OD&D – DONJON LANDS

OD&D’s Magic Bonus for Miscellaneous Weapons

“MISCELLANEOUS WEAPONS: Those with bonuses of +1, +2 or +3 gain a bonus of equal merit on damage scored, except […]

Back in 1980, a reporter who asked if D&D was only a passing fad learned that “Gygax and Blume think

“Jousting in Chainmail is like playing rock-paper-scissors.” The analogy is as oft cited as apt. In Chainmail (3rd ed., Tactical

In “Chainmail, OD&D, and the One-Minute Combat Round,” I focused so closely on Chainmail that I neglected a thorough review

I have long struggled with the one-minute combat round sometimes used in OD&D. Yes, it is easily ignored and many

Preparing to use them at the table, I compiled the three Flying Tables into a PDF. Each table—by the Bluebook,

“Brief instructions below the ENCOUNTER KEY EXAMPLE in Set One: Basic Dungeons gives ‘Approximately 25%’ as the monster probability… While

The Bluebook recommends the Dungeon Geomorphs, boxed with early printings of Holmes Basic, to DMs saying they “contain many suggestions

While the Monster & Treasure Assortment gives us the particulars of the dungeon’s inhabitants and their wealth, it and Holmes

If the Monster & Treasure Assortments had got more play… —“What’s your Hack-9?”—“What’s that?”—“You know, your attack level—what do you