The idea that you can measure how challenging an encounter is to a group of PCs is an old one; in current D&D, it takes form of a "...

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines t...

When I wrote  Dark Fantasy Basic , I was enamored with Delta's silver standard , and I remember doing tons of research to reach vaguely ...

The God That Crawls *, is a LotFP adventure by James Raggi (if you don't know LoTFP, read this ). Here is the blurb: A murdering cult. A...

It is a discussion almost as old as RPGs: is it better to have distinct classes (fighter, mage, thief, etc.) or different skills (combat, ma...

Elthos RPG is a game written by my friend Mark Abrams (there is also a leaner Essentials version ). It is free , so you can check it out fo...

This is a small post about the history of "Basic D&D", plus some of its greatest versions (including B/X) and clones. What is ...