SPI Infomercial
Is this awesome or what? I had no idea this existed until yesterday. By my count, I had about 90% of the games shown in this film at one point. Oh, War in Europe, how I miss thee… (Hat tip Read More
Rules Organization
A number of people, when discussing the merits of retro-clones vs. the original game rules, point to the notion that the retro-clones are “better organized”. I confess to being a little puzzled by this, as I can find my way Read More
What Use is Intelligence?
I’ve been taking a closer look at the various abilities listed in the Player’s Handbook, and I’m leaning to the opinion that intelligence is the most under-utilized statistic amongst the Big 6 (well, 7 if you count comeliness). Looking at Read More
The Ineffable Grandeur of 30-mile Hexes
Rob Conley, purveyor of the Bat in the Attic blog and designer of numerous excellent old-school RPG products, recently reminded us on the RPG Circus podcast of a flaw he found in the World of Greyhawk, as originally presented in Read More
GenCon Registration About to Kick Off
So I check my inbox today, and what do I see but a note from GenCon with the fast-approaching dates to submit events (Jan 13th), get a badge (Jan 24th), and get housing (Jan 26th). Full details are here: http://www.gencon.com/2010/indy/sm/press/releases/2010/2010.1.08.Email.aspx Read More
Best of the Blog
Several people have asked if I had a better-formatted version of some of the more practical articles over the last year or two, and I thought it might be a good idea to collect them, and perhaps a couple other Read More
