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AD&D

  • Rules, Rulings, Precedent in RPGs: Judge or Umpire?

    At the end of the recent Arbiter of Worlds stream, with Alexander Macris and Harmony Ginger, the issue of game rulings and precedent came up. I commented in the chat my view that rulings should not establish precedent in RPGs… Continue reading

  • Arrow Storms, Movement and Missile Fire in AD&D

    In AD&D, a typical movement rate is 12″ per round. Cursory review of the missile weapon ranges shows that for most weapons an infantry unit moving to engage in melee with a unit of missile weapon armed soldiers will have… Continue reading

  • AD&D 1e, Trolls versus horses

    In my previous column here, I suggested that cavalry may be the best unit type to use against trolls in AD&D. Not just because the damage advantage of the lance at the charge, but because the charging horse might overbear… Continue reading

  • The Wolflands, AD&D Trolls versus Mooks

    This is a scenario I’ve run for Mr. Wargaming of the Joy of Wargaming. He’s done me some favors in the past, now is time to help him out. Mr. Wargaming generated an AD&D 1e encounter and shopped it out… Continue reading

  • Rogues in the house, More Conan and AD&D: the naked Barbarian

    Conan is often stereotyped as a naked barbarian clad only in a loin cloth smashing his way through hordes of enemies. This is probably mostly due to the comics and the famous Frazetta paintings. As I showed in my earlier… Continue reading

  • AD&D 1e Psionics and the Succubus

    Sometimes you just want to post the cheesecake. Despite that, I do have a serious thing to point out. I’ve talked before here and here how the AD&D 1e psionic rules produce nice representation right out of the box of… Continue reading

  • Insanity in AD&D 1e

    This conversation discussing H.P. Lovecraft got me thinking of sanity mechanics in RPGs. The video has James Raggi and Zak Smith discussing Lovecraft — primarily his racism and how it affected his works. But, in addition, they briefly discuss the… Continue reading

  • Arm Wrestling for AD&D 1e

    People have strong opinions on how unarmed combat is carried out in AD&D 1e. The method is a little fiddly, the monster manual does not provided the necessary information to carry out the method, nor do any of the AD&D… Continue reading

  • Cold Iron for AD&D 1e

    From Cold Iron by Rudyard Kipling Uh-oh, this post is going to be a problem. I normally try to avoid house rules for AD&D. What, you say, this blog is full of house rules for AD&D? Well, no, it’s not.… Continue reading

  • Conan as represented in AD&D 1e.

    I’m a big fan of Conan. And, as AD&D goes, I’m a firm believer that the D&D leveling mechanic was inspired, at least in part, by the Conan character. Because, despite that many pulp heroes remain the same from story… Continue reading