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Tag Archives: Lords and Wizards

1975 Gygax Article on Dungeon Design in PDF Format

RetroRoleplaying Posted on July 20, 2013 by randallsJuly 20, 2013

Gary Gygax contributed an article on setting up a D&D campaign to an issue of a fanzine called europa 6-8 in April 1975. Until today, I’ve only seen a very poor photocopy of this article — such a poor copy … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged ACKS, B/X, campaign design, DnD, Gygax, Lords and Wizards, Microlite74, Microlite81, old school

A (Draft) Warlord Class for Lords & Wizards (and Other Old School Games)

RetroRoleplaying Posted on July 6, 2013 by randallsJuly 6, 2013

The Warlord is a popular class with D&D 4e players. Due to many requests, I include an “old school” version of the class as an optional class in Microlite74 Extended. It’s not that popular with 4e fans because it does … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged character class, DnD 4e, Lords and Wizards, Microlite74, musings, old school, Warlord

Microlite74 Optional Rule: Fighters (Almost) Always Damage Their Opponent

RetroRoleplaying Posted on June 29, 2013 by randallsJune 29, 2013

I occasionally see fans of current RPG design theory complain that characters should never really fail to hit (or truly fail at anything else)) as that means the character is basically “losing a turn” to ineffectiveness. As I’ve said before … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged DnD, Lords and Wizards, Microlite74, musings, old school, Tyranny of Fun

Creating a Monster with the Tome of Adventure Design

RetroRoleplaying Posted on May 28, 2013 by randallsMay 28, 2013

I received a copy of the Tome of Adventure Design from Frog God Games for Christmas last year. I flipped through it and put it on the shelf, hoping that it would go unnoticed — as I did not want … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged DnD, Lords and Wizards, Microlite74, monsters, old school

ACKS, Lords & Wizards, and the Problem of Proficiencies

RetroRoleplaying Posted on April 16, 2013 by randallsApril 16, 2013

Many readers know that I loathe feats as used in WOTC D&D because far too many of them take things that anyone should be able to try to do and limit trying to do it to those characters who have … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates & Glamours | Tagged ACKS, Lords and Wizards, musings, old school
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