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Microlite75 Extended Now Available for Download (Free OSR Game)

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The third and final “core” Microlite75 game, Microlite75 Extended, is now available for download as a “pay what you want” game on DrivethruRPG/RPGNow. As usual, free ($0) is a perfectly acceptable price, although I would love it if you would consider tossing in a buck or two to support the medical bills. Microlite75 games are a sort of “new edition” of Microlite74. Like Microlite78 and Microlite81 games, Microlite75 games use an experience and advancement system much closer to the original “0e” system than the Microlite20-based system used in Microlite74 games. They also all include some of most popular “house rules” … Continue reading →

Microlite75 Standard Now Available for Download (Free Game)

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The second Microlite75 game, Microlite75 Standard, is now available for download as a “pay what you want” game on DrivethruRPG/RPGNow. As usual, free ($0) is a perfectly acceptable price, although I hope you will consider tossing in a buck or two to support the medical bills. Microlite75 games are a sort of “new edition” of Microlite74. Like Microlite78 and Microlite81 games, Microlite75 games use an experience and advancement system much closer to the original “0e” system than the Microlite20-based system used in Microlite74 games. They also all include some of most popular “house rules” based system that first appeared in … Continue reading →

New Free Game: Microlite75 Basic is Now Available For Download

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I’m happy to announce that the first Microlite75 game, Microlite75 Basic, is now available for download as a “pay what you want” game on DrivethruRPG/RPGNow. As usual, free ($0) is a perfectly acceptable price, although I hope you will consider tossing in a buck or two to support the medical bills. Microlite75 games are a sort of “new edition” of Microlite74. Like Microlite78 and Microlite81 games, Microlite75 games use an experience and advancement system much closer to the original “0e” system than the Microlite20-based system used in Microlite74 games. They also all include some of most popular “house rules” based … Continue reading →

Become a Patreon: Support Old School Microlite74/75/78/81 Games

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Support Microlite74/75/78/81 Games on Patreon I now have a Patreon account set up for those who would like to support my old school Microlite games with a monthly donation. Various levels of support get various perks: Donate at least US$1 a month and you will get access to alpha versions of free/”pay what you want” games I’m working on and your comments on those works in progress will help shape development. Donate at least US$5 a month you will be listed as a Bronze Patreon in any games published during a month which you donated and you will have access … Continue reading →

Microlite75 2.0 Standard Draft 2 (and Basic Draft 3) Available for Donor Download

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While I have not said much about it, I’ve been quieting working on Microlite75 games in the background. Unfortunately, I somehow messed up the word files in such a way that trying to print a pdf to upload to the donor area produced PDFs over 70 megs! I finally figured out the problem. A couple of huge images got pasted into the template file in such a way that I only saw them by looking for hidden text in the template. How very weird. Anyhow, as of today the problem is resolved, so I’ve uploaded new (and reasonably sized) drafts … Continue reading →

A Microlite7x/81 Games Patreon Account?

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A couple of my friends have suggested (very strongly suggested in one case) that I set up a Patreon account for my ongoing Microlite7x/81/etc. game design work instead of ongoing donation drives. After looking into Patreon, I am willing to consider giving this a try. I would release 3-5 updates to the games I’m designing each month (that’s 3-5 updates total each month, not 3-5 updates of each game I’m working on) and Patreons would be charged every release I make. Patreons can set a maximum donation limit each month, of course. (These releases would also be available to people … Continue reading →

Initiative, Healing, and Fairness in Old School D&D

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I received a complaint about group initiative in my games and in old school style games in general, I suppose. The complaint when like this: when you roll initiative every round it’s possible the monsters will get two rounds of attacks in a row before the PCs can take a turn. This is unfair because it means the PCs cannot heal before the monsters get to attack again. I blinked several times as I read this comment as it was the first time I can ever remember hearing something like this. In combat healing in old school games has always … Continue reading →

Microlite75 2.0 Extended Draft 1 Available for Donor Download

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The first draft of Microlite75 2.0 Extended is now available for download in the Donor area of Microlite20 Download Library. Microlite75 2.0 Extended Draft 1 is not quite as far along as I would like thanks to a lot of real life stuff in the last week (a major fire at a neighbor’s house on Christmas day, tornadoes in the area affecting some of my wife’s animal rescue friends, one unscheduled doctor visit for my wife just to get a prescription renewed but it still took a morning, etc.). However, it’s is far enough along for donors to see where … Continue reading →

Microlite75 2.0 Standard Draft 1 (and Basic Draft 2) Available for Donor Download

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The first draft of Microlite75 2.0 Standard is now available for download in the Donor area of Microlite20 Download Library. As is the second draft of Microlite75 2.0 Basic. Microlite75 2.0 Standard is a version of Microlite74 Standard with a more standard 0e advancement and experience system. Standard adds the thief, illusionist, druid, assassin, ranger, and paladin classes. There are a few other changes such as spellcasters must memorize their spells, new dungeon and wilderness guidelines, stronghold construction rules, etc. This is a draft, but it is fairly complete — just not proofread. The second draft of Microlite75 Basic. It … Continue reading →

New Turn Undead System for Microlite75

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I’ve never been happy with the Microlite20-based system for turning undead that I used in Microlite74. From Microlite74 3.0 Basic: “A Cleric can Turn Undead with a successful Magic Attack. DC is 10 + twice the Hit Dice of the undead. One undead flees per point over the roll needed. This can be used (2 + Level + MIND bonus) times per day.” It avoids the need for a table, but really doesn’t feel that much like turning undead in 0e. Undead can only be turned. They are never destroyed as they can be in 0e. The number of undead … Continue reading →