Saturday, February 17, 2024

The original barbarian class, adapted for Swords & Wizardry

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Like its fellow iconic D&D classes, the ranger, illusionist, and bard, the first published iteration of the barbarian debuted in the pa...
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

The original illusionist class, adapted for Swords & Wizardry

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Debuting in the winter 1975 issue of TSR's short-lived house organ The Strategic Review, Peter Aronson's illusionist class was the ...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

The original bard class, adapted for Swords & Wizardry

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Doug Schwegman's pioneering bard class, introduced in the February 1976 issue of The Strategic Review, deserves to be celebrated for it...

An expanded armor table for Swords & Wizardy

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On a recent read through the latest edition of Swords & Wizardry, an adaptation of the original D&D from the mid-'70s, it stru...
Monday, June 5, 2023

Review: Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised

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Mythmere Games has recently finished work on Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised, an updated take on their flagship fantasy RPG. As an ...
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Saturday, September 17, 2022

A "quick and dirty" single class bard for AD&D

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Like a lot of old schoolers, I dig the flavor of the AD&D 1st edition bard class and even a lot of its implementation, but balk somewha...
Monday, September 12, 2022

Reconsidering AD&D psionics: An honest look at the pros and cons

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It's no secret that AD&D psionics have never exactly been popular. And I mean never. A vocal majority (?) of gamers have been d...
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