I’m often asked why I don’t write and publish some adventures for Microlite74 or Microlite81. The easy answer is that there are already a large number of adventures written for the original games and their retroclones that can easily be … Continue reading →
I’d like to announce I’ve started a new Microlite74 project (in addition to Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery), a campaign setting supplement I’m tentatively calling Darkmoor. This will be a reworking of Robert Conley’s entirely OGL open game content Blackmarsh setting. … Continue reading →
I’ve discovered a very interesting (not to mention, very long) thread on RPG today titled “Voices From Below and the Long Stairs.” It’s a setting thread of what I can only describe as a modern world megadungeon. There are a … Continue reading →
I just saw this mentioned in RPGnet’s Microlite20 thread, I’ve downloaded and printed a copy. I looks like it has some great ideas and some really genre-appropriate art. Be warned: I thought the TOON version of D&D was great. Announcing … Continue reading →
There’s been a lot of talk about Sandbox play on RPG forums and blogs in the last year — and not just among old school players. In its pure form a Sandbox GM sets up a (usually small to start … Continue reading →
I stumbled on this on the web site of Roll for Surprises! — a company I’ve never heard of before. This looks very good — it will apparently be available for free download in PDF form and in hardcopy from … Continue reading →
Cities and Towns in the Hidden Valley Longpoint (pop 1700, Girwyllan) Longpoint used to be the midpoint on a road to Byrne, but the bridges to Byne were magically destroyed during the Kinstrife and never rebuilt. The road between Longpoint … Continue reading →
Cities and Towns in the Hidden Valley Goldcrest (pop 3500, Irillion) A large town serving as a base and rest and recreation area for a large number of mining camps in the mountains. It has a very “wild west” flavor. … Continue reading →
Cities and Towns in the Hidden Valley Irillion This is a large, independent city located south of The Ring on the banks of the Long River. Irillion is currently home to some 55,000 people, barely half of its population before … Continue reading →
Cities and Towns in the Hidden Valley Tarantis [Note: This Tarantis has nothing in common with the Judge’s Guild city-state other than the name.] Tarantis is a large city (about 100,000 people, although there is room for over three times … Continue reading →