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The Fantasy Game: References
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This page summarizes the various resources I am using while writing and editing 'The Fantasy Game'. Privately I also keep PDF copies in case the sites ever disappear but for now here we go with the live links:. From the Strategic Review. Reproduced at Knights and Knaves; this nicely summarizes information I probably would have received in a hypothetic letter exchange or during phone calls with TSR in 1975. Used later on by Gary Gygax. Using CHAINMAIL to resolve OD&D combat. By D H. Boggs. By Jason Vey, w...
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The Fantasy Game: The Fantasy Game: A d6 only game?
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The Fantasy Game: A d6 only game? The past couple of days I have been a bit silent, studying "The Big Brown Book". Also newly added to the reference section. Epées and Sorcellerie RPG". Using CHAINMAIL to resolve OD&D combat". I mentioned it a couple of times and now I am sure concerning the use of dice in 'The Fantasy Game'. The Fantasy Game' will definitely only use six sided dice. Still there will be some differences to existing OSR variants, clones, etc. which also went in that direction:. The latter...
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The Fantasy Game: Primordial OD&D: A Chainmail fantasy simulacrum
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Primordial OD&D: A Chainmail fantasy simulacrum. Alan Kesher provided links. To work he started on a kind of primordial OD&D. Or as he more appropriately phrased it: a Chainmail Fantasy Supplement simulacrum. Although it's not complete I find this fascinating stuff that I directly added to the references section of 'The Fantasy Game'. And will also study over the next weeks. Posted by Thomas Biskup. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Primordial OD&D: A Chainmail fantasy simulacrum. Ability Tests in OD&D.
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Labyrinth Log: August 2009
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009. From here on out I will only be posting on my other blog Cyclopeatron. 1 I don't post enough to justify two blogs (hah! 2 I am too lazy to write up game session reports, which was the original idea of Labyrinth Log. Has a cooler name. 4 I just discovered that CYCLOPEATRON. Actually has a follower for some reason (! Jason of Star Command. Monster Manual - The music video! Rat in the Skull. Worlds of If cover by Ed Emshwiller, 1958. Perfect! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Lord of the...
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The Fantasy Game: Getting sidetracked... now the other way round...
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Getting sidetracked. now the other way round. I just wanted to let you know the reasons behind the sudden silence over here at The Fantasy Game. I'm known for having too many hobby interests :-). While I never found it difficult to focus my professional work efforts I always have been interested in way too much stuff as I blogged on my personal blog ( here. And its planned successor JADE (Java-based Ancient Domains Engine). ADOM is a so-called roguelike game. So there you have it. The Fantasy Game is...
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The Fantasy Game: The Ryth Chronicle: A fan-based setting as important as Greyhawk or Blackmoor?
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The Ryth Chronicle: A fan-based setting as important as Greyhawk or Blackmoor? Today marks yet another great day in OSR research: . over at Risus Monkey. Posted the PDF scans of the Ryth Chronicle. An 80 page document stemming from the very early days of our hobby, written on a typewriter around 1975-1977 in order to introduce new players into the campaign. As it probably will provide some great insights into the way D&D was played in the early days. Also mentions it and I quote:. So the Ryth Chronicle s...
