Just Three Hexes – Campaign Starters
Michael / Chgowiz “It takes just three hexes to start a campaign.” The idea of that you don’t have to start big to run a campaign has been something that I’ve been saying…
Michael / Chgowiz
Etinerra Lore – The Horrible Source of the Eye Tyrants
Ever heard of Basil Wolverton, the cartoonist? I hadn’t until early last week, when Grand DM posted this picture on Twitter. This lovely image is from a comic released in…
Ambushes! Book of War to the Rescue! (or How Players Make My Campaign Better)
Back in October, the players in my Etinerra campaign ran into an ongoing skirmish-ambush by roughly twenty Goblins. Nasty little buggers, those goblins, as they used cunning “scoot and shoot”…
Ultima RPG on Roll 20 – Looking for Players!
Did you play the first three Ultima games? I’m talking about Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness, Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress and Ultima III: Exodus. These…
Yes, I am crazy about my campaign! #NotSorry
A good friend of mine looked at me yesterday after our D&D game and asked me “Are you crazy?!?” – this was in response to that I’m thinking of running…
Tom Meier shutting down Thunderbolt Miniatures on Christmas
Tom Meier, famous miniatures sculptor since his teen years in the 70s, is shutting down his online store – Thunderbolt Miniatures – on Christmas Day. “Who is Tom Meier and…
Coming soon – The Dungeon Master’s Handbook Podcast!
I’m launching a podcast in early December to share the love of old school Dungeons & Dragons campaigns! This old school gamer is coming out of the blogs and into…
GameHoleCon Recap and Pictures
Back from GameHoleCon – it was a glorious weekend of gaming, surprises, seeing some history and having fun! Friday was spent playing a wacky game by Inner City Games Design…
The Agreement to be More Welcoming to Non-White-Male Gamers
I’ve been thinking about this since news of Ms. Price who felt sexually harassed by Frank Mentzer and twittered about it. Since reading the 50-odd page thread on rpg.net about…
ChicagoWiz’s Goblins
The poor, maligned goblin. First shown as some sort of a strange dwarf-like creature in 1974 D&D … then reintroduced as a small, fierce but weak creature in 1st edition…