Most folk know that I am a teacher and that I run a small roleplaying club within the school I work at. Recently I’ve had the opportunity to run some demonstration games for newbies and give them a taste of roleplaying games. On school Sport’s Day, I was given the further opportunity to take small … Read More →
Back in the 1980’s, when I was the kid hanging out around my mate’s house and roleplaying, we used to play Dungeons & Dragons. My edition was the 1983 Red Box but my buddy owned the 1981 B/X edition. At the time, we had no idea that they weren’t just different printings of the same … Read More →
As my gaming friends know, I have been roleplaying for something like 30 or more years. The roots of my hobby have been documented elsewhere, but over the past two or three years I have been revisiting those roots. It began with a trip into the Red Box of Dungeons & Dragons (1981) and led … Read More →
Reflecting on my re-reading of David Hargrave’s Arduin material, I realise that the “Old School” was never as homogeneous as many in the community would have us believe today. Hargrave was, perhaps, an outlying force in the hobby – contentious and loathed by some – but he was also a force for creativity and variety. … Read More →
