As I’ve gone through the process of revisiting my Old School gaming roots with D&D through Mazes & Perils, I have had to re-examine the art of trap detection. And yes, there is an art to it. Let’s start with the three main methods of trap detection that transcend rules systems entirely: Bull in the…
When I started playing D&D in 1982, we were young, naive, and enthusiastic. We took on every dungeon with glee and even fought a few major figures like Orcus and Tiamat as I recall. But it wasn’t “Old School” then — it was just playing D&D with friends every weekend we could get together. By…
Following on the design revisions between Little Spaces: Ghostly Effects and Little Spaces: Scary Basements (releasing this week!), I had some time to ponder some additional possibilities for the Little Spaces line. The next one will be Little Spaces: Shipwrecks. Though we’ve all seen (or read) examples from movies, TV, and literature about shipwrecks, sometimes…
Hey there… People who play roleplaying games sometimes get a bad wrap. We get accused of practicing witchcraft or blamed for the suicides of individuals with mental illness, when all we’re doing is getting together to pretend we’re someone else for a while and hang out. “It’s a game, people” seems to be our regular…
