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

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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2020-02-10

Subterrane Surveys: Caverns of Quasqueton

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Today we'll be looking at the overall design, encounters, and treasure in Mike Carr's D&D Module B1: In Search of the Unknown ...
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2020-02-03

Subterrane Surveys: Dungeon of Zenopus (per Gygax)

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Today we're again looking at the sample dungeon in the first Basic D&D set (1979), the "Dungeon of Zenopus". Last time w...
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2020-01-27

Subterrane Surveys: Dungeon of Zenopus (per Holmes)

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Today we're looking at the sample dungeon from the first-ever D&D Basic Set, edited by Eric Holmes (1979) -- what many of us now cal...
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2020-01-23

In Memoriam: B.J. "BigFella" Johnson

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Sadly, one of my best gaming buddies, B.J. Johnson (who identified online as "BigFella"), passed away suddenly and by surprise las...
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