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The Forgotten Game: Microlite20 Comprehensive Edition

RetroRoleplaying Posted on July 27, 2018 by RandallApril 11, 2022

Queue the Twilight Zone theme song. I was cleaning up the projects area of my hard drive this morning. I found a game, Microlite20 Comprehensive Edition, that I apparently worked on and finished in 2015. I somehow forgot about it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged Cancer Fund Drive, Microlite20, musings

Playing Dungeons & Dragons as a Test of Artificial Intelligence?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on April 9, 2018 by RandallApril 11, 2022

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 Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, musings

Perhaps Really Huge Dungeons Aren’t “Unrealistic” After All

RetroRoleplaying Posted on March 29, 2018 by RandallApril 11, 2022

I stumbled across an article on a huge complex of man-made tunnels under parts of China that were apparently, like the Great Wall, built to help defend the Northern part of China from invaders.  From the article (click here to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged megadungeon, musings

Aaron Allston’s Strike Force and the Champions RPG

RetroRoleplaying Posted on February 21, 2018 by RandallApril 11, 2022

I found my copy of Aaron Allston’s Strike Force in a box a few weeks ago. I hadn’t read it since in came out in 1988 so I set it aside to re-read. Reading it reminded of how much I … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged Advanced Marvel Superheroes, Champions, musings

Happy New Year II: Replacing the Forum With G+ and/Or Discord?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on January 2, 2018 by RandallApril 11, 2022

I have decided that the Microlite20 Forum (which is also the current home of my Microlite20 variant games (Microlite74, Microlite75, Microlite78, Microlite81, etc) is a failure. In its years of existence, it has attracted over 60,000 attempted spammer registrations (according … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged forum discussion, musings

My Five Favorite Microlite20-Based Games

RetroRoleplaying Posted on November 13, 2017 by RandallApril 11, 2022

With the publication of the third edition of The Microlite20 RPG Collection, I’ve been asked what some of my favorite Microlite20-based games are as there are a large number of variants in the collection. I’m always reluctant to answer such … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged free games, Microlite20, musings

More Drama in the OSR (And How I Avoid It)

RetroRoleplaying Posted on October 1, 2017 by RandallApril 11, 2022

I pulled my head up from working on the next edition of The Microlite20 RPG Collection (which looks to be about 2000 pages this time, that about 500 more than the 2012 edition) last night and hit Tenkar’s Tavern to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged musings

Many Interesting New Old School Games at RPGNow

RetroRoleplaying Posted on September 17, 2017 by RandallApril 11, 2022

When I go out to RPGNow there’s generally only one or two new games that get my attention, so I was surprised to discover a five such games this morning. Unfortunately, most are well above my PDF price limit of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged musings, old school

Next Old School Project: BX Advanced?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on July 31, 2017 by RandallApril 11, 2022

I’ve been working on Microlite74 and its many variants since 2008 During these nine years, I’ve produced: The original Microlite74 (and two revised editions, the second of which has three separate versions: Basic, Standard, and Extended) Five supplemental volumes for … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged B/X, DnD, musings, old school

Creating a “Best of TSR D&D” Rulebook?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on July 26, 2017 by RandallApril 11, 2022

Most old school D&D players realize that it is fairly easy to use an adventure written for one version of TSR D&D with the rules for a different version of TSR D&D. While each version (OD&D, Holmes D&D, 1e, B/X, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, musings, rules, TSR

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