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AD&D

  • Twilight of the Orc 2: AD&D Mass Combat, Fort Fenrir Troops versus Orcs

    This is the same docketed encounter discussed previously. Now that you’ve seen one potential outcome, what I present here is demonstration that any one enounter can have a wide variety of results, but also a method that adds complexity to… Continue reading

  • Twilight of the Orc. AD&D Mass Combat, Fort Fenrir Troops versus Orcs

    In the AD&D campaign I currently play in, we ran out of time to carry out a mass combat within the session. So, the DM put the forces on the board for people to play out in downtime through the… Continue reading

  • A Quickdraw System

    This is a silly little exercise from discussions elsewhere. In RPGs and wargames, I am a fan of longer turn lengths. The early versions of D&D for example, and Chainmail earlier, all use a 1-minute turn. The longer turn lengths… Continue reading

  • AD&D: Monks and unarmed combat

    Monks in AD&D are something of an odd man out. While the rest of the game is based on primarily European sources, the monk is based on Asian sources. Or, really, a European or American interpretation of Asian sources and… Continue reading

  • AD&D: Giant Tactics

    This post , asking about how to use giants in interesting ways other than just a bags of hit points, generated a bit of thought on XTwitter. My knee jerk reaction is just to use the rules that already exist.… Continue reading

  • AD&D: a simple War of the Gods

    Deities and Demigods is probably the least used of the four original AD&D books. The book is mostly full of stat blocks for gods which the text of the book will tell you is mostly for comparative purposes rather than… Continue reading

  • Jeffro Catches Up

    Jeffro is back and in fine form on Substack. He’s got a beaut of a post here. And, as typical he’s right. Everyone go read it now. It’s more important to read that one, than this one. Jeffro discusses M.A.R.… Continue reading

  • The Death of Christopher Marlowe in AD&D

    Marlowe The playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe died at age 29 on May 30, 1593, ostensibly in an argument over who should pay the bill of a bar tab or food bill. To say the least the story is suspicious.… Continue reading

  • Gang Busters and the White House Correspondent’s Dinner Attack

    This one isn’t political. I’m taking a look here as an example of how game mechanics might represent real life circumstances. What seems to have happened is a man attempted to attack the White House Correspondents Dinner with the aim… Continue reading

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger Wasn’t Strong Enough to be Conan

    I’ve previously written about Conan as represented in AD&D here. And, I’ve recently talked about strength in AD&D here. This post is to discuss a contradiction I’ve made. And to make a controversial assertion. Arnold Swarzennegger was not strong enough… Continue reading