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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

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

BX Advanced: A Draft Barbarian Class

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 19, 2017 by randallsApril 15, 2020

One of the most requested classes so far for BX Advanced is the Barbarian. It’s not found in either Labyrinth Lord or its Advanced Edition Companion — probably because the original class from Unearth Arcana was a bit over-powered and … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged BX Advanced, character class, DnD, old school, playtest

New Old School Sunday Game Campaign Coming Together

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

Yesterday was the first meeting of what will hopefully soon become my next Sunday Game. Six potential players and myself met over all-you-can-eat pizza to discuss campaign and rules ideas. After several hours (and a lot of pizza and soft … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged campaign design, DnD, musings, old school

Old School Design Idea: 99% of the Population are Zero Level Characters

RetroRoleplaying Posted on June 16, 2017 by randallsJune 16, 2017

I have been thinking about my next game design and after much thought, I’ve designed I would like to take 0e and “redesign” it with some different assumptions. The first of these different assumptions will actually be more like what … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged 0e, DnD, game design, House Rules, old school

Dungeon World Hits My Microlite7x Sunday Game Group

RetroRoleplaying Posted on April 26, 2016 by randallsApril 15, 2020

One of my four Sunday game players was going to be out of town for business for the last three Sundays in April. Originally, I was going to run my Sunday game for the remaining three players running some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged DnD, musings, old school

It’s Not About The Mechanics

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 13, 2016 by randallsApril 15, 2020

I posted about the nearly five year long campaign I ran in Waco (and that is still going under new GMs) recently on a forum. I received an a PM asking how I could run a game that used basically … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged DnD, Microlite74, musings, old school

OD&D PDFS: What Do You Really Need to Play?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on February 19, 2016 by randallsApril 15, 2020

Original D&D from the mid-1970s has finally been released in PDF form on DrivethruRPG/RPGNow. As most readers of this blog know, I started playing D&D back in 1975. OD&D was my first RPG and is still one of my favorites … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged 0e, DnD, musings, odnd, old school, reviews

Initiative, Healing, and Fairness in Old School D&D

RetroRoleplaying Posted on January 6, 2016 by randallsJanuary 6, 2016

I received a complaint about group initiative in my games and in old school style games in general, I suppose. The complaint when like this: when you roll initiative every round it’s possible the monsters will get two rounds of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged DnD, Microlite74, Microlite75, Microlite78, Microlite81, old school, rules

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