Here are my answers to the top 10 Questions from Random Wizard, from a couple of weeks ago. Yes, I know I’m slow. (1) Race (Elf, Dwarf, Halfling) as a class? Yes or no?Either. I’m current using Race as Class … Continue reading →
Combat Tricks and Stunts can make an otherwise boring combat more interesting, not to mention giving an advantage to those who come up with (and successfully pull off) a good one. Unfortunately, they were a bit complex to use in … Continue reading →
+Julian Steen pointed out that I had not explained what the Fighter Bonus was in the 1.00 version of Microlite81 Public Playtest. I’ve replaced the download in the playtest announcement post with a 1.01 version that includes the Fighter Bonus … Continue reading →
The first Public Playtest Version of Microlite81 is now available for free download in PDF form. What is Microlite81? Microlite81 is to the 1981 “B/X” edition of the world’s most popular fantasy RPG as Microlite74 is to the original 1974 … Continue reading →
Gary Gygax contributed an article on setting up a D&D campaign to an issue of a fanzine called europa 6-8 in April 1975. Until today, I’ve only seen a very poor photocopy of this article — such a poor copy … Continue reading →
If I can get as much work on Microlite81 done in the next 3 or 4 days has I have managed to do today, I’ll be ready to release the first public playtest of the standard version of Microlite81. Draft … Continue reading →
I’ve been recently involved in a discussion about random encounters and how having encounters that are not “level appropriate” really is okay and is not unfair to players unless they never have any choice but to fight in every encounter … Continue reading →
My Sunday game group is more enthusiastic about Microlite81 than I expected them to be. In fact, they suggested when I finish Microlite81, I use it to base a draft of Lords & Wizards on, then when we are fairly … Continue reading →
I have decided to begin work on Microlite81. Microlite74 is a Microlite20-based version of the 0e edition of the world’s most popular fantasy roleplaying game. Microlite81 will be a Microlite20-based version of the B/X version of the world’s most popular … Continue reading →
The Warlord is a popular class with D&D 4e players. Due to many requests, I include an “old school” version of the class as an optional class in Microlite74 Extended. It’s not that popular with 4e fans because it does … Continue reading →