There have been a miscellany of events taking place, in-game and out-of-game, that are worth mentioning: My Tuesday night Original D&D group expanded ever-so-briefly after WisCon 34 to a total of EIGHT players: Gene, Dave, Nix, Noelle, Clint, Tristan, and a cameo appearance by my friends Chris and Penny who had come from the UK for the convention and… Continue reading A Miscellany of Events
I remember having dinner with Dave in Florida, a few years ago. I was there for an academic conference, and he had taken me to a decent restaurant in Orlando. We discussed various projects he was involved in, and reminisced about adventures with the Thursday Night Group. He had mentioned just how much he enjoyed… Continue reading In Memoriam
The Starter Edition of Classic Traveller is now available FREE. Go get it and you will have Classic Traveller goodness to keep you adventuring for a long, long time. One small amount of advice: there are three (3) downloads – the main rules, the charts, and the adventures. You have to get them from the “My… Continue reading Starter Edition of Classic Traveller FREE
Animals in any ecological system interact with each other, forming food chains, obeying instincts, defending territory, and generally living out their lives. When men enter such an ecological system, they will encounter the animals of the system, prompting natural reactions, such as attack or flight….Although the precise nature of animals may change, and they may… Continue reading Traveller Tuesday: 1977 Edition Animal Encounters
Just a bit of a heads-up: I am beginning to sell a number of older gaming items in order to help finance my travels around the country this summer. The current items listed are: AD&D 1st Ed. Unearthed Arcana AD&D 1st Ed. Dungeoneer’s Survival Guide AD&D 1st Ed. Wilderness Survival Guide AD&D 1st Ed. Oriental Adventures Later auctions… Continue reading Selling Stuff on Ebay
As something of a follow-on to my Traveller Tuesday series, here are five links for Classic Traveller that were inspired by a recent email request: Sites I like for CT: Rob Conley’s excellent post on setting up a Traveller sandbox. Freelance Traveller, and particularly it’s Other Roads (see also extending Book 2) section. The Citizens… Continue reading 5 Classic Traveller links
It helped, being a scion of a baronial house in the Grand Duchy of Hermes, Falkayn reflected. To be sure, he was a younger son; and he’d left at an early age, after kicking too hard against the traces that aristocrats were supposed to carry; and he hadn’t visited his home planet since. But some… Continue reading Traveller Tuesday: 1977 Edition Encounters
Sorry about missing a Traveller Tuesday; I’ve been dealing with some of the fallout from the Great TARGA Porn Debacle. It’s mostly been dealt with, though there will be a lot of interesting and potentially productive results from all that. Meanwhile, I have my players’ map of their delving into Xylarthen’s Tower to share with… Continue reading Distracted just a little
Just got back from GaryCon – and it’s not even over! Due to a perfect storm of multiple events scheduled on the same weekend, I was only able to spend some time yesterday at GaryCon. But what a time it was – I had a chance to see various lions of the hobby: Frank Mentzer,… Continue reading GaryCon!
I personally find it bizarre that some corners of the OSR think we should be spending our time debating how ethical it is to have mentions of sex and adult intimacy in reference to a game which has been semi-humorously summarized as being all about “killing things and taking their stuff.”Of course, I could be… Continue reading Being An Arbiter of Taste
