So in the latest session, our band of hardy adventurers had gotten split up: Eric – a human cleric of Styphon the Healer-god Reacher – a human “locksmith” Fram – a human priest of Galzar Wolfhead …had all gone through a teleportal that caused them to appear about 20 feet above ground level, near the entrance to… Continue reading The “New” Campaign: Trouble on Second Level
Alternate World Forms: Several alternatives to the traditional spherical world form are possible. Most occur when a civilization wishes to trap and use energy from its central star, and needs great land surface to do so. In addition, population pressure (especially on a civilization unable to develop interstellar travel on a large scale) may be a… Continue reading Traveller Tuesday: 1977 Edition Worlds, Part Two
In the three weeks and two sessions since I last reported on my “new” D&D campaign, we’ve added not just one player, but two – I’m up to three players at my local FLGS, and other gamers are beginning to notice. It’s fun, but I must admit I’m continuing to run into some issues in… Continue reading Update on the “new” campaign
The referee has the responsibility for mapping the universe before actual game play begins. The entire universe is not necessary immediately, however, as only a small portion can be used at any one time. In unsupervised play, one of the players can generate worlds and perform mapping on a turn by turn or adventure by… Continue reading Traveller Tuesday: 1977 Edition Worlds, Part One
I just got my copy of Advanced Edition Companion in the mail from Lulu. Man oh man oh man….I’ve only had the briefest chance to look through it, but it looks really, really good. Did I mention really good? I think Dan’s got my number with this product – almost like he was reading my mind.… Continue reading Advanced Edition Companion: Initial Review and Reflection
“As characters travel through the universe, they already know their basic physical and mental parameters: their basic education and physical development have already occurred, and further improvement can happen only by dedicated endeavor. The experience which is gained as the individual character travels and adventures is, in a very real sense, an increased ability to… Continue reading Traveller Tuesday: 1977 Edition Experience
As I’ve mentioned before…now with items up for auction! TARGA Announces Pledge-An-Auction Drive TARGA is organizing the 2010 Pledge-An-Auction drive in support of GaryCon 2 and the Gygax Family Fund for use in funding a memorial statue in honor of Gary. Come join our virtual auction and help us to present a great donation to Luke Gygax… Continue reading Auction Announcements
So it turns out that I have a bunch of back issues of Great Plains Game Player and its successor, Gamelog, both of them published by Jim Lurvey. Jim’s a great guy – I can say that, having known him off and on for nearly 30 years now. It just so happens that in an… Continue reading Digging Around…
Something I like about technology is that it helps us do things that would otherwise be a lot more work. Without further ado, here are five different online tools that ought to make refereeing a bunch easier: Brad’s excellent Labyrinth Lord character generator page. Peccable Productions Moldvay D&D adventure generator. An interesting and quirky random… Continue reading Five links to make refereeing easier
“Worlds orbiting the same star are accessible by inteplanetary travel, including by scheduled liners and by ship’s boats, pinnaces, cutters and even by lifeboats. Generally, however, interplanetary travel takes long periods of time. Since most stellar systems have only one major world, interplanetary travel is infrequently used….Worlds orbiting different stars are reached by interstellar travel,… Continue reading Traveller Tuesday: 1977 Edition Starships
