Random Wizard has done a set of three very interesting interviews with former TSR employees Bruce Heard, Frank Mentzer, and Steve Winter about TSR and the projects they worked on while at TSR. Bruce Heard Interview Frank Mentzer Interview Steve … Continue reading →
A friend of mine who played in my 1970s D&D games and PBM campaigns through most of the 1980s (he was in the military, retired after over 30 years) died early last year — from a heart attack at the … Continue reading →
WOTC is releasing TSR era products as PDFs again on DNDClassics/RPGNow/DriveThruRPG. To review these games there, you have to buy a copy there. This helps to prevent fake reviews. However, it also prevents the large number of gamers who already … Continue reading →
There’s a greater thread on theRPGSite where people are converting classes, races, and monsters from (mainly) WOTC D&D to old school (TSR) editions of D&D is this thread: Oldschool Conversions of Post-Oldschool Material. There is some good (if untested) stuff … Continue reading →
I’ve already answered what seems to be the burning question, will Microlite74 continue now that legal TSR-era PDFs are returning in this post: Publication of Microlite74 Will Continue. However, the return of TSR-era PDFs has made me rethink my plans … Continue reading →
DriveThruRPG/RPGNow has classic D&D PDFs available again on a new site, DNDClassics. There are about 80 items available now (from all versions of DnD through 3.x) and more will be added each month. However, if you purchased D&D PDFs from … Continue reading →
I’ve made no secret of the fact that the new “D&D Next” isn’t doing much for me. I’ve been asked what I would do if I were in charge of D&D at WOTC several times over the past year. Here’s … Continue reading →
I was running a fairly large college game of D&D in 1976. December comes around and we get one last session in before finals and everyone heading home for the holidays. As the party returned from the dungeon, they noticed … Continue reading →
In addition to slow work on Microlite74 Plus, I’m currently working on two new Companions for Microlite74. One is entitled Treasure and will be an adaption of the Treasure section of the Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery treasure section for standard … Continue reading →
A few discussions on Microlite74 Plus have started up on our new Microlite74 Forum. If you are interested in Microlite74 Plus, create and account, join in the discussions (and/or start your own on areas you are interested in), and help … Continue reading →