A friend of mine send me a link to this long article on Dennis Wheatley’s occult fiction novels. I haven’t read these in ages, but the ones I read had quite a bit of influence on every horror campaign I’ve … Continue reading →
After a week of setting up my new computer, I find that I get top do it all over again. AVAST decided the main component of Microsoft’s update system, trustedinstaller.exe was a Trojan earlier this week. I told AVAST to … Continue reading →
I haven’t posted anything for the last few days because my computer died within an hour after my last post. It was a 2001 model and the motherboard went. I’m now trying to raise enough money to get a new … Continue reading →
By now you have probably seen (or at least heard mentioned) Mike Mearls blog post on combat balance as game balance: The Issue of Game Balance. It has generated a lot of discussion on RPGNet and theRPGSite. Here is a … Continue reading →
While the Retroroleplaying forum does not get a lot of use, its prior incarnation saw a lot of use during the M74 design process. As I’m beginning to write rules for Microlite75 set up a new board on the forum … Continue reading →
The free PDF version of the second printing of the WhiteBox version of Swords & Wizardry is now available at either RPGNow or Lulu. I haven’t had a chance to compare this version with the first printing yet, so I’m … Continue reading →
In the original edition of D&D, characters received experience points both for defeating monsters and for the treasure they gained doing so. For some reason this was not well-liked — especially the experience for treasure. Later editions started moving away … Continue reading →
Michael listed his 2009 download figures for his Swords and Wizardry Quick Start and the Swords & Wizardry Core Rules Reference Sheets on his blog here: A look at sales. I don’t know if there is much interest in this … Continue reading →
What will Microlite75 have that Microlite74 does not have? Here are the current plans. All the following will be added to M74 as part of the “base rules:” ClassesM75 will have the following additional classes from the 0e supplements and … Continue reading →
I’ve decided I have too many projects in the fire and that I really need to focus on one of them. After consulting with my players, and some of my net friends and associates, I’ve decided to work on Microlite75. … Continue reading →