Blood of Prokopius

When I started writing session reports for my Lost Colonies campaign, one of the things I was interested in was seeing how a group of guys t...

A few notes: I decided to try and find different titles for Current and Intermediary . Although they are quite functional, I didn't muc...

I realized today that I forgot to mention in my last post ye auld Ring of Protection (ROP). In Homes, the ROP +1 not only gives the wearer ...

One of the fun parts about my thought experiment of creating a hypothetical home-brew amalgam of Holmes Basic and Cook Expert D&D is fi...

Today is one of the feast days of St. Argyra the New Martyr. She lived in Bithynia (northwest modern Turkey) during the 17th and 18th centur...

After some good discussion after my post yesterday on variable damage via Holmes and Cook, I've done some more thinking. There a couple...

I am one of those grumpy old-school types who prefers my games without Thieves; however, I have reluctantly allowed their use (with heavy mo...

As I've written before, when it comes to d6 vs. variable weapon damage , I am not a partisan. Yes, in practice I use d6 damage; however,...

In the afterglow (and recovery from) the celebration of Pascha (Easter), I was reading the introduction to the Cook-edited Expert D&D bo...

It is the day of the Resurrection! Let us shine brightly for the festival, and also embrace one another. Brethren, let us say even to those ...

Normally, April 23 is the feast day of St. George; however, he is so beloved by Orthodox Christians all over the world that if his feast fal...

Here are some more musings about the Druid Redux I have been working on in the last few posts : The four Druidic cults do not like each oth...

Continuing with my thoughts from my last post , here are the stats for the other three classifications of Druids for use in my own version o...

Due to the fact that I've been working on a concept for a redux of the Temple of Elemental Evil , I've been inserting various ideas ...

This was one of the shortest sessions of the campaign, and one of the most brutal. The party decided to delve back into the lair of the Bli...

Every year on the Saturday before Palm Sunday, the Orthodox Church celebrates St. Lazarus the Friend of Christ. We read the account of Chris...

Awhile ago, Staples of Grognardling began blogging about his efforts to create a megadungeon based upon various philosophies within the OSR...

I've been meditating on megadungeons recently. Intellectually, I adore them. Although there are plenty of historical examples of dungeon...

Today is the feast day of St. Eupsychios the Martyr. Considering the recent flap about a pastor burning a Koran down in Florida, St. Eupsych...

For a variety of real-life issues, this session saw a very small table. Faced with the choice of putting off play until such time that folks...