Weasels ripped their flesh, or, The triumphant return to in-person gaming
This week marked the first day everyone in my gaming group and in my household were fully vaccinated, and we could at last begin to play in person again! I went with Basic Fantasy, an inexpensive and...
View ArticleBF update: Dyson’s Deathtrap*
The last few Basic Fantasy sessions have bene brutal. A harpy killed the henchmage Brown Julius, along with the torchbearer and pack-bearer. Then the elf was killed by a hell hound — which also brought...
View Article“Medieval authentic”
D&D’s medievalism inspired a lot of players to try to develop something more verisimilar to the real world medieval period. In the early days, games like Chivalry & Sorcery made a nice effort...
View ArticleMedieval Wiltshire, sessions 1 & 2
It’s been quite a while since I DM’ed anything, but our 5e foray into Isle of Dread petered out and I decided that if wait until I’m “ready” to run the campaign I envisioned, it would take forever. So...
View ArticleMedieval Wiltshire, session 3
The 3rd session began with the party assembled at the sealed doors to the basement of the ruins of the cathedral in Old Saurm. We hand-waved the fact that we had a slightly different set of players —...
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