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We played the fourth session of our Dungeon Module B1: In Search of Unknown AD&D 2e game last night. You can read past play reports here.The roster for this session was as...
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We played the third session of our In Search of the Unknown AD&D 2e game last night. My session 2 report is here.We were missing Matt (Barthalo-gnome), so our roster was as...
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We had the opportunity to play the second session of our In Search of the Unknown AD&D 2e campaign last night. My session 1 report is here.For this session, we were missing...
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We played the first real session of our In Search of the Unknown AD&D 2e campaign last night. My session 0 report is here.For this session, we were missing Matt...Linked by the ring
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I've had a hankering to test out my sandbox for Dungeon Module B1: In Search of the Unknown. I enjoy coming up with these sandboxes for their own sake, but the intention has...
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Let's do some quick dungeon math. According to the AD&D DMG, 4 in 20 (or 1 in 5) dungeon rooms contain treasure (three guarded by monsters and one unguarded):When determining...Linked by the ring
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This post is part of the Prismatic Wasteland blog bandwagon on the topic of maps.The first mention of mapping by players in the AD&D PHB is on page 101, in the section titled...
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Underwater adventures are grossly underutilized in D&D. Even simple nautical or seafaring adventures (where the main mode of wilderness travel is via boat rather than on foot)...Linked by the ring
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I'm currently in the process of trying to puzzle out how exactly "territory development" (what we would now probably call the "domain game") works in AD&D, as described on page...Linked by the ring
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As you may have already seen, I did a readthrough of Dungeon Module B3: Palace of the Silver Princess (both the orange and green versions) on Bluesky. I also wrote a comparison...Linked by the ring
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Over on Bluesky I did a readthrough of both the orange cover and green cover versions of Dungeon Module B3: Palace of the Silver Princess. My reading of the orange version was...
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Over on Bluesky, I recently finished up my readthrough of Dungeon Module B2: The Keep on the Borderlands - actually, by the time this post sees the light of day it will have...Linked by the ring
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Location types exist in close proximity to one another but serve very different gameplay functions.There are basically four main location types in D&D (and D&D-like games):...Linked by the ring
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The 2026 Bloggies are upon us, and I plan on submitting a handful of mine - and, of course, others'. If you've enjoyed reading this blog in 2025, I would greatly appreciate you...Linked by the ring
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If the theme of my 2024 Year-in-Review was despondence, lack of direction, loneliness, and uncertainty, then the theme this year is one of hope, renewed purpose,...
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This post is a part of Prismatic Wasteland's Hexmas Blog Bandwagon. The intention was for participants to make a single holiday-themed hex with connections to other...
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This is something interesting that came up when I was messing around with the AD&D DMG's Appendix B to create a sandbox (okay, many sandboxes - I have a problem).As I've...
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B1: In Search of the Unknown is a very self-contained dungeon module. That is, the dungeon is the module. There is a hint of civilization nearby, but it isn't made explicit how...
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Over on Bluesky, I did a walkthrough of B1: In Search of the Unknown. I already wrote about how B1 tells the story of Rogahn and Zelligar, two adventurers motivated "by greed...
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I did a fun little walkthrough of B1: In Search of the Unknown over on Bluesky. While you can read the detailed play by play over there (including my step by step stocking of...
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This is a topic I've been dancing around a lot for the past few months. As my observations have accumulated, I've begun to feel that it would be beneficial to collate my...
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This is a question I've pondered quite a bit in my exploration of AD&D. Theoretically, my assumption would be that there's nothing to restrict a character-type NPC from...Linked by the ring
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From the AD&D PHB, page 34:In AD&D, it is presumed that "in all likelihood", the player character is unfamiliar with the campaign setting. They are a stranger in a strange...
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In my last post on languages in AD&D, I teased that alignment languages were a topic worthy of their own post. Was I right? Let's find out.It's fitting, for context, to start...Linked by the ring
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Language is a hot topic in D&D. You can refer back to my post from early last year, which also serves as a sort of bibliography of the many talking points surrounding the...Linked by the ring
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AD&D's most endangered creature.We all know that larger towns and cities will usually have a market for dragons. That is, it is generally understood that adventurers will...Linked by the ring
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Thieves guilds and assassins guilds are ubiquitous in AD&D cities and towns. Both assassins and thieves are found on the DMG's city/town encounters matrix:The assassin entry...Linked by the ring
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Adventuring is dangerous business. Dungeons are filled with monsters, tricks, and traps. The wilderness is littered with small armies of orcs and bandits, and strongholds ruled...Linked by the ring
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It's easy to think of treasure as purely reward - the player characters have overcome the challenges of the dungeon or wilderness and have slain some monster in its lair. The...Linked by the ring
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This post is part of the Appendicitis N blog bandwagon, originally put forth by Marcia of Traverse Fantasy. The challenge to bloggers was to compile a list of inspirations that...Linked by the ring