Entries from April 2008

April 22, 2008

One long orgy of role-playing

Not long ago, when Gary Gygax passed away rather unexpectedly (for me at least), I got into an email conversation about a recreation of the Village of Hommlet I found at Dragonsfoot, called The Battle for the Moathouse. It’s a nice diversion in-and-of-itself, but it also wound up spawning an exchange that culminated in [...]

April 20, 2008

Wizards’ OGL disappearing?

Chris Pramas, of Green Ronin Press, wrote about the new license that will accompany Wizards’ 4e AD&D franchise. While I lost my desire to play the old warhorse of a system when they transitioned to 3rd Edition, I realize that the OGL that went along with the rule set essentially opened the landscape for [...]