Baking in the Flavor – Campaign or Rules?
Michael / Chgowiz Don’t depend on the system to do the heavy lifting, use the system as scaffolding. Your game system should provide you with tools – you get to use your imagination…
Michael / Chgowiz
#Dungeon23 – Create It AND Play It
I fled the hellscape that is the BlueBird site and found myself on Mastodon – on a server with a lot of other TTRPG types. It has that new, shiny…
No, the OSR is not done – the lesson still needs to be learned
This was the content of the first tweet I saw this morning… “Now that the OSR renaissance or revival is done we discuss how to better label these games. “…
Something different – thoughts on the Mass Effect games
Having never played Mass Effect before, I just finished my binge of #1 – 3 today. I’m having similar to feels to how I do when I finish a great…
Why Dragons Should Never Lose
Back in the ‘aughts, WotC had a forum set up for folks to discuss D&D. I yoinked this little tidbit from one of the user profiles on that old (and…
Dungeon Master’s Handbook – Episode 43 – Running a Heist in AD&D
Running a heist game in D&D isn’t as easy/clear-cut as running a dungeon or wilderness adventure. This episode, I cover how I did it, in response to a vlog by…
Dungeon Master’s Handbook – Episode 42 – The Problem is Choice
I learn lessons from all my games, whether Play-by-Post, online or tabletop/face-to-face. This episode, I talk about how I took the druid from 1st Edition AD&D and made their initiation/level-up…
Podcasting again! Dungeon Master’s Handbook – Episodes 40 and 41 are out now.
Jeez, I really am a complete newbie at this again, aren’t I? I completely forgot that I had started podcasting again. I have two episodes up right now, talking about…
Q: Running hybrid AD&D game: virtual+in-person?
(Also asked this on the r/OSR subreddit…) Thanks to COVID, I had to put my long-running, in-person AD&D campaign on hold. So two years later… I’m looking to start things…
Calculating Mercenary costs in AD&D/homebrew
… or “How I resurrected a spreadsheet written by a player in 2011 and updated it for a homebrew calendar and pricing model” Really exciting stuff, amirite?!? Anyway, the players…