I recently became aware of ConstantCon, an on-going convention of sorts being run entirely online all the time using Google+. I find the idea really
Category: Role Playing
Noobs
I was talking to my wife Jenn recently about my current campaign and how I wish I could break my players of the habit of
Set Dressing and Random Rolls
I’ve read through the rest of the A-series modules, and intend to post about each in turn. One thing I’ve noticed though is that they
Piercer, I hardly even knew her
Let’s talk about a classic D&D monster: the piercer. For those who don’t know (c’mon, go get your monster manual out), this is a monster
More on Cleric Spells
Based on yesterday’s poll, I decided to actually compare side-by-side the OD&D magic-user spell progression and the Labyrinth Lord cleric spell progression up to level
Clerical Spell Progression
Earlier in the week I looked at the spell progression for magic-users across OD&D (O), B/X D&D (B), and AD&D 1e (A). Today, I thought
Spells Through the Ages: Spell Progression
OK, this isn’t really a normal Spells Through the Ages. I was looking at the pre-generated characters in the A-series modules and thinking about how
Tournament Modules – A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity
As mentioned in my first GenCon post, I got to play a session of A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity this year, and later A4:
More Gygaxian Wisdom
Here’s a nice bit I discovered in Cheers Gary which I wanted to expound upon: [I] have observed the coddled state of many new gamers
Cheers Gary
While at GenCon this year, I made a donation to the Gygax Memorial Fund, and received a copy of a Cheers, Gary, a book that