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Bruce Heard

Bruce Heard (born in in Nice, France) is a game designer, and an author of several products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from TSR. At least, this is what Wikipedia says about me!

I grew up in France (mostly), England, Morocco, Washington DC, and Texas. I speak mostly French and English, with a little Spanish, Portuguese, and German. Returning to Nice for my education, I graduated from the lycée hotelier in 1977; I got passionately interested in wargames when I was attending the Lycée ... primarily in Avalon Hill games like Kriegspiel, Luftwaffe, Third Reich, and Panzer Leader — the classics. There were, of course, no French editions of these games at the time, so I had to learn the American versions. I loved to travel, so I studied hotel management and worked as a concierge in both France and California.

While living in San Francisco I discovered the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set, and when I returned to Paris I joined my first regular Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) group. I started writing articles on D&D and AD&D for French gaming magazine Casus Belli, and there learned that TSR was looking for someone to translate the games into French. Well, I spoke and wrote both languages, and I knew the games, so a request reached Gary Gygax. By a coincidence, he was just about to come to Paris on business, and so we set up a meeting. I must have done OK, because he offered me the job. After a few months of doing translation work in Nice, TSR requested I move to the home office in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. For a sun-loving Mediterranean like me, Wisconsin in February was a bit of a shock.

After working for two years as a translator, I transferred to TSR's Games Division in July 1985 as an Acquisitions Coordinator, in charge of contracting freelance writers. I also did game design, including adventure modules CM7, Tree of Life; M1, Into the Maelstrom; and co-authorship of DL12, Dragons of Faith.

I worked on a number of products for the basic Dungeons & Dragons game, including writing the "Voyage of the Princess Ark" series for Dragon magazine, a monthly feature that lasted about three years, as well as other products for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. I was the Basic D&D line Product Manager for years, during which the beloved D&D Gazetteers and the Rules Cyclopedia were published. I also worked at TSR as the director of production planning and head of games acquisitions.

My son Noel came to this world when TSR went bankrupt. One of the outcomes of the happy event in my life was that I could not follow my colleagues to Renton, Wa, at WotC, which had salvaged most of TSR's creative team. My writing years went on hiatus while I explored other avenues. After some time at US Web near Milwaukee and United Airlines at O'Hare, I'm now back in Wisconsin to re-invent myself and do what I really want to do! This now includes the creation of the World of Calidar.

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My Blog List

Mystara on The Piazza

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About Bruce Heard & new stories

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Stargazer's World

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Tenkar's Tavern

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No School Like The Old School

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Dungeon Fantastic

GURPS DF Session 108, Felltower 80 - Rats - *We had a poor combination of players for continuing the delve on the far side of the Oylmpia gate. So instead we picked up with a B-Team of PCs - a mix of...
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Gazette du wargamer

Cadeau ! Un scénario Wars Across the World offert aux abonnés - En partenariat avec Avalon Digital, la Gazette du wargamer vous propose désormais un cadeau supplémentaire pour les abonnements à notre site Web. A savoir ...
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2 Hour Blog

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The RPGPundit

Stellar new review of Lion & Dragon! - So over on the rpgnow page for Lion & Dragon, I saw this new review. Pretty sweet! Check it out (and be sure to pick up the game): Although I've been i...
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A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...

The Stars Are Right. The Time Draws Near... - ... for *A Rust Monster Ate My Sword: The Vlogenning*! I'm still working out the set layout and the technical minutiae, but the launch of A Rust Monster's...
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The Kickstarter Blog

Bon Voyage to Our Spring/Summer 2018 Creators-in-Residence - This spring, we welcomed sixteen creators to our Brooklyn HQ as part of our Creators-in-Residence program. The residents settled into their desks in May...
22 hours ago
d20 Pirates

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Postmortem Studios

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From the Sorcerer's Skull

D&D Races Alien Reskinning - I bought these Japanese alien figurines about four years ago. Looking at them yesterday, I though they might make good new skins for for D&D races. Elves...
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In Places Deep

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The Other Side blog

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Greyhawkery

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Dorkland!

Looking Back At Gen Con 2018 - Now that Gen Con is a couple of weeks in the rear view mirror, I think that I can put down some of my thoughts about the convention. This is going to be a ...
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paizo.com Recent Content in Paizo Blog

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Forgotten Runes

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Jeffs Gameblog

a little wisdom - Found this quote while doing some research wholly unrelated to D&D type stuff: The good craftsman seeks out the commonplace and tries to master it, knowin...
4 days ago
Writing Off the Edge

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4 days ago
Ramblings of a Great Khan

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4 days ago
OSR News and Reviews

New OSR Products at RPGNow/DTRPG — August 15th, 2018 - Beware the Ides of August! Or something. Slow week Adventures RPGPP The Dragon's Egg - Is somehow medieval authentic despite featuring ratmen. 16 pages, ...
5 days ago
Roll For Initiative

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Trollsmyth

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Playing D&D With Porn Stars

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Aeons & Augauries

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GRUBB STREET

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Hidden in Shadows

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Appendix N

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Troll and Flame

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Tyrean's Writing Spot

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Kaijuville

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Dark Paths and Wandered Roads

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Anniceris

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Hack & Slash

On the Physical Space - Module designers, can we talk? It's not me, it's you. This is 2018, not 2000. Why am I still seeing modules with flat spaces, square rooms, and two dimen...
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Vintage Wargaming

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The Secret DM

The Thing in the Sky - So here's a thing I had made: Artwork by D. L. Johnson. Copyright 2018. If you don't know, I run my own game company called *In Search of Games*. We're foc...
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19th Level

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Little Odo's Grand Days Out

Ravenloft XIII - *The Death of Lord Frak? (1st August 2018)* *The Manticore (Day 14 – early afternoon)* As we began to gather our wits we heard the thumping sound of a gre...
2 weeks ago
Gothridge Manor

Bandit Tables: Get More Out of Your Bandit Encounters - The party travels through the winding game trail. Up ahead a loud whistle cracks through the air. Immediately, angry shouts from above, to the left, and to...
2 weeks ago
Rather Gamey

Still Drawing! - Hey ya'll. I'm still drawing. Every day. Mainly in pencils - but I am dipping my toe back into ink and markers. Have a good one!
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. . lapsus calumni . .

Blackwater Bay update - I have been working here and there on a new, fully vector, map of my little setting. I thought I would share an update. This is just a screenshot on where ...
2 weeks ago
Dreams of Mythic Fantasy

Mirror, Mirror - d10 Random Table Logical Madness - 1. Interlopers from an alternative dimension are attempting to murder and replace key inhabitants of the city. So as to better identify their fellow consp...
2 weeks ago
Sacnoth's Scriptorium

Haster at Sixteen - So, it's been sixteen years since we brought Hastur home from the pet store, a tiny adorably gooney torbie kitten just a few weeks old. Over time she's gon...
2 weeks ago
ZENOPUS ARCHIVES

Gygax's D&D Revision Plans 1977 - Here's a very early description by Gygax of the plans for Basic and AD&D that I've never come across before. It's from Alarums & Excursion #21, April 197...
2 weeks ago
AuldDragon's AD&D Blog

Merrshaulk the Serpent Lord - While still powerful, the somnolent Merrshaulk is in a slow decline. His chosen followers are the insidious yuan-ti, who lurk in ruins of ancient cities, e...
2 weeks ago
Forbeck.com

Gen Con Is Here! - I took the week off after Comic-Con and headed into the Northwoods of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for a much-needed break. I’m back home now, though, a...
2 weeks ago
Green Skeleton Gaming Guild

Little Book of Adventuring Classes Volume I - I recently picked up The Little Book of Adventuring Classes - volume I- It is a fun little OSR product stat'd up for the Swords & Wizardry Complete system...
3 weeks ago
Castelli & Chimere - Castles & Chimeras

Polyspell an option for spontaneous casting, a middle step between classic vancian and sorcery - Art by Luigi Castellani, from the Scarlet Heroes Art Pack*Polyspell* is a spell that when casted enable the wizard to use a spell of lesser level than the...
3 weeks ago
Underworld Kingdom

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The Raskal RPG

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A Paladin In Citadel

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3 weeks ago
Hall of the Mountain King

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Thorn's Chronicle

Nuwmont 13, 998 AC: Kor Karrest, the Ringway - “Not wi’ yer glove, use your cloak, ye gobwit!” another of the mercenaries said, at my back. “Ye think we’ve gloves aplenty to just give out?” “What is thi...
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Luxor Times

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4 weeks ago
B/X BLACKRAZOR

Failed Fables - Just continuing from where I left off... It was only a few weeks ago (when was *Free RPG Day*? A couple days after that) that I was in *Around the Table Ga...
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rleebyers

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5 weeks ago
Forgotten DM

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3d6, Traps and Thieves

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Age of Ravens

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RPG MUSINGS

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Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign

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Módulos RPG

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Thorfinn Tait Cartography

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Armchair Gamer

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JAMES MISHLER GAMES

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Havards Blackmoor Blog

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Axes and Orcs

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Really Bad Eggs

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Fantasy Maps by Anna B Meyer

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3 months ago
Mike's Amazing RPG Fun Pad

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The Grand Tapestry

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All Wands

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The Signe of the Frothing Mug

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4 months ago
Dyvers

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4 months ago
Elaine Cunningham

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5 months ago
Unicorn Bell

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www.elisemartinson.com

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Stocking The Dungeon

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5 months ago
BRW Games

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5 months ago
A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

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6 months ago
Oakheart at LizDanforth.com

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7 months ago
Some Dark Romantic

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7 months ago
Gruntz 15mm SCI-FI

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The Known & the Hollow

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8 months ago
Unusual Historicals

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8 months ago
The Swordfish Islands

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8 months ago
Stormwolf.com

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9 months ago
Atomic Dragon Battleship

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9 months ago
Dreams in the Lich House

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11 months ago
Dragon Grumbles

- *Life below armpit level* I just spent 4 days using a mobility cart at GenCon 50. I never realized that my fellow gamers were so: (take your pick) obliviou...
11 months ago
THE LAND OF NOD

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11 months ago
Beyond the Black Gate

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1 year ago
Cinema Steve

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1 year ago
I Waste The Buddha With My Crossbow

Agents of D.O.F.I.E. - Now and then, I make notes for some game-thing-or-other, then forget about it. Then I'll find it again, and laugh at my own jokes, then forget about it aga...
1 year ago
Gorgonmilk

Abject Shillery, Ladies and Gentlemen -
1 year ago
Hill Cantons

Hydra Cooperative Brings (Mild and Curated) Anarchy to North Texas - Teetering on the edge of a new, start-now, well-paying political job (i.e. demanding AF) I get one last reprieve of gainful unemployment this weekend: Nor...
1 year ago
geoffgander | Just another WordPress.com site

Updates, I have a few… - It’s been a while since I posted – part of that is because of the ups and downs of regular life, but the other reason is because I’ve been away creating! F...
1 year ago
Howling Tower

Cardtography 2: A Simple Dungeon - The second installment of Cardtography is up at Kobold Press. We didn’t choose cards as our randomizers because they’re somewhat room-shaped. That’s a h...
1 year ago
Dungeons Deep & Caverns Old

Time for a New Edition! - I guess I should explain what I mean by that title. Today, I will be rebooting *Dungeons Deep & Caverns Old*. I feel like I have hit a road-block creative...
1 year ago
Battleaxes & Beasties

- I'm very pleased to announce that I've received the outline and readied the cover for the first Battleaxes & Beasties adventure that is not written by me. ...
1 year ago
The Semi-Retired Gamer

What's In The Drawer or On The Desktop? - It has been some time since my last post but I was just overloaded with work commitments and other things. Things seem to have slowed down and I took an ex...
1 year ago
ROFL Initiative

How-to: Under-bed Play Board - Happy Holidays everyone! This year, for Christmas, I undertook my first *real *woodworking project- meaning one that starts with boards and ends up with ...
1 year ago
The Rusty Battle Axe

Maps: The Known Dungeon of Montporte After 60 Sessions - Elementalist Monastery Level 1 Elementalist Monastery Sub-Level 1 Elementalist Monastery Level 2 Elementalist Monastery Level 3 Elementalist Monastery Le...
1 year ago
Creative Mountain Games

The Friday Grab Bag - Going Dark - My blogs and Facebook will be (mostly) dark for the next couple of weeks. This includes creativemountaingames.com, grymvald.com, and mfwars.com, all of wh...
1 year ago
Quickly, Quietly, Carefully

Thanks, Evlyn Moreau - UPDATE: Evlyn is back! Cool. I hear Evlyn Moreau is taking a break. That's OK; I hope she feels better soon. But I've really enjoyed her work, and I feel...
2 years ago
The Evil GM

This Blog has moved, http://theevildm.com - This Blog has moved, http://theevildm.com
2 years ago
Dungeon's Master

10 Most Common Mistakes DMs and Players Make in 5e D&D - If you’re like me you’ve been playing D&D a long time and 5e is not your introduction to this wonderful game. And if you’re like me you haven’t read every ...
2 years ago
Tracy Hickman

Life Reset Button & the Future - "Have you turned it off and on again?" -- Roy, 'The IT Crowd' I did not know that life had a reset button but now I can tell you that God is the one who ...
2 years ago
Carjacked Seraphim

Green Devil Face 3D Printed - This feature is LEGENDARY in the infamous S1 Tomb of Horrors by Gary Gygax. Now you can print (a version of) it for your own game. Derived from OpenForge...
2 years ago
Precious Monsters

Paranormal Romance Boxed Set - For The Love of the Vampire - I'm pleased to announce that I'm in a new boxed set. It's all about romance and vampires in the *For the Love of the Vampire* collection by 8 paranormal...
2 years ago
Tabletop On the Desktop

Interview - Shane Ward has a posted a lovely interview with me. Check it out when you can.
2 years ago
Elf Lair Games

Updates - Low-res concept for SHAMA issue 1 cover Just keeping everyone in the loop. Working on getting a video together for the Kickstarter while awaiting the paper...
2 years ago
The Cartography of Thorfinn Tait

This Blog Has Moved - Late last year I opened a new web site, with a new blog. Consequently, I will be archiving the material in this blog, and I won't be posting any new mater...
2 years ago
Random Wizard

Moved - The Random Wizard Blog has moved to https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
2 years ago
aldeboran

MOVED - I've moved everything to www.stefanpoag.com. Thank you, blogger.com, for the years of hosting; please visit my new site.
2 years ago
formergamer

Things that Peter Jackson got Wrong: Psychology - I am no great cinema scholar, so I will mostly avoid purely directorial aspects. I will focus on writing. The writing in the LOTR movie trilogy is very bad...
2 years ago
Notes From the Lizard Lair

4th of July Book Sale - Get World Building books and other good reads for 10% off through July 4th at my online bookstore!
3 years ago
CRUT ROOM

- "the Guardian" Artworks for caravan artbook 2014 [image: photo guardian series quotthe Shipperblog.jpg] [image: photo The Keeperblog.jpg] [image: photo guard...
3 years ago
The Blog of Fantasy Author & Editor Paul Genesse

Short Story Writing Presenation June 2015 - UTAH SPECULATIVE FICTION WRITERS MEETING I'll be presenting on writing short stories. Meeting Date: Thursday, June 4th 6:30-9:00 pm Meeting location: Riv...
3 years ago
The Dungeoneering Dad

I'm a Sucker for Battlemats, so I had to Share this Kickstarter - Figured I'd dust off the ol' blog to share this... I'm a sucker for a good battlemat... (just take a gander at these posts: link). I recently relocated an...
3 years ago
Inspired Mythos

Castle Keepers Guide - The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: Overview - A new printing of the Castle Keepers Guide for Castles & Crusades is soon to be released by Troll Lord Games.Once upon a time this book seemed like vapour...
3 years ago
Treasured Surviving Relics

Bruce Heard's Calidar in Stranger Skies - The history of the Dungeons & Dragons game as those of us who indulged our curiousity into the corporate shennanigans of TSR through its lifetime will kno...
3 years ago
Burning Monster: A Sketch-Blog

Goodbye 2014 - Goodbye 2014. A great many things have started to change in 2014 and will result in a very different world and life for me in 2015. Come this spring, I’...
3 years ago
Back to the Keep

Inspirational Reading - Part 7 - Time to continue looking at sources for Inspirational Reading for games. This time I start looking at the individual authors listed in Appendix N. Poul And...
3 years ago
Cyclopeatron

Menoth Avatar Conversion with Scourge of Heresy Sword - I've been working on improving the Avatar of Menoth to make it look a little more threatening, as it should. I want to get this thing on the table, though,...
4 years ago
John's Odd World

What's Wrong! I'm Your Son! - Burial Ground is perhaps one of my all time favorite zombie movies to come from over seas. After George Romero's Dawn of the Dead, something happened in z...
4 years ago

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