I don’t usually talk about events in my weekend campaign because I’m not very good at writing up interesting accounts. Fiction — even at the session report level — just isn’t something I do well. However, we had a TPK … Continue reading →
As of 6pm this evening, the final vote from my players is in. They’ve been debating since early April whether to continue the current campaign under Swords & Wizardry or convert it to Microlite74. (For background see Microlite74 is "better" … Continue reading →
Earlier this month, I posted than two-thirds of my Swords & Wizardry players preferred Microlite74 to Swords & Wizardry (see Microlite74 is "better" than Swords & Wizardry?). I was at a loss to explain this as the differences between M74 … Continue reading →
James Maliszewski has announced the Megadungeon.net website is up and running. Megadungeon.net is an “Old School” megadungeon project intended to produce a old-school megadungeon a bit at a time — something like Monte Cook is doing — except that this … Continue reading →
I needed to test some optional Microlite74 rules and talked my S&W group in playtesting them this weekend in place of our regular game. Several of my new rules need more work, which was not unexpected. What was unexpected was … Continue reading →
Microlite Version 2.0 is now available for free download. Over 2000 copies of Microlite74 version 1.1 have been downloaded since its release on October 6th last year. Microlite74 is dedicated to the memory of E. Gary Gygax and Version 2.0, … Continue reading →
Alex Schroeder has his “Hard Core” variant of Microlite 20 up available on the web. It uses some of the ideas from my Microlite74 which makes it an interesting mash up of old school and new school. Alex lists the … Continue reading →
Matt (Mythmere), author of the new Swords & Wizardry retroclone, has posted a draft of a “Quick Primer for Old School Gaming” article over at Knights and Knaves Alehouse. Even as a first draft, it’s a great summary of how … Continue reading →