One piece of collateral damage from the implosion of 38 Studios that few would take notice of but affects me personally very much is my
Category: Role Playing
Sandbox Win
Last week we finally used the hex map for real. I’m quite pleased with it. Here’s a nice bit of play it generated: In a
Hex Crawl Follow-Up
It struck me just now that Delta’s game was not the first OD&D based fully random hex-crawl convention game I’ve played. In fact, if you
Hex Crawlin'
My HelgaCon was book-ended by hex crawls. I started out Friday night running a game of Warhammer FRPG (2nd edition) with a nautical theme that
Less Stuff
One of the less mentioned benefits of the early editions of D&D, especially compared to the latest edition, is the vast reduction in stuff required
D&D At the Movies
Last weekend I watched two movies whose plots center around gaming. This ups my personal collection of D&D related movies to 4, which may very
Thoughts on the Slave Lords
So I ran three more sessions of the A-series. I wanted to run only first rounds, as I liked the idea of all the scores
My New Valet
When we first moved in to this house back in July and I realized I would have space for a dedicated game room, I placed
AD&D Open – 1980
Next week I will be running some of the A-series modules at TotalCon, originally run as the AD&D open tournament at GenCon XIII in 1980.
OSR Products You Should Own
I generally don’t do product reviews here, but I feel I need to point out two OSR authors whose contributions have had a major positive