Tucker’s Kobolds become the Ewok Kobolds
Michael / Chgowiz 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…
Garden planning for 2025
I’m well into planning for my next vegetable garden. I’ve got a ~500sq ft (~46 sq m) plot at a community garden. Last year was my first year at this…
Post-season scouting (and a bit of turkey…)
So deer season has come and gone, and that means its time to pack away the gear, look at the photos and remember the fun, right? Well, not exactly. It’s…
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…
2024 Deer Season – Lessons Learned
As I type this today, it’s the last day of the Illinois 2024/25 deer hunting season, and the temperature w/wind chill is a dangerous -16F/-27C. I’m not that dedicated that…
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…
Cooking/Canning and Gardening – so far – in 2024
(NOTE: My blog is changing! I’m going to be writing about all the hobbies that I’m involved in, or will get involved in. If you just want to see RPG/wargaming…
Hunting – so far – in 2024
(NOTE: My blog is changing! I’m going to be writing about all the hobbies that I’m involved in, or will get involved in. If you just want to see RPG/wargaming…
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…