Category: RPG
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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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Rewriting Dungeon Keys
Note: This is an elaboration on a post I made on Reddit that I felt warranted its own entry on the blog. There are a few different approaches I’ve taken to running prewritten material, and the one that I’ve currently settled on is to rewrite the key in a condensed…
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One and a Half Month OSR Retrospective
My Worlds Without Number OSR game is now 6 sessions in. At a session a week, I’ve been GM’ing for a little over a month now and it’s been a rewarding experience. My previous attempts to get an OSR-style game off the ground have always failed and this has been…
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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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Onboarding New Players
Something I’ve had to give a lot of thought to is how to go about bringing new players up to speed on how my home game works, what they an expect of me and what I expect from them. I’m currently running Worlds Without Number, an OSR system that’s on…
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Opening My RPG Table
I’ve been running a dungeon crawling sandbox campaign of Worlds Without Number for a month or two now and things have been going well. So well, in fact, that I’ve decided to pull the trigger and try to convert my current game to an open table. This was partially motivated…
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Megadungeons – A Working Definition
Something that has really captured my imagination since I’ve heard about old-school D&D is the idea of a megadungeon. The idea of running or playing in one is exciting, and as part of my hope of transition my current game to an open table I want to craft my own.…
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RPG Dungeon Designs: Magic Colleges
The magic college or boarding school is a pretty awesome idea, as evidenced by just how many authors have tried their hands at it. It also makes for a compelling backdrop for a dungeon in a tabletop RPG, although that comes with some caveats. I typically play games in the…
The Lady and Tiger 