It's time. A detailed and opinionated appraisal of the best, or possible second best, version of Dungeons & Dragons ever made. I mean of course Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition.| Mythlands: The Setting to End All Settings
My OSR Blog about fantasy world building and rules analysis for D&D. Also home of the B/X inspired 5e-clone "Into the Unknown."| mythlands-erce.blogspot.com
Wow! So, it’s been… (checks notes) …12 years since I last posted here? That’s as many as four threes. And that’s terrible. During that time I was heavily invested in w…| The Mule Abides
My OSR Blog about fantasy world building and rules analysis for D&D. Also home of the B/X inspired 5e-clone "Into the Unknown."| mythlands-erce.blogspot.com
Somewhere on reddit recently, I saw someone casually mention the different types of fantasy implied by The Hobbit vs Lord of the Rings. And it set my mind spinning on isolating and bringing forth the world of The Hobbit's Wilderland.| Mythlands: The Setting to End All Settings
Somewhere in the Dragon Magazine issues I've been perusing lately, Moldvay comments that the part of the Basic set he is most proud of is B60 "Dungeon Mastering as a Fine Art", where he gets to impart his own experiences as a DM to newbie DMs. I leave the entire passage transcribed here below without further comment:| Mythlands: The Setting to End All Settings
One simple houserule I use during character creation is to simply treat any 1 rolled as a 2.| Mythlands: The Setting to End All Settings