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A Contest of Skills Rule for Microlite74

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 28, 2011 by RandallApril 11, 2022

A somewhat unusual situation has come up in my campaign, several characters have been coerced into entering a race with a large sum of money — and more importantly the honor of one of their noble patrons — at stake. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, Microlite74, old school

A New Edition of D&D Designed to Unite D&D Players — Can It Be Done?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 27, 2011 by RandallApril 11, 2022

There’s a lot of talk in some areas of the Net about the next official edition of D&D. Some people think that WOTC will try to create an edition of D&D that will bring back not only Pathfinder players but … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, musings

Air Shark!

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 23, 2011 by RandallApril 11, 2022

One of my favorite D&D monsters comes to (radio control) life: the Air Shark!

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Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, Humor, monsters

Converting from Descending AC to Ascending AC

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 22, 2011 by RandallApril 11, 2022

I’m trying to add a section on converting from the descending AC used in older editions to the ascending AC used in Microlite74 for the section on “0e Conventions” section in the Microlite74 rules. Here’s what I’ve come up with. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, Microlite74, OGL, old school

Microlite74 Version 3.0 Beta 2 Rules Available For Free

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 21, 2011 by RandallApril 11, 2022

The second beta of Microlite74 (Basic, Standard, and Extended) and Microlite74 Companion I are now available, just in time for my Wilderlands of High Fantasy campaign this afternoon. We are “officially” moving from Microlite75 to Microlite74 Extended today. Not that … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged 0e, DnD, free games, Microlite74, OGL, old school, playtest

D&D Editions: How I Rate Them

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 19, 2011 by RandallApril 11, 2022

Dan over at Sword and Board posted his rankings of the D&D versions he’s played: D&D editions: How I rate them. I thought it would be fun to do likewise — or at least how I would rank them today … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, DnD 3e, DnD 4e, musings

Why I Never really Needed The Tabletop RPG Industry

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 15, 2011 by RandallApril 11, 2022

Hill Cantons posted an interesting (and long) interview with Rob Kuntz today: No Borders: A Conversation With Rob Kuntz. In this interview, Rob talks about the change in direction at TSR after (0e) D&D showed signs of being really successful … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, RPG Industry

Revised and Expanded Long List of Old School Games and Clones

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 15, 2011 by RandallApril 11, 2022

The following is the first revised and expanded version of the list of major old school fantasy RPGs and retroclones for Microlite74 Version 3.0. I’d added many of the games listed in comments on the original post a few days … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, free games, Microlite74, OGL, old school, PDFs

Microlite74 Companion 1 (Beta 1) Available

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 14, 2011 by RandallApril 11, 2022

The first beta of the first volume of the Microlite74 Companion series “Optional Rules” is now available. Beta1 combines the optional rules from the Microlite74 2.0 Supplement “Ancient Auguries” with those from the Microlite75 GM’s book. Most of these optional … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, Microlite74, old school, playtest

What Do You Mean “I Can’t Ride A Horse”?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 13, 2011 by RandallApril 11, 2022

Some GMs like to get picky and rule that player characters can’t do a lot of common everyday tasks at all unless they are of a certain character class or have taken a specific skill. Such GMs will not allow … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, Microlite74, old school

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