Down in a Heap

A look at the common OSR house rule inspired by Trollsmyth’s blog post of the same name. What are your thoughts and experiences with this rule? Should henchmen be able to, or is it “sorry Nodwick, PCs only”?

It’s a fantasy adventure game so you have to have house rules, right? Well, I do. I go over the house rules and clarifications for Swords & Wizardry in the Saturday Morning Cartoons game, plus a call from Daniel of Bandit’s Keep.

The return of random thoughts: calls from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast; Controversy Corner - Dragons; Old Man Confessional; The next tier - My Top Movies 21-40.

Evil Jeff from Minions & Musings joins me for the final installment of the B/X Deep Dive. We take a look at the DM info from the Expert booklet: building a wilderness area, wilderness exploration and encounters, DM advice, and more!

Time to clear the backlog of messages. Topics include: showing compassion, the origins of the Thief class, addressing the whiff factor in BRP, and Swords & Wizardry among others. Thanks for the calls 👍

I’m committing to Swords & Wizardry by Matt Finch as my fantasy adventure game of choice in 2021 for the new Saturday Morning Cartoons time slot. I try to explain why I chose S&W over the plethora of other old school options.

Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast left a few messages regarding the latest B/X Deep Dive. An Anchor “conversation “ ensues, covering roll vs. attribute origins, skill-based vs. class & level systems, B/X Companion, and more!

Joe from the Hindsightless podcast calls in with good thoughts on the example exploration in Moldvay Basic. What color is it? Some thoughts on descriptions in play and the interchange between players & GM.

The first heists! See what Rasmus Rask, Marlowe Phillips, Finrick the Halfling, and Thorvald the dwarf are up to now. Plus a couple calls from Evil Jeff of the Minions & Musings podcast.

I read the sample dungeon exploration from Moldvay Basic D&D and am joined by Evil Jeff of the Minions & Musings podcast for our reflections. There’s something about Black Dougal...