On Swords & Wizardry Complete HardcoverLast Sunday, I ordered the Swords & Wizardry hardcover direct from Frog God Games. It arrived today, the following Saturday. Talk about service.
I've been playing S&W for a few years, starting with the WhiteBox and C…Read More
Understanding D&D-esque Initiative/CombatAfter getting my head wrapped around AD&D 1st Edition's combat system, I've gone back and re-read Castles & Crusades and Swords & Wizardry's initiative and combat systems. In the case of S&W, all the pre…Read More
Project Code Name: Roll A D6A big part of why I like Swords & Wizardry so much is that it's a great baseline for hacking, for making it my own. On the other hand, I find approaches like the Siege Engine in Castles & Crusades pretty nifty. So, we…Read More
Swords & Wizardry with Weapon Mastery?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 r…Read More
Experimental Swords & Wizardry Complete Character SheetDeveloping low tech character sheets is a great way to explore user experience design. For such a foray, I chose to create a sheet for Swords & Wizardry Complete. It's very much an experiment and a work in progress.
One …Read More
I'm a gamer that loves to tinker with and write systems from scratch. I've also written a live action airsoft system called Firefight! A tabletop game (or two) is also in the works.
Praise for Songs of the Dying Earth
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Among my favourite works of fantasy fiction are the *Dying Earth* stories
and the *Lyonesse *trilogy by Jack Vance. I’ve read the *Lyonesse *trilogy
three ...
[Dragonbane] Mirth & Mayhem in Vegas
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Every January, my 1990s Philadelphia gaming group holds a reunion in Las
Vegas. We hang out, give ourselves meat-sweats at Fogo de Chao, and run RPG
one...
The Spine of Night Premiering at SXSW Tonight!
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*The Spine of Night* will be premiering tonight at *SXSW*. I am extremely
excited about this one! If the past output from Morgan King/Gorgonaut has
been ...
[DFAE] Ace Squadron's Aces
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The ships of Ace Squadron, which consists of "aces," all have the word
"Ace" in their names. I'm not sure if this is confusing or j...
Hello Again
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Well after almost two years I found that this blog still exists. I had
thought it destroyed in a personal mess and decided to bring it back to
life. I am g...
Interesting layout. Have you considered switching the HP box to a heart-shaped box? It might be a bit better visual match for what it means.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mark. The thought has crossed my mind. If I do, Con and Dex will likely be flipped as well.
DeleteI used a heard for Stamina on the Advanced Fighting Fantasy sheet.