Recent content by Mark Finn

This issue of Dragon was the first one I ever bought. The lizardman cover was the clincher, that and Thieves‘ Cant. A cut and fold booklet?! Come on! Then, two issues later, someone wrote in and explained that Cant isn‘t a language with words, but a slang or jargon that could be spoken aloud in...

Last night, I posted a free pdf to my blog; my design notes for my alchemy rules. Feel free to snag it and see where I’m coming from with my ‘zine project: https://rpgconfessions.blogspot.com/2020/02/monty-haul-design-notes-alchemy.html

I play with a lot of new players and so the backgrounds as written are a great framework for them, as there's an awful lot to process during character creation and session zero. Sometimes having those clearly-defined backstories are a good thing. And the backgrounds I've written up for my world...

Hi folks, I'm about to hit the final week of my 'Zine campaign, and I'm trying to get some traction on Stretch Goals. Monty Haul is a 5th Edition 'Zine with an old school vibe to it, focusing on new character options, optional rules (light and simple) and usable systems for DMs. Please give the...