Paul's Gameblog

February 27, 2012 Paul

Thoughts on the Slave Lords

Role Playing, Tournaments

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

Conventions, TotalCon

Let me start off by saying, lest it appear otherwise, that TotalCon was a great success this year. I had a really great time. That

February 22, 2012 Paul

Conventions, TotalCon

So tomorrow starts TotalCon. I’m trying quite a few new things this year. To start, I’m attending the entire convention but did not get a

February 19, 2012 Paul

House, Role Playing

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

February 18, 2012 Paul

Role Playing

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.

February 9, 2012 Paul

Role Playing

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

January 31, 2012 Paul

Conventions, GenCon

I just got through GenCon hotel reservations. What a shitty system that is! I get the hotel rooms for a group of 7 people. We

January 31, 2012December 22, 2018 Paul

Conventions, Role Playing

Last weekend I ran the second half of A1 (the sewers part) for a group of friends and coworkers as a test run for TotalCon.

January 30, 2012 Paul

Role Playing

Yesterday I ran another practice run of one of the A-series modules, the sewer part of A1 in fact. I will post more detail about

January 30, 2012December 22, 2018 Paul

Role Playing

I read a delightful article in The Dragon issue #39 (July 1980) last night, titled “Uniformity, Conformity, or neither?” by Karl Horak. It’s a short