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Fight On #2 is 88 pages full of old school gaming goodness. It's printed by Lulu, which means that at 88 pages it is stapled and not bound. Some people like that because it'll lay flat on a table if you want it to. The interior is black and white. There is a lot of art from the usual public...

I'm still waiting for it to show up on amazon.de...

GameMastery Module J2: Guardians of Dragonfall (OGL) I actually played through it. It was a nice idea, but I did not like it too much. No friendly NPC to interact with, many inaccessible things hinted at. If you have some time, you can take the excellent scenery and general idea, and make it...

Yes, I've noticed the same thing. In order to work around it, I suggest to ignore or fudge some powers, making up rules on the spot. In this case for example, I'd have said that difficult confusion DC would be somewhere between 18 and 22, pick 20. And confusion means many things, most of them...

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Well, here I am in Switzerland, and I run a lot of games, and I play in a lot of games. There's the West Marshes style game by Peter, there's the Echoes of Heavens game by Marco, there's the City of the Spider Queen by James, and Shackled City, also by James, and my own Alder King game set in...

I've run a game or two of Labyrinth Lord, and I have both the Original Edition Characters (a player handbook for people playing a form of OD&D using Labyrinth Lord rules). I leafed through Swords and Wizardry and then decided that I'm probably better off playing Labyrinth Lord first, and then...

I wanted to use this book, and started using it around level 10. The campaign ended around level 15. My players did not (!) like the City of Brass, and I have mixed feelings about it. You must be in a certain state of mind to run it, and I guess I didn't have it. First small things I didn't...

I have some notes on my blog: Split the fight up into little groups, usually such that it’s a n:1 situation. No attacks of opportunity against spell casters and archers (ie. you can always do a five foot step unless you’re in difficult terrain). Moving to another group provokes attacks of...

I'm starting to run Rise of the Runelords next Monday. I'm also running a Wilderlands of High Fantasy inspired game on two Sundays a month. I'm playing in a monthly Shackled City game, an irregular West Marshes style game, and in an irregular Echoes of Heaven game. It's all core D&D 3.5 with...

I really enjoyed reading this blog post on the Clan War and how it was the greatest thing in gaming. That article made me take out the L5R campaign setting yesterday evening and spend an hour reading it.

This reminded me of a temperate forest brush I still have lying around. I never used it, but if anybody is interested in a fancy forest, give it a try. Remember to paint the trees from the top to the bottom. :)

It's on my bookshelf, but since none of my current games are in need of a pirate city, nothing is going to happen to it.

Lizardfolk Let me talk about the Lizardfolk section for a bit: I'm planning to use some lizardfolk in my next campaign set in Dangerous Jungle of Lenap in the Wilderlands of High Fantasy. I was inspired by the giant wasp riding Dark Talon lizards from Monster Manual IV and was looking for some...

Those that DM have lots of books. I have lots, another DM has even more, and a third DM has but the core three. As for players, most players have the PHB, most players have dice, some players have their own mini. When I allow particular splat books in the game, some players will buy them (eg...

I found that NPC Generator 2 was good enough for me. Only bosses would have needed optimization (but I prefer devils and demons for bosses…).

I diligently read all the campaign blogs where I'm a player (and I usually write all the campaign blogs where I'm the DM). I practically never read other campaign blogs. I might read it if there's a lot of meta game discussion, ie. the DM writing about how he did things, or why he did things...

I like keeping notes on my campaign wikis. In our Shackled City game the DM started handing out skill points for write-ups. In my own games such as my Burning Wheel game I keep all the notes and do a little recap at the beginning, asking all the players to chip in and tell us what happened and...

I was torn: In a way I hoped that nobody would support 3E anymore, forcing me to actually run all the good stuff I still have on my shelf. With continued support via Pathfinder I guess I'll never catch up... :)