I picked up Dark Chateau earlier today, another part of the Castle Zagyg series of modules from Troll Lord Games. In actual fact, the copy I’d ordered from MilSims hasn’t arrived yet – I picked this up as a pdf, as it was on special with a bunch of other Castles & Crusades adventures at RPGnow. I then printed it out in booklet form and stapled … Continue reading More conversions
Once upon a time, there were these D&D designers who decided that clerics were boring. Why should every cleric have the same powers, even though one cleric was a priest of the god of battle, and another was a priest of the god of love… Now, all of this makes a lot of sense. It really does. Why should the powers that one god grant be … Continue reading The trouble with speciality priests
Greg, Mat and half of Sarah were absent for this session (Sarah counts as half because she was half asleep)… the nett result of which was to cause a curiously disjointed session, at least to my mind. I don’t think the weather was helping. A lot of the customary banter was missing and it was fascinating to see how much less of a “life” the … Continue reading Musings on Keep part 3
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
I’ve now run three sessions of D&D 4e. This weekend, I ran the first session of my new Greyhawk homebrew for the Friday Nighters and then ran the second session of Keep on the Shadowfell on Sunday afternoon. There is definitely some familiarisation necessary with the system. The game does not play in exactly the same way as 3E, just as 3E did not play … Continue reading D&D 4E thoughts after the weekend’s sessions
For those who don’t know, “Aldie” is the co-founder of www.boardgamegeek.com, which I consider the most amazing gaming review & discussion site on the internet. He played his first D&D game in 15 years this weekend, using the 4e rules. His reaction is here:http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/321413 Interesting on seeing a boardgamer’s perspective on it. Continue reading Aldie of BGG plays 4E!
I’m something of a D&D old-timer, having started back in 1981. My current rating of the 4e DMG is somewhere about 4 or 5 stars (out of 5). At present, I haven’t actually played enough 4e to give it a proper rating, but here are a few of my thoughts on the 4e DMG. First, I’m not fussed with how many rules a particular book has. … Continue reading My thoughts on the 4e DMG
