So the other day I read someone, somewhere, categorizing the giant rat as a “throw-away” monster. In fact, they went so far as to imply th...

Howdy all. I want to talk today about blending two seemingly incongruous RPG products, namely 4e D&D and the OSR game Lamentation of the...

Hello all. I thought I would post some thoughts and ideas about running sandbox campaigns with 4e D&D. This is not a comprehensive guide...

Howdy. So a while back I had a fairly popular post (here) regarding various myths about 4e. Now don't get me wrong, as readers of my bl...

Yeah...sorry about that. There's a clever title there somewhere but I missed it badly. Well, first of all, happy new year to you. My r...

Just a short post today about the joys of small party play with 4th edition. When I run classic editions, I prefer a fairly sizable party. ...

The other day I got to play 4e for the first time in a while. I am currently DMing a 2e/1e hybrid game. The last 4e I played was running ...

The Crab Spider is a cruel monster. Appearing in Moldvay's Basic D&D rule set, this spider is both stealthy (surprises on a 4 in ...

So a while back I put up a post (HERE) about bringing elements of the Call of Cthulhu RPG into D&D. After playing some CoC over Hallowe...

Just a short post today because not much needs to be said on the topic. My "Trimming the Fat" series basically deals with bits o...

Hey, this is a cool idea started by Zak S. from the Playing D&D with Porn Stars blog. Basically, your "RPG Person Profile" is ...

So I know that my blog updates have been few and far between recently, and there is a pretty good reason for it: I have been busy with other...

Mystara aka "The Known World" remains one of the most unsung of all D&D settings. What began with just a scant few pages in ...

Some of ya'll might know the name "Kalex the Omen" from around the internet. Recently he put together an OSR publishing lab...

I spend most of my time on here talking about bringing OSR elements into 4e, but today I thought I would flip things and show some ways to b...

Well maybe you haven't heard it yet, but in the latest Dragon mag, Perkins drops the bomb that the mags will be on hiatus starting in Ja...

Oh man. Sometimes you see something so awesome that all of the worries and cares of the world just wash away. Such was my response to the ne...

Check out this virtual gaming convention being held in October! Lots of great games are being run, everything from old-school faves to brand...

Welcome to the penultimate installment of my blog series on developing a stronghold system for 4e. It has taken a lot longer to get this ...

So I thought I would make this post as the GenCon excitement has reached a fever pitch. People have arrived and lines are forming. Not I. Fo...