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My house rules for the Into the Unknown RPG can be found here. Very roughly, Into the Unknown is a 5e D&D version of the classic "Basic/Expert" edition of D&D. It is fully compatible with 5e, but is meant to be lighter, more streamlined, and incorporates some elements of B/X D&D (e.g...

It looks like I’ll be running an adventure or two (maybe more) of Against the Darkmaster (VsD) for one of my gaming groups, likely starting this Thursday. This is the group that normally uses Mythras. So this will not be the “main game” of this group, but rather something to do when not everyone...

I’m slowly working on a setting for a forthcoming Against the Darkmaster (VsD) campaign. The world is called Ukrasia and my focus will be on a northern island called Amarrah. One thing that I decided for the setting is to have three “Darkmasters” from three different Ages of the world. I want...

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In part because of WotC's recent actions I've decided to switch my Greyhawk campaign over to the Into the Unknown system (which I discovered last summer here at the RPG Pub -- thanks!). One important consideration in my choice of system was its compatibility with 5e (ItU is derived from and...

I was wondering whether the Free League would be revising and re-releasing Adventures in Middle-earth (AiME), the 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons rules developed by Cubicle 7. In addition to incorporating many elements from The One Ring (TOR) roleplaying game into the 5th edition framework...

As some here know already, Goodman Games is giving Dark Tower the "Original Adventures Reincarnated" treatment (something they've done with some classic TSR modules, now turning to Judges Guild apparently). The product eventually will include three books: scans of the original (+ essays), a 5e...

There are a number of cool Against the Darkmaster things in the works outlined here. Of special note: a reprint of the core rules and a Player’s Handbook version of the rules. Given the overwhelming length (and weight!) of the core book, a volume with only the rules needed by players should be...

Since there are a number of Middle-earth fans here I thought that I would mention that I have finished up my notes for my (now completed) Mirkwood campaign. The index for the campaign (with links to character backgrounds, adventure summaries, etc.) is here...

I obtained the Ghosts of Saltmarsh book a few days ago. I haven't had a chance to delve into it in detail, but here are a few first impressions. First, it includes a solid 'mini-setting': Saltmarsh and the surrounding territory (the southernmost portion of the Kingdom of Keoland, roughly 18...

According to RPG.net, Larry DiTillio has passed away. Within the role-playing games community, DiTillio is probably best known as the co-author of the classic Call of Cthulhu campaign, Masks of Nyarlathotep. Masks one of those amazing campaigns that I've read and read about -- and want to run...

In this interview Stephen Colbert and actor Joe Manganiello spend about 9 minutes talking about (almost) nothing other than Dungeons and Dragons. Truly, we live in a very different world than the one in which I lived as a teen... I have to confess that I had no idea who Manganiello was before...