So I finally started a 5th edition campaign a while back and I went for an old school approach: we rolled up characters with 4d6 drop t...

(Prologue is here ) I told the Apprentices what I was thinking - that it would be nice to have another fast-D&D option - and they ...

So ... went a little retro over the weekend. Why? Sometimes, after months of running 4E, as much as I like it, the pace of 2 or 3 enc...

Back at Falcon Keep (the Keep on the Borderlands) our heroes gear up for another expedition. This time they plan to head back to the solit...

Back at the keep Orrick the Dwarf joins the group as a replacement for the fallen fighter (lost to an Ochre Jelly last session) while Skulld...

Picking back up in the dungeon, our heroes have ventured deep into level 1 of Quasqueton with the game paused near the throne room. Continui...

The action begins in the Hobgoblin Lair's torture chamber where our heroes are releasing some prisoners. They free a merchant and his wi...

I thought I ought to post the house rules I am using for our basic red book campaign, so here they are: Max hit points at 1st level  Natu...

After the last few sessions I am having a bit of a crisis of conscience. I like the old-school B/X rules but I am worried that the parade of...

Having the party back together again at the Keep the team heads back to the Caves. Moving into the same cave they have been exploring for a ...

After 3 days of R&R at the keep our heroes return to the Caves of Chaos: Apollo the Elf Steven the Thief Thaddeus II the Fighter Horus t...

Arriving at the caves our neophyte heroes (The thief is 2nd level, all others are 1st) examine the situation, looking at the terrain and the...

After a long break we discover that our party of novice adventurers has moved north and west to Falcon Keep, located on the borders of human...

We begin with the party camped in Room I of the Holmes basic started dungeon Apprentice Red: Horace the Dwarf, Drazier the Elf, Skullduggery...

One of the differences between Basic D&D and AD&D (and later versions) is that other planes are a minimal part of Basic-Expert D...

Since it's the center of the campaign right now I thought I would share some details about the city: -Population about 10,000, 70% of wh...

- Coinage is minted by the Duke and formally called "dragons", featuring the image of a dragon on one side and a profile of the du...

One of my players was befuddled by a Twilight marathon for this session so I let the Apprentices take 3 characters each: Apprentice Red: Hor...