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Free Version of Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery Second Edition Available

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The “pay what you want”/free version of the revised and expanded second edition of Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery is now available on DrivethruRPG/RPGNow. This version lacks art (except for the cover) and is in my standard, two column “condensed type” format. Moving from the digest format to the condensed type format was much harder than the reverse. For example, one major problem was all the tables copied from the digest format pasted in the condensed format document without their contents (that is, I ended up with nicely formatted tables that were empty). Going from the condensed format to the digest … Continue reading →

Second Edition Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery Now Available

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The revised second edition of Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery is now available on DrivethruRPG/RPGNow in a digest and epub combo format — perfect for printing out or reading on a tablet. Like the original edition, the second edition of Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery is designed for low level play in swords & sorcery settings. If the fantasy stories of Robert E. Howard, Fritz Lieber, Clark Ashton Smith, C.L. Moore, Karl Edward Wagner, and David Gemell are more to your taste that those of Tolkein or Eddings, this version of Microlite74 may be just what you are looking for. Microlite74 Swords … Continue reading →

Microlite78 First Edition Light, Microlite74 S&S, Microlite74 Light vs Dark Available on DrivethruRPG/RPGNow (Still Free)

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Three more of my “Microlite20” based old school games are available on DrivethruRPG/RPGNow as “Pay What You Want” games: Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery, Microlite74 Light vs Dark, and Microlite78 First Edition Lite. For those who are not familiar with these games, here are brief descriptions. Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery is has been the second most popular version of Microlite74 by number of downloads after Microlite74 Extended. Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery is designed for low level play in swords & sorcery settings. If the fantasy stories of Robert E. Howard, Fritz Lieber, Clark Ashton Smith, C.L. Moore, Karl Edward Wagner, and … Continue reading →

Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery Edition Now Available For Free Download

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Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery is now available. This version of Microlite74 is designed for Swords & Sorcery settings. If the fantasy stories of Robert E. Howard, Fritz Lieber, Clark Ashton Smith, C.L. Moore, Karl Edward Wagner, and David Gemell are more to your taste that those of Tolkein or Eddings, this version of Microlite74 may be just what you are looking for. Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery is based on Microlite74 Extended 3.0 but with many special rules designed for Swords & Sorcery style campaigns. For example, there are only two classes (Adventurer and Sorcerer) and 6 levels, magic is limited … Continue reading →

Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery Final Release is Next Week

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The “final” version Microlite74 Swords and Sorcery will be released early next week, assuming real life doesn’t throw me any unexpected curve balls. I only have a few hours of layout and formatting left to do. To be honest, I could have released late last week or early this week, but I’ve had trouble contacting two of the three cancer fund donors who wanted ads in M74S&S. One bounces about 90% of my email attempts back to me and the other may be receiving my emails (as I get no bounces), but I’m not getting any replies. I’ve decided I’ve … Continue reading →

Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery Release Candidate 3 Available: Please Proofread!

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The third and hopefully final “release candidate” version of Microlite74 3.0 Swords & Sorcery is now available for download. Except for typos (of which I am sure there are more) the rules in third release candidate are pretty much unchanged from the second release candidate. This is a good thing as it meaning we are moving toward being ready for a final release. The main addition is a “What is Swords & Sorcery section. This was a real pain to write as I know what it is, but describing it is harder than I thought. The third release candidate is … Continue reading →

Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery Release Candidate 2 Available (Free Download)

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The second “release candidate” version of Microlite74 3.0 Swords & Sorcery is now available for download. As I mentioned in a post a few days ago, people with far better proofreaders skills than mine found a large number of errors in the first release candidate. Many of these errors were nothing more than places where text had been copied from standard M74 and I had not noticed references to magic-users, clerics, etc. Oddly, I noticed and fixed some of these while not even noticing others. I hope I have caught most of them this time around. I’ve also added dinosaurs … Continue reading →

Microlite74 Swords and Sorcery RC2 This Weekend

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My plans to only have two release candidates have already gone up in smoke. Proofreaders with actual proofreading ability (unlike me) have found large numbers of major issues. Things like references to clerics in the monster listing, saving throw issues, etc. Lots of “clean-up” stuff from the changes between standard Microlite74 and the Swords and Sorcery rules that I never even noticed. Have I mentioned that I’m horrible at proofreading? A much cleaned up Release Candidate 2 should be out this weekend.

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Microlite 74 Swords & Sorcery Release Candidate 1 Available (Free Download)

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The first “release candidate” version of Microlite74 3.0 Swords & Sorcery is now available for download. For those who haven’t been following my blog posts on this new variant of Microlite74 3.0, Microlite74 3.0 Swords & Sorcery is a special edition of Microlite74 focused on campaigns in a “swords & sorcery” setting. That is, it is designed for “gritty” campaigns with characters who are mercenaries, scoundrels, and explorers out to stay alive and increase their money supply, not for campaigns about heroes questing to save the world from the return of the Dark Lich. In other words, Microlite74 3.0 Swords … Continue reading →

Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery RC 1 Coming Very Soon

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I hoped to get the first “release candidate” version of Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery out by the end of July. The bad news is that this will not happen. The good news is the delay will only be a few days. Microllite74 Swords & Sorcery RC 1 should be out this next weekend. This first release candidate will have the rules in what I hope will be their nearly final form — ready for proofreading, math checking, and the like. The designers notes and such will not be ready, they will be in the second release candidate along with corrections … Continue reading →