The latest “great debate” going around the OSR blogsphere is about innovation — as in are OSR games and settings innovative enough and/or whether settings or rules should be the focus of innovation. I’m going to be a curmudgeon and … Continue reading →
With the recent release of White Star: White Box Science Fiction Roleplaying and Petty Gods: Revised & Expanded Edition, I have noticed some complaints about OSR blog posts about these games (on threads in RPG.net and even theRPGSite.com). These complaints … Continue reading →
Here’s the Scout, the third non-caster class for Fantastic Adventures (see Fantastic Adventures: Initial Thoughts on Classes for more info). I posted the first draft of the Fighter and the Hunter earlier in the week. Like the hunter, the scout … Continue reading →
A few days ago I listed the six major classes I am thinking of for Fantastic Adventures in a post (Fantastic Adventures: Initial Thoughts on Classes). I have the non-caster classes written up now — at least as early drafts. … Continue reading →
A few days ago I listed the six major classes I am thinking of for Fantastic Adventures in a post (Fantastic Adventures: Initial Thoughts on Classes). I have the non-caster classes written up now — at least as early drafts. … Continue reading →
Last month, I mentioned that my current group wanted to play something more like Swords & Wizardry rather than Microlite74. It turns out this wasn’t quite what was meant. They want something written more like Swords & Wizardry, that is … Continue reading →
This in the first post detailing the City of Alderbridge. While I should be naming streets, planning the city government, and all that background stuff, what I wanyted to do was create some buildings. So I decided to detail part … Continue reading →
Dyson Logos released a city map free for even commercial use today on his blog Dyson’s Dodecahedron: the city of Alderbridge (click to see the map). I’ve always wanted to detail a city something like Judge’s Guild did with the … Continue reading →
I received an email asking me why I was continuing to run TSR editions and retroclones instead of just using 5e. Since the D&D 5e Player’s Handbook was released last summer, I’ve had the occasional request to review 5e. Although … Continue reading →
The only cleric in the party died in last week’s Sunday Game session and the player decided to roll up a new character rather than have the party go into debt (or accept a quest from an NPC who really … Continue reading →