Year: 2009

Religion in the World of Greyhawk

November 25, 2009April 25, 2018UncategorizedReligion, RPG, World of Greyhawk

Finally! In previous posts, I gave a run-down of the Oeridian, Suel, Flan, and Baklunish pantheons individually. They share many (most) deities, but there are interesting omissions and overlaps. The Flannae Gods are ubiquitous; they found their way into the Read More

Castle of the Mad Archmage: Dreamation 2010

November 19, 2009April 25, 2018UncategorizedCastle of the Mad Archmage, Conventions, megadungeons, RPG

I am pleased to report that I will be running two sessions of Castle of the Mad Archmage, my humble megadungeon creation, at the Dreamation convention in Morristown, NJ, February 18-21, 2010. (I’ll also be running the Diplomacy tournament, as Read More

Apologies

November 10, 2009April 25, 2018UncategorizedAdmin

I know I’ve been posting much less frequently than usual. My usual computer has mechanical difficulties, and I was forced to order a replacement fan from Singapore(!). So I’m basically on almost-no access until the new part arrives and I Read More

Players Wanted

October 30, 2009April 25, 2018UncategorizedMy Campaign, RPG

I’m looking for some players in the northern NJ area (Morris/ Sussex/ Warren counties are nearby) to join my AD&D 1E game (set in Greyhawk, of course). I’ll be rebooting the campaign slightly after a several-months hiatus, and am looking Read More

Is the Temple of Elemental Evil a Megadungeon?

October 26, 2009April 25, 2018UncategorizedDesign Theory, megadungeons, RPG, T1-4

Norman over at Troll and Flame thinks so. So do some of the commenters over at Grognardia. Personally, I disagree. It does touch on the definition of “megadungeon”, of course. To my mind, a “megadungeon” in the strictest sense lacks Read More

Is It Possible to Publish a “True” Megadungeon?

October 24, 2009April 25, 2018UncategorizedCastle Greyhawk, Castle of the Mad Archmage, Gygax, megadungeons, RPG

James over at Grognardia has published an interesting essay “Schrödinger’s Dungeon” which has garnered a lot of replies in the few short hours it’s been up. Much as I like and admire James’ work for the most part, I fear Read More