Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Newbie friendly games - using probability

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My last post was inspired by how my friend had a horrendous strike of unluckiness, which made his game nights less than fun. He is after al...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

The value of bell curves

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A while back I started talking to some friends about starting up a regular game again. To fill some time, after realizing that it would need...
Sunday, October 11, 2015

Thanksgiving, pumpkin pie and Back to Future!

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Thanksgiving turkey and then some pumpkin pie looking at Back to the Future with the family. Quite a good day! Soon some more gaming t...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Happy Birthday, Dave!

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In case you did not know it, today is the birthday of the guy who invented many of the concepts we might consider central to our hobby. I me...
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...