2024 Deer Season – Lessons Learned
Michael / Chgowiz 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…
One Page Dungeon Templates
Back when David “Sham” Bowman and I came up with the One Page Dungeon Template, I used the Google “sites” tool to host files. That was back in 2008. Over…
Mid-summer Musings
What’s this? A post from a long-forgotten, long-left-behind old guy? Yep. It’s been awhile, granted – six months about since I last posted anything of consequence. To the few folks…
Happy Fiftieth, Dungeons & Dragons!
Although the exact date of first publication for D&D is not exactly know, it was in the month of January 1974 that Arneson & Gygax’s creation was introduced to the…
Situations and Resolutions in the original game
A thread was going on over at the OD&D Proboards forum on the idea of “rolling under your ability to do XYZ” and it got me to thinking along two…