I’ve just found out that Jean Wells, TSR artist and the original voice of the “Sage Advice” column in The Dragon, passed away on January 25th. You can find more information here. While I never met Jean, I spoke to … Continue reading →
You’ve probably heard people who do not like D&D 4e say that it feels like playing World of Warcraft more than a tabletop RPG. How true you feel this is probably depends on how much you like or dislike 4e. … Continue reading →
What is “Old School” Play?If you are interested in old school gaming, you may have read the Quick Primer for Old School Gaming by Matt Finch. It’s “a quick introduction to playing Original D&D or Swords & Wizardry (the 0e … Continue reading →
The reaction to my recent post on a Microlite74 Edition designed for “Swords & Sorcery” genre play has been very positive. I’m happy to announce that I have started to work on it. So far, work consists on taking a … Continue reading →
A homemade D&D module from 1981 called G2 Squared: Habitition of the Stone Giant Lord is available for free download at PlaGMaDA. It’s typewritten, illustrated, has hand-drawn maps on graph paper, and full of typos (like the one in the … Continue reading →
According this a post on the RPGSite from Windjammer, there is an amazing amount of free 4e material on the WOTC web site — and not behind their paywall. Enough material to play 4e for quite a while — and … Continue reading →
I’ve been asked if I could make a “Swords ansd Sorcery Edition” of Microlite74 by someone who would be willing to donate a few very nice AD&D items for a Cancer Fund drive. He’s asked that a Microlite74: Swords and … Continue reading →
We started to try the “Weapon Feats” from Dark Dungeons (don’t let the word “feat” throw you, they are similar to the “Weapon Mastery” rules from The Rules Cycopledia and have little in common with the “feats” of 3.x or … Continue reading →
I expected Microlite74 Standard to be the most popular version of Microlite74 Version 3.0. After all, Microlite74 Standard covers almost all of 0e, including material from the supplements and early TSR magazine articles. Microlite74 Basic, on the other hand just … Continue reading →
The big news today is that WOTC is going to do a limited printed of the original 1e player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, and Dungeon Master’s Guide in April with part of the proceeds going to the Gygax Memorial Fund to … Continue reading →