Crawl Classics was founded upon those books, and what they represent in the fantasy genre. And to that end,...
Real Life Adventures – The Robert E. Howard House
112 years ago on this day, Robert E. Howard was born. Best known for his character Conan, Howard also created Solomon Kane, Kull the Conquerer, and the sword and sorcery genre as we know it today. If you play D&D or DCC, you have touched Howard’s work, whether you know it or not. To honor his birth, we present this special installment of Real Life Adventures, where intrepid writer-adventurer Marc Bruner visits Howard’s birthplace...
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