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Current RPG Design Project List (Revisited)

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There have been some changes to the project list I wrote about in early February. Here goes: BX Advanced Admanantine Edition: This is still my priority. However, just the mutations material is requiring a lot of playtesting and rewriting/adjustment cycles. So I think my hope of getting this out the door by summer is shot. My current target is “late in the year.” Saying this doesn’t make me happy, but I would rather delay it than publish rubbish. I may have to settle for a less complete mutation system just to get the game moving forward. Micolite81 Advanced Tablet Digest … Continue reading →

Dungeon Delving Undying Light Release Candidate Available

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This is just a short note to let RetroRoleplaying Cancer Fund Donors know that the 92-page digest-sized Dungeon Delving Undying Light edition is available for download with their password from this link: Dungeon Delving Undying Light Release Candidate 1 for Donors While 96 digest sized pages seems like a lot when SWCL was only 20 full-sized pages, 4 pages are the covers, 2 pages are the Contents, 7 pages are sample blank maps and dungeon geomorphs, 6 pages are my standard info on old school play, and 6 pages are descriptions of our other games. That leaves 67 pages of … Continue reading →

GM’s Day Sale: Get 33% Off BX Advanced and All Our Other Games

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There are only 24 hours or so left in the GM’s Day sale. All of RetroRoleplaying’s products are 33% off including our newest game, the BX Advanced Gold Edition. If you are thinking of buying one or more, you probably want to act now while the sale is still on BX Advanced $6.67 (reg 9.95)Microlite74 Ultimate Edition $6.67 (reg 9.95)Microlite81 Complete Digest/Epub $5.03 (reg 7.50)Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery 2e Digest/Epub $4.68 (reg 6.99)Microlite74 Extended Digest/Epub $2.67 (reg 3.99)Microlite74 Standard Digest/Epub $2.00 (reg 2.99)Microlite74 Basic Digest/Epub $1.33 (reg 1.99)

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New Donor Downloads Available: Updated BX Advanced to 1.03 and Dungeon Delving to 0.75

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A new draft version of Dungeon Delving Undying Light is available for donors to the RetroRoleplaying Cancer Fund is available. The major additions are more low HD monsters and an optional ritual magic system. The ritual magic system is open-ended and allow more magic in the game than the handful of spells. Of course, they require a number of prerequisites that must be met before the ritual can be performed and the chance of success isn’t great — unless you do even more prep beyond the required prerequisites. Ritual magic can, in theory, be performed by anyone or anything intelligent … Continue reading →

Draft of Dungeon Delving RPG Available to Donors

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By request of one of my Sunday game players, I’ve been working on a digest-sized version of Swords & Wizardry Continual Light that can easily be used on tablets. Naturally, I could not resist tinkering with the game while I did so. I’ve rearranged some of the text and made a few other changes: * I’ve made all the rolls “higher is better,” including D6 rolls for thieves, etc.* I’ve modified the undead turning system so no table is needed.* I’ve taken the experience system and ran away with it.* I’ve added some equipment.* I’ve added more monsters.* I’ve given … Continue reading →

Upcoming Game Design Projects: What I’m Working on Next

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With the Gold Edition of BX Advanced finished, I’m moving on to other design projects: First, I’ll be working on the Admanantine Edition of BX Advanced with all the new material. And by popular request, the first new material added will be mutations. The mutation rules will be “cause of mutations” neutral as that is something for the GM’s setting to decide. The rules will work with just about any fitional cause of random mutations from the traditional “after an atmic war” to “exposure to too much magic or chaos”. Just about any mutation cause you can dream up should … Continue reading →

BX Advanced No Art Version Available for Free

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The Pay-What-You-Want (aka Free) no-art version the Gold Edition of BX Advanced: First Edition Through a B/X Lens is finally available! The BX Advanced Gold Edition is designed for people who want a classic experience without a lot of the gonzo material that many people added to their 1980s games. The Gold Edition is pretty much classic 1e using the B/X rules system. The BX Advanced Gold Edition includes a number of optional rules systems, but they are fairly tame in what they do to the game. The Gold Edition includes a sample dungeon and a complete small campaign setting. … Continue reading →

BX Advanced Gold Edition Coming Very Soon

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I’m happy to announced that the release version of the BX Advanced Gold Edition will be arriving soon. Soon as in early next week. However, I’m unhappy to report that I screwed up a bit and will not be able to release the free version at the same time. I did the final proofing and layout oif the free (no art) version a couple of weeks ago and then used used a copy of that version as the base document for the paid (with art) version. Unfortunately, while doing the layout for the paid version, I discovered a major formatting … Continue reading →

Happy New Year I: BX Advanced Playtest Version 0.75 Released

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I know i said just before Christmas that I had released the last playtest version of BX Advanced Gold Edition. I was wrong (sounds better than “I lied”). I’ve released a new playtest 0.75 version with a new cover (which may or may not be the cover for the release version), a sample campaign setting, and some layout and formatting improvements. It is available to RetroRoleplaying Cancer Fund donors in the usual place with the usual password now. (Link below for those who don’t remember the “usual place). For those who have forgotten what BX Advanced is all about, it’s … Continue reading →

Play OSR D&D on an Amazon Echo?

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I’ve had an Amazon Echo Dot for over a year now. If fact, we now have three because they are much easier for my wife (with her MS-related hand issues) to use than a normal timer, alarm clock, etc. I’ve never found the games available as skills to be all that much fun to play — at least more than a time or two. Today, however, I discovered Six Swords — an attempt to have Alexa run a D&D-like game. It’s not based on modern D&D — it’s “based on OSRIC, an open source version of first Edition Dungeons and … Continue reading →