My wife and I had to make that last trip to the vet with Brenna, our almost 17 year old dachshund, yesterday. We’ve known it was coming, as she was extremely old for a standard dachshund and had inoperable cancer. … Continue reading →
I picked up a few new “Old School” items today: PDFs of the first three issues of Fight On! and a PDF copy of Jason Vey’s Spellcraft & Swordplay. I haven’t had a chance to do more than skim through … Continue reading →
Where No Man Has Gone Before is nicely-formatted 70 page PDF rule book for a Star Trek: The Original Series RPG using D20 rules. It is very well done and could be considered “rules light” except for the relatively complex … Continue reading →
Many people will say that the old school style of play does not work well in game where characters have skills. According to this line of thought, players tend to limit their thinking to the skills listed on their character … Continue reading →
Paul Crabaugh wrote an article on customizing character classes for Basic/Expert D&D which was published back in Dragon #109. It actually worked fairly well, although it was best if all characters used to customized class system if any did due … Continue reading →
Chgowiz has produced a “dungeon sheet” — a one sheet dungeon template. The top of the page has a grid to draw a small dungeon (or area of a larger dungeon) and an area for a map key and any … Continue reading →
Happy New Year! RetroRoleplaying.com is celebrating the new year with a new web site design and a completely new message board. I’ve moved the site into the 21st century, its now using the Drupal content management system insted of static … Continue reading →