Dungeons & Dragons
https://anchor.fm/the-mixed-gm/episodes/Part-1-with-Adam-Simpson-e2e279/a-a5trr0 I had a great time talking with the Mixed GM last night on his podcast. We talked about OSR games and some of the misconceptions people have about them. I may be on his podcast again sometime. I met the Mixed GM at North Texas RPG Con last summer. Read more
Jeffro Johnson said if you like fantasy roleplaying you shouldn’t miss Fight On! Magazine. After his great book on Appendix N I decided to give him the benefit of a doubt and ordered the first 4 issues. Lulu.com carries issues of the magazine both in PDF and print form. What Read more
I just finished the first issue of Megadungeon by Hack & Slash Publishing. I had heard about the little magazine a while ago but it took me some time to get curious. It weighs in at 38 pages and is rather small. The art isn’t top notch but I rather like Read more
DMing is Not the Same Thing as Writing Prose Fiction: This Should Not Be Controversial The Cirsova Blog makes an excellent post about how being a game master for a fantasy RPG is not the same as being a fiction author. Different skills and approaches are required. The link above explains Read more
I’ve been reading my copy of Goodman Games’ Original Adventures Reincarnated #1: Into the Borderlands. At 384 pages this is no lightweight. It republishes the first 2 adventures written almost 40 years ago for Basic Dungeons & Dragons: B1 In Search of the Unknown and B2 The Keep on the Read more
I’ve been reading through my copy of Goodman Games’ Into The Borderlands and I was genuinely surprised by Mike Mearls’ introduction on page five. Mike Mearls has made a name for himself with numerous tantrums on Twitter and isn’t exactly a hero among the OSR community (I play D&D without Read more
Domain level play not only offers new ways to interact with the fantasy world but can offer a change of pace. Now that players control armed forces you can offer your players a distraction from the regular campaign. Using mass combat rules (ACKS offers some and I believe Birthright does Read more
In part one of this series I gave the definition and origins of domain level play. In part two I put it in context and addressed an objection. In this post I will give practical advice on how to try it yourself. Let’s deal with the million dollar question first Read more
In part one of this series I described what domain level play is and how it started in the fantasy RPG hobby. In this post I will attempt to explain the context in which Gary Gygax and his compatriots assumed domain level play to exist. Once this context is understood Read more
Domain level play is when, in a fantasy world, a player’s character establishes a domain of their own. This could be a castle, fortress, wizard’s tower or fortified cathedral and its surrounding land. This gives the character a home base and makes them the lord of a place and its Read more