AD&D 1st edition
One of my contentions about the D&D rules is that there are a number of areas where Gary Gygax failed to give a rule because it was in a previous edition of the rules. Thus, you require CHAINMAIL to use a lot of original D&D, and there are a number of areas in AD&D that aren’t described because the rules are in oD&D. Item Saving … Continue reading AD&D – Item Saving Throws
For the first time in a very long time, I’m running an AD&D (1st edition) campaign again. I almost wasn’t. I expected I might be running some players who were playing in D&D Encounters but who were new to D&D in general, so running both AD&D and D&D 4E for them might prove confusing, but on the day I just threw the AD&D books in … Continue reading AD&D – The Frost Queen
My reviews of old AD&D adventures have recently hit writer’s block, and that writer’s block has been caused by this adventure. Regarded as one of the classic AD&D adventures, The Ghost Tower of Inverness is a very strange module that is the second of the Competition series. In addition to the scenario, it also contained pregenerated characters and rules for scoring if you actually want to run … Continue reading Review of C2: The Ghost Tower of Inverness
With a few new characters having been introduced recently, it’s probably a good idea to go through the gods they likely (or do) worship and what their goals are in the campaign. Just, in case, you have the urge to actually follow your god’s wishes or something. Pelor – God of the Sun, Strength, Light and Healing – worshipped by Chris’s character (Geran). Pelor has popped … Continue reading Gods in the Greyhawk campaign
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
The release of The World of Greyhawk in 1980 was an event that I didn’t mark. At that point, it was still a year before I would get my first introduction to Dungeons and Dragons. Eventually I was introduced to the World of Greyhawk through the first real AD&D campaign I played in the mid- to late-eighties, and that was using the later World of Greyhawk (2nd Edition) 1983 boxed setting. It … Continue reading The World of Greyhawk – 1980 folio edition
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)
Once upon a time, I thought the 1st edition DMG was a great book. It’s something that is still espoused by its fans on the ‘net. However, I’ve got to say that my appreciation of it is dimming, partly from the fact that I actually have read the book many, many times in the past few years. It’s not something that I just remember from … Continue reading The AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide
I’ve ordered the Upper Works of CZ from the Troll Lords, so, with any luck, that will soon be winging its way to me from the states. This will give me quite a bit of detail on the upper section of the castle, which I’ve never ever done any development work on. (It’s always been ruined so my players have just gone straight to the dungeons). … Continue reading Castle Zagyg
Well, Yggsburgh and Dark Chateau arrived in the mail yesterday. Yggsburgh is not what I was expecting. A little history: Gary Gygax invented D&D, and his campaign was all around Castle Greyhawk and the Free City of Greyhawk. Unfortunately, he was kicked out of TSR in 1985 or thereabouts, and much of his Greyhawk designs never saw print. Eventually, due to the d20 System and … Continue reading Yggsburgh
