Cryptid Codex is mostly done the cryptid writeups are finished now I’m gonna add some random encounter tables organized by terrain, finalize the cover and KA-BLAM!
Version 1.0 is gonna get posted.
Archive of posts tagged Old School
Cryptid Codex Update
Old School Podcast Round Up Part 1
Ever since I ditched cable TV I’ve been turning to podcasts for more and more of my entertainment and information. One arena that I haven’t found covered very much is Old School and or Retro gaming. But never fear the few that I’ve found are particularly nifty.
1. The Midnights Lair – From the Lair issue [...]
Cryptid Codex Cover and Sample Page
Made some progress on my ML74 Fortean creature book I now call the Cryptid Codex
Here is the cover:
I don’t know if it’s gonna change yet, though I do like the image. The creature on the cover is a Cyclopean Ass in case anyone is curious.
And here is a random sample from the newly renamed Cryptid [...]
Fred Hicks and the Old School
Recently Dan Proctor over at Uhluht’c Awakens made a post about Unifying the Old School Renaissence, and Jim over at LotFP made a comment about how moralist munchkins are already trying to lay down the ground rules for what is and isn’t acceptable…cough…cough…Carcosa.
Now let me just say that, I for one do not care how [...]
A Fortean Planescape
I really like the idea the idea first introduced by Gary Gygax of the “Planes of Existence”. And what TSR developed into Planescape I find intriguing. That said, Planescape is far from perfect and definatley not Old School, too much meta-plot.
So I asked myself, “Self, how can we rectify this situation and whip up an [...]
Dungeon Runner is now Campaign Runner.
Well it had to happen, I expaned Dungeon Runner into a set of three sheets that theoretically help an Old School Ref keep track of their campaign. I now dub it Campaign Runner and release the three sheets into the Public Domain. Each file is in OpenOffice, PDF and MS Word format.
This was created for [...]
Dungeon Runner
Dungeon Runner Time Keeper.
Mmm…crunchy, I might be losing it. After having decided to go Old School and run a few games of Swords & Wizardry, I’ve come up with what I think will be a nifty tool to help me keep track of time during each session.
I call it Dungeon Runner , it [...]
Judges Guild Links
Thanks to Jeff Rients for this.
I love old school Judges Guild stuff.
