Palace of the Vampire Queen was the first professionally published standalone adventure module for D&D. Written by Pete and Judy Kerestan, it was published by Wee Warriors in 1976. It was even distributed by TSR for a brief time. While … Continue reading →
The fourth playtest draft of Microlite75 is now available. Changes for this draft are again mostly in the optional rules section. Major additions include: more advantages and disadvantages, the Techno class (and “weird science” rules to support it), the Adventurer … Continue reading →
I finally had a chance to go through the rest of that box of papers I found Palace of the Vampire Queen in. I discovered a few additional RPG items published in the late 1970s (and, near the bottom of … Continue reading →
I found a box full of old papers from the 1970s Sunday and was going to toss it out as it looked to be old papers from college. Fortunately, I decided I had better at least glance through the stuff … Continue reading →
I’ve added psionic combat to the optional Psionics rules in Microlite75 at the request of one of my players. He thought that if I was going to do psionics, I shouldn’t leave half of it out. This version of psionic … Continue reading →
The third playtest draft of Microlite75 is now available. Changes for this draft are mainly in the optional rules section. Major additions to the optional rules include: Advantages and Disadvantages, Character Goals and Traits, Armor for all classes, and Psionics. … Continue reading →
When I started RetroRoleplaying.com a couple of years ago, I intended it to be a site with in formation about out-of-print RPGs. However, I soon found myself sucked into publishing my own free RPGs. Now RetroRoleplaying.com is publish a number … Continue reading →
One of my players gave me eleven adventures from Goodman Games Dungeon Crawl Classics line for D&D 3.x Sunday. I’ve glanced through several of the adventures for lower level characters (Idylls of the Rat King, The Mysterious Tower, and Legacy … Continue reading →
I’m finally beginning serious work on Microlite75. After giving it a lot of thought and talking with the gamers playing in my OD&D game, I’ve decided that main version Microlite75 will be less an attempt to duplicate 0e and its … Continue reading →
My players have asked if we could try an action point/hero point system for our OD&D game. I can hear the screams now. However, unlike many old school players, I’m not automatically allergic to the idea. To me, action points … Continue reading →