Sunday, September 7, 2025

[Archival] Mandragora: The Mandrake March

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I haven't posted about it in about 8 or 9 years now, but Scott Driver, known for settings like the World of Thool, had briefly outlined ...
Friday, August 22, 2025

The Merchant Character Class

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I haven't presented a character class for AD&D in a while, so let's do this one. The main thing I'm editing here is the Asse...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

Notes On The Notes

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Let's have some "behind the scenes director's commentary" about the notes I presented on my upcoming AD&D campaign. T...
Saturday, August 9, 2025

AD&D Game Notes

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Bryn Celli Ddu, a barrow mound Time for a post, to remind you I am alive. I started off working on the Gygax75 Challenge , though I didn...
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Friday, April 25, 2025

[Obscure Games] Rolemaster

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 Originally published as an alternative combat system for Dungeons & Dragons , followed up by an alternative magic system and finally an...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Tactics in Adventure Gaming

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Virtual tabletops have caused something of a renaissance in tactical adventure game play, if only because miniatures and terrain are expe...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Some Possibly Unpopular Opinions Regarding Gaming-related Issues

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 I will never attend a convention in Indiana. The people of that state have chosen to enact policies that make everyday existence dangerous ...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Checking In

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I apologize for being quiet for several months, and for not continuing my look at expanded Domain Play in AD&D. I do want to say that I...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

TSR/WotC Returns To The World Of Oerth

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First of all, I don't yet have a copy of the new Dungeon Master's Guide for the updated 5E D&D. I'm poor and will have to w...
Monday, October 14, 2024

The Geist

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The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall All right, no more apologizing. Sometimes it'll just take me a while between articles here. That's ju...
Monday, September 9, 2024

Fine-Tuning AD&D 1st Edition for Different Settings

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First of all, let me apologize for having been so quiet. It's been a hard year and gaming has taken a secondary priority for me. Hopeful...
Monday, May 27, 2024

Lucky 13!

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Today, we celebrate 13 years of this blog. That seems impossible, since I only just started this blog yesterday, I'm sure. Well, no, che...
Thursday, February 29, 2024

[Obscure Games] DragonQuest

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There were quite a few attempts to break the near-monopoly that D&D held on the early fantasy adventure gaming industry. A couple have w...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

[The Domain Game] part 4: Raising Armies

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This is the 1 2 3 4th part of this ongoing series, and it is time to discuss the wargamer's favorite part: how to get an army to send...
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