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OSR October #12 Thursday Thaumaturgy
The Thaumaturgical subject today involves a method for creating minor magic items and scrolls in your OSR game through the spell, Embed.
OSR October #11: Milieu Mea Culpa
Listening back to my last Monday Milieu, I realized I had completely forgotten one of my favorite settings, and maybe the best one created in the OSR era - the Midderlands by Glynn Seal of…
OSR October #10: Monday Milieu
A ramble about published campaign settings, both in the “official “ TSR era, plus the independent and OSR sphere. I talk about what I look for (and dislike) in a setting, and why I usually decide to…
OSR October #9: Sunday Sacrilege
What do you think about the whole prime requisite idea in old versions of D&D? Isn’t having a high score in an attribute already its own reward?
OSR October #8 Does Size Matter?
What happens when you’re playing games designed for 6-8 PCs and you only have 3-4 players?
OSR October #7 Yet More Sunday Sacrilege
I talk about another aspect of classic D&D that I don’t like and don’t use in my games: energy level drain.
OSR October #6 Thursday Thaumaturgy
In Thursday Thaumaturgy I describe a potential new spell for your OSR game. Today is Spirit Track.
OSR October #5, Secrets of The Towers
In today’s Wednesday Wandering I take a look at a little adventure from an old Dungeon magazine that’s had an outsized influence on my adventure and campaign creations: The Secrets of The Towers by…
OSR October #4: A Quick & Dirty Alchemist
In today’s Tuesday Tinkering, I share a blog post from Rich Forest (one of the creators of A Visitor’s Guide to the Rainy City) where he provides guidelines for a “quick and dirty “ alchemist class.…
OSR October: A Visitor’s Guide to the Rainy City
It’s Monday Milieu and today I review the setting, A Visitor’s Guide to the Rainy City by Superhero Necromancer Press. You can get a pdf at Drivethru RPG, or print and pdf from Indie Press…
OSR October #2, Sunday Sacrilege
3d6 Down the line is not for me.
OSR October #1, 2025
A brief look at what fantasy books, movies and art developed my tastes in fantasy gaming. These are possibly what keep me focused on what you might call OSR gaming. My (abbreviated) Appendix N?
Crowd Funding Projects: currently active and late ones
I go through some current crowd funding campaigns: Castle Zagyg (Troll Lords), Ryecroft (Monkeyblood Design), Shadowdark Western Reaches (Arcane Library), Castles & Crusades Reforged. And I also…
Ambition & Avarice 1e Deep Dive 1
The first in a deep dive series looking at the OSR game, Ambition & Avarice 1e by Greg Christopher of Chubby Funster Games published in 2012. I’m delving into what’s different about this compared…
Campaign Diary 1: The Forsaken North
When I recorded this, there wasn’t a real object, but after listening back, this is the start of a series I’ll keep doing as a sort of campaign diary. This will entail both the planning for The…
OSR October: Ambition & Avarice 1e
A tentative return to podcasting for OSR October, 2024. This is a rough one as I try to navigate the new recording approach without the benefit of my familiar Anchor app. A thumbnail look at the new…
S6E19 Knave 2e Review: the Final Episode?
An armchair QB review of Knave 2e by Ben Milton of Questing Beast. It’s “ a flexible, classless rule set for players who scheme, strategize, and seek adventure.” It’s also closely compatible with…
S6E18 Halberds & Henchmen: a Retrospective
I look back at my Frankenstein’s Monster of a hack from 2017, Halberds & Henchmen. What circumstances led to it, what the design goal was, what’s good, bad, and ugly about it? Also how I…
S6E17 Calamities!
Add depth and uncertainty to your game setting by throwing in an occasional calamity that changes the landscape (political or actual). Inspired by the Advanced Civilization board game. Also calls…
S6E15 I’m Not Dead …I’m getting better :)
Spotify extended the mobile app life until July 9th, so Down in a Heap lives on for another month. Calls from Jason and Riley provide discussion on attribute gains & losses, training, what’s…
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