After a lot of searching, I found my master copy of The Grimoire #1. In late 1977, I decided to produce my own gaming fanzine, The Grimoire: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy Gaming. As it would have to … Continue reading →
I don’t usually talk about events in my weekend campaign because I’m not very good at writing up interesting accounts. Fiction — even at the session report level — just isn’t something I do well. However, we had a TPK … Continue reading →
As of 6pm this evening, the final vote from my players is in. They’ve been debating since early April whether to continue the current campaign under Swords & Wizardry or convert it to Microlite74. (For background see Microlite74 is "better" … Continue reading →
Earlier this month, I posted than two-thirds of my Swords & Wizardry players preferred Microlite74 to Swords & Wizardry (see Microlite74 is "better" than Swords & Wizardry?). I was at a loss to explain this as the differences between M74 … Continue reading →
I mentioned a playing card combat system in a post last week (There is No One True Way — A Rant) and promised more information, so here we go. Unfortunately, I never saw this system in play. I was told … Continue reading →
There is no one true way to play D&D. Personally, I consider this the soul of “Old School” D&D. You bought the rules (be they Original D&D, AD&D, B/X D&D, or BECMI D&D) and you as GM get to do … Continue reading →
This post is one of a series of house rule posts for the Swords & Wizardry Core Rules. (S&W is a free 0e retroclone.) These posts are draft conversions of some of the house rules I’ve used in my campaigns … Continue reading →
James Maliszewski has announced the Megadungeon.net website is up and running. Megadungeon.net is an “Old School” megadungeon project intended to produce a old-school megadungeon a bit at a time — something like Monte Cook is doing — except that this … Continue reading →
It looks like earlier reports of Dave’s death were a bit premature. I got the report of Dave’s death from a close friend of his, but now have a message from his family that he is alive (as of this … Continue reading →
[Important Update: According to a message I just received from Dave’s family, he’s still alive but was moved to a hospice. See Dave Arneson Makes Save vs Death for more info.] I just opened my email to some sad, but … Continue reading →