As of 6pm this evening, the final vote from my players is in. They’ve been debating since early April whether to continue the current campaign under Swords & Wizardry or convert it to Microlite74. (For background see Microlite74 is "better" … Continue reading →
Earlier this month, I posted than two-thirds of my Swords & Wizardry players preferred Microlite74 to Swords & Wizardry (see Microlite74 is "better" than Swords & Wizardry?). I was at a loss to explain this as the differences between M74 … Continue reading →
I mentioned a playing card combat system in a post last week (There is No One True Way — A Rant) and promised more information, so here we go. Unfortunately, I never saw this system in play. I was told … Continue reading →
There is no one true way to play D&D. Personally, I consider this the soul of “Old School” D&D. You bought the rules (be they Original D&D, AD&D, B/X D&D, or BECMI D&D) and you as GM get to do … Continue reading →
After failing several saving rolls during an attempt to change the RetroRoleplaying blog theme yesterday, I decided that a night’s sleep could not hurt. I was right. When I tried this afternoon, I apparently rolled much better and managed to … Continue reading →
This post is one of a series of house rule posts for the Swords & Wizardry Core Rules. (S&W is a free 0e retroclone.) These posts are draft conversions of some of the house rules I’ve used in my campaigns … Continue reading →
I’m planning to update RetroRoleplaying The Blog’s theme this afternoon. The site may look wonky for a while with all sorts of sidebar stuff missing. If all goes as planned everything should be back to normal by this evening. Update: … Continue reading →
James Maliszewski has announced the Megadungeon.net website is up and running. Megadungeon.net is an “Old School” megadungeon project intended to produce a old-school megadungeon a bit at a time — something like Monte Cook is doing — except that this … Continue reading →
The Arneson Family has announced that Dave has passed away. Shortly after 11pm on Tuesday, April 7th, Dave Arneson passed away. He was comfortable and with family at the time and his passing was peaceful. The Arneson family would like … Continue reading →
Ryan Dancey has some interesting comments on what may be driving some of WOTC’s weird decisions — like the public relations fiasco with PDF sales this week — in a comment on RPGPundit’s blog. Even if you don’t agree with … Continue reading →