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What Single (Non-D&D) Roleplaying Game Would I Choose?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on January 18, 2014 by RandallApril 11, 2022

I received an interesting question the other day. If I had to select a single RPG to use for the rest of my life — and I could not select any form of D&D or a “D&D Heartbreaker”, which game … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged musings, rpgs

My RPG Sessions Do Not Generate Fiction

RetroRoleplaying Posted on June 2, 2013 by RandallApril 11, 2022

My RPG sessions do not generate fiction, at least not in any meaningful sense for the more common meanings of fiction. As I run sandbox campaigns, they don’t even play out pre-written stories as (railroaded) adventures. I mention this because … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, fiction, musings, old school, rpgs

D&D 5e Dream Team

RetroRoleplaying Posted on December 11, 2011 by RandallApril 11, 2022

A thread on RPGnet asks who your “dream team” of designers for D&D 5e would be. Here’s mine. Gary GygaxDavid ArnesonDavid HargraveBob BledsawPaul JaquaysFrank MentzerAaron AllstonDavid (Zeb) CookLenard LakofkaMonte CookJohn SapienzaLewis Pulsipher Unfortunately, this team is impossible as the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged DnD, musings, rpgs

Notes on Legacy (David Feldt, 1978) – Is it the F.A.T.A.L. of 1978?

RetroRoleplaying Posted on June 25, 2010 by RandallApril 11, 2022

The Legacy RPG by David A. Feldt was self-published in 1978. It is an odd, but weirdly fascinating, duck. It’s unplayable (because it is barely understandable), but when you read it you will be drawn to some of its weird … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient Posts | Tagged old school, rpgs
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