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Vikings, Lost Islands and Encumbrance – my AD&D Greyhawk game

My ongoing AD&D campaign, which I’m currently running every second Saturday at my FLGS, just finished playing through C3: The Lost Island of Castanamir. It isn’t part of the main storyline of the campaign, but was played more as a side quest to allow a number of newer characters to gain experience so they can be properly integrated into the larger campaign. Thus, the Lost … Continue reading Vikings, Lost Islands and Encumbrance – my AD&D Greyhawk game

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D&D, D&D 4E, Session Report, Uncategorized

Tharizdun and Elemental Evil – my 4E campaign continues!

My 4E Greyhawk campaign, which I’ve been running since 4E first came out in 2008, is moving towards its final stages. The characters are mostly 24th level, and the story we’re now running should end the campaign. Although the campaign is normally played fortnightly, there have been breaks in it due to illness and the other things that afflict long-running campaigns. Three of the six … Continue reading Tharizdun and Elemental Evil – my 4E campaign continues!

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Review of Against the Slavelords

Against the Slavelords (A0-4) is a reprint of the classic series of AD&D adventures, first run at GenCon XIII in 1980, done as part of the series of reprints Wizards have been publishing during the gap between 4th edition and whatever D&D Next eventually gets called. It has the same trade dress as the other AD&D reprints, and is an attractive package. If some of … Continue reading Review of Against the Slavelords

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Review of The First Doctor Sourcebook (Cubicle 7)

I write a lot about D&D, but that game is actually a fairly late love in my life; I didn't get bitten by the bug until 1982. Well, obviously – given that I was born in 1972 – that's still pretty early on. However, there's one thing that I've been following for even longer. That thing is Doctor Who. As far as I can gather, … Continue reading Review of The First Doctor Sourcebook (Cubicle 7)

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Review of L2: The Assassin’s Knot

The Assassin’s Knot is the second adventure in Lenard Lakofka’s Lendore Isle series. It is also a mystery adventure: the Baron of Resternford has been assassinated, and the players need to find out who did it! This type of investigation was still new to D&D at this stage, so Lakofka had little in the way of previous examples to guide him. It should not be surprising to anyone … Continue reading Review of L2: The Assassin’s Knot

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Review of U3: The Final Enemy

I reviewed 1983’s The Final Enemy immediately after reviewing 1982’s Pharaoh. The 1983 product looks like a much earlier product than the 1982 one. I rather suspect it’s because it was: there are 1981 dates on some of the illustrations. The Final Enemy is the third part of the series that began with The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh and continued through Danger at Dunwater. Although Saltmarsh is highly regarded, it’s never … Continue reading Review of U3: The Final Enemy

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Review of I3: Pharaoh

The early days of adventures at TSR had provided us with a lot of converted tournament adventures; indeed, most of the classics from this era (Giants, Drow and Slavelords) are of this type. By 1982, we were getting adventures specifically written for the purpose of being run at home rather than at conventions. Tracy Hickman and his wife, Laura, had self-published two D&D adventures in … Continue reading Review of I3: Pharaoh

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