In a moment of madness / lucidity / idleness / productivity / etc, etc, I have moved the content of this blog over to Wordpress and renamed it. I find the layout easier, and memories of the loss of all that Google+ goodness still resound. Can't be entirely sure Blogger won't go the same way. You can find all future ramblings at: There Could Have Been...

This is my custom magic-using class for an OD&D hack. I prefer magic to be looser than a list of prescribed spell effects. It should be unpredictable - even the caster can't be sure what's going to happen. It should be terrifying - people are wary of casters for a very good reason. I like the idea of casters tapping into the flows of magic around...

First off, season's greetings to you, Walfalcon! Secondly, I am sorry. This is almost, but not quite, unlike anything you asked for... This is my submission for the OSR discord channel's Secret Santicorn, given Walfalcon's gift request: Something punk rock AF. Possibly related to England in the early 80s. Possibly also related to ska/reggae. Alternatively,...

I've become particularly enamoured with White Box: Fantasy Medieval Adventure Game in the last few weeks, and had some spare moments during a recent holiday to scrawl down a freehand character sheet. Still learning.  Printable two to a sheet of A4.

An online game running through Against the Cult of the Reptile God fizzled out fairly quickly, but not before I'd invested some prep time into it. I didn't like the perpendicularity of the village of Orlane in the original module's map, so I scribbled my own unkeyed version for use. Hopefully I can run through the module again some time with another...

Note: there are two variants presented here - one for Wretches & Riches and one for a more standard d20-based system like Knave.  W M Goodes The Objective One of the elements in Wretches & Riches which in particular strays from traditional D&D-based rules is how the party's NPCs are handled. Since W&R makes it harder for PCs to carry...