Fight On! Issue #17 Fall 2025
About
Bigger than a bull baluchitherium barreling through Bucklebury, Fight On! is BACK! Writers and artists old and new proudly present a whopping 166 PAGES of men, magic, monsters, treasures, underworlds, and wilderness adventures for your dreamworld delectation! It’s never been a better day to Fight On!
Discerning dungeoneers and daring dilettantes alike will be DAZZLED with articles, adventures, and art by Toren Atkinson, Attronarch, Zhu Baijee, Rick Base, J. Blasso-Gieseke, Calithena, Paul Carrick, Dr. John Cichowski, Jasmine Collins, Geoffrey O. Dale, Patrick Farley, Graphite Prime, Idle Doodler, Kelvin Green, Allan Grohe, Philipp H., Dave Hargrave, Cameron Hawkey, Kesher, Gabor Lux, Ripley Matthews, James Maliszewski, James Mishler, Michael Mornard, Peter Mullen, Prince of Nothing, Steve Queen, Glenn Robinson, DeWayne Rogers, Frank Scacalossi, Daniel Scherrey, Robert Scudder, Settembrini, Dan Sousa, Oakes Spalding, Anthony Stiller, Paul Swanlund, Del Teigeler, Andrew Walter, Bill Webb, Jennifer Weigel, Alex Zisch, and many more! Don’t delay – score your copy today!
Discerning dungeoneers and daring dilettantes alike will be DAZZLED with articles, adventures, and art by Toren Atkinson, Attronarch, Zhu Baijee, Rick Base, J. Blasso-Gieseke, Calithena, Paul Carrick, Dr. John Cichowski, Jasmine Collins, Geoffrey O. Dale, Patrick Farley, Graphite Prime, Idle Doodler, Kelvin Green, Allan Grohe, Philipp H., Dave Hargrave, Cameron Hawkey, Kesher, Gabor Lux, Ripley Matthews, James Maliszewski, James Mishler, Michael Mornard, Peter Mullen, Prince of Nothing, Steve Queen, Glenn Robinson, DeWayne Rogers, Frank Scacalossi, Daniel Scherrey, Robert Scudder, Settembrini, Dan Sousa, Oakes Spalding, Anthony Stiller, Paul Swanlund, Del Teigeler, Andrew Walter, Bill Webb, Jennifer Weigel, Alex Zisch, and many more! Don’t delay – score your copy today!
Table of Contents
| Article | Contributor(s) | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Reptiles and Samurai | Calithena | 5 |
| Martial Stances | Jeff Hollifield | 12 |
| Grognard’s Grimoire: Codex of Droon | Matt Fischer (MtbDM) | 14 |
| Knights & Knaves: Stumble | Paul Swanlund | 18 |
| New Kindred for Tunnels & Trolls! | Kesher | 20 |
| Return of the Ancients | Prince of Nothing | 22 |
| Creepies & Crawlies: The Thoul | Allan Grohe | 42 |
| Spiders, Spiders, Spiders! | James Mishler | 50 |
| Lobogolem “Laster” | Del L. Beaudry | 61 |
| Gems of Zylarthen, Part II | Oakes Spalding | 62 |
| Black Powder Firearms | Jack Griffis | 68 |
| Artifacts, Adjuncts, & Oddments | Various | 72 |
| The Eshkom District | James Maliszewski | 75 |
| Under Samora: Al’Murtok’s Refuge | Philipp H. | 85 |
| Contrarian Practices Online | Attronarch | 101 |
| Running for Large Groups | Bill Webb | 103 |
| Portal Fantasy Protagonists | Will Mistretta | 105 |
| Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne | H. Kazantzakis | 108 |
| The Charioteer’s Shrine | Gabor Lux | 111 |
| Tables for Fables | Reilly, Koed & Blasso-Gieseke | 116 |
| Lady Omen’s Island | Glenn Robinson | 122 |
| Memories of Dave Sutherland | Michael Mornard | 143 |
| Demonweb Savanna | Alex Zisch | 145 |
| Rose Bush Hedge Maze | Geoffrey O. Dale | 151 |
| Chainmail / Sarissa: Fomalhaut | Settembrini / Gabor Lux | 155 |
| Doxy, Urgent Care Cleric | Linneman / Green | 162 |
| Humor & Art | J. B-G, Cal, Queen, and Scherrey | 163 |
Illustrations & Cartography
Front cover by Peter Mullen (instagram.com/pmullen illustrations). Back cover by David A. Hargrave, courtesy of Emperor’s Choice (facebook.com/ EmperorsChoiceGamesandMiniaturesCorporation). Fight On! logo by Jeff Rients. David C. Sutherland III illustration by Jennifer Weigel (jenniferweigelart.com). Images by Dr. John Cichowski (3), Patrick Farley (retro 4, 7), Del Teigeler (dteigeler.artstation.com, 5), Alberto Bontempi (albe75.deviantart.com, 9), Wizard Con 2 (wizardcon.org, 10), Utagawa Kunimasa (11), Rick Base (12,29,34,156), CAG (tinyurl.com/TCAGP: 13), bät (ancientvaults.wordpress.com, 15), Dark Future (instagram.com/thedarkfuturedungeon: 16), Robert Scudder (17), Paul Swanlund aka Junior Paul (paulswanlund.com, 18, 147), Kesher (20, 21), princeof nothingblogs.wordpress.com (23, 33), J. Blasso-Gieseke (charybdispress.com, 24 (contest winner), 57, 101, 102, 163), Jasmine Collins (27, 107), Toren Atkinson (torenatkinson.com, 28, 40, 93, 100), Dan Sousa (38, 61), thresholddiceworks.net (39), Philly GamingExpo.com (41), Cameron Hawkey (cameronhawkey.com, 45), Paul Carrick (nightserpent. com, 49), DeWayne Rogers (50, 55), Graphite Prime (graphiteprime.blogspot.com, 63), Peter Mullen (67, 96), metmuseum.org (68), hyperborea.tv (69), Idle Doodler (therecouldhavebeensnakes.wordpress.com, 73, 120-1, 153), Zhu Bajiee (realmofzhu.blogspot.com, 75, 78, 81), Glynn Seal (monkeyblooddesign.co.uk, 76), legionsoftekumel.com (80), ntrpgcon.com (83), mythmeregames.com (84), Frank Scacalossi (87 (contest winner)), Andrew Walter (andrewwalter.co.uk, 97), Jennifer Weigel (99), Frog God Games (FrogGodGames.com, 105), Gabor Lux (beyondfomalhaut.blogspot.com, 111-2), Ral Partha Legacy (ralparthalegacy.com, 115), Anthony Stiller (118), Cauldron Con (cauldron.pesa-nexus.de, 118), Ripley Matthews (queerwizard.co.uk, 123-5, 131, 133, 136, 138, 140), EGGCon III (eggcon.fun, 144), Dragonslayer RPG (144), Alex Zisch (148), Tékumel Foundation (tekumel.com, 150), Jesus Garcia (154), Settembrini (155, 160-1), Daniel Scherrey (159, 166 (contest winner)), Kelvin Green (kelvingreen.blogspot.com, 162), Steve Queen (164 (contest winner)), and Black Blade Publishing (facebook.com/blackbladepublishing, 165). Artifacts, Adjuncts & Oddments and Grognard’s Grimoire headers by Thomas Denmark (ThomasDenmark.com). Knights & Knaves and Creepies & Crawlies headers by Lee Barber. Tables for Fables header by Age of Fable.