The Microlite81 Tablet-Digest Edition has been released for free download. This should have happened about a week ago, but I forgot to upload it in all the preparations for Christmas. For those who do not know, Microlite81 emulates the B/X … Continue reading →
If you are looking for a Christmas present for an OSR gamer or would like to spend some of your Christmas cash on yourself, here are some of my favorite newish OSR products on RPGNow/DriveThruRPG. There have been a large … Continue reading →
I’ve never been happy with the Microlite20-based system for turning undead that I used in Microlite74. From Microlite74 3.0 Basic: “A Cleric can Turn Undead with a successful Magic Attack. DC is 10 + twice the Hit Dice of the … Continue reading →
A popular (and relatively new from my old-timer point of view) GM meme goes something “Always say ‘yes’ or ‘yes but’” with a strongly implied never say no. Personally, I think this is some of the worst GMing advice I’ve … Continue reading →
I was recently asked why I don’t include “Challenge Ratings” (CRs) for monsters in my old school Microlite games as that would allow people who want to design set piece encounters for their games to do so much more easily. … Continue reading →
You are probably asking what is Microlite75 2.0? The first version of Microlite75 was published during the same period as Microlite74 2.0 and was Microlite74 plus my house rules from the 0e era (late 1970s). The “75” in the name … Continue reading →
I’m happy to announce that final “silver” version of Microlite81 Advanced 1.0 is finished at last and is now available for free download. I’m sorry to say that I could not limit the page count to my goal of 192 … Continue reading →
I’m often looked upon as some strange type of gamer as I have no interest in even trying most of the new RPGs that are published every year. This is apparently especially annoying to some RPG players as I’m willing … Continue reading →
Microlite74 has a forum. You may not know this because it has not been very active the past couple of years. I’ve received several suggestions that I should just move it to a Google+ community — from people who would … Continue reading →
After mentioning the request I had received to produce a forth edition of Microlite74 (because the current edition is over four years old) in a blog post about six weeks ago, I have received a few emails about the idea … Continue reading →