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

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

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

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

This is a follow-up to my post of earlier today regarding strength differences in AD&D males and female humans. This one looks at the strength limitations imposed on the different character races in AD&D. There is a famous table on… Continue reading

The illustrious Mr. Wargaming has a nice post where he takes a look at the odds of finding treasure using the DMG Appendix A rules. He has these words of wisdom. Which is exactly correct. By looking at the statistics… Continue reading

In this previous post I explored the odds of hitting in Tony Bath’s Ancient Wargaming and in Dungeons and Dragons. I’ve had a few ideas since them. In the previous analysis, I found some close correlations in the odds. Some… Continue reading

This video inspired this post. The video purports to be a statistical comparison of the Fireball versus Cloudkill spell. In reality, the video is an explanation of some statistical concepts. It’s well worth watching for the statistics talk, but it… Continue reading