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Not DnD is a weekly show discussing tabletop roleplaying games. Each week EN Publishing’s @tabletopjess interviews the creators behind... -
This was the very first Dragon I ever bought. Thanks for the nostalgia!
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Dragon Publishing released Dragon #96 in April 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features character...
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They have also had a good response for more articles and expect to go monthly next year (1982). Games Day 81 was also a lot of fun and...
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Thanatis reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Other D&D Variant Domain play, what, if anything, do you use? with
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If I ever had a group of players interested in pursuing domain play, I would use ACKS II (as I mentioned in the other thread). It is... -
Note that we (and Jon) didn't find out about how much and how directly Chainmail borrowed from an amateur Middle Earth wargame until...
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This issue features the cockatrice, fantasy taxes, and a Forgotten Realms adventure! The cover is by Dean Morrissey and depicts...
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Ian Livingstone reports that readers very much want a monthly magazine, but in return he needs more articles and material to support...
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Thanatis reacted to Jahydin's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with
Haha.
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Thanatis reacted to Libertad's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with
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This is more an educated guess on my part, but I'm pretty sure that Jason Bulmahn and Paizo in general would be in favor of gatekeeping... -
Thanatis reacted to darjr's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Sad.
I wouldn’t pirate or play it.
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Thanatis reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Sad.
I definitely wouldn't play it because... That's reason enough. It is definitely eye-opening to read the people in this thread who are...
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Thanatis reacted to Jahydin's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
I own both BECMI and Rules Cyclopedia and prefer ACKS II because of the cleaner layout, updated rules (including AD&D material), and the...
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Thanatis reacted to Jahydin's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
Oh, another touch I really liked was a section on when to "fudge the dice"; quite the blasphemous topic in the OSR! 😮😄 But I couldn't...
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Thanatis reacted to Jahydin's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
It absolutely can and has lots of optional rules you can use to make that happen. For instance, there are separate treasure tables for...
