Yesterday, I outlined my project to learn how to play Traveller. This post is an update after the first 24 hours of reading and thinking. As with most projects, I find there is an initial flurry of activity before I settle into the slower pace of doing the things I aim to do. First, I … Continue reading Leaning Into Classic Traveller
This morning I allowed a project that has been bubbling around in my mind for ages to pour out into a rough draft for action. Patrons at the Swordbearer tier will become pretty familiar with images of my Project Daybook, but here's the picture from today: Haven't You Been Playing Since The 80's, Webster? Yes, … Continue reading Learning How To Play Traveller
This week, given that I had an enormous amount of time to sit in bed and read, I was grateful to receive a book recommendation from one of my awesome Patrons, John Schuhr. The book he suggested was "Refuse To Choose" by Barbara Sher. I have to admit that I approached this with some cynicism … Continue reading Learning To Embrace Scanning
Today I have begun a bold experiment in my hobby gaming. In short, I have decided to run at least four sessions of Old-School Essentials for the Friday Night Gamers. What and Why? Old-School Essentials is, to quote from the Core Rules book: "Old-School Essentials is a role-playing game of fantastic adventure, peril, monsters, and … Continue reading Old-School Essentials: First Impressions
From the cutting room floor after DM's Diary #20, this is the excerpt that I pulled for time. I'm not sure how coherent it is, or even how useful it is, but here's the audio file for you to decide. Hope you find something useful herein. Patron Bonus #3: Ranting About Agency Patrons got this … Continue reading Ranting About Agency
As I said the other day, there are lots of pieces of content that I create which are too long for a DM's Diary episode but also not really the kind of material that I'd want to put on the main Anchor podcast for fear of cluttering up the main episode stream. This episode was … Continue reading Unboxing D&D Essentials
How I got started with my idea to solo play a low-powered and low-fantasy GURPS campaign set in the early Bronze Age.
While my Dungeon Master's Diary episodes contain the majority of my ramblings into the open mic, I do tend to produce several longer pieces which are not necessarily appropriate for the podcast proper. Not wanting to waste my recordings, I decided to try dropping some bonus content into my Patreon feed. This episode was a … Continue reading Rolling Up Alfaz
I've been thinking an awful lot about running a new solo fantasy campaign set around the start of the Bronze Age. In truth, the desire to run a "Low-Fantasy" game has been coursing through my veins for months, if not years. The main appeal of returning to the Red Box edition of Basic Dungeons & … Continue reading Age of Blades
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