Delta's D&D Hotspot

OD&D has 5 pieces of armor on the equipment list -- plate, chain, leather, shield, and helmet. An oversight is that the last item has no...

Encumbrance is one of those fiddly bits in D&D that no one really enjoys (and lots of people just ignore once the game is in progress). ...

When we think about games in general, and D&D in particular, a lot of us have the complaint nowadays that "the game is too complica...

One of the biggest points of confusion in the OD&D is how multiclassing works (otherwise known as the "oh my god, not elves again...

An analysis of the proper time scale in D&D follows. Let's start by considering movement. First, note that a speed of 1 mph is about...

It may be interesting to consider the most powerful monsters listed in the OD&D rules. Here's a list of all the monsters with potent...

One of the wonderful things about the OD&D rules (addictive, even) is that they're sparse enough to be manageable if you're int...