Old School “Non-Repro Blue” Maps
There is a cargo-cultish love for “old school blue” maps within the OSR. Personally I can’t stand them because my …
Category Archives: Advice
Magic Item Certificates
Two years ago when we launched our twice-monthly Dungeon Crawl Classics campaign I came up with a standard certificate for …
Dice Shaming?
I’ve been seeing a lot of “Dice Shaming” posts lately on Reddit and a few blogs. The thing is, dice …
Losing my Dungeon Crawl Classics virginity
So it is 90% settled. Tonight’s game will be short one player (my girlfriend got the shaft from her employers …
The Dreaded Boxed Text
I’m enjoying the new wave of old school adventures, but the reality is that we’ve learned a lot about adventure …
To grid, or not to grid, that is the question!
I’m working on a commission for a pretty damn cool adventure, and we’ve been talking about the use or non-use …
RPGSpeak: Dice
– Credit to John M. Ford, Oc.D.
Rockets & Ruins!
So, I know I could just go to google+ and ask there, or actually load up a forum or something, …
My 2D Dungeons Gone 3D!
Green Pilgrim over on the Cartographer’s Guild site has taken a pair of my smaller maps and made them into …
Why collect when you can awesomize your books?
Seriously, I wouldn’t tell you to do something that I wouldn’t do myself. Don’t collect RPG books – use them. …
Tucker’s Kobolds, Redux
Many moons ago, I ranted about my hatred for Tucker’s Kobolds, along with an excerpt from the classic Tucker’s Kobolds …
Setting the scene and using my maps
Sorry if my prose is a bit terse or below par this post, I’m writing it while on painkillers from …
Dungeon Doodles & a CrossHatching Tutorial
I was scanning pages out of my notebook (most are non-RPG related doodlings, so they won’t make it up here), …
Dyson's Dodecahedron 