1977 Traveller and grenades
Michael / Chgowiz Whooboy… Now I know why I like the 1977 LBBs – simple, quick and not a lot of thought, unless you wanted to deep dive into things. CT77 doesn’t have…
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What does Protection from Evil protect us from?
I’ve had this question occur a number of times in my campaigns and it just happened this week for my on-going Dungeon23 campaign. This campaign sticks to the 1974 OD&D…
Classic Traveller / Battlestar Galactica Season 1 – Lessons Learned
When I set out to run a game based on Battlestar Galactica, Classic Traveller was my first place to go to find a system that I could use to enable…
Classic Traveller / Battlestar Galactica Season 1 ends with a cliffhanger!
The stalwart Fleet Scouts cautiously approached the nervous human woman. She was dressed in homespun materials – leather-like, beaded and knotted. They had lured her out from hiding by singing…
New Etinerra AD&D houserule – effects of zero hit points
My game sessions these days run at about 2 to 2 1/2 hours, every other week. That’s just the reality of online/remote gaming and our busy lives. I’m grateful for…
Tucker’s Kobolds become the Ewok Kobolds
There may have been a scene recently in my AD&D campaign that looked a little like this… The PCs stumbled onto a map of a treasure location. The note that…
An example of AD&D combat in my campaign
This post is a fun answer to a challenge from a discussion on “how difficult AD&D combat is” on social media. If you’d like to see the full thread, you…
What I’ve learned after 2 years of running LBB OD&D
I created a megadungeon in 2023 as part of the whole #Dungeon23 yearly project thing. To help keep me motivated, I began running a campaign while still creating the thing…
A new look and purpose
I’ve been thinking… well, actually, I’ve been doing a lot of things but I’ve also been thinking. You might notice that the title of the blog has changed a bit.…
Behind the DM Screen – Managing numbers
Alex Schroeder (of campaignwiki.org) and I were having a lovely chat on Mastodon this morning: @kensanata: The one thing that surprises me the most in role-playing games: how almost nobody…