Earlier this week I was asked what type of new old school adventure modules would interest me enough to part with what little money I have that doesn’t go to basic survival or paying off the huge cancer bills. I … Continue reading →
I just saw this mentioned in RPGnet’s Microlite20 thread, I’ve downloaded and printed a copy. I looks like it has some great ideas and some really genre-appropriate art. Be warned: I thought the TOON version of D&D was great. Announcing … Continue reading →
One of the main features of modern versions of D&D seem to be complex character builds that delight min-maxers and lead to players who do not optimize their characters being looked down on in some player groups. Old school D&D … Continue reading →
The RetroRoleplaying message board doesn’t see a lot of use, unfortunately. However, if you are at all interested in AD&D2e, CondorDM has posted a couple of session reports from his campaign: CondorDMs Sessions journals.
Continue reading →One of my regular players had relatives in town this weekend and brought his cousin Debra to our Sunday game. She had played AD&D2e in college in the late 1980s and had a great time playing Serge (the NPC sergeant … Continue reading →
My players have asked if we could try an action point/hero point system for our OD&D game. I can hear the screams now. However, unlike many old school players, I’m not automatically allergic to the idea. To me, action points … Continue reading →
After over a month of computer problems (and catching up with real world work delayed by those computer problems), I’m finally starting to work on Microlite75 again. If you are interested in Microlite75, I have a burning question I’d like … Continue reading →
I often hear complaints about how spell-casters dominated play in D&D 3.x — especially at higher levels — and that preventing this domination was one of the reasons that spell casters are limited far more than they ever were before … Continue reading →
I just saw a blog post by Mike Mearls, Build Your Adventures in OD&D, where he suggests doing the initial design work for 4e adventures as if the adventure was being written for OD&D. According to Mike, because OD&D characters … Continue reading →
Just before my OD&D group took our holiday break last year, they had managed to get on the wrong side of a (fortunately not too bright) young red dragon. They had stopped in a village for the night and learned … Continue reading →