Staying busy during these times
Michael / Chgowiz The world is crazy right now. COVID, civil injustice and the unrest that follows. My work has kept me busy, and there’ve been some household changes with the grandkids going…
Gaming
Podcast Episode 38 – Reading Unearthed Arcana – Paladin, Druid, Fighter
Join me as I continue my a series of episodes where I read through the (in)famous supplement to AD&D: Unearthed Arcana! Will I use UA in my campaign? Let’s find…
Addendum to Priests/esses of Mesha – dialing it back!
It’s so easy, isn’t it? A tweak here, a bonus there, a saving throw addition and now you have power creep. That’s what happened, I think, in the myriad and…
Setting Specific Classes, Inspired by the Cavalier
Episode 37 of my Dungeon Master’s Handbook podcast covered the Cavalier class of the AD&D book Unearthed Arcana and my thoughts on it. One of the big lessons I got…
Podcast Episode 37 – Reading Unearthed Arcana – The Cavalier
Join me as I continue my a series of episodes where I read through the (in)famous supplement to AD&D: Unearthed Arcana! Will I use UA in my campaign? Let’s find…
Twelve years later…
Twelve years ago, I rediscovered the joy of simple, old school gaming through a rules-light d20 clone called “microlight20”. A gent by the name of Greywulf was very active in…
Podcast Episode 36 – Reading Unearthed Arcana – Intro, Comeliness, Races
I’ve decided to pick up the (in)famous supplement to AD&D: Unearthed Arcana! Join me as I begin a series of episodes where I read through the book and see what…
Inspiration Strikes – Handling Poison
Ch-click! The stone surface depressed slightly underneath the halfling’s foot. Just as that fact made itself known to the footpad’s mind, a row of small needles sprang from the floor,…
Podcast Episode 34 – Demystifying AD&D – Pursuit and Evasion
A recent question on the AD&D subreddit (/r/adnd) serves as the topic for this episode – regarding the rules around pursuit and evasion in both the dungeon and wilderness. This…
Streaming, gaming and podcasting
I had an opportunity last night to be interviewed by Hobbs of Hobbs & Friends, a long runing RPG/OSR-friendly podcast. We were talking about Three Hexes, as well as talking…