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I will stick with D&D, though I also play Level Up and WFRP, and will stick with those too. I’m currently running Scarlet Citadel ( Kobold Press) and am likely to stay a lot closer to 3PP products than WOTC stuff. My next campaign will either be homebrew or Goodman’s dark Tower. It seems WOTC...

With all that’s going on in our hobby right now, it is so great to see a genuinely nice person like @Steampunkette succeed.

To the best of my knowledge (which might well be wrong), the Normans introduced the word “county” as an administration tool after 1066, though these new counties were actually the same as the old Saxon shires in terms of geography. Sheriff was, as you say, from shire-reeve. The use of counties...

@Omand is totally correct. By all means, have the title "Earless" in your campaign if you want, but it was never in use in medieval England. Earl was an Anglo-Saxon title, deriving from the Norse word "Jarl" and usually spelt "Eorl" until 1066. The Norman equivalent was "Comte", which gave rise...

These vassal barons that only indirectly answer to the Earl (not the ones who directly answer of course); surely one of them could marry the poor girl?

Is anyone going to marry the Earl's daughter?

I hope WOTC don’t ban these random tables your mate makes, as part of their new OGL policy.

This article, like this whole series, is fantastic. Thank you!

You appear very interested in how medieval power-building took place, in order to transfer to D&D. I’d suggest you research this using historical sources and would recommend starting with the careers of the following, all of whom did it successfully (though not always with happy endings)...

I’m lucky enough to actually be in an awesome Enemy Within game using WHFRP4 rules, run by @TheSword I can’t speak highly enough of the campaign. It’s dark, engaging, challenging and threatening. We are currently in the forests near Wittgenstein, trying to contact a group of outlaws to enlist...

When I’m in UK or USA, option two. Quand je suis en France, l’option trois.

Those covers are pure beauty.

I’m with you on 1984 being great for movies (and daughters in my case), but music? No, 1979 had Blondie, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, Ramones, Jam, X Ray Specs and many more. Impossible to match!

An interesting question and I’m going to stretch the djinn’s Powers a bit with my answer: I’d choose to play the G and D series of modules. I really wouldn’t mind if we played using 1E or 5e rules but I’d want to “get the band back together” of all the old friends from high school that I played...

Now I feel really old/grognard: 1984 is the year my daughter was born!

Backed.

My personal local pronunciation oddity in southern UK is the village of Trotiscliffe, which is pronounced Tros-lee.

DM-ed the Saltmarsh Campaign for my in-person group to the finish and have just started The Scarlet Citadel for the same group (of players that is; new characters) In the same group, I’ve played in Odyssey of the Dragonlords, run by @TheSword and in Mad Mage. Online, I’ve played in the...

Just my tuppence worth to support: Steampunkette is brilliant. She is an awesome DM, with an engaging and involving style. Incredibly creative and a writer of true talent. She’s also a great person. I truly hope that lots of people will get behind this Kickstarter. It will be superb!

Funnily enough, I’m currently using White Plume Mountain with my two grandkids and my wife, and we’re having a great time. Like you, I hadn’t played it since I was a teen. I’ve used Steading of the Hill Giant Chief a couple times as a one-off, altering the drow-influenced bits to fit the actual...