Following on last week’s post about finding D&D groups in Dublin (and everywhere else), I thought I’d push these free Ask me about playing Dungeons & Dragons flyers. I made them using one of Tony DiTerlizzi’s Inktober sketches. My first impulse was to do these […]
lfg* is not just flgs** anymore. Back in my day (you kids might now those olden times as the Stranger Things Era), finding a group of like minded nerds to gather around a table covered with dice and potato crisps wasn’t easy. And you know […]
The final (for now) 6 spells of my reimagining exercise. I drew inspiration from a few other sources than just B/X’s 3rd level spells.
I made a thing for fifth edition D&D. It is called The Drama Module. Here is why I made it: You know how, watching people like the cast of Critical Role bring these wonderful characters to life, you think: “how will I get my players […]
This rather long winded post tries to explain the thought process behind the new rule for backpack equipment and background in Dungeonsnack, my minimalist adventure game designed for one-hour sessions. Gear as origin story I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but over its years […]
My office Lunchtime Dungeons game stopped in the middle of a fight this week. Tomorrow, the players will face two high-level priestesses of Lolth who planeshifted on them to free a prisoner. And I have no idea who will die. I know, you can never […]
As promised, this is the second part of the spell list for Dungeonsnack, my minimalistic adventure game system. (I guess I have no excuse to not release it now.) You can find the first part of the spell list here. Again, the goal is to […]
Here’s an offering for you, D&D DMs, adventure game masters, old school referees: a wounds system where your hit dice are a pool to roll from every time you get hit. Use it, hack it, mock it. It’s your call! I’ve used these rules for […]
Look! Another blogger is rewriting the spell list from B/X! How exciting! My lunch hour game uses ALL THE SPELLS. It started with the lists from the Venerable Old Tomes that are Basic/Expert D&D and Advanced D&D, but I soon added those from Wonder & […]
Sandbox events are important to some D&D games. In the last few weeks, I have been doing this: Running a sandbox adventure requires to be aware of a lot of ‘fronts‘ (to borrow a term from Dungeon World): threats, factions, and other moving parts in […]
For half a century, we nerdmappers (ie, Dungeon Masters) have used graph paper for our homemade dungeon maps. I’m still happy to draw square rooms on blue grids like when I was a kid. But I have this notebook that has inserts of patterns reminiscent […]
I extracted 200 of the 300+ abilities contained in Lunchtime Dungeons to use as a generic table of powers and perks. I plan to use them with a classless, d20-and-d6 version of the system that I’m thinking would work better at events. In the meantime, […]