Many readers many remember that I was going back and forth on using Labyrinth Lord OGL rules or Adventurer Conqueror King System OGL as the underlying foundation to build Lords & Wizards on. My waffling back and forth was on … Continue reading →
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 →
If I can get as much work on Microlite81 done in the next 3 or 4 days has I have managed to do today, I’ll be ready to release the first public playtest of the standard version of Microlite81. Draft … Continue reading →
My Sunday game group is more enthusiastic about Microlite81 than I expected them to be. In fact, they suggested when I finish Microlite81, I use it to base a draft of Lords & Wizards on, then when we are fairly … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
Regardless of how I decide to handle to hit rolls (to-hit tables, BAB, THAC0, etc. as discussed in this post yesterday) in Lords & Wizards, I know how I will be tying level to the to-hit hit. I’ll give these … Continue reading →
I’ve always been in the middle of arguments about which combat systems are better: Descending AC or Ascending AC, To-hit Tables, THAC0 (To Hit AC 0), Base Attack Bonus, etc. I’ve used some version of just about all of these … Continue reading →
With three sessions of Lords & Wizards based on Swords & Wizardry and Labyrinth Lord (instead of on ACKS), we are definitely back on track. My players are enjoying the campaign again and I’m not pulling my hair out dealing … Continue reading →
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 →