I just saw a blog post by Mike Mearls, Build Your Adventures in OD&D, where he suggests doing the initial design work for 4e adventures as if the adventure was being written for OD&D. According to Mike, because OD&D characters … Continue reading →
After a week of setting up my new computer, I find that I get top do it all over again. AVAST decided the main component of Microsoft’s update system, trustedinstaller.exe was a Trojan earlier this week. I told AVAST to … Continue reading →
What will Microlite75 have that Microlite74 does not have? Here are the current plans. All the following will be added to M74 as part of the “base rules:” ClassesM75 will have the following additional classes from the 0e supplements and … Continue reading →
I’ve decided I have too many projects in the fire and that I really need to focus on one of them. After consulting with my players, and some of my net friends and associates, I’ve decided to work on Microlite75. … Continue reading →
I made the mistake of saying “Coming soon: Level Three” in my Under the Pyramid: A Megadungeon — Level Two post on November 7th. Here it is — or at least the first half of it. Better late than never, … Continue reading →
Sorry for the delay, I had intended to do one level of the dungeon every day. Unfortunately, offline life is not cooperating. However, here is a description — taken from my old design notes — of the second level of … Continue reading →
The very first dungeon I created was a double pyramid. Imagine a diamond shaped building buried in the ground do that only a large pyramid is visible. As might be expected, this dungeon was awful. People had fun playing in … Continue reading →
Matt Finch has announced that Swords & Wizardry will now be published by Black Blade Publishing. This should get Swords & Wizardry into game stores. The S&W PDF will still be free. Here’s the press release. Black Blade Publishing to … Continue reading →
I’ve used attribute saves (roll 1d20 and roll under a selected attribute) in D&D to handle actions that aren’t covered by the rules but that I feel need some type of random element is needed since 1976 or so. It’s … Continue reading →
The Swords & Wizardry/Microlite74 campaign I’ve been running since early in the year (some 17 sessions) last Sunday. My players had looked through The Gray Book the previous weekend and told me then that they might want to convert the … Continue reading →