Tag: learning
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Your PCs Need a Mr. Miyagi
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If you’re looking for a new game, you’ve got a problem on your hands. And the problem isn’t scarcity–no, quite the opposite! The number of tabletop games available in 2016…
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AD&D: Embrace the Imbalance
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AD&D is imbalanced. There, I said it. The classes are imbalanced. The races are imbalanced. Many of the monsters feel imbalanced. Everything about the game reeks of imbalance. But is…
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The Mad Cleric Needs Your Help!
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This blog is for you. I write and podcast week-in and week-out to benefit your gaming and, thereby, your life. So I want to know how I can help you…
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Seeking a Quest in Hommlet
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And we’re off! Session 1 of Chasing the Dragon is on the books. My home group began playing T1 – The Village of Hommlet. As I’ve said about the module…
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Gygax’s AD&D Modules
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So we all know who Gary Gygax was. We know that he wrote the core rulebooks for 1e AD&D. But what about the modules? After all, that’s the goal of…
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CtD Podcast, Episode 5: Character Creation
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Subscribe to the CtD podcast on iTunes! For our fifth episode, I sat down with my brother in Memphis, TN to discuss character creation for AD&D. We hear about both…
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Modules for Learning to DM AD&D
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New DM for AD&D? Want to know where to start? Me too. I’ve never DMed this system, let alone played it. So I may be getting ahead of myself. Regardless,…
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Who is the Mad Cleric?
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Who is the Mad Cleric? Good question. I am a learner. I am addicted to information. And that addiction is beneficial when it comes to gaming, for there are more…
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Experienced AD&Ders Needed!
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If you’re new to my project, Chasing the Dragon, you may want to read an introduction here. I need your input on my first house rule. Now this may surprise…
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AD&D: Where to start?
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If you decide to learn 1st Edition Advanced D&D, don’t start with the Dungeon Masters Guide. I repeat! DO NOT BEGIN WITH THE DMG! Why not? Well it’s helpful to…