I've got a game brewing and I think that I'm going to use Swords & Wizardry Complete as the base but sprinkle in some spice. The most potent being Mentzer Weapon Mastery.
It looks like the first thing to do would be to re-scope Weapon Mastery from 36 character levels to 20. Other than that, it...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Finished Reading The Rules Cyclopedia
Wow.
While I didn't originally have the book back in my fist go-round with D&D, I did have the series of boxed sets, I'm reminded of why we had the approach to the game that we did. Compressing the expansiveness of basic into your head all at once is quite a task.
Even though I found some of the...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Surprised by the D&D Rules Cyclopedia
By the time that the D&D Rules Cyclopedia hit the streets in 1991, I was drifting away from the hobby and completely missed its release. Besides, late in my first gaming epoch, I was playing very little D&D and was mostly focusing on other "more advanced" games.
Being curious, a few years ago,...
Monday, July 8, 2013
Heroes Companion
The other day I picked up the Advanced Fighting Fantasy Heroes Companion.
The new types of magic, spells, talents, and so on are top notch but, it's the company rules, domain management, and mass battles that really grab my attention. With these bits, Advanced Fighting Fantasy 2 can easily hang with...
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