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Thank you! I just try to throw something together to give people something to run with. I am glad that you like these.

Hey all! I have written an oldschool D&D/retro-clone blog for over three years now (daily for those first three, now every other day). Inspired by this and that, the blog is intended to help DMs/GMs/LLs, etc to take something and use it in their games. Throw a curveball at your players or...

And let's not forget us poor little bloggers that contribute spells, monsters, magic items and the like! I wrote a daily content blog for three straight years that can be used with OD&D-1E and S&W, LL, the BFRPG, etc. Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets Not the only one at this, either. Several...

For rules light and light-hearted there is X-plorers by Brave Halfing Publishing. This game is slim, inexpensive and easy to learn.

To shut us all up WotC should make D&D like this: Core rules: Very barebones, like OD&D/BD&D, very small. This is your skeleton. Secondary rules: These add new classes and monsters. Third round: Detail. This level breaks down into a simplified array of supplements, including feats, skills and...

almeidafreak: And if you find that you must have the print books, you can always trade with someone here for the books. Certainly there are books that are in Brazil that are hard to find/expensive to get here. I run mostly oldschool games, but I sincerely love Pathfinder too. Putting...

We did, and it didn't really work for the group, which is fine. I am not opposed to anyone who likes 4e, it just didn't feel right. We stick pretty close with Labyrinth Lord and the Advanced Edition Companion, which does 1E quite well.

Maybe you see them mentioned so much because there are a plethora of them. I believe that the retro-clone market is becoming oversaturated with sets of rules for fantasy and science fiction games and should start focusing on adventures and other accessories for the games. If three people each...

I actually used the tongue out icon to make the last comment look as inoffensive as possible. If you read my posts here and elsewhere, I am a very staunch "non-edition wars" person (I even have the little symbol on my blog). I totally believe that ANY edition of a game that you and your players...

I am one of those heartless people that suggest the retro clones! Why? Because not everyone has the old books (a surprising number of young people are into oldschool gaming nowdays), the rules are more streamlined (is that wrong?) and not everyone wants to put more wear and tear on their...

"Take it...my Magic Missile!" Reminds me of those awkward fumblings in cars as a teenager.

I have a cool guy at Staples that asks no questions and I just have a copy printed for personal use. However, I always have a print copy anyway and I like the printed pdf as a play copy. If you are reading this WotC, no worries, nothing you have put out in some time has piqued my interest.

Congratulations, Matt!

This looks great! I too, would like to see APG material, but in the meantime this is exactly what I have been looking for to make detailed NPCs. Thank you very much for this!

Thank you for posting this, it looks pretty cool. I am a LotRO junkie, so tearing myself away from that would be hard, but I love those mounts and the action looks to be as seamless as LotRO. The manga sword was a bit cheesy, but the other 99% looked pretty darned awesome. I will need to sign up...

There is another way to look into 1e: Labyrinth Lord + the Advanced Edition Companion by Goblinoid Games. You might find some 1e books on Dragonsfoot, too. I bought the .pdfs before WotC got weird of my 1e books and had them printed out and bound at Staples, so now I have the 1e books that are...

Barbarians of Lemuria is also very story oriented and now has multiple genre games. This and .vs Monsters are my favorite storytelling games.

Our group played 3.x after years of other games and then tried 4e and it wasn't our cup of tea. Now it is Labyrinth Lord (a retro-clone of B/X with an Advanced companion that adds some 1E-isms) or Pathfinder that we play the most of. I find it amusing that many people find older versions more...

You can look people up if you know their names in the Social panel. My two main characters are Knoli and Kraki on Imladris (I have a third slot for being a premium member and that is my experimental slot). I will be playing Thursday-Sunday from 10.30pm-4.30/5am (Pacific time) for the next two...

September. Although playing for free has gotten me to sink $60 into the game for expansions (which became free in November--grrr!) and character slots/mounts/extras. If you ever want to check it out I am on the Imladris server and help people out when they are new. With a hobby (fishing) and...