Anthony Huso's Guide to AD&D 1e (Unofficial Compilation)

 

This has recently arrived on the mail. 

On March 2024 Lucas M. compiled and edited a series of blog posts by Antony Huso, designed to introduce you to vintage AD&D and teach you how to play it more or less by the book.

The book is 134 pages long and covers several topics of the game: "Running Your First AD&D Campaign", "DMing & 1e Philosophy", "Combat, Standard & Armed", "Combat, Unarmed & Avoiding", "Combat, Special", "Magic", "Psionics", "Leveling Up, XP, Training", "High Level Play" and "Other Fun House Rules". It also features two appendix at the end, "A: How Much Treasure?" and "B: Bards".

On the first page we read: "Webpage links and dates of publication are included at the beginning of each section. For the sake of clarify, titles of some posts have been changed and sub-headings added; a blog post has been divided and included in different sections. The webpage links often include the original title of the blog posts, so look there if you need to identify them." which may be useful, but some original posts might be unavailable.

I ordered this because we are getting ready to play Huso's mega dungeon "Castle of the Silver Prince" and want to do it as close as "Gary intended" as possible. When Aron Clark, the group's DM and compiler of the physical copy of this tome, threw the idea everyone jumped on board right away. I've always been an AD&D 1e fan but doesn't run my game RAW, though I play on a game run by Allan T. Grohe, Jr. (grodog) that closely does it. This will be another chance to delve into the 

You can order your POD copy from Lulu here for only $8.57 on paperback. 

BRW Games Big Announcement

On Gary Gygax day, BRW Games, led by Joseph Bloch (aka Greyhawk Grognard), has teased a major upcoming project in a recent YouTube video, hinting at what could be their most ambitious release yet. While specific details remain unrevealed, the announcement suggests an open license universal game system named ADDventure Engine with the core of AD&D 1e. The system could be applied to any genre (fantasy, post-apocalyptic, weird west, superheroes, science fiction, horror, WWII, space opera, etc.) and will be a toolkit to create games. 

Known for titles like Adventures Dark and Deep and Castle of the Mad Archmage, BRW’s fans are already speculating and expressing excitement. With Bloch’s track record for old-school RPG depth and quality, this announcement has stirred significant anticipation in the tabletop community.

Virtual Greyhawk Con 6

 

Just bought my badge for the next Virtual Greyhawk Con. 

Get yours here at TableTop Events.

VECNA: GENESIS OF A LEGEND

 

In this 40-page long publication, grey-sages Samuel Weiss and Gary Holian get into a dialogue and make a careful and thorough evaluation, going beyond superficial judgments to delve deep into the published history of of one of the most known, and probably one of the first, liches in the World of Greyhawk. 

They talk about who Vecna was and how he got to run a vast empire, the cult that grew around him, what are his relics (not only his notorious hand and eye) and provide an exhaustive historical timeline, from more than a millennia ago to the Common Year "present day". Also, they tells us how (not) to use him in a campaign and why.

A must read to all Greyhawk fans out there, both players and DMs alike!

Weather Forecaster for the World of Greyhawk

I don't know if I have shared this before, but it's a great tool that I use in all my games. It produces a weather forecast for a month to a certain area, specified by the caster, and can even forecast upcoming months if so desired. It uses the rules as depicted in the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting Boxed Set from 1983.

Follow THIS link to read the "Scroll of Weather Forecasting" and unleash some old and powerful Suloise magic. 

Thanks Tomi for putting this up 12 years ago!