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Revised Version of the OD&D Sample Dungeon

December 21, 2020

Comic book artist and old-school gamer Von Allen has re-drawn the sample dungeon from OD&D vol 3, based on the …

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Labyrinth Lord OEC House Rules

September 11, 2020

I mentioned starting a Labyrinth Lord Original Edition Characters (OEC) campaign recently, and having created some house rules. I tried …

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Who Keeps the Sheets? Why, Everyone Does

November 4, 2019

Delta poses an interesting question about who keeps character sheets – the DM or the player. There are pros and …

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Campaign News and a Map

September 7, 2019

The Nolenor OD&D campaign has been on hold for a bit, and lately I’ve been running my group in my …

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Free Futura Clone Used in the Quickstarts – Universalis ADF Font

July 19, 2019

I’ve been using a free version of the Futura font (the font used in many early TSR publications) called Universalis …

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Simplified Encumbrance for OD&D and Clones

January 17, 2019

In the 1974 D&D rules, encumbrance was tracked in coins. The PC’s miscellaneous equipment was assumed to always weigh 80 …

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Original D&D Reference Sheets

January 14, 2019

I came across these Original Dungeons & Dragons reference sheets a few years ago. I don’t remember where they came …

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Staying Alive in Old-School Adventures: Fighters

November 30, 2018

When I first started this blog I posted a short article on how to keep your first-level Magic-User alive. I …

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Thoughts on a New Fantasy Setting – Xirjan’s Folly

November 23, 2018

I’ve been thinking about a new setting for my OD&D/White Box games (but pretty generic as far as fantasy goes), …

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A Quick Look at the Non-Human Player Codex

August 1, 2018

Note: I received free copies of the Non-Human Player Codex (just the Codex from here on out) for both Swords …

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