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WIP - "Rescue of Hommlet" - Playtest weekend
Having written stolen and mashed up rules to create a Chainmail/Book of War hybrid Frankenstein monster, I wanted to make sure that the thing played well, and I wanted to see what comes up that I...
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HOTT 52 - Getting Ready
Kaptain Kobold over at the Stronghold blog has been holding forth on the game HOTT (Hordes of the Things) for years now. This year, they decided to play a weekly game of HOTT a year and record them as...
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My GaryCon XII / 2020 games approved and scheduled!
I have four games at GaryCon XII/2020 this year! I'm so glad to be returning to one of my favorite events in the Midwest. If you get a chance, come play some games with me!Friday - 10amRescue of...
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HOTT 52 - Relearning the rules for the first two weeks.
I played two games of HOTT (Hordes of the Things) this weekend, to do my first two weeks' games for the HOTT 52 challenge. I'm now caught up so that I can do a "game a week" - I've got things set up so...
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Podcast Episode 25 - AD&D Combat Demystified - Initiative for Spellcasting,...
I'm challenging conventional wisdom that AD&D by-the-book combat is too difficult! In this episode, I visit initiative one more time to talk about melee with a spell-caster, and then I cover...
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HOTT 52 - It's all about the lines and remembering the rules correctly!
I took a quick moment to knock out another game of HOTT over Friday night/Saturday morning. It was a quick game, as I'm starting to remember how things flow and the combat factors/modifiers. I did have...
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Episode 26 - Q&A on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Magic
Mr. Goblin's Henchman of Goblins Henchmen Podcast (https://anchor.fm/ghench) sent a message with two questions about AD&D - Magic Resistance and how spellbooks work in my campaign. I had great fun...
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HOTT 52 - Battle 4 - Attack on An'Burkag's Encampment
I fought my HOTT 52 Week 4 battle over lunch today and had a blast! I tried out the Magician unit for the first time. After the battle report, I'll give you my thoughts on this unit and how it plays...
View ArticleAnswering Alex Schroeder - How's My Campign? Just Fine!
Alex Schroeder asks a few questions on his blog/site to folks who've been running their campaigns for awhile. With ten years going and three active games within the campaign (plus wargames!), I thought...
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Making monsters different - an example of invisibility
Different invisibility/blinking mechanic that I've used, instead of just a modifier to hit rollAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons presents a great many monsters who can have some really cool effects, but...
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Podcast Episode 27 - Horrors Under Tuluk - A Player's Journal
This is a VERY special episode and it's an experiment! David, player of Eadwig from my Etinerra campaign, submitted a fantastic adventurer's journal entry that I simply had to share. I've been...
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HOTT 52 - Battle 5 - A Final Desperate Battle
Battle 5 was fought over the weekend. The more I play, the more that setup finishes more quickly, and I remember the combat factors a lot more now. Less referring to the sheet and rules. However, each...
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When our "heroes" become "those people"...
"If there is to be a brave new world, our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it."- Chancellor Gorkon, Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered CountryAnother revelation is rippling across...
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HOTT 52 - Battle 6 - Send in the Trolls!
A fun battle of Humans vs Orcs that suddenly and convincingly ended, this time with all elements filled in! I finished my Saxons that would become my human warband elements. All painted with colors and...
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GaryCon XII Prep - Moathouse complete! Heist complete! Seeking Playtesters!
The Moathouse for my "Rescue of Hommlet" game is complete!First... picture time! I am ECSTATIC at how it came out! I can't wait to get this on the table at GaryCon and see people play on it.I am...
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Podcast Episode 28 - Lessons Learned and Campaign Happenings
A lot of games over the past couple of weeks, and some lessons learned as a DM! Come listen as I share about running boss battles, using random events in interesting ways and how a big reveal had me...
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Where have the players been in your campaign?
Sit back and consider, for a moment, the contiguous land mass of the Russian nation. It's huge. Wikipedia says that area is 17,098,246 square kilometers. (6,601,670 sq mi) For comparison, a city block...
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GaryCon Prep Update: Moathouse Tested! Heist On the Way!
Playtesting is now complete on my Rescue of Hommlet scenario. My friends Chris and Alex came over this past weekend to beat each other to a bloody stalemate (or mutual defeat, depending on how you look...
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Podcast Episode 29 - Realistic AD&D Initiative, Update on Campaigns and...
There have been many attempts to house-rule and update AD&D Initiative/Surprise rules to make it more "realistic." I visit one of those alternative systems from an email I received, as well as talk...
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Simplifying Encumbrance
Ah, encumbrance. How I've loved to hate thee, but how I've found that thou art needed...This is my simplified encumbrance approach. Many of you will recognize this as the approach from BX, but it's...
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