Posts about playing and running the various OSR systems
I’m going to be slowly working my way through the Basic DnD (5e) free rules book. Slowly because between a nearly-four-week-old baby and my eldest daughter, I hardly have time to brush my teeth (though I insist on it, as does, well, everyone) much less do a detailed “hey, let’s read an entire chapter of…
One of the fun things that happened in yesterday’s romp through the Castle of the Mad Archmage ( +Joseph Bloch ) is that we were able to clear out quite a few rooms. Each combat was short, sweet, to the point. The enemies (and if we screwed up, the players or friendly NPCs) fell like mown wheat,…
We gathered after a long hiatus, mostly caused by real tragedy in +Erik Tenkar. We all wake the the same dream. Skeletons, charging a village called Aberton, a skeletal foot crushing a signpost. Hmm. No cleric. Crap. This will end badly, and we just woke up. +Peter V. Dell’Orto and I both have a vision of a…