Our Friday night Mythrus Tower game was held in a small board room with a single long table, whose door generally remained shut to the
Category: D&D
Carousing
For some time now I’ve been using Jeff Rients’ Carousing rules in every campaign I run, from OD&D to DemonWars. Actually I use the version
Michael Mornard on Mapping
Delta recently pointed me to a forum post by Michael Mornard, where he recounts some stories of what it was like gaming with Gary Gygax
Bossfights and Battlemats
I ran three two-hour sessions of OD&D at TotalCon called “Bossfight for Breakfast.” The general idea is to give the late risers a quick game
Purple Worms
One of my Bossfight for Breakfast games this coming weekend at TotalCon will feature purple worms, and since I’m using minis I decided to dust
Initiative Through the Ages
I’ve played with lots of different initiative systems – individual rolls, group rolls, based on a stat, drawing cards from a deck… Seems like turn
Miniatures
I love collecting and painting miniatures, but I don’t use them in my D&D games. Except when I do. And even then I don’t really.
New vs. Old – The Focus of Pacing
A former player of my campaign and good friend recently dabbled in running 5th edition, and reported back to me his impressions. One interesting thing
Contested Will Probabilities
In follow up to yesterday’s post, I did the work and calculated out the chance to lose control of an intelligent sword in OD&D. Here’s
Combat vs. Exploration
A bit of OSR kool-aid I drank long ago and I now regurgitate regularly is the notion that old school D&D is more heavily focused