Once More Unto the Breach!

So there's a store called House of Fun in my little South Jersey burg, and it's a collectibles store mostly known for having vin...

Hail and well met, fellow adventurers! Here we are, on the threshold of a new year of crisis and opportunity! May we all rise to the ble...

Tanis, sans beard. You have to remember, when going into these blog memes, there are those that think they're not worthwhile . And ...

I was at Top Deck Games the other day, one of the few FLGS's in South Jersey, perusing their selection of OOP D&D materials. They...

Ok, maybe I should wait until I have the AD&D and C&C books in front of me before I get into this. Nah. I'm impatient and lazy,...

As I’m sure most of us do, I’m thinking deeply about my life during the Thanksgiving holiday. In particular, I’m thinking about my relation...

I hope everyone reading this - including those outside the US - has a great Thanksgiving weekend! You don't have to be a US citizen ...

"Oh, and Game Master, just one more thing: love your campaign!"   Perhaps the excessive heat the US has been suffering under ...

I started this blog to chronicle my return to roleplaying. I really had no idea what my attempt to return to the fold would entail, or how s...

I feel like there's something of an "inner circle" in the OSR. There's guys steeped in the early editions/versions of the ...

...such as the extensive armor list. It's a bit of that "AD&D complexity" filtering through, I think. It's not as oner...

That's where I find myself, folks, in light of Wizards of the Coast's latest move: the announcement that they will be reprinting the...

So, as part of my desire to read up on Classic or "Basic" D&D, I’ve read through Moldvay’s Basic Set. Here’s how I sum up my ...

So, instead of bitching about gamer ADD like I've been prone to do in the past, I decided to man-up and do what I should have done befor...

Just a quick note about my lack of recall regarding 1E and 2E AD&D and how I was shocked to relearn something about those two editions: ...

Hi all. I haven't been able to post over the last few days due to work and family. I am becoming much busier by the day at my new job, ...

Well, as I near my 100th post, I've been reflecting on the events in my renewed roleplaying career since June of last year. That's w...

In re-reading my testimonial, it is really glaring how, when I was a kid, I didn’t get any real exposure to the original versions of D&...

PART THE SECOND: Long Game’s Journey into Night (Ages 19 to 25) So, you’re back! I guess the prospect of reading some guy’s sob story did...

PART THE FIRST: Portrait of the Gamer as a Young Man (Ages 13 to 19) So, in reading many gaming blogs recently, I’ve seen several authors...