Still Away

Just a quick note to let people know I'm still in South Africa, and haven't had internet access very often for several weeks. I'...

We can steal the term "neo-retro"; there are parallels in P-n-P gaming and console gaming.

The console gaming scene has a term, which is fairly new it looks to me, since I follow these things here and there, called "neo-retro....

What is a retro-clone game?

According to wikipedia, the fountain of all accurate knowledge, I am responsible for coining the term "retro-clone," at least in ...

The Evolution of Elric Part 1

I was wandering through a bookstore in Johannesburg and saw a book simply titled, "Elric." It looks like it is a reprint of the or...

Been Away

I want to keep posting here on a fairly regular basis. As some of you know, I'm in South Africa at the moment and my access to the inter...

Why are we even talking about the "1st edition feel"?

One of the fascinating things happening right now are the numerous discussions about how the actual play of D&D 4e either does or does n...

Mutant Future Podcast Review

The guys over at Midnight's Lair put together a very nice review of Mutant Future, based on a game they ran at Draconis, a game convent...

It's all about $

A business seeking a profit should be about making money, of course. So we can't blame WotC when they discontinue a game line because it...

We should stop whipping THAC0.

Oh, poor THAC0. When people talk about older editions of D&D, and how the rules can be confusing, THACo is often dragged from its poor c...

Of course I got sick

There's a bug floating around Delhi, and of course I had to catch it! Hit me fast too so I hope it's a short 24 or 48 hr bug. There ...

Where in the World is Labyrinth Lord?

So I have been toiling away on mi proyecto secreto for the last few weeks, after finally getting to the stage were I can write after doing...

Power Creep Assumptions: Creeping Based on Power

I occasionally see discussions where people are talking about using modules from one edition of D&D with another, and suggestions for co...

Authorizing the Unauthorized

Frankly it's amazing to see how things have changed since 1977. I'm going to revisit the piece written by Gary Gygax that I mentione...

A Line in the Sand and Hobby Publishing

I want to congratulate Matthew Finch and everyone involved in getting Swords & Wizardry out! I've only had a chance to glance at it...

Original Dungeons & Dragons was a rush job.

A while back I was perusing my Dragon Magazine Archive, and read an interesting article by Gary Gygax in The Dragon #11, Vol. 2 No. 5 (Dece...

Nurse, Scalpel! Or, tinkering with D&D.

How much can you tinker with D&D before it becomes something that works great for writing stories but not for actually gaming? I've ...

Old-school Revival Part 2: D20 vs. OGL

There is a battle I've fought with a few other publishers, mostly behind the scenes in the now defunct RPGnow publisher message boards. ...

Open Game Content Library

It's entirely possible that Wizards of the Coast will be good sports and continue to host the Open Game License and their system referen...

The Old-school "Revival": Origins, Current State, and Future; An open discussion

It's been called various things, such as the "Old-school Revival," or "Old-school Renaissance." But why is it happen...

Mental/Psionic Combat

I'm slowly plodding away at a project I haven't announced yet, and likely won't until I have more of it finished. One of the thi...

Welcome to my blog!

Even though I operate a small-press publishing effort ( Goblinoid Games ), this blog is not solely focused on matters related to my publishi...