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Majestic Wilderlands – We’re all only down 3 HP

We pick up in media res, as we always do. The team at the gatehouse is first up in the list, and they managed to pick up three hirelings. One medium infantry with a crossbow, and two light infantry with spears and shields. They nab the knight-killer crossbows that are “spare,” with 10 bolts each,…

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Violent Resolution – Let’s Get Ready to Rumble (repost)

It’s perhaps old news to state that at the very least, the largest force in the tabletop RPGing market – Dungeons and Dragons in all its flavors – evolved from fantasy wargaming, and that combat is a huge part of the game, and therefore a huge part of roleplaying games in general. Gygax noted the…

Swords and Wizardry – You can’t roll a ballista up a 5% slope
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Swords and Wizardry – You can’t roll a ballista up a 5% slope

After something like a three-month pause (Peter says 1/9/2015), we return to the Castle of the Mad Archmage. We’d abandoned the arena, and returned to Level 3, looking for stuff to kill and loot in the fine, grand old tradition of delvers everywhere.. After shooting the breeze for nearly an hour, we got down to…