I always have a number of projects "In the fire" so to speak.
1. Wasteland - this is a "End of the world" type RPG loosely based off the Traveller system, using nothing more then a d6.
2. World of Hammerfall - This is a "High Fantasy' game world that has been slowly being remolded over the years, slowly building out the world.
3. Lands of Arune - This is my newest gameworld, and I have had a number of neat ideas on this one.
4. I am running a PBeM game of "The Temple of Elemental Evil" which is great, except for the limitations of PBeM.
5. I just started up a monday night chat game with a group of brave souls using the Basic Fantasy Role playing system, and so far much fun has been had. They are currently running though some of my self-designed stuff.
I will go over each in more detail later.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
What is "Old School Role Playing"
What makes a role playing game "Old school?"
the five things that are key to a "old school" feel.
1. Simple to understand rules
2. the use of imagination and actually ROLE PLAYING a encounter, if you want to buy armor, you just don't haggle with a roll of the dice, you actually haggle with the DM playing the merchant.
3. That character death is part of the game, and sometimes you die, and it can be very unfair sometimes. Tombs of Horrors is a great example of this. If your character dies, well, you roll up another one go on.
4. The art of the dungeon crawl - many old school gaming, while not required, a occasional crawl though a crypt or a mega dungeon is the name of the game.
5. Secondly, some of the adventures needs to challenge the PLAYERS, not just the characters, Instead of just rolling to disarm a trap, the DM decribes the trap, and the players discuss how to disarm it.
What are some other examples that are required to make it "Old School"?
the five things that are key to a "old school" feel.
1. Simple to understand rules
2. the use of imagination and actually ROLE PLAYING a encounter, if you want to buy armor, you just don't haggle with a roll of the dice, you actually haggle with the DM playing the merchant.
3. That character death is part of the game, and sometimes you die, and it can be very unfair sometimes. Tombs of Horrors is a great example of this. If your character dies, well, you roll up another one go on.
4. The art of the dungeon crawl - many old school gaming, while not required, a occasional crawl though a crypt or a mega dungeon is the name of the game.
5. Secondly, some of the adventures needs to challenge the PLAYERS, not just the characters, Instead of just rolling to disarm a trap, the DM decribes the trap, and the players discuss how to disarm it.
What are some other examples that are required to make it "Old School"?
Online movie that looks like its worth watching
The Hunt for gollum
http://www.thehuntforgollum.com/
Looks like a decent fan made movie for the Lord of the Rings - it is supposed to go online tomorrow. Check out the trailers that are online, I think that I might have to watch it tomorrow.
http://www.thehuntforgollum.com/
Looks like a decent fan made movie for the Lord of the Rings - it is supposed to go online tomorrow. Check out the trailers that are online, I think that I might have to watch it tomorrow.
Ok, What exactly is this blog about
This is my personal blog, where I will discuss my personal hobbies, including old school Role Playing, RPG and board games in general, my poor attempts to do art, Freemasonry (as I have become a Master Mason at the local lodge) and anything else that catches my fancy.
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