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Lots of Microlite20/74/5e Goodness

RetroRoleplaying Posted on June 29, 2019 by randallsJune 29, 2019

I have recently discovered Brian Mathers’ blog, The Gnomish Embassy. Brain’s blog has a large number of posts for Microlite20 in general although his Microlite20 seems to focus on Microlite74 and Microlite5e. Here is a small sample of his Microlite20/74/5e … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours

Dealing With Player Death

RetroRoleplaying Posted on May 2, 2019 by randallsMay 2, 2019

I’ve been playing and gamemastering tabletop roleplaying games since 1975 and I have dealt with a lot of character deaths, both my own characters and characters of players in the games I’m running. I’ve even had a few former players … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours

Playing Dungeons & Dragons as a Test of Artificial Intelligence?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on April 9, 2018 by randallsApril 9, 2018

The article below points out that getting a computer to play Dungeons & dungeons and pass a human player might be a better test of artificial intelligence than games like Go or Chess. I agree that playing Dungeons & Dragons … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged DnD, musings

Perhaps Really Huge Dungeons Aren’t “Unrealistic” After All

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 29, 2018 by randallsMarch 29, 2018

I stumbled across an article on a huge complex of man-made tunnels under parts of China that were apparently, like the Great Wall, built to help defend the Northern part of China from invaders.  From the article (click here to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged megadungeon, musings

Aaron Allston’s Strike Force and the Champions RPG

RetroRoleplaying Posted on February 21, 2018 by randallsFebruary 21, 2018

I found my copy of Aaron Allston’s Strike Force in a box a few weeks ago. I hadn’t read it since in came out in 1988 so I set it aside to re-read. Reading it reminded of how much I … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged Advanced Marvel Superheroes, Champions, musings

Play OSR D&D on an Amazon Echo?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on December 26, 2017 by randallsApril 15, 2020

I’ve had an Amazon Echo Dot for over a year now. If fact, we now have three because they are much easier for my wife (with her MS-related hand issues) to use than a normal timer, alarm clock, etc. I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged 1e, Alexa Skill, DnD, Echo Device, old school

New Map of The City-State of the Invincible Overlord

RetroRoleplaying Posted on November 24, 2017 by randallsNovember 24, 2017

To be honest, there’s rarely anything new released that is of immediate use to me in my RPG campaigns. Today was one of those rare — and very happy — exceptions. Bat in the Attic Games has released (with permission … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged DnD, Judges Guild, old school, PDFs

My Five Favorite Microlite20-Based Games

RetroRoleplaying Posted on November 13, 2017 by randallsApril 15, 2020

With the publication of the third edition of The Microlite20 RPG Collection, I’ve been asked what some of my favorite Microlite20-based games are as there are a large number of variants in the collection. I’m always reluctant to answer such … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged free games, Microlite20, musings

More Drama in the OSR (And How I Avoid It)

RetroRoleplaying Posted on October 1, 2017 by randallsOctober 1, 2017

I pulled my head up from working on the next edition of The Microlite20 RPG Collection (which looks to be about 2000 pages this time, that about 500 more than the 2012 edition) last night and hit Tenkar’s Tavern to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged musings

Many Interesting New Old School Games at RPGNow

RetroRoleplaying Posted on September 17, 2017 by randallsApril 15, 2020

When I go out to RPGNow there’s generally only one or two new games that get my attention, so I was surprised to discover a five such games this morning. Unfortunately, most are well above my PDF price limit of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged musings, old school

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