A pile of old D&D books

Every so often, I get the desire to get a few more of the old AD&D and Basic D&D books and adventures that I still don’t own, and so onto ebay and online 2nd hand stores I wander… The results of my latest set of purchases is now sitting on my table, and includes such items as Dungeon Geomorphs – I actually owned a copy of … Continue reading A pile of old D&D books

A history – of sorts – of my Greyhawk campaigns (part 1)

It began back in the late 80s, when I was invited to play in a AD&D campaign run by a fellow, Bruce, from a school I’d left and my brother still attended. Thinking back all these years now, I have no idea how it happened that we all lobbed together, but there we were – Bruce as DM, myself, my brother and one other playing … Continue reading A history – of sorts – of my Greyhawk campaigns (part 1)

The mechanical problems with Multiclassing in D&D 3E

With the recent flood of new classes from Wizards, the problems with the 3e multi-classing system have become readily apparent. Of course, these may not be considered as problems by all. However, the problems that the Eldritch Knight and Mystic Theurge were designed to fix have become what might be a troubling part of the 3.5e system. What are these issues, and are they indeed … Continue reading The mechanical problems with Multiclassing in D&D 3E