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I'd imagine this or similar might be used for solo play rule sets.

Yes, we soloists love randomized procedures to replace the GM.

I have not yet encountered a need to abandon play early due to rules or setting discomfort on my part. But then, reading on these...

In the Before Times, pre-COVID, I ran a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game using Savage Worlds. Set in the near future, mutant animals...

Not really. There's this one line that mentions spells, but in the context of forging. Dwarves could create magical things through...

TSR tested ascending AC with Gammaworld (4e 1992), and it was well received.

True story. There's a quote from Skip Williams from years ago: "Of course we thought about ascending AC, but we wanted players to be...

I recall reading somewhere that 2e was meant to have ascending AC and attack bonuses but that was shot down for backwards compatibility.

No question in my mind.

Modern day dungeon crawls exist on an interesting spectrum. On the one end, there’s gritty, dirty cave runs with a wild mix of monsters...

I tried playing AD&D 1e solo but failed. 2e was more approachable. With optional rules turned off, it's 1e without the Gygaxian...

This was fun, especially the two players learning about the world. Also, so many skills and rolling systems. And what the heck with the...

Chaosium Full Communique...

For immediate release. Ann Arbor MI, Friday June 6th 2025 We're pleased to announce some new staffing changes: Neil Robinson...

In the OD&D Dungeon Master's Guide, there is a way to generate random hexes in order to create a regional map. I have owned that book...