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The Microlite20 RPG Collection (2017 Edition) Available For Free Download

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The new 2017 Edition of The Microlite20 RPG Collection is now available for free download. The Microlite20 RPG Collection is a PDF compilation of Microlite20 based games. Each individual game is copyrighted separately, is based on the Open Game License (because the original, Microlite20, is OGL), and is available for free. Each game is a separate entity with its own copyright and license. The author of each individual game is solely responsible for his or his work. No editing of individual games has been done. The original 2010 edition was a single volume with around 600 pages. The 2012 edition … Continue reading →

Time for a new edition of the Microlite20 RPG Collection

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On April 4th, 2014 I made a post stating it was probably time for a new version of the free Microlite20 RPG Collection (see Time for the 2014 Edition of the Microlite20 RPG Collection) and that I hoped to have a new version out by the end of that month. When I made this post I had no idea that my life was about to be upended a few days later when my wife’s mother passed away on April 10th after a sudden illness. TThe next couple of years have been a blur: my mother-in-laws’s funeral, moving to Dallas (first … Continue reading →

RetroRoleplaying Summer Cancer Fund Drive: First Giveaway Winners!

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I’m pleased to announce the results of the first of the five giveaway drawings for those donating to the Lazy Days of Summer RetroRoleplaying Cancer Fund Drive. This drawing was triggered by reaching the first goal of $750. The next drawing will be triggered when we reach $1500. Two of the eight groups of giveaway items were randomly selected by rolling a d8. Group 7 (TSR Early Historical Wargames) and Group 1 (TSR Early Modules) were selected. The lucky winners are: The Group 1 Giveaway Items go to Dillon S. from El Paso, TX. This group included the following items: … Continue reading →

Time for the 2014 Edition of the Microlite20 RPG Collection

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It’s been about two years since The Microlite20 RPG Collection 2012 Edition came out, so it’s probably time to start work on the 2014 Edition. Unfortunately, other than my various Microlite74 and Microlite81 releases, I haven’t seen many new Microlite20-based games. I have a new version of Beacon (Draft Version 6), Dark Heritage, Microlite20 (Stefan’s Edition), and Gnomeo’s Modified Microlite20. I’ve seen a few new Microlite20-based games on Scribd — and unfortunately nowhere else — which means there probably will not be included as I am unwilling to pay for a Scribd subscription to get them (Society for Paranormal Exploration, … Continue reading →

RetroRoleplaying Holiday Cancer Fund Drive: Third Giveaway Winners!

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The drawing for the third $750 progress giveaway item (photocopies of Domesday Book issues 4 – 12 and a copy of the TSR Lankhmar and Divine Right board games) was held last Sunday after my regular Sunday Game. Our winners are: Allison W.: Doomsday Book issues/Lankhmar and Divine RightAndrew H.: $25 DriveThruRPG gift certificateTheodore C.: $25 DriveThruRPG gift certificateWilhelm O.: Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II (on GOG) The Holiday 2013 Cancer Fund Drive ends Friday, January 31 and the main drawing should be held this next Sunday evening after my Sunday Game. If we reach the fourth goal point … Continue reading →

Seven Steps Forward, Three Steps Back (3rd Holiday Cancer Fund Giveaway Drawing Tonight)

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Since I mentioned last Thursday that the third giveaway drawing for the Holiday 2013 Cancer Fund Drive could happen after my Sunday Game tonight, The RetroRoleplaying Cancer Fund has received almost $700 in donations. That’s seven big steps forward and means the drawing will be held tonight. Unfortunately, over $300 in donations from the early part of this drive “disappeared” over the same period of time. One of our donors donated $100 one week and $200 more the next. Unfortunately, he used his wife’s credit card because his was maxed out. She took exception to his wasting more money on … Continue reading →

3.Y: Rolling Back 3.0 to Play More Like AD&D (in a Free 14 Page Supplement)

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Blacky the Blackball, author of Dark Dungeons, Darker Dungeons, etc., has released a new game 3.Y. Actually, 3.Y is a fourteen page supplement to the 3.0 SRD (of the world’s most popular tabletop fantasy RPG). Yes, you read that right: 14 pages and the 3.0 SRD. 3.Y is based on a “what if” scenario: Once upon a time, there was an RPG that went through a number of editions with one company before that company collapsed and was bought by a second company. The game had been incredibly popular once, but by the time the second company bought the first … Continue reading →

Holiday Cancer Fund Drive: $205 Away From Third Giveaway Drawing (Domesday Book and TSR Board Games)

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I’ve spent the last few days with a weird stomach bug. I’m about over it, but it was so bad Monday that we had to cancel my wife’s PT. There was just no way I could drive her over to the hospital. This has really cut into my blogging, although I have managed to answer posts on the message board. Thankfully, donations have continued to trickle in even if I did drop off the face of the planet. As I write this, we are only $208 from the third goal of $2250 (and less than $1400 from the total we … Continue reading →

Holiday Cancer Fund Drive: $68 Away From Second Giveaway Drawing (Autographed AD&D 1e Books)

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As I right this, we are only $68 from the second goal of $1500. Assuming we hit it in the next day or two as I expect, I’ll hold the drawing for the set of AD&D books signed by Gary Gygax (Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, DMG, Monster Manual II, Oriental Adventures, and Unearth Arcana) Sunday evening after my Sunday game. Anyone donating by noon Sunday (CST) will be in this second drawing (assuming at least $68 more is raised). In addition, we will be drawing for a few additional donated items, including a copy of the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role … Continue reading →

Introducing the Microlite81 Warlord Class

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A new draft of Microlite81 (Draft 0.40) is available to RetroRoleplaying Cancer Fund donors with the usual password. This draft includes the first versions of the optional Dragonborn, Tiefling, Warforged, and Warlord classes I promised in my Christmas day post. As a teaser for the upcoming first public beta release, the Microlite81 version of the Warlord class (or at least the initial draft of it) follows. I tried to capture some of the “shoutiness” of the popular late edition version of this class with the inspiration powers but without the features many old school players consider silly, such as shouting … Continue reading →