[Three Hexes] The World of the Chosen
Campaign: Although legends say differently, common wisdom says that it has always been so - the Chosen in Unlife live in the cities, while humans, orcs and goblins live in the Wretched Lands. Small...
View ArticleWhat else is going with me? Gaming and more gaming!
It's been three months since my post about "Just Three Hexes" and since I started my podcast - The Dungeon Master's Handbook. It probably seems like my blog has just turned into only those for content,...
View Article[Three Hexes] A Tale of Three Cities
Campaign: In the morning of Man, the god/desses ruled over their cities and lands in the manner of each deity and their personality. The gods vie for control of the other's lands and people, for the...
View Article[Podcast] Special GaryCon 2018 Episode - 3 Lessons About Running Games at Cons
Michael's just returned from GaryCon and had to share three lessons that he learned from running and playing in convention games. Plus, the nerdiest confession you'll hear all day, guaranteed! Season 1...
View ArticleGaryCon X - Celebrating Good Gaming
Most of you probably know that GaryCon X 2018 was this past weekend. I've put up a ton of pics on Google Plus, as well as recorded a podcast about lessons learned, but I wanted to share a bit of the...
View Article[Three Hexes] The Titan's Sword
Campaign: The omens were dark, but then the prayers were answered when the Titan's Sword fell to the Lands, piercing the ground at The Strike. Since then, the Lands have prospered, the horrors of...
View Article[Three Hexes] The Great Storm
Campaign: It doesn't matter what gods you pray to, how strong your armies and walls are, how crafty and skilled your wizards are, in the end, The Great Storm rules over all. A vast cyclone of lighting,...
View ArticleRandom Road Stop Generator
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View Article[Three Hexes] Hail the Monster King
Campaign: In the Age of Elves, the Monster King descended from the heavens and wreaked destruction across all of the known lands, leaving death and ruin in its wake. The Elves defeated the Beast and...
View Article[Three Hexes] The Kingdom of Intrigue - Guest Post!
One of my blog readers and player in my AD&D campaign has made his own Three Hexes campaign starter! Derek "Doc" Daniels shared this with me and gave me permission to share it with you! I think...
View ArticleHow Can I Encourage Imagination?
I see a lot of DMs and gamers who try to get precision and reality into their games. "How exactly big is this hex", "How long to steep the potion before extracting it" etc. This got me to thinking...I...
View Article[Three Hexes] The Plague Lands
Campaign: Mother Earth was far kinder to humanity than it needed to be, when The Change happened, but the scope of the 21st Century's devastation on the biosphere was far worse than any scientist could...
View ArticleSolo Wargaming using Berthier and HOTT
I am running a slow solo wargame campaign in my Etinerra world of Orcs vs. Humans. I am starting to run this campaign with the Berthier Campaign Manager software and when there are contacts/conflicts,...
View Article[Three Hexes] Ground and Sky - War!
Campaign: The agaricosia (giant mushroom) forests and inhabitants of Nethelem had lived in peace for generations, but then the Sky Wardens came and laid waste to the towns, villages and farms, leaving...
View ArticleEtinerra Wargames - Orcs of the Bloody Axe v. Southron Duchy, Duchy of Pisces
I am running several wargames campaign in my Etinerra world, which hosts all of my AD&D/D&D games. It's been a fun way to explore my world, set some action into it that the players experience...
View Article[Three Hexes] The World of Below
Campaign: The Old Ones, they said that once we came from above, that we ruled the Abovebeyond and even something called "the skyz", but that we sinned and failed and we had to live down here, in the...
View ArticleBlast from the Past! My simple OD&D/AD&D Psionics rules
I like simplified rules. I want to get to the point of the thing, not chew through dozens of rules and various charts to get to the point. So it is with psionics. I don't like what Gary/et.al. came up...
View Article[Three Hexes] The Iron Child
Campaign: Where there was once peace and prosperity, now there is war and famine, and all wonder if the cloud of evil that has lain over the Great Yellow Palace will ever be lifted. Fierce ogres and...
View ArticleFord over Troubled Waters - Chaos Wars Battle Report
On the 46th day of the Summer season, the 59th Year after The Doom, Marshal Shapman of Giant's Crossing sent his 2nd-in-command, Commander Meade, to Giant's Keep up-river with an important mission:...
View Article[Three Hexes] An Uneasy Truce
Campaign: Four generations of peace are threatened by a recent spate of murders that has everyone on edge! It started first in the city of Calliston, with the brutal murder of the King's Vizier. Now,...
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