These Old Games

It's Tuesday night and I am painting some Battlemechs. I like to listen to books or TV when painting. I have this funny trait that the t...

I made a point of getting Nathan physical copies of the D&D 5e rules. He has two different groups that play and it would be dumb if they...

I am on call this week, so I have prepared a couple of posts in advance. I won't be playing this week, so hopefully I can catch you up w...

This particular run is called “The Hunt”. It transports special tradesmen and craftsmen to the supporting cities and towns of the Capital Re...

I am back to playtesting POP-001, Revenants of the Lost Temple. While on hiatus, I realized I was working backward. I was building a world, ...

During COVID, Matt Johnson hosted a series of Collabo Dungeons. Participants selected a room and posted a description and a possible encoun...

 Ah! The Adventures I have... not known?  Last year, I made an impulse purchase of the Dungeon Masters Adventure Log  (Link to Noble Knights...

I'm a day behind in my #charactercreationchallenge. I'll have to catch up and skimp on my goal to have a useful image in each post. ...

Since I have gone all in on Old School Essentials, I decided to start with a long-time AD&D character that I converted to OSE. His name ...

Well, the solo sessions using Old School Essentials went south. It was the wandering monster list that did the party in: 1. Bandits, 3d4 app...

I noticed a tiny item missing from Old School Essentials: percentages of characters appearing.  And... it immediately became obvious why thi...

I am continuing to work on this town, I think I have a name: Manteva. I am looking at some old maps of Italy and this one jumped out at me. ...

 I started working with Worldographer to flesh out the town the characters are exploring.  Before the town was abandoned, it was home to 2,5...

This has been a hectic week. I've been at work before the sun rises and long after it sets. But I am thinking about these sessions and t...

Facial hair is impressive,  but does not  contribute to defenses I have thrown a bunch of ad hoc rules at D&D over the years. And my fav...

I'm watching Wednesday on Netflix. The second episode leads with the line:  "I've always hated the expression 'write what y...