Category: Chasing the Dragon
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Do Not Read This Blog!
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Seriously, don’t do it! Well, OK, you can read this particular post. But I’m getting at a much larger issue, which is: for whic readers is MadCleric.com, this blog, intended?…
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Satanic Panic
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The topic has come up in almost every Chasing the Dragon podcast we’ve had: Satanic panic. That period in the eighties when good, virtuous mothers and churchgoers were warned against…
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Budget-Friendly Nostalgia: AD&D Books
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This is the second post in a series on responsible and affordable AD&D shopping. So we’ve talked about the nostalgia of tactile gaming. You’ve got your new dice on the…
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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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Budget-Friendly Nostalgia: DM Screen and Dice
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If you haven’t figured it out already, I’m really trying to experience the nostalgia of playing AD&D. But as you know, nostalgia ain’t always cheap. There are whole industries rooted…
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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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CtD Podcast, Episode 4: The Nostalgia Factor
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Subscribe to the CtD podcast on iTunes! For our fourth episode, I invited my gaming buddy, Jason Rush, to join me for a conversation about how 1980s nostalgia is bringing…
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Progressive Revelation of AD&D
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Within orthodox Christianity, there’s a concept called “progressive revelation,” which means that God did not reveal everything about Himself at once to humankind. Otherwise, who knows what would’ve happened? Maybe…
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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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CtD Podcast, Episode 2: Which Edition Now?
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Subscribe to the CtD podcast on iTunes! In my sophomore episode, I am joined by Daniel Fisher, podcaster for Innroads Ministries and owner of knucklebonezdice.com. I enlisted him to help…
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AD&D Players Handbook: The Best
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If you’re looking for the AD&D podcast, subscribe here! For the history of this project (Chasing the Dragon), start here. The 1e AD&D Players Handbook is the best RPG rulebook…
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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…