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The Castellan's Corner: OSR, The Next Generation
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Maps, Rules, Ideas, etc. Tuesday, December 15, 2015. OSR, The Next Generation. This Holiday, I gave my 7-year-old daughter a copy of the Moldvay/Cook B/X rules. She has created her first character, an Elf named Fierce, and we are preparing to embark on her first adventure with a real Dungeons and Dragons rules set. Previously I have introduced her to RPGKids. Which is a great introduction to roleplaying) and Pocket RPG. A lite RPG rules set being developed by Brandon Goeringer. OSR, The Next Generation.
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The Castellan's Corner: Castle Gargantua Review
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Maps, Rules, Ideas, etc. Friday, October 23, 2015. Has hit it out of the park again with the latest release of Castle Gargantua. Castle Gargantua builds on some of the mechanical ideas of procedurally generated adventuring that were featured in Ruins of the Undercity. And The MadMonks of Kwantoom. The book is written for Labyrinth Lord. Or Lamentations ofthe Flame Princess. And consults a very concise and tight table that gives him the type of room, exits, contents, ambience and specifics on monster, tre...
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The Castellan's Corner: November 2014
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Maps, Rules, Ideas, etc. Thursday, November 20, 2014. The Cave of the Unknown. I am running a holiday game using B2 The Keep on the Borderlands. The Cave of the Unknown has been many things in that module for many people. For this game my Cave of the Unknown is based around Dyson Logos. Recent map of The Cave of Mushrooms. I've stocked it using Labyrinth Lord rules but it should be compatible or easily converted to any old-school system or retro-clone. PDF and VTT ready .PNG are included as usual. This c...
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The Castellan's Corner: July 2014
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Maps, Rules, Ideas, etc. Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Simple Hex Stocking Table. Is starting a new campaign that I am participating in and it has given me ideas to eventually run a Labyrinth Lord hex crawl game of my own. A result of 'Unique' will mean that the hex contains a mini-dungeon, of which I have a near endless supply thanks to OSR resources such as the One Page Dungeon Contest. Iron Tavern Press Pocket-Sized Encounters. As well as pieces of old TSR modules and my own creations. Ruminations of a Geek.
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The Castellan's Corner: B/X Open Table House Rules
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Maps, Rules, Ideas, etc. Monday, November 9, 2015. B/X Open Table House Rules. I have been running a B/X Open Table game set in The Borderlands for about a year now. These limited house rules have developed over time. Some to address some mechanical imbalances I see in the ruleset and to facilitate the 2.5 hour time slot we usually run in. Others have been rulings based on player questions that I remembered to write down! 0-level Torchbearers become Men-at-Arms after surviving 2 sessions. Demi-human Men-...
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The Castellan's Corner: February 2014
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Maps, Rules, Ideas, etc. Thursday, February 27, 2014. The House of the Falerii. Here is a sister map to The Tomb of the Falerii. The adventure is written to be a prequel, but could easily be adopted as a sequel or loosely related adventure locale. The House of the Falerii. Init 2, Atk bite 2 melee (1d4 1), or thrown excrement 3 missile fire (dmg special); AC 14; HD 1d8; MV 30' or climb 30'; Act 1d20; SP Leap up to full movement; SV Fort 2, Ref 4, Will -1; AL N. The door to 5 has fallen off the hinges due...
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The Castellan's Corner: January 2015
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Maps, Rules, Ideas, etc. Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Home for the Holidays. I received the Moldvay Basic Dungeons and Dragons boxed set for Christmas, 1982. That gift started a 30 year fascination with and enjoyment of Roleplaying Games. I will be forever grateful to my father (an old Avalon Hill wargamer) for introducing and encouraging me in gaming, even though he had no idea (and still really doesn't) what an RPG is! Here are the session reports from those games, which I named "Home for the Holidays":.
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The Castellan's Corner: December 2014
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Maps, Rules, Ideas, etc. Monday, December 1, 2014. Ruins of the Undercity (Review? Ruins of the Undercity. I got it at Lulu, apparently it is available on Drive Thru RPG as well), has been out for a while but I just picked it up, so it's new to me. Boy, was I wrong! I found a few shafts down to the third level and am currently exploring that environ. I just narrowly won a fight with 23 Mites (gremlin like humanoids who are fond of traps) thanks to judicious use of Sleep spells! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Castellan's Corner: Home for the Holidays
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Maps, Rules, Ideas, etc. Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Home for the Holidays. I received the Moldvay Basic Dungeons and Dragons boxed set for Christmas, 1982. That gift started a 30 year fascination with and enjoyment of Roleplaying Games. I will be forever grateful to my father (an old Avalon Hill wargamer) for introducing and encouraging me in gaming, even though he had no idea (and still really doesn't) what an RPG is! Here are the session reports from those games, which I named "Home for the Holidays":.
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The Castellan's Corner: B/X Reputation House Rules
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Maps, Rules, Ideas, etc. Wednesday, December 2, 2015. B/X Reputation House Rules. I've been running my B2 sandbox on-and-off for over a year now. Some players (not many! It is an open table game where some time can pass between sessions and there are about 17 or so active player characters, not to mention those that now inhabit the small cemetery behind the Chapel! It is hard to keep track of events, even with good notes. B/X Reputation House Rules. Reviled. This character is barely tolerated. In...Disli...
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