Volume 1 Issue 6 – We’re Back!!
After a small break we are back! In sage advice we answer some emails, feature 1 we talk about Divine intervention, in
Month: December 2009
Volume 1 Issue 5 – Design me something
….tips on grading your players and an interview segment with S&W developer Matthew Finch. Enjoy everyone! Happy New Year!
Volume 1 Issue 4 – Research me a wish!
Another episode of RFI comes to you this week, as YOUR X-Mas gift! Listen in as DM Vincent and Jayson go through the game you loved to play
The Library: Quag Keep
The book in our library this week is Quag Keep, the first novel ever written in a Dungeons & Dragons setting. I
Letters From Greyhawk: Thane’s Tale
This week is the first episode of our ongoing serial, telling the tale of Thane, a cleric of Heironeous shipwrecked on the
Creature Feature: The Beholder
The beholder is one of the oldest and most enduring icons from AD&D, and we felt it appropriate to bring it up
Re-binding your books
We’re not collectors, we’re players – but that means our TSR books end up with wear and tear, and can even lose
Volume 1 Issue 3 – Bringing Your Old Game Books Back to Life
Week number 3 talks about re-binding your old hardcover books, and features a mysterious scroll delivered from the world of Greyhawk… This
Volume 1 Issue 2 – Where to find 1st edition AD&D books
Week number two has our first interview, a discussion about where to find the books we all need, and it’s our first
Interview with Dragonfire creator Erik Brynjolfsson
The interview in show #2 is with Erik Brynjolffson, creator of Dragonfire and Dragonfire II: The Dungeonmaster’s Assistant. These days, Erik is
Stickler’s Spotlight – Weaponless Combat
Our Stickler’s Spotlight this week focuses on unarmed combat by the book (the DMG, that is) and by other means. For more
GreyHawk History Lesson 101: Mordenkainen
Mordenkainen’s AD&D statistics were first published in The Rogues Gallery (1980). His statistics were updated in Mordenkainen’s Fantastic Adventure (1984), The City of Greyhawk (1989), and Epic Level Handbook (2002).
The Dragon’s Horde – Robe of Useful Items
The Robe of Useful Items is an original DMG magic item, sure to be familiar to old-school players, but one which provides
V,S,M – All About Magic User Spells
Aside from the Players Handbook and Dungeon Masters Guide (put down that Unearthed Arcana!), look for some of the following Dragon articles
Creature Feature – The Automaton
The Automaton comes from Dragon magazine #101. It’s one of my favorite monsters, just because of the limitless options for what it
Article – The Dungeonmaster Has Died
One of the seminal influences in fantasy in the twentieth century has left us for Valhalla. Gygax was a giant, a man whose enthusiasm and sense of adult play took a weird cerebral offshoot of board and strategy games and turned it into an accessible, endlessly stimulating, life-changing mythology for the Star Wars/Lancer Conan/”Frodo Lives!” generation of the 1970s and 80s.