Simplifying Encumbrance
Michael / Chgowiz Ah, encumbrance. How I’ve loved to hate thee, but how I’ve found that thou art needed… This is my simplified encumbrance approach. Many of you will recognize this as the…
February 2020
Podcast Episode 29 – Realistic AD&D Initiative, Update on Campaigns and Playtests
There have been many attempts to house-rule and update AD&D Initiative/Surprise rules to make it more “realistic.” I visit one of those alternative systems from an email I received, as…
GaryCon Prep Update: Moathouse Tested! Heist On the Way!
Playtesting is now complete on my Rescue of Hommlet scenario. My friends Chris and Alex came over this past weekend to beat each other to a bloody stalemate (or mutual…
Where have the players been in your campaign?
Sit back and consider, for a moment, the contiguous land mass of the Russian nation. It’s huge. Wikipedia says that area is 17,098,246 square kilometers. (6,601,670 sq mi) For comparison,…
Podcast Episode 28 – Lessons Learned and Campaign Happenings
A lot of games over the past couple of weeks, and some lessons learned as a DM! Come listen as I share about running boss battles, using random events in…
GaryCon XII Prep – Moathouse complete! Heist complete! Seeking Playtesters!
The Moathouse for my “Rescue of Hommlet” game is complete! First… picture time! I am ECSTATIC at how it came out! I can’t wait to get this on the table…
HOTT 52 – Battle 6 – Send in the Trolls!
A fun battle of Humans vs Orcs that suddenly and convincingly ended, this time with all elements filled in! I finished my Saxons that would become my human warband elements.…
When our “heroes” become “those people”…
“If there is to be a brave new world, our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it.” – Chancellor Gorkon, Star Trek VI – The Undiscovered…
HOTT 52 – Battle 5 – A Final Desperate Battle
Battle 5 was fought over the weekend. The more I play, the more that setup finishes more quickly, and I remember the combat factors a lot more now. Less referring…
Podcast Episode 27 – Horrors Under Tuluk – A Player’s Journal
This is a VERY special episode and it’s an experiment! David, player of Eadwig from my Etinerra campaign, submitted a fantastic adventurer’s journal entry that I simply had to share.…