Character Death in Old School Renaissance Games. The bell tolls once in remembrance for each one of these individuals: Sug the barbarian...

The Lance The first RPGs in the 70s focused on the dungeon crawl. The dungeon crawl theme was an easy way to produce and control a...

A New Character Class: The Knight Knights are the armed and mounted nobility of High Medieval style campaigns. Though they may at times...

New Monster: The Crypt Fiend. Created from the deaths of exceptionally strong willed or evil individuals that have been improperly buried...

Excerpted from "The Flora, Fauna, and Fey of Isteria" by Dr. Maximilan Augustus Serrenti DMA, MPC, Vice Chair of the Department of...

Some ideas for Referees on Task Checks... Here are the most common checks on a dungeon crawl. Picking Locks- Difficulty levels... Simple...

I do have a new adventure that has been written and finished for another RPG. It is a programmed adventure that can be run either Solo...

Back in the saddle after a long holiday. I hope to be more regular in my posting. I do have some thoughts about the latest OGL blowup...

Was there an "Old School Style" of combat for role-playing games? I would argue, yes. The change over the years has been subtle and...

Skill and Task checks aren't role-playing! They are roll-playing! So, the argument goes, but is it correct? Certainly the addition of...

In one word, yes. What Old School RPGs don't need is a skills system. Both the above statements no doubt will have their backers and...

Well, to directly answer the first question... no, probably not... but this leads directly to the second and more difficult question. ...

I was excited to hear that the leading and oldest RPG was going to launch a new edition that would bring it back to the basics. I had...