We had our fourth session of my 4e Castle Greyhawk campaign on Friday, which is using the currently released “Castle Zagyg” supplements of the Troll Lords as a base. It was a blast – in about 4 hours of game time, we had 3 combats (probably taking no longer than 90-120 minutes in total), and 2+ hours of insane plans and roleplaying. You see, the … Continue reading Castle Greyhawk – session 4
Our second session of the Greyhawk game on Friday night, and I think it went pretty well. At least, Martin was surprised to discover that it was almost 11:30 pm when I decided to call it a night… that’s either a sign that he was enjoying it, or his time sense is really, really bad… We got in 3-1/2 combats. The big fight was against … Continue reading Friday D&D musings
For the players in my Friday Greyhawk campaign, here’s a list of the deities commonly worshipped in the Free City, along with a deity’s name in brackets from the 4e PHB; this last is so you can take the feat associated with that deity if you are a Paladin or Cleric. Pelor, Good God of Sun, Strength, Light & Healing (Pelor)St Cuthbert, Lawful Good God … Continue reading Gods of the Free City
Well, I’ve spent a few happy hours today preparing for Friday’s session. I started running this new Castle Greyhawk game a fortnight ago, and between then and now have picked up part of Castle Zagyg by Gary Gygax. So, I’m integrating my CG material with his… Of course, all of Gary’s material was originally for oD&D, ported into Castles & Crusades, and now being ported … Continue reading Preparing for Friday D&D
There has been a reason I’ve never had a credit card until quite recently, and it’s this: I don’t trust myself. Of course, it doesn’t help that just after I actually finally get the card, MilSims have a big game sale, with 10% off all RPG products and 20% off all boardgames. I’ve spent quite a bit of money there in the last few weeks. … Continue reading Castle Zagyg: East Mark Gazetteer – a Review
You know, it’s really weird, but the 4e cosmology as described in the new DMG seems almost perfect for Greyhawk. Let’s face it: if you, like me, rely primarily in the 1983 boxed set and the Gygax “Gord the Rogue” books for inspiration, along with the early AD&D adventures, there isn’t really all that much information on (a) the origin of the world and (b) … Continue reading The new D&D Cosmology and Greyhawk
A few years ago, I wrote “A Short Introduction to the World of Greyhawk” for the Canonfire website. The sequel has just been posted. You might want to have a look at it if you’re interested in Greyhawk. 😉 Continue reading An Introduction to Greyhawk
Well, another Sunday has come and gone. The regular gang got together for the continuing adventures of our Greyhawk game, and we also got in a few board games. In fact, we had a few games of Magic; and two games of Settlers of Catan – including the Cities and Knights expansion that I’ve only bought a couple of weeks ago. The board games were … Continue reading Sunday’s game session
