How to restart? (Again)
Michael / Chgowiz Hard to believe it’s been nearly 8 months since I last posted, but here we are. COVID year two and still hanging in there. Family is good, nobody has gotten…
Chronicles of Etinerra campaign
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…
Griffon’s Keep – a Battle Map for AD&D/Roll20
To keep my games alive, I’ve pivoted to online/virtual tabletop play. To help make the games feel more personal, I purchased a yearly subscription to Zoom. (If you do this,…
HOTT 52 – Weeks 7 thru 9 – Hordes, Heroes and Scenarios, Oh My!
The latter half of February has been a hectic one for me! GaryCon prep, podcasting, running several games… and still playing HOTT! I just haven’t had much time to blog…
Gaming at Little Wars in April!
Little Wars is the annual wargaming convention produced by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society of the Midwest (HMGS-Midwest). It’s a great time and very inexpensive too. $40.00USD for three days…
Podcast Episode 29 – Realistic AD&D Initiative, Update on Campaigns and Playtests
There have been many attempts to house-rule and update AD&D Initiative/Surprise rules to make it more “realistic.” I visit one of those alternative systems from an email I received, as…
GaryCon Prep Update: Moathouse Tested! Heist On the Way!
Playtesting is now complete on my Rescue of Hommlet scenario. My friends Chris and Alex came over this past weekend to beat each other to a bloody stalemate (or mutual…
Where have the players been in your campaign?
Sit back and consider, for a moment, the contiguous land mass of the Russian nation. It’s huge. Wikipedia says that area is 17,098,246 square kilometers. (6,601,670 sq mi) For comparison,…