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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
“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…
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…
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.…
Different invisibility/blinking mechanic that I’ve used, instead of just a modifier to hit roll Advanced Dungeons & Dragons presents a great many monsters who can have some really cool effects,…
Michael / Chgowiz