My first game on Saturday wasn’t until 10, so I got to sleep in, have a lazy breakfast, and meet up with some friends. Then
Category: Role Playing
GaryCon – The Cult of Mythrus
Our Friday night Mythrus Tower game was held in a small board room with a single long table, whose door generally remained shut to the
Carousing
For some time now I’ve been using Jeff Rients’ Carousing rules in every campaign I run, from OD&D to DemonWars. Actually I use the version
Michael Mornard on Mapping
Delta recently pointed me to a forum post by Michael Mornard, where he recounts some stories of what it was like gaming with Gary Gygax
Bossfights and Battlemats
I ran three two-hour sessions of OD&D at TotalCon called “Bossfight for Breakfast.” The general idea is to give the late risers a quick game
Purple Worms
One of my Bossfight for Breakfast games this coming weekend at TotalCon will feature purple worms, and since I’m using minis I decided to dust
Initiative Through the Ages
I’ve played with lots of different initiative systems – individual rolls, group rolls, based on a stat, drawing cards from a deck… Seems like turn
Geomorph Painter for OSX
Just a quick note for anyone interested – a long while ago I wrote a little software to make it easy to take geomorph images
Miniatures
I love collecting and painting miniatures, but I don’t use them in my D&D games. Except when I do. And even then I don’t really.
New vs. Old – The Focus of Pacing
A former player of my campaign and good friend recently dabbled in running 5th edition, and reported back to me his impressions. One interesting thing