A man walks across a barren field, the air blurs, the earth cracked under the heat. His feet are blistered. His throat is parched. The sun beats down on him. He is laden down with a backpack full of stones. Periodically, he watches as a comely youth on horseback speeds by like the wind, twice … More [Actual Play] Stonehell Delve VII (AD&D 1e); The Price
From a single seed a forest may sprout.– Elven Proverb Year 1869 of the New Imperial Calendar, Pax 7. Perhaps by now you have wondered what had become of that other band of adventurers, under the auspices of the great Sir Lothar, that suffered such ignominious grief in the corridors of Stonehell. Perhaps you thought … More [Actual Play] Stonehell Delve 4.1 (AD&D 1e): Rebirth
Year 1869 of the New Imperial Calendar, the Month of Pax, Day 5. It is not long since I have written, but much has transpired in the meantime. Our party of heroes had been escorted to the Southward with their prisoner, the evil cleric Melchert, to an uncertain fate. The warden of the fortress, Sir … More [Actual Play] Stonehell Delve VI (AD&D 1e); Modnars Cellar
[Adventure]F4 The Withered Crag (2019)Guy Fullerton (Chaotic Henchman Productions)Lvl 1-2 The hunt is on. My Sandbox campaign is starting to operate, and with that one is on the hunt for new materials. It strikes me that, while there is a superabundance of top tier low level material in the OSR in general, poor AD&D is … More [Review] F4 The Withered Crag (AD&D 1e 3PP); Craftsmanship
[Hexcrawl]Fly me to the Moon (2025)Kaiser KabukiLvl ??? (Mid? 4-7?) Disclaimer: Sponsored content I almost had ‘a blast from the past’ in the tagline of the review because this does feel like I’ve fallen through a time portal into 2016, a younger, more innocent age. ‘Kaiser Kabuki?’, I hear you ask. ‘Who the fuck is … More [Review] Fly Me To The Moon (OSR); Stuartese Echoes
Year 1869 of the New Imperial Calendar, the Month of Pax, Day 1. After the Day of Astarte, the party procured a mule, a tent, a supply of food and a map of the local area, and set out for the Ruined Monastary of St. Gaxx, to deliver on the promise of Gunnard to the … More [Actual Play] Stonehell Delve V (AD&D 1e); The Ruined Monastery
The ways of the Lords are wreathed in mist. Some are lifted up, endowed with all virtues, only to be snatched away in their prime by cruel fate. Others are deprived of all noble qualities, only to prosper and endure. Thus it is said by some the Lords are cruel, but others, who are perhaps … More [Actual Play] Stonehell Delve 3.1 (AD&D 1e); Requiescat in Pace
By edict His Imperial Majesty; No corpses are to be taken from the Stone Hell. The condemned are to be imprisoned in perpetuity, in life as in death. The prisoners may conduct what burial rites and make such arrangements as they see fit, for the prisoner’s souls are the domain of their gods. But the … More [Actual Play] Stonehell Delve 2.1 (AD&D 1e); Warriors of Light
I figured that as the play reports begin to accumulate it might be interesting to share my campaign ‘recipe’ for discussion and improvement. To whit: this is the most sophisticated and high effort campaign I have run in a very long time, probably ever, and the effort already shows because of the immediate degrees of … More [Actual Play] Recipe for a Fantasy Adventure Gaming Campaign
There are situated in Silva Quieta strange towers of pentagonal shape. They are of great age, predating the birth of the Imperium and are constructed of unmortared stone blocks, and reared by unknown hands. While initially of interest to sages and hedge wizards, their secret, if any, remains hidden, and thus they became a curiosity, … More [Actual Play] Stonehell Delve IV (AD&D 1e); The Tower
Age of Dusk 