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• A case for Quartermasters
  2y ago · 4 min
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  I have been inexplicably blessed by Fortune and found an in-person group to play 1974 White Box OD&D with. I'm working on a longer post about what a unique and invigorating...
• Single-system Hexmaps for Stars Without Number
  2y ago · 5 min
  One of my 'white whale' RPG campaign goals is to run a hard(-ish) sci-fi rocketpunk campaign in a setting similar to The Expanse or the settings sketched out on the Atomic...
• Reading the whole damn AD&D 1e DMG
  2y ago · 16 min
  This is yet another 'guy who started with new D&D editions discovers the OSR and decides to read the entire AD&D DMG' post. I won't pretend to have anything particularly novel...
• Abstruse Vancian names for Cairn spellbooks
  2y ago · 4 min
  Inspired by the magnificent spell names in Worlds Without Number and by reading Vance’s Dying Earth series, I decided to supply alliterative adepts and thesaurus-loving...
• 8×d(6-10) Where does this encounter happen?
  2y ago · 5 min
  One of my minor pet peeves with encounter tables is that they usually leave the GM to improvise an encounter from general terrain type, a monster, and possibly a reaction roll....
• Ability Scores
  3y ago · 9 min
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  I’ve been working on a homebrewed D&D-esque hack intended for running classic & OSR adventure modules in my preferred style. I’m going to be posting some design notes where I...
• Elves
  3y ago · 3 min
  It is said that the Elves were sired by our ancestors, perhaps through congress with a woodland spirit or a demon. Others maintain that the Elves are the results of a lost...