Smoldering Wizard's Old-School Gaming Forums

I've played other editions, mostly 1e and earlier, and a little 5e (blame my kids). Nothing in between. But I only DM 1e. I didn't realize until I played OD&D with a couple guys at another forum that I DM quite like someone running an OD&D game :) (RIP Holy Schmidt, my OD&D cleric who made it to se...

Still, we are coming up on fun times! I have a feeling you and I run OSRIC/1e in a similar, stripped down, manner Bill! Yes it should be a lot of fun! It's a shame if what you say is true about the release date being put back, as I am looking forward to getting my hands on a copy. Still, if there's...

It has come to my attention that OSRIC is getting a new edition, and that it will be released by Mythmere Games! Also, Matt Finch is going to be more involved with it this time rather than starting it, taking it to a certain point, and then handing most of the heavy duties over to Stuart Marshall (I...

It's all good. I've emailed a couple other folks, so stand by, we'll get this thing going! Like a PbP dumpster fire, it'll be something to see.... (and we've got plenty of rulesets to choose from) Have you had any joy rounding some people together yet? It doesn't matter if you haven't as these thin...

Thanks for posting the draft version I'm currently giving it a skim. I wish the best of luck to Dan and the Goblinoid crew, but just how well this does in the currently overcrowded B/X marketplace we'll have to wait and see (I know that LL has moved forward from its B/X roots, but it will always car...

Yes Abbie got very lucky indeed! And yes, the firearms really showed their worth at the session - if it wasn't for the party using them they would have very probably lost at least one party member to the mad hermit and his lion. We'll just have to wait and see how things fare for them at the ravine/...

During our session on Saturday the 4th of May the PCs recovered from their battle with the Rhodessa, as most party members suffered some sort of injury, but Kay Rocklin especially so. After just shy of a week (in game time) of rest the PCs were ready to embark upon their adventure again, and they de...

Very cool use of the Cave of the Unknown! The last party I ran through B2 used to joke about all the retainers they hired, whenever things got tough, their retainers almost ALWAYS ran away. Such awful bad luck on the die rolls, but they managed to survive, wisely retreating often. Thanks! I made Th...

During our gaming session on Saturday the 27th of April we continued with the exploration of The Cave of the Unknown. All four PCs plus Abbie the Ranger and the three mercenaries from the Keep (all of whom are, by now, controlled by one of the players), were placed back where they left off last week...

It's all good. I've emailed a couple other folks, so stand by, we'll get this thing going! Like a PbP dumpster fire, it'll be something to see.... (and we've got plenty of rulesets to choose from) Sounds promising! Looking forward to playing my first ever PbP! Just out of interest (I'm not suggesti...