Bridging the Gap part II
Back again with another tip on using something from a newer game in an older one. One of the biggest problems in most games has to be how the party got together and how...
January 20, 2011
Legacy D&D
Bridging the Gap
There is a lot of animosity between the old-school and new-school gaming groups. A lot of this I think is unnecessary. I mentioned briefly in my introduction that I am more of an...
January 10, 2011
Lamentation of the Flame Princess Sale
You might have heard of Lamentation of the Flame Princess before. It’s a D&D retro-clone that does a few things differently than most others. Instead of just being a close copy of 1974’s...
December 7, 2010
Evolve or die… or, A diatribe on my feelings about new editions!
Because what the internet needs is another person griping about new or revised editions of the games they love! But gentle reader, that’s not my intention today; I’ll try not to grumble, much....
November 11, 2010
Staying in the “Sweet Spot”
In the latest episode of RPG Circus Jeff, Mark and Zach talked about low, mid and high level play in games like D&D. For some reason a lot of people find the early...
November 10, 2010
Jim Ward in need of help
According to the Greyhawk Grognard, game design luminary Jim Ward, who is responsible for such classic games as Metamorphosis Alpha and Gamma World needs our help. Obviously he spent some time in the...
November 8, 2010
Free Stuff Fridays: Javascript Character Generators
This is usually Youseph’s territory but I’m trying my hand at writing a Free Stuff Friday post because it’s a topic I’ve recently become very interested in, Character Generators. Every so often I...
October 15, 2010
Return of the Immortals
Note: The contents of this post first appeared at Polyhedral Dreams in two parts. This collated post has been slightly edited. It began with a dream. I had found a new group to...
October 13, 2010
Gaming finds!
For quite some time I could not understand the appeal of antiquing and the TV shows about it. Likewise some of you may find the idea of shopping for bargains at discount stores...
October 12, 2010
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What about the new D&D comic? A review!
Some of you may or may not know that IDW Publishing will soon begin publication of officially licensed Dungeons & Dragons comics. They recently published an issue #0 to promote the new series...
September 8, 2010
Come to me my jungle friends!
Recent events in my life have me thinking about pets. Be they familiars, animal companions or summoned animals, whatever way your system of choice calls them, why do we feel the urge to...
August 31, 2010
There is no spoon … eh … OSR
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to prove that there’s no renewed interest in older editions of D&D and other games, but I want to share my thoughts on the perception of...
August 27, 2010
Food & Games
Don’t worry; this has NOTHING to do with all the electronic cooking games out there. This is about gamers and the food they eat when they game. Junk food and role-playing games are...
August 24, 2010
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Review: Kobold Quarterly Issue 14
Currently I play none of the games which are regularly covered by Kobold Quarterly, but so far I’ve enjoyed reading every issue I got my hands on. Aside from a lot of material...
August 3, 2010
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What about the GameMastery Guide? A review…
The Paizo GameMastery Guide is an excellent companion to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rule Book. The Core Rulebook combines all the rules you used to find in the old D&D 3.5 Player’s Handbook...
August 3, 2010
Character Death, woe or wow?
Last night I played a particularly long session of my weekly Pathfinder RPG game. During this game I killed a player character. Well that’s not quiet accurate. I wasn’t gunning out for him;...
July 29, 2010
Mystara, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways!
A recent post by fellow blogger and friend Daniel Pérez about his love for the Forgotten Realms got me thinking about my favorite campaign setting. The D&D Known World, better known as Mystara....
July 22, 2010