Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Ron Edwards talking about how to run old school games

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I just found this very good review of Ron's game Sorcerer . It highlights how the core of the game goes back to The Fantasy Trip , and ...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

DragonQuest Combat houserule

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I got a comment on my last post, mentioning playing DragonQuest without a battle map. Personally I have nothing against miniatures with my r...
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

I bet I could use these rules for...

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Longtime readers of this blog knows I am a nutcase when it comes to collecting some games. I have multiple copies of the 2nd ed. DragonQuest...
Monday, December 29, 2014

Legends of the Wulin - It exists!

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  A very elusive game for those of us who are crazy about wuxia is Legends of the Wulin . Eos Press made a game a few years back called...
Thursday, December 25, 2014

Playing in Tekumel, with Fate

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I have been quite curious about Tekumel a while now. More and more Tekumel texts have assembled on my sagging shelves, and I have decided to...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

A solution to echoing empty rooms in a dungeon

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Some people might remember that I have written before about the empty dungeon. For some people that is not a problem. They like the explorat...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Old D&D editions and clones - Brave Halfling's Delving Deeper

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As some of you might be aware, the delivery of the Brave Halfling boxed set edition of Delving Deeper was a long and miserable story. But, i...
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Bethorm - making the first character

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What a better way to get to know a rules set, and to get a feel for the book than to make a character! I took the dive, and Biyúnu hiViridám...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Bethorm - first impressions of the rules

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Today I had a day off from work, and unusual for me, I managed to plow through a lot of the rules, and made my first character. Here are som...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Bethorm has arrived!

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Yesterday I got to open a package I have been waiting for. Once again there's a Tekumel game in print! Jeff Dee's Bethorm has arriv...