Happy Holidays from the ChicagoWiz Christmas Manor!
Michael / Chgowiz This has been a rough year around our house, with Death visiting us far too often and too close. Still, I am blessed with the family and friends I have,…
Episode 23 – Attracting Old School Game Players, Keeping Old School Elders
Link to episode: https://anchor.fm/the-dungeon-masters-handbook/episodes/Episode-23—Attracting-Old-School-Game-Players–Keeping-Old-School-Elders-e9ogku Taking a cue from how Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor Podcast makes episodes in his car, I do some philosophizing about attracting players to old school…
WIP – “Rescue of Hommlet” – Rules and Scenario
In preparation for my first real foray into Greyhawk at GaryCon 2020, I’ve been reading the T1 “Village of Hommlet” module, as well as researching rules! My intent is to…
Sixty Opinions That Nobody Should Care About
So it started with a Tweet… I think a lot of Internet stories start like that… but this one started with a fashion tweet that led me to an idea…
Podcast Episode 22 – Demystifying AD&D Combat Surprise and Initiative
I’m challenging conventional wisdom that AD&D by-the-book combat is too difficult! In this episode, I review surprise and initiative and those dreaded words/phrases: “segments” and “weapon speed”. Let’s learn and…
Podcast Episode 21 – Lessons from Recent Games, Perspective on AD&D Combat
I’ve had a busy couple of weeks with a lot of games, so I share some of the things I’ve learned and observed. Plus, I get to a topic that…
WIP – “Rescue of Hommlet” Adventure – Updates
Moathouse model updates I’ve made some good progress! The basic structure is assembled. I’ve sealed off the corrugated edges to make it look better and give it some strength. I’m…
Undead turning the living
I’ve had this in my Drafts folder for a year, so let’s run with it a bit. My twisted brain jumps to weird places, especially when I read something like…
Three Hexes ‘Zine #2 Released!
The second issue of my periodic ‘zine “Three Hexes” is now available as PWYW on DriveThruRPG! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/294790/Three-Hexes-Zine-2 The Three Hexes ‘zines are juiced up, rewritten and improved version of my…
New Podcast – Episode 20 – One on One Game; Making Towns and Cities
In this episode, I catch up on a couple of my AD&D games, as well as getting some momentum in playing my one on one OD&D campaign with my wife.…