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Math, history, and design of old-school D&D

2020-03-23

Gygax on Leveling Up Monsters

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The always-informative Zenopus Archives pointed out a post Gygax made in a thread on the Pied Piper forums back in in 2004 . In particula...
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2020-03-16

Book of War Skirmish Rules: Odd Encounters

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I've had a few inquiries lately about whether there is a skirmish-level (1:1 scale) version of my OED Book of War simple miniature-wa...
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2020-03-09

Sarge's Advice: Target 20 Saves

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Another question from an observant reader, this time regarding the Target 20 core rule for saving throws. Quick query on Target 20 for ...
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2020-03-02

Sarge's Advice: OED Player's Rules

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Recently on the Wandering DMs Paul pointed out that the rules I write are very concise, with a lot of information packed into the smallest...
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2020-02-24

In Which Gygax Gets Disenchanted with Wandering Monsters

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Here's the standard rule for wandering monsters in OD&D Vol-3 (1974), p. 10; underlined emphasis by me: Wandering Monsters : At the...
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2020-02-20

The Khopesh Curve

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Here's something of a follow-up to last weekend's discussion of different approaches to XP Awards on Wandering DMs . I've previo...
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2020-02-17

Subterrane Surveys: Caves of Chaos

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This week we're looking at possibly the most-played of all D&D modules, Gary Gygax's Dungeon Module B2: The Keep on The Border...
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