.Day 12: What's an old game you still play?.Here are a few. ALL of them are interpreted using FKR principles because I think everything else is unfun. 1974 1989 1991
Tag: od&d
Indexcardified D&D
Roll stats, 3d6 in a row. Switch two stats, if you like.Write down stat modifiers. These modifiers are the only numbers you'll need.Score Modifier3-5 −26-8 −1 9-12 013-15 +1 16-18 +2 19-21 +3 22-24 +4Determine class, restrictions and hit points for 2nd level and up:- Fighters: all armors, all weapons, all attacks +1, hit points … Continue reading Indexcardified D&D
Tweaking D&D with effort, effortlessly
Tonight, after selling about half of our furniture and saying goodbye to neighbors who are going on vacation and won't see us any more, I was in the mood for some tweaking. Tweaking D&D, that is. So I rolled a fighting-man with OD&D. Modified him using Delta's rules. And then, I modified him again, using Index … Continue reading Tweaking D&D with effort, effortlessly
Creating old school-adjacent characters for Index Card RPG
I didn't see that one coming. I really didn't. I had sworn off Index Card RPG a while ago because I hated its equipment=powers approach. And suddenly, out of the blue, I'm interested in it again. "Character builds" are still my archenemy, though. So let's take ICRPG and randomize it. ICRPG lets you distribute 5 … Continue reading Creating old school-adjacent characters for Index Card RPG
FKR Invitational: The character sheet IS the game: Original Dand
The Free Kriegsspiel Revolution (that's the word we used when we started the FKR Discord server) is used to simple rules. I have written a few handful of conversions of regular roleplaying games to FKR; you can find them here: I went through a game's rules and FKR-ified them. Let's do something similar, but different. … Continue reading FKR Invitational: The character sheet IS the game: Original Dand
Real old school gaming: Why finances are important
I admit it. I'm ashamed. Slightly, at least. Because… I've been an rpg referee for 37 years now, and NEVER, not once, I followed Gary's advice about a) strict time-keeping and b) strict financial book-keeping. I always figured there were lots and lots and lots of more interesting things to do in a game, even … Continue reading Real old school gaming: Why finances are important
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