Hi all,

long time on and off DnD reader (early 80s), real life seems to prevent me from playing most of the time :-(

Looking to catch up on what's new since I last spent serious time looking, some 10 years ago. Tend to favour the older settings (Mystara/Blackmoor/Greyhawk/...), although taking a look at Bruce Heards latest now.

Hello! :)

Hi all, been meaning to introduce myself. I'm a long time RPG player and referee/GM.

I got my start in RPGing in the late 90s, running dungeon crawls with the Holmes Basic D&D set that I inherited from my parents (I still have the set: I'm the only person I know who uses dice older than they are!). From there I started playing and running AD&D 2E and Vampire: The Masquerade. I dropped out of role playing in college, but got back into it back in 2010, largely thanks to the indie game scene. These days I mostly play Savage Worlds and Apocalypse World variants, but my big obsession these days is learning about the pre-D&D Twin City era of gaming and putting that knowledge to use by actually running games (with a healthy dose of modern stuff from the Old School Revival community).

I also recently ran a Blackmoor dungeon crawl inspired by Greg's account of the first crawl, using custom rules. I hope to run that scenario again, but also more scenarios in the future inspired by the troll bridge adventure, the Icelandic cave adventure, the Viking/Skandaharian scenario, and the Gin of Sailik and the cult of Pygmalion.

More immediately, I'll probably run Rules to the Game of Dungeon sometime soon. I might scratch the serial numbers of Keep on the Borderlands and key it with stuff from Craig VanGrasstek's actual play reports. Alternately or additionally, I may use it to run gonzo modules like Anomalous Subsurface Environment or the Gathox Vertical Slum. Gotta get the meatballs in there somewhere regardless.

I also plan to eventually run Braunstein I and IV using the Gencon handouts, but I anticipate difficulty pulling enough people together for those. Oh, and Empire of the Petal Throne (I already ordered a copy of the new printing).

That's obviously enough to keep me busy for a long while!

Welcome Klintron! - sounds like you've come to the right place. You might be interested in my Champions of ZED rules, which are chock full of early game and Arsonian goodness, but in any case, you must pick up a copy of the FFC (there's a free pdf floating about....) and it wouldn't hurt to look into the JG Ready Ref sheets. That's plenty of material to keep you busy for a while....

Hello! Long-time Blackmoor fan and Blackmoor MMRPG enthusiast.