Recent content by Simon Miles

If you're intrigued by Tucker's Kobolds as a concept the Warren from Dunromin University Press is in the same vein but more up to date... DriveThruRPG

It's an interesting question. In the past I have linked commercial scenarios into a personal campaign, usually based around character arcs. As an independent resource producer we are still trying to figure out what people want. We've done a short adventure collection (Trials of a Young Wizard)...

I am reading that sales are plummeting so it's understandable if frustrating that prices rise to try and maintain enough to live on. For us, it's a hobby so our pricing is aimed for value without sacrificing quality, and our prices aren't changing any time soon... www.dunrominuniversitypress.co.uk

Reading all kinds of adventures can inspire the DM to start writing their own. When I first started my adventures were purely a map with numbered rooms and a list of monsters that inhabited them. After reading more adventures I started to include more and more detail on the tricks and traps. Now...

We've got a little intro vid to the Dunromin and Barnaynia Game World, written for OSR (OSE and OSRIC specifically):

I always go with roll under on a d20, but then I play 1st ed and OSR with descending armour class so the lack of consistency isn't an issue. Being a dice goblin I also make difficult rolls on a d30. Alternatively use the Runequest solution and multiply the stat by 5 and use it as a percentages...

I think we need to know what ACKs is? (You were hoping someone would ask weren't you? Go on - admit it! ;)

As I write scenarios using stats for Ascending and descending AC (AC and AAC) I have pondered this before. I think it makes sense if you are dealing with new players - it seems an easier concept to learn from scratch. I, however, play with very old players and just one newbie so it just doesn't...

I always thought the idea of OSR was tidying up the original rules, streamlining them or just unmuddling them, so that pretty much any resource will run with any system? Certainly, my go-tos are OSE Advanced, Osric and AD&D 1st ed and I very rarely have to change anything in any of the resources...

I guess small stores have to try and claw back some sales somehow. It must be VERY difficult to turn a profit in the current market. My local independent store (Spirit Games in Burton on Trent in the UK) is a 40 minutes drive; it's a PROPER old games shop that has multiple rooms like an...

Ah, my bad. I think I mis-read...

I find this vey interesting. We produce our own supplements (Osric, OSE and D&D 1e and 2e compatible) through Drive Thru POD and offer most of them in hard and softcover. Our two largest volumes (over 200 pages each) we only offer in hardback at the moment as we find large softback book hard to...

The Old School Essentials (OSE) is a specific game based on Basic/Expert D&D but they also do a version called OSE Advanced which is closer to 1st Edition AD&D. As Whizbang Dustyboots says, the OSR term is widely used to refer to any game based on AD&D or BECMI D&D; that is they generally have...

Like many above (Waller and Sacrosanc et al.) I don't think any re-writing is necessary. The variations between the various OSE that I have played is minimal, if any is required at all. Our products are advertised as OSRIC and Old School Essentials Advanced edition and all that is required is...