In Memoriam: E. Gary Gygax
It’s hard to believe that it has been a year now. While I release Microlite74 Version 2.0 today in honor of Gary, I’ve decided that’s not enough. The best way I can think of to honor Gary is with an … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: musings
Unreasonable Reactions to Character Death?
My wife and I had to make that last trip to the vet with Brenna, our almost 17 year old dachshund, yesterday. We’ve known it was coming, as she was extremely old for a standard dachshund and had inoperable cancer. … Continue reading →
Old School Acquistions
I picked up a few new “Old School” items today: PDFs of the first three issues of Fight On! and a PDF copy of Jason Vey’s Spellcraft & Swordplay. I haven’t had a chance to do more than skim through … Continue reading →
RetroRoleplaying: The Future
I haven’t been around much the last couple of months as real life has kept me very busy. Real life seems to be calming back down (just in time for the holiday season). Therefore, I should be doing more blogging … Continue reading →
Microlite74 Is Popular
I’ve been too busy with political and personal stuff the last month to even think about this blog or Microlite74. I was therefore surprised discover that version 1.1 had over 550 downloads in the month it has been available when … Continue reading →
Trouble Letting Go — The Heartbreak of Selling Wrath of the Immortals
As many readers know, I’ve been selling off parts of my RPG collection since my marriage. The reason is simple: lack of room — two forty-somethings each get married, each for the first time, and have to combine two houses … Continue reading →
D&D Without Level Advancement?
I have been looking at some of my old classic Traveller campaign notes over the last few days. One of the quirks of classic Traveller was that characters did not improve. They started out with a lot of prior experience … Continue reading →
N. Robin Crossby, Author of Harn, Dies
This terse announcement at Kelestia.com was not unexpected, but it is still very sad. On July 23rd 2008, Robin succumbed to his cancer at a hospice in Coquitlam, BC. After Harn came out, I often dropped the island of Harn … Continue reading →
Why D&D 3.5 Will Probably Never Die
I get the impression that WOTC would really like it if D&D 3.5 would die a quiet death and do so soon. Unfortunately, I don’t think that will ever happen as there is now no realistic way to prevent the … Continue reading →
Don’t Like D&D Fourth Edition? Beware the Moving Goal Posts
I’ve been following discussions about D&D’s Fourth Edition on various message boards for several months now. I’ve seen a lot of 4E fans complain that those who publicly state that they don’t like 4E (or who discuss things they see … Continue reading →