Recent content by Michael Dean1

I've bought a bunch of different vials with cork lids at Hobby Lobby for $2-$3 bucks each and ordered red translucent d4s for a really cheap price and made my own that are really cool. The $60 for this one is mostly for the leather wallet that comes with it. Frankly, I've seen more clever...

The rule set was based on the Zweihander rules, which are themselves based off of the Warhammer 2nd edition rules, not the 12degree system. Much heavier ruleset and a totally different feel that made you wonder why they even bothered to have a license for the game. They could have simply just...

I am so glad to hear that there is a new edition coming out. I love this game. I took a look at FoF, buuuut...yeah. It just seemed like a universe away from CG, so I passed on picking it up. It made me sad thinking that I'd never get any more CG with the d12 rules.

I'm not sure that there may be much left of the company to sue before too long.

I bought both editions and, wow, they really are amazing. Coffee table display worthy for the simple, whimsical, and colorful art. I prefer using OSE as the chassis, and the one-page rules to supplement.

I think I let out an involuntary (and very manly) squeak on Wednesday when I saw UVG 2e at my local game store. Could not dig my wallet out fast enough. A couple of years ago I bought the soft cover 1e after seeing it languish on the shelves for months, and I am so glad I picked it up. Both...

When this Dragon Reflections came out a few days ago, I was reading it at work and immediately went to NobleKnight and bought the last one they had. Then I came home and realized I had it already on my shelf. With postage I paid $11 for it. When it comes in I'll send it to you if you want.

This perspective is one that I've thought a lot about over the years when trying to picture what an average person's strength would be in a fantasy world. When I think of someone with 10 Strength in the modern world, I think of the average office worker or post office clerk. But in a fantasy...

I will say that my first intro to D&D was the basic set my parents bought Christmas 1979. I also had B2 and X1 in my first batch of adventures. But, almost immediately, I bought the 1e Monster Manual and Players Handbook and DMG the following year. Unless I bought a module that happened to be...

True. I guess my surprise is the sales as compared to AD&D, which always seemed to dominate in presence, especially in Dragon magazine, which was probably one of the biggest communal experiences for players in the age before the internet.

I have very little memory of how B/X was sold back in the early 80s. Was it primarily (or only) in the boxed sets? Was there any other form that it was sold in, rulebook-wise? I'm frankly stunned by the sales numbers compared with AD&D, because AD&D was probably 90% of what I remember seeing...

One of the more iconic covers for me during the heyday of my middle school/high school Dragon collection. The next issue is my favorite issue of all time with Exonidas Spaceport for Traveller.

I cannot strongly recommend enough Parke Godwin's Sherwood and Robin and the King if you can find copies. They are the best takes on Robin Hood I've ever read and are (ingeniously, in my opinion) set during the William the Conqueror era during the 1066 invasion and afterwards. The Sheriff of...

Captain Marvel on the first cover is very reminiscent of Jeff Dee's art, especially the sorceress on the cover of L1 Secret of Bone Hill or his art in Top Secret.

Golarion has had firearms from nearly the beginning of the setting.