My stance on D&D 4th Edition
When you read some of my older post you’ll notice that I praised D&D 4th Edition on numerous occasions and recently I have become more of a critic. For quite some time I...
September 3, 2009
Legacy D&D
Why play old-school D&D?
If you haven’t been living under a rock for quite some time, you probably noticed a growing trend in the RPG hobby: OD&D is back with a vengeance. Ok, in most cases it’s...
September 2, 2009
Guide to retro-clone roleplaying games
It’s probably pretty obvious that I recently discovered the world of old-school gaming for me. In a way this new passion started with Dungeonslayers (which is actually not old-school at all) and later...
August 31, 2009
Ask The Readers: What is your favorite D&D retro-clone and why?
I have never played the original D&D from 1974 or any other version of D&D before AD&D 2nd Edition. But then the release of several D&D retro-clones allowed me to explore what people...
August 28, 2009
There’s more to the OGL than d20 (Paizo Edition)
Recently I wrote about the various games that have been released under the OGL and for which a system reference document is available. A few days ago, Paizo released its new Pathfinder RPG,...
August 17, 2009
X-plorers released
David Bezio just informed me in the comments to my last X-plorers post that the final version is available now on Lulu for download as a PDF or for order as paperback book....
August 12, 2009
There’s more to OGL than d20 (Part 2)
This is the second and concluding (for now at least) episode of my series on OGL games. D&D 3rd Edition and the d20 System started it all, but a lot of other companies...
July 31, 2009
Reading Recommendation: “Quick Primer for Old School Gaming”
I have never played the early editions of D&D. Not even one of the retro-clones that are now freely available all over the internet. The oldest game I’ve ever played was the original...
July 30, 2009
There’s more to OGL than d20 (Part 1)
A couple of years back, when Wizards of the Coast released 3rd Edition of D&D, they not only updated the famous franchise, but they also gave us the Open Gaming License. For the...
July 29, 2009
Preview: Kobold Quarterly 10
Warning! This preview has been written by someone who has never read any issue of Kobold Quarterly before. Yes, its true. I have never read an issue of KQ before. I guess KQ...
July 21, 2009
Interview with Wolfgang Baur
Some days ago I managed to arrange an interview with Wolfgang Baur, Kobold-in-Chief of Kobold Quarterly. Wolfgang Baur is a RPG industry veteran and has worked for many companies including Wizards of the...
July 20, 2009
First Look: Swords & Wizardry Quick Start
Today fellow RPG blogger Michael Shorten (better known as Chgowiz) released “Swords & Wizardry Quick Start” a 26-paged roleplaying game that is available as paperback or free PDF download on Lulu. “Swords &...
July 16, 2009
X-Plorers Playtest Version available
What if the fathers of roleplaying were fans of SF instead of Fantasy? That’s what David Bezio thought when he created X-Plorers. His game reads and looks like it has been created back...
July 9, 2009
Using Savage Worlds for an Eberron campaign
Inspired by Berin Kinsman’s post “Why Savage Worlds is Heir to 3rd Edition” I am thinking about running an Eberron Campaign using Savage World rules. Some of you are probably asking why someone...
June 18, 2009
RPG Bloggers are fans of Weird Al Yankovic
There was some talk on Twitter about whether RPG Bloggers are fans of Weird Al or not. I know that I always enjoyed listening to his songs and watching his awesome music videos....
June 16, 2009
Dungeons & Dragons Online goes free to play
Ok, in my first post I told everyone that this blog is about pen & paper RPGs and not MMORPGs or even LARP. But sometime you just have to break your own rules...
June 10, 2009
CSI: Sharn
On the German RPG blog “Limited Edition – Gedanken zum Rollenspiel” I discovered a very intersting post called “CSI: Sharn“. Sharn is one of the most iconic cities in Eberron and a great...
May 16, 2009