Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Revenge of the Dead Simple Lock & Trap Mini-game

About a billion years ago, the OSR Blogosphere was chewing over a method to make dealing with locks and traps more interesting for thieves in D&D.  Taking all of the good ideas, I taped together a method that my son liked - the Dead Simple Lock & Trap Mini-game.

Well, I just got a message from one André LCRJ out of Brazil . . .


Hi, I’m a little late but I only discovered your site now, and I have to say that your idea is fantastic. In fact, I liked it so much that I made a BURP deck for me, in Portuguese (It is a FORS deck actually). But since you were so kind as to share your game I might as well do the same, and I made a deck in english too. The distribution is the same of a standard deck of cards: Four suites from 1 to 10 plus 3 face cards for each suite (Lock, Hourglass & Key). The size of the cards fit a standard card shield. I added a little extra too: At the bottom of each card there’s a “Magic 8-Ball” like sentence, that a DM can use to solve some problem that he might have in the game session. Hope you enjoy.

The deck is HERE.

Cheers,

André

So thanks, André for the awesome card deck.  Now I need to get it printed out all fancy-like.

- Ark

Splat?

The D&D 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge rolls on . . .

Day 11: First splatbook you begged your DM to approve.

Um . . . I don't understand the question.  I don't think I've ever done that . . . beg . . . that word - no - or splat.

:)

- Ark


Monday, February 10, 2014

First Magazine

On with the Anniversary Blog Hop . . .

Day 10: First gaming magazine you ever bought (Dragon, Dungeon, White Dwarf, etc.)

That would be Dragon #45.  As soon as I found out there was such a thing as a gaming magazine - I was hooked.

Now this dragon over on the left . . . well . . . he needs some work.  Been experimenting with markers.  Apparently I need a heck of a lot more experimentation. :)

- Ark

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Welcome to the D&D 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge!

Day 9: First campaign setting (published or homebrew) you played in.

That one is easy.  I bought The World of Greyhawk folio early on, and everything, by default, happened there until I got around to making my own worlds.

- Ark

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Hardcore Wax Play

Welcome to the D&D 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge!

Day 8: First set of polyhedral dice you owned.  Do you still use them?

They were in my box, of course.  With a crayon!  We were hardcore back then - rubbing our little no-brand crayons against polyhedral shapes until we got blisters.  I've got some of those dice still - but no, they are too chewed up to use.

- Ark

Friday, February 7, 2014

The Box

Maybe Some Things Shouldn't Be Drawn
Welcome to the D&D 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge!

Day 7: First D&D product you ever bought.  Do you still have it?

It was the nifty Holmesian box with rulebook, dice, and, the B2 module.  I chucked the box pretty soon after buying it.  It was just in the way and the sides had split with me carrying it around everywhere.  I still have some of the dice, but as for the rest of the contents - well - they are lost to time.

- Ark

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Death Cubed

Welcome to the D&D 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge!

Day 6: First character death.  How did you handle it?

I just rolled up another one.  Dime a dozen and all that.

:)

- Ark