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The Microlite20 RPG Collection (2017 Edition) Available For Free Download

RetroRoleplaying Posted on October 5, 2017 by RandallApril 11, 2022

The new 2017 Edition of The Microlite20 RPG Collection is now available for free download. The Microlite20 RPG Collection is a PDF compilation of Microlite20 based games. Each individual game is copyrighted separately, is based on the Open Game License … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged free games, Microlite20, new school, old school, PDFs

Time for a new edition of the Microlite20 RPG Collection

RetroRoleplaying Posted on September 23, 2017 by RandallApril 11, 2022

On April 4th, 2014 I made a post stating it was probably time for a new version of the free Microlite20 RPG Collection (see Time for the 2014 Edition of the Microlite20 RPG Collection) and that I hoped to have … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged free games, Microlite20, new school, old school

Time for the 2014 Edition of the Microlite20 RPG Collection

RetroRoleplaying Posted on April 4, 2014 by RandallApril 11, 2022

It’s been about two years since The Microlite20 RPG Collection 2012 Edition came out, so it’s probably time to start work on the 2014 Edition. Unfortunately, other than my various Microlite74 and Microlite81 releases, I haven’t seen many new Microlite20-based … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged free games, Microlite20, new school, old school

3.Y: Rolling Back 3.0 to Play More Like AD&D (in a Free 14 Page Supplement)

RetroRoleplaying Posted on January 23, 2014 by RandallApril 11, 2022

Blacky the Blackball, author of Dark Dungeons, Darker Dungeons, etc., has released a new game 3.Y. Actually, 3.Y is a fourteen page supplement to the 3.0 SRD (of the world’s most popular tabletop fantasy RPG). Yes, you read that right: … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged ADnD 2e, Dark Dungeons, DnD 3e, free games, new school, old school

Introducing the Microlite81 Warlord Class

RetroRoleplaying Posted on December 28, 2013 by RandallApril 11, 2022

A new draft of Microlite81 (Draft 0.40) is available to RetroRoleplaying Cancer Fund donors with the usual password. This draft includes the first versions of the optional Dragonborn, Tiefling, Warforged, and Warlord classes I promised in my Christmas day post. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged B/X, DnD, Microlite81, new school, old school, playtest, Warlord

Monsters & Magic: High Praise For A Game I’d Never Play

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 6, 2013 by RandallApril 11, 2022

I had a chance to look at a copy of Monsters & Magic this weekend. It’s a new “OSR” game by Sarah Newton published by Mindjammer Press. It’s basically a set of new school rules that you can overlay on … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, DnD Next, musings, new school, old school, reviews

Getting Rid of Attack Rolls; or Save vs Damage for D&D?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on August 6, 2013 by RandallApril 11, 2022

Every once in a while I see someone posting that fighters in D&D (or in D&D Next) should automatically hit and do huge amounts of damage so they can keep up with wizards in damage output ignoring the fact they … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged combat, DnD, Microlite74, musings, new school, old school, saving throws

D&D Combat Length Poll: How Long Should the Average Combat Take to Play

RetroRoleplaying Posted on April 10, 2013 by RandallApril 11, 2022

My post, WOTC Discovers Typical D&D Players Like Short Combats, a few days ago generated a lot of discussion both here and on Google+. I thought it might be interesting to see how long readers think the average combat in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged ADnD 1e, combat, DnD, DnD 5e, DnD Next, new school, old school

WOTC Discovers Typical D&D Players Like Short Combats

RetroRoleplaying Posted on April 3, 2013 by RandallApril 11, 2022

Amazing Stories has an interview with Mike Mearls talking about D&D Next. From one of Mike’s comments it seems that WOTC has finally learned what many players have know for years: Most players like fast combats. In the interview, Mike … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged ADnD 1e, combat, DnD 5e, DnD Next, new school, old school

Old School Conversions of WOTC D&D Material

RetroRoleplaying Posted on February 1, 2013 by RandallApril 11, 2022

There’s a greater thread on theRPGSite where people are converting classes, races, and monsters from (mainly) WOTC D&D to old school (TSR) editions of D&D is this thread: Oldschool Conversions of Post-Oldschool Material. There is some good (if untested) stuff … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged 0e, ADnD 1e, ADnD 2e, character class, character race, DnD, monsters, new school, old school

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