Blog Roll Coming
I just realized that I don’t have blog roll for this blog. I plan to fix that this weekend. Seesh, I know where my mind has been the past few months (my wife’s cancer treatments and her very slow recovery … Continue reading →
Randall
I think, therefore I may be.
Forum Update: Stage One
I have started to revamp the RetroRoleplaying Forum in preparation for an official Grand Opening. I’ve simplified the rules and started to revise some of the board ideas I originally had. The Retro Game Systems category now has the following … Continue reading →
New RetroRoleplaying Site Design
The RetroRoleplaying web site has a new site design. It still needs some work in places, but it is complete enough to be usable. I think it looks much better. Best of all, it is a much more flexible design. … Continue reading →
Comment Emails MIA
Sorry if I’ve missed any of your comments over the last few weeks. I somehow turned my comment emails for this blog off by mistake. I discovered (and corrected) this today when I noticed comments on some older posts that … Continue reading →
Think Like an Adventurer or Like a Rules Lawyer?
I may have finally put my finger on why later versions of D&D not only don’t feel much like D&D to me but simply do not get me excited enough to want to play. Mike Mearls, one of the main … Continue reading →
Bob Bledsaw RIP
James Mishler has a sad report to make this morning: It is with great sadness that I must pass on the news that Robert Bledsaw, founder of Judges Guild, creator of the Wilderlands of High Fantasy, died this morning in … Continue reading →
Microlite20 — I Think I’m in Love
The more I fiddle with Microlite20, the more I like it. It’s an extreme simplification of the 3.5 edition fantasy system that lets one use most of the interesting material (adventures, monsters, etc.) with little effort, but without all the … Continue reading →
Free Medkemia Press PDFs
I discovered two classic (early 1980s) Medkemia Press books available for free download on their web site (unintentionally well-hidden). Medkemia Press is best known for their Cities supplement and for having Raymond Feist designing stuff before he before became a … Continue reading →
Pulp Fantasy D&D
Interest in versions of roleplaying games seems to be growing — and coming from places one might not expect. For example, James Maliszewski has just started a new blog, Grognardia: An exploration of the history and traditions of the hobby … Continue reading →
Just a Fluke of Party Bad Luck
A post I made on Dragonsfoot (as an example of one of the things that happened in older versions of D&d that the rules of D&D 3+ seemed designed to prohibit) included an example of total party death from the … Continue reading →