No More Clerics?
I’ve seen a lot of discussion about the Cleric on some of the boards and blogs I visit over the past few weeks. Like at least a few others, I am now wondering if the Cleric class is really needed … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: February 2009
My Favorite (Arduin) Monsters
The latest thing going on in the blog world seems to be listing your ten favorite D&D monsters. I’m going to be a bit different and list my 7 favorite monsters from the early Arduin Grimoires. 6.Phraints: Erect, metallic colored … Continue reading →
Microlite74 2.0 Draft Available for Comment
I’ve been hard at work on the “2.0 Edition” of Microlite74. Microlite 2.0 has cleaned up rules that are closer to the combat power level of OD&D and with spells and monsters rewritten to be even more compatible with Oe … Continue reading →
Are Microlite74 Characters Too Good in Combat?
Microlite74 is designed to emulate the style and feel of the original 1974 edition of the world’s most popular roleplaying game (0e) using a variant of the SRD-based Microlite20 rules. I’m currently working on a revised edition of Microlite74 designed … Continue reading →
OD&D Books from PDFs: The Pictures
Here are the pictures of my homemade OD&D booklets — printed from the PDFs as described in this post from last weekend:Recreating the OD&D Booklets. Unfortunately, due to the rain and high humidity, the cardstock covers haven’t quite flattened yet … Continue reading →
Knockspell Magazine #1 is Out
The first issue of Knockspell Magazine is out. Knockspell Magazine is the magazine for “old-school fantasy roleplaying games using 0e, 1e, OSRIC, Swords & Wizardry, and Labyrinth Lord.” Most articles should work fine with Microlite74 as well. This issue contains … Continue reading →
Recreating the OD&D Booklets
Now that I’m fiddling with OD&D regularly again, I figured that it was time to create some OD&D booklets from my PDFs. I bought the PDFs because I didn’t want to keep using my original brown box set for reference … Continue reading →
Megadungeon Creation Slam on Swords & Wizardry Forums
Mythmere has announced a Megadungeon Slam on the Swords and Wizardry forums with the objective of creating a 20 level megadungeon in 48 hours from Tuesday at 9AM until Thursday at 9AM. Unfortunately, I have cancer follow-ups for my wife … Continue reading →
Brave Halfling Publishing Expands
A lot of people seem to think that Old School gaming is a commercial dead end. While it will probably never challenge WOTC or White Wolf, it really looks like it is commercially viable for small, focused companies. Brave Halfling … Continue reading →