So in the early-mid 80’s I did a lot of gaming. Mainly AD&D. For a couple of those years, it was just about all that I did. In the last seven years, I’ve dabbled in it again with some folks in town. Not AD&D 1ed, but other D&D and other non-D&D games. But, for some…Read more
Books
pulling out every one of my teeth, or at least 32 of them…
Ah yes, Table (III.E.) Special. I am a huge huge fan of the Dungeon Masters Guide (1979 edition). I got my copy in, I suppose, 1981, and I am convinced that it is one of the great works of imagination out there. Not just the best RPG book (which it is), but just a great…Read more
Whither the tomes…
Well, my AD&D thing has now become a bit of a fixation. In the time spent online, both putting together my campaign environment and also just catching up on what’s been written out there, I have learned that there are a lot of resources that I find intriguing. I have gained a good number of…Read more
Magic protective sex rocks?
So in the midst of people mispronouncing Oregon yesterday, I had a word flash through my mind, or well, the notion of a word as I remembered the existence of a word, but was unable to remember the word itself. After many failed googles I finally emailed my mother with what information I had… So…Read more
Those halcyon days of yore…
Finally, you can all relax… It is time for the long awaited follow-up to my Freaky Freaks post of a year and a half ago (here)! This was actually brought on though by the news at they.mislead.us that this is Play A New RPG Month! And, yes, this topic is actually something that I do…Read more
Freaky freaks.
So this week I started reading Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks (An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms) by Ethan Gilsdorf. While currently I am at a part that doesn’t really interest me… It being about the SCA and LARP and such things, I find the…Read more