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For me it's a combination of simpler mechanics and reminding me of the older games I grew up with. Of being free to adjudicate without...

If you've ever played SSI's Krynn series of CRPGs (using AD&D rules), you know how delicious chain-exploding Draconians can be.

In the AD&D modules and in Dragonlance Adventures there is no provision for draconian immunity. Everybody who is nearby is affected...

The problem is just D&D is DENSE. Most of the tactical RPGs are (I can't even imagine teaching Pathfinder). The amount of rules I...

The Basic DM has run an adventure or two, probably official adventures, or even mediocre, homebrewed adventures that everyone still...

Excuse me, I don't remember providing that update on my "progress" last year.

Just make sure to abandon it when you are about 50% done so you can start making your own role-playing system instead. Then you will...

Thank you, friends. All really helpful. I sat down yesterday and started banging away at it.

The Kickstarter is now live: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thirdkingdom/quest-for-the-unknown-an-osr-adventure-path

He's doing this instead of finishing Winds of Winter, so he knows the risks.

I've created a rough outline for the campaign: 1. Book One. The Caverns of Anamosa. The party begins exploring a dungeon that was once...

In my experience. 1. Players moving (as in geographically IRL). 2. GM burnout. I often hear scheduling being a major concern, but for...

I have been playing--mostly GMing--ttrpgs since 1981. I've run and played numerous games: D&D (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th), Call of Cthulhu...

Sounds pretty standard GM fare to me.

It means that applying techniques like small world, obdurium walls, false choices, or Schrodinger's maps can be justified if the GM is...