Expanding my world
Michael / Chgowiz Back in the old blog, I posted a picture of the “Lands of Men” from my D&D campaign. This continent is flargin huge. This landmass is roughly 220 hexes east/west…
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My Holy Grail found – mixing mass combat D&D with RPG D&D
On the first day of Summer, the 58th year after The Doom, the brave Marshall Roehm, his valiant companion Sir Reynald, a large company of knights, cavalry and foot soldiers…
GameholeCon ho! AKA Hey Chgowiz, WTF you been?
The past two months have seen some final duties, responsibilities and promises kept from the project that @thePrincessWife and I took 4 years to work on. It’s a reminder of…
Assault the Orc Fort!
The players in my campaign have discovered a way for Marshall Roehm (the local noble in my campaign) to retake a key strategic position away from the orcs. There is…
After game thoughts…
So I know I was semi-chastised elsewhere in the blogosphere for wanting to just concentrate on having fun and suspending “realism” in favor for “awesomeing up”… … but when my…
That sound you hear…
… is me screaming as my players decide to explore the area leading to the city of Irecia. It’s not untrodden ground, but things have changed/been-retconned since the restart, and…
Mass Combat Underground – Proposed adaptations to Book of War rules
Listen up! Form ranks! Prepare to move out! This is roughly what I’m looking at doing in my “Mass Combat In the Dungeon” scenario I was talking about yesterday. My…
Take the skirmish underground – mass combat in the dungeon
From the “I’m sure SOMEONE has done this…” Department in my head comes this question. Take a force of men, say 60 to 80 men at Skirmish scale (10:1) versus…
Pro DM Tip #38 – Your players will save your ass 4 years later…
With memory like a sieve, I’d long ago lost notes, forgotten points and just generally didn’t remember much of anything about the campaign from 4 years ago. I had run…
Restarting my AD&D campaign – doing it differently
This post is a reminder to myself… don’t get caught up in the frenzy and the hype. Because it just doesn’t always work out in reality. What I thought was…