Ok, so I've mentioned that I'm doing some work to tweak Mage: the Awakening.  I used to be a hard-core avid Mage: the Ascension freak.  I couldn't get enough of the Technocracy vs. the Traditions.  However, I did take a long ( and I mean long ) hard look at Mage: the Awakening.  Once I got past my distaste of some of the "backstory" I found it a ( Read more... )

Bleah

Just go my Monster Manual 1 and 2 in the mail today.  One  step closer to the game I'm thinking about.  Sadly, my tendency to tear things down in order rebuild them is rearing it's ugly head.  Specifically, I keep finding great little rules modifications in Dragon Magazine I want to add in.  I think there is a fine line here somewhere between ( Read more... )

Just updated yesterdays journal entry, I forgot all about Bards!

I also made some changes to Assassians.  I'm really having an issue about including them.  I really want to go "old-skool" 1st Edition, but the way the Assassian is written, why would anyone want to play a thief?  So I'm thinking about dropping the the whole "assassination" ability, ( Read more... )

So I thought to fill space I'd share some thoughts I having about my ideas for an AD&D 1st Edition campaign.

Races:

Humans - by far the most numerous, in every nation and state
Elves - like Tolkein, they are disappearing, their time has past.  Mostly present in the Pagan enclaves (they helped stop the advances of Clovis and Charlemagne)
Dwarves - most ( Read more... )

Well, I've had to accept that I must indulge in shameless cribbing of inspiration in order to actually make any game happen.  I realized between being self-employed, and my own lazy indulgence of TV watching ( how many Law and Orders am I up to now? ), that I have no time to be creative where games are concerned.  Don't get me wrong, I have ( Read more... )

So I did some more work on my nebulous AD&D game that I hope will come to exist soon.  I'm working on putting together a "Primer".  Sort of a glossy set of sheets I can hand out to new players with Races, Classes, and Alignments spelled out in a few sentences.  Then when they've decided, I can hand them the "crunchier" hand-out sheet will all the ( Read more... )

I'm hoping on my next trip to Mississippi to introduce my two nephews and my niece-in-law to gaming.  My youngest nephew and his wife are broke all the time, and don't really have a lot to do.  I explained to them that gaming is a cheap way to have some fun.  So when I make it back ( hopefully soon ) I'm taking my D&D Basic set ( the Moldvay ( Read more... )

Ok, today is short, because I'm short on time ( damn library computer time limit ( Read more... )

Gods I feel like such a tool, but I do have to admit to loving Facebook.  What a great place to collect all my friends!

I also like the interface much better over MySpace.  MySpace just seems to be cluttered up with too much crap.

Oh, this was supposed to be a gaming blog right....um yeah.  So, I've been reading my PHB, DMG, and Unearthed Arcana ( Read more... )