Now that the home fantasy campaign has settled into playing through The Terror of Ettinmarsh, I’ve been taking some time to dig back into my gaming roots. This week has been dominated by a re-examination of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, often referred to as the 1st Edition. While I’ve flipped through the pages of the Players … Read More →
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An Apologia for Mythras Classic Fantasy
Back in April, in yet another moment of surrender to temptation, I received the .PDF of Classic Fantasy – the supplement for Mythras (newly branded from RuneQuest6) – in lieu of the hardcover copy of the same tome due to arrive in the summer. At the time, I wrote about why it “might very well hit … Read More →
Goriel’s Tale: First Burglary
This is an actual play solo game report using Mythras and the Classic Fantasy supplement, plus the Mythic GM Emulator and The Location Crafter. In the main description, italicised sections are game mechanical notes. Because tonight’s D&D game got cancelled due to player’s being unavailable, I decided to roleplay anyway. As Mythras might just be … Read More →
5th Edition House Rules
Following three sessions of the Red Box of Dungeons & Dragons, the Friday Night Gamers have decided that they wish to return to the 5th Edition game that we started back in November 2015. In response, I’ve updated my House Rules document to tweak how I want things to play from the stuff I posted … Read More →