Follow-up on Dynamic NPCs – Rate of Survival
Michael / Chgowiz A great comment by “Stu Rat” on my previous post led me to take a look at just how deadly Tony Bath’s Hyboria was to NPCs! (see his book “Setting…
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Gameday
It’s Game Day Sunday at Chez Chgowiz. All the prep is done and just waiting for the players!
Wargames/D&D Campaign – Dynamic life of an NPC
Too often, NPCs have felt as stiff and unchanging as the little metal figures I parade across the table. I’ve caught hints over the years that this doesn’t need to…
New Act for my online Dark Ages game made public
Fall 21, 56 AD (Anno Doom) It is a quiet and tense ride back to Skalfier, and the horses need to be ridden hard to try to make it there…
HOTT Battle – Orcs v. Humans – Duchy of Dawn – Fall, 58AD
The engagement began on a battlefield of half rough-going, half clear. Marshall Hummil (the Human General) and his cavalry found themselves in the rough bad going, while his spear and…
Going to GaryCon 2017!
I’m thrilled that GaryCon 9 will be in late March! That completely works with my schedule, which tries to cram as much into early March as possible. I will be…
The creeps
“Man, those Legionnaires marching around, not talking … they’re giving me the creeps!” (paraphrased from Ostlen’s player this weekend) It’s dawned on me over the past month just how the…
Orcs vs. Humans – Campaign Battle Action Report
This battle was to decide an encounter between a smaller force of humans fleeing an orc pursuing force. I can’t give specifics on the when and where because the players…
Hey ChicagoWiz, how’s that new approach to DM’ing working out?
So about a year ago, I posted “Restarting my AD&D campaign – doing it differently” as a rant against myself about how I’d run my campaign previously. How grindy it…
Dark Ages campaign bits and bobs…
A lost piece of Dark Ages game history might be found! Back when Google Wave was a Thing, I ran about a 2 year PbP game there, set in the…