Category: One Shot
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Gaming Plans for 2024

2023 has been a great year for me in terms of RPGs, and I’m hoping to carry that momentum into the new year! My Worlds Without Number game has been going well, and although games under the OSR umbrella tend to be my preference I do want to branch out…
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Running I6 Ravenloft for Halloween

This year I decided to pick up and run the original I6 Ravenloft adventure for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) with some friends as a sort of Halloween activity. I’ve been reading a lot of older material (mostly for adapting to my Worlds Without Number home game) and although I…
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Winter’s Daughter – Session Notes & Thoughts, Pt. 2

Part 1 Session 2 The party picked up where they left off, returning to the mortal realm with their drive for finding the ring bolstered by meeting the princess and realizing the importance of their quest. They went north and entered Area 9. Noticing the ragged tapestry, they discovered Area…
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Winter’s Daughter – Session Notes & Thoughts, Pt. 1

I recently ran Winter’s Daughter for the first time using Knave 1e. This was partially intended as a way to keep my party busy as I caught up with setting prep for our campaign but it also provided me with the chance to run more of the material I’ve been…
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OPD Playtest – Knave

My second playtest was ran with Knave 1e, by Ben Milton (of Questing Beast fame). Among other things, this playtest convinced me of the utility of the system for one-shots and playtests of OSR and OSR-adjacent content, as well as the effectiveness of it’s character creation content for helping players…