That sound you hear…
Michael / Chgowiz … is me screaming as my players decide to explore the area leading to the city of Irecia. It’s not untrodden ground, but things have changed/been-retconned since the restart, and…
Michael / Chgowiz
Sir Reynald’s Assault of the Monastery – Taking 100 men into the dungeon
“Aye, bein’ a part ‘o Sir Reynald’s troops was a fine thing. We marched past Enonia and it was a parade, banners fluttering, the men and women all looking fine…
Mass Combat Underground – Proposed adaptations to Book of War rules
Listen up! Form ranks! Prepare to move out! This is roughly what I’m looking at doing in my “Mass Combat In the Dungeon” scenario I was talking about yesterday. My…
Take the skirmish underground – mass combat in the dungeon
From the “I’m sure SOMEONE has done this…” Department in my head comes this question. Take a force of men, say 60 to 80 men at Skirmish scale (10:1) versus…
Pro DM Tip #38 – Your players will save your ass 4 years later…
With memory like a sieve, I’d long ago lost notes, forgotten points and just generally didn’t remember much of anything about the campaign from 4 years ago. I had run…
Mech Attacks – when you want freaky fast stompy 30ft robot action
A couple of Fridays ago, my friend Chris and his son came over for what has become a slightly regular Battletech game night. The first couple of times, we played…
Restarting my AD&D campaign – doing it differently
This post is a reminder to myself… don’t get caught up in the frenzy and the hype. Because it just doesn’t always work out in reality. What I thought was…
Campaign Race: Goblyns
“When people think of ‘bestials’, everyone thinks of the Orcs. Yet it is the forgotten goblyns who have visited more atrocities on the ‘civilized’ races than any other species. From…
[1:1 Game] Awesoming up the player, part 38
ThePrincessWife and I have slowly been ramping up the frequency of which we play our 1:1 game, first started in 2009, on hiatus from 2011 till this year and now…
Who needs alignment with their pantheons?
We’re all used to pantheons of deities, with alignment and purpose and all that jazz… but what if that wasn’t the case? What if the gods had nothing to do…