D&D: Combat as Sport or Combat as War?
Last year I wrote a post on the problems of trying to design a single version of D&d that could be every D&D player's "go to" system because so many of the things players need/expect from D&D are nearly polar[...]Read on >>
Why "The Math" Should Not Be the Primary Focus of RPG Design
Some people tell me that "The Math" is broken in games I like, play, or design. The thing is, I don't consider "The Math" to be the be all and end all of good game design. "The Math" for a game might be as close to "perf[...]Read on >>
Leap Month RetroRoleplaying Cancer Fund Drive and Giveaway
Canadian Alexi Debois contacted me a couple of weeks again to see if I would be interested in designing a special Swords & Sorcery edition of Microlite74 and about donating some early D&D items for a Retrorolepla[...]Read on >>
Beyond the Quick Primer for Old School Gaming
What is “Old School” Play? If you are interested in old school gaming, you may have read the Quick Primer for Old School Gaming by Matt Finch. It's "a quick introduction to playing Original D&D or Swords & Wi[...]Read on >>
Microlite74: Swords & Sorcery Edition Design Begins
The reaction to my recent post on a Microlite74 Edition designed for "Swords & Sorcery" genre play has been very positive. I'm happy to announce that I have started to work on it. So far, work consists on taking a co[...]Read on >>
Microlite74: How about a Swords and Sorcery Edition?
I've been asked if I could make a "Swords ansd Sorcery Edition" of Microlite74 by someone who would be willing to donate a few very nice AD&D items for a Cancer Fund drive. He's asked that a Microlite74: Swords and S[...]Read on >>
Weapon Mastery for Microlite74?
We started to try the "Weapon Feats" from Dark Dungeons (don't let the word "feat" throw you, they are similar to the "Weapon Mastery" rules from The Rules Cycopledia and have little in common with the "feats" of 3.x or [...]Read on >>
What Microlite74 Version 3.0 Downloads Tell Us
I expected Microlite74 Standard to be the most popular version of Microlite74 Version 3.0. After all, Microlite74 Standard covers almost all of 0e, including material from the supplements and early TSR magazine articles.[...]Read on >>
Backporting Microlite74 to OD&D?
I've been asked more than once if one could take the changes I made in Microlite74 Extended (such as Body Points and Hit points) and use them in Swords & Wizardry or OD&D? The answer is obvious -- at least to me.[...]Read on >>
New Microlite74 Facebook Page
I've started off 2012 by creating a page for Microlite74 on Facebook. If you are interested in Microlite74, you can "Like" this page to get updates and info on Microlite74 in the future. I'll admit that the page is prett[...]Read on >>
A Merry Microlite74 Christmas
Or actually, it will not be, my Microlite74 Wilderlands campaign is suspended for two weeks for the holidays. I hope my players and this blog's readers have a very Merry Christmas. This blog hasn't been very active the[...]Read on >>
