Dungeon23 (Wk 3) – Finishing Level 1 / Preparing for Play!
Michael / Chgowiz Day 15 Got a little carried away and did the 26th and 27th day areas. That’s OK though! Just gives me more time at the end of the month to…
AD&D
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…
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…
NPCs coming back alive…
I’m sure every DM has done this at some point or other – visualized a character from another form of media – TV, film, comics, online – to make their…
Podcast Episode 39 – The Barbarian
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…
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…