Ever wonder what treasures are hidden away in the hoard of the Halfling Master? Dig into this blog for news, ideas, reviews, and other in depth information about anything surrounding the OSR, TTRPGs, and Miniatures hobbies. No piece of loot is too small or insignificant to be explored.
Magic casting is often a make it or break it for me in a game. One of my favorite systems comes from Whitehack by Christian Mehrstan... ...Whatever the result the conversation happens quickly, it is not meant to be a long drawn out process, referencing tables and charts looking up damage dice and rolling only to have your spell fizzle out, for a wasted casting and even worse a wasted turn for the wizardly character.
I work with children. 8th graders, so like around the 13-15 age. I was talking with a student the other day at recess and I was shocked to hear that he had created this awesome sword for his Dragon 5 game. He said it was so broken, it soaks up the souls of slain demons … Continue reading Power gaming with kids!
This will be the start of my solo game series. Now while this is not a solo game necessarily, it is a game that is GMless, and lets be honest, that is half of solo RPGing. So forgive me as I start this series with breaking my own rule of reviewing and talking about solo … Continue reading Gaining a solo Token, Part of the Solo Series
Mazes was a series of zine sized books turned describing a game where each player only gets a single die for which to play the game with. The referee never needs to roll dice and the game plays like an old school dungeon crawler. It claims to support both one shots and long term campaign … Continue reading Mazes: A Review
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The Halfling's Hoard 