These Old Games

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 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...

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

This a throwback post. This entry was originally posted on November 28th, 2019.  As a social studies teacher, I like to tell people that I k...

I've been looking at Build Worlds, Second Edition by Dancing Light Press for a while. It retails for $4.99 and tops out at just shy o...

I'm not sure if we will get a chance to play over Christmas break, but I want to sketch out a couple of characters for our next ses...

Some of the best monsters are people. And some of the most intriguing people are villains. Jon Wilson, of Appendix M put the bug in my hea...

In my latest work, so far unnamed, the heroes are bound for the Eighth Planet. The ship's AI has named this planet Urbian-Adams for the ...

Shane Ward, over on MeWe suggested a great starter idea for world building. Pick a book then pick 10 monsters to populate your world. On Sha...

I'm working on a new map for the Peninsula of Plenty campaign using Inkwell Idea's Worldographer. The software is remarkably easy...

Two weeks ago, I featured a magic weapon called the Rattlebone , a gnollish mace. In the Peninsula of Plenty campaign, there are actually ...

The Peninsula of Plenty is different than most settings. Humans and elves are competing cultures on the Peninsula. The elves are the most ...

The southwestern tip of the Peninsula of Plenty comes to a ragged point. The cliffs have collapsed into the sea creating a natural formati...