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AD&D 1e Movement Rates Revisited
In a prior post, I looked at AD&D movement rates in relation to missile fire. In that piece I used the DMG overland movement rates and terrain classification to explicate short-term movement rates during combat. Now, I have revamped the… Continue reading
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Clerics and Magic Weapons in AD&D: what are the odds?
Not so long ago, in discussion with the bros, it came up how in AD&D 1e swords predominate over other magic weapons. Indeed, magic long swords predominate over other types of magic swords. And, only swords may be intelligent, thus… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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Top Secret RPG — Random Mission Generator
Top Secret is, like many of the early TSR role playing games other than Dungeons & Dragons, underappreciated. This is TSR’s take on the action spy genre. Think James Bond. Think Cold War. Think 1972 Munich terror attacks on the… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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