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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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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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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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White Box FMAG House Rules

May 9, 2018

I don’t ever play S&W White Box anymore, at least not the ‘official’ version. I play the much-improved S&W White …

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Race-as-Class for Swords & Wizardry White Box

July 3, 2017

Since I recently postedĀ Holmes-like Swords & Wizardry, I thought I’d tackle race-as-class for Swords & Wizardry White Box, in the …

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Labyrinth Lord and Advanced Edition Companion Text Versions

May 3, 2017

On G+ today, James Spahn asked about finding the text versions of Labyrinth Lord. They used to be easy to …

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Swords & Wizardry Rules in PDF and Editable Formats – All Versions, All Variants

September 11, 2016

Just a quick post to share some resources that might be useful to Swords & Wizardry players and referees. When …

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Holmes Basic D&D Character Generator

January 21, 2016

I’ve written yet another character generator, this one for the 1977 Holmes Basic D&D. As with the other generators, it …

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Original D&D 3LBBs Character Generator

January 19, 2016

I’ve written a new character generator, this one just for the 1974 OD&D three ‘little brown books’ that started it …

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Labyrinth Lord OEC Character Generator

February 20, 2015

Continuing with my character generators for 0e clones, I’ve made a random character generator for Labyrinth Lord OEC. As with …

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