HeyJaredRHampton
Author of Dragons Beyond (a clone of the 1973 draft rules for OD&D), Men in Metal (a clone of WRG v1 & v2), and Midwest Fantasy Wargame: The Primeval RPG (a recreation/reimagining of the play style of the Twin Cities in 1972)
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The Wizard’s House: A 2nd Level Adventure (opens the original)
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NOTE TO GRADER / READERThis is continuing the and megadungeon creation challenge. I’ve decided to put in an entry for level 2. Although I started this before getting feedback, I did want to just do one off the top of my head. The initial dungeon was drafted in 2 hours with time to draw a map. I did draw the map within an hour. However, converting my chicken scratch into something intelligible to other DMs took a bit longer. I could h
Crafting a First Level Dungeon (opens the original)
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Problem StatementGary Gygax left us plenty of procedures, but he never - to my recollection - walked through exactly how he created his iconic dungeon adventures: B2 - The Keep on the Borderlands, the Giant + Underdark series (G1-G2-G3-D1-D2), S1 - Tomb of Horrors, S4 - The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, T1 - The Village of Hamlet.Likewise, although Tom Moldvay gave us a simple procedure in the back of his edition of Basic Dungeons & Dragons, he did not let us in on how he created (or co-created) se
Sir Dunder’s Dungeon Inter-loo-d (opens the original)
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Oh - you wanted a map with that? That’s gonna wait until tomorrow (Saturday night). Section 4 is the level 2 portion of the dungeon. I would consider it outside the scope of the / challenge.NOTE TO DMThis adventure is designed for four to six 1st level adventurers and compatible with 1st edition AD&D. The call to adventure should be given to the player whose character has the most 1) experience, 2) an alignment that is more or less Neutral, 3) or the least gold (
Jeffro Johnson - In Memorium (opens the original)
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If Jeffro Johnson died today his detractors would celebrate. But really, if he died today (and I certainly hope he does not), then he will have left behind a gaming legacy that is hard to undo. I’ve spent the morning looking at many of his past blog posts. There was a frenzy of activity that began in 2021 and seemed to culminate in 2024.If we needed to re-invent Jeffro, what are the ingredients?Someone who reads the rules and tries to play them as written in an honest effort to play the game as
Player versus Player in the Early Blackmoor Campaign (opens the original)
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On Chainmail and BraunsteinIf you follow certain Dodos on X and in certain forums, you’ll get a very mistaken view on the origins of Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor Campaign. So, it’s best to hear from the man himself. In Different Worlds, “My Life and Role-Playing 3,” Issue 3, Chaosium, Albany, California, June/July 1979, pp. 6-8 [not available online any longer] we get several straightforward quotes:“RPG is . . . a game where the individual character can enhance his abilities and
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