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Both my own work on Emprise!™ and today’s release of the Dark Dungeons retro-clone of the Rules Cylopedia published via the offices of the OGL (definitely worth a look, btw) have gotten me thinking once again about the Old School Read More
As a follow-up to my previous post on character skills, here is the current list of secondary skills in Emprise!™ Alchemy Ambush Animal Training and Handling Armor Making Artist Blacksmithing Bullying Business Construction Detection Forgery Generalship Healing Horsemanship Jeweler Judgement Read More
One of the things I’ve been considering with Emprise!™ is doing things in real units of time. That is, rather than segments, rounds, and turns, things would actually be listed in seconds, minutes, and hours. With spell-casting, this presents little Read More
And in this particular post, I’m not talking about teaching our kids to be gamers (although that’s certainly an interesting topic and worthy endeavor), but rather the notion of playing a long-term game in which the characters marry, have children, Read More
The “classic three” division that began with AD&D– Player’s Guide, Game Master’s Guide, Monster Book– has been taken as a sort of gospel by a number of other games (although certainly not all). I’ve explored this somewhat in an earlier Read More
Ugh. Just ugh. I’ve had cause, as part of the design of Emprise!™, to go through the 1981 Fiend Folio in some detail. Sure, it’s been a constant companion on my desk for months now, as I use it liberally Read More
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