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Later this month, I'll restart my tabletop game - the third game in my AD&D campaign world. I'm also looking to restart my 1x1 game with my wife. In this episode, we discuss how I'm doing all that - how can you pick up the pieces and have a smooth transition when months, or even years, has passed?  Want to comment/ask questions? Leave me a voice message on Anchor: anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message  or email me at chgowiz@gmail.com. I blog at: https://chgowiz-games.blogspot.com I'm on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chgowiz Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

Keeping the Chronicles of Etinerra campaign alive! Two of my games have fully restarted, and I'm looking to restart my tabletop campaign. A quick update! Credits: Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

So the pandemic is winding down in the United States, but how am I doing with my campaign and gaming? Credits: Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

After hitting a point in May, I've been taking care of my mental health. Slowly getting back into gaming. Plus, No Man's Sky! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

By Crom, I've finally reached the (infamous) Barbarian class as I read through 1st edition AD&D's Unearthed Arcana! This episode, I review the class and share if I'd use it in my campaign. What do you think?! Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada)  You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message  or email me at chgowiz@gmail.com.   I blog at: https://chgowiz-games.blogspot.com I stream at: http://twitch.tv/chgowiz  Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

Join me as I continue my a series of episodes where I read through the (in)famous supplement to AD&D: Unearthed Arcana! Will I use UA in my campaign? Let's find out! This episode, I cover the Paladin, the Druid and the Fighter. I found some surprising elements in each, see what I think about the changes to each class! Show Notes Links: Con of Champions - (May 23-25, 2020) - https://tabletop.events/conventions/con-of-champions What do you think?! Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message  or email me at chgowiz@gmail.com. I stream at: http://twitch.tv/chgowiz Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

Join me as I continue my a series of episodes where I read through the (in)famous supplement to AD&D: Unearthed Arcana! Will I use UA in my campaign? Let's find out! This episode gets into the classes section of UA, where I discover and consider the cavalier! I had a lot of fun considering the options presented, but let's see if it will make it into my campaign as a PC option. What do you think?! Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message  or email me at chgowiz@gmail.com. I blog at: https://chgowiz-games.blogspot.com/ and stream at: http://twitch.tv/chgowiz Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

I've decided to pick up the (in)famous supplement to AD&D: Unearthed Arcana! Join me as I begin a series of episodes where I read through the book and see what all the controversy is about. Will I use UA in my campaign? Let's find out! This episode is the introduction to the series, and I go over the comeliness attribute option and the rules expansions for races and sub-races. What do you think?! Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message  or email me at chgowiz@gmail.com. Find episode posts and other D&D content on my blog: chgowiz-games.blogspot.com - I stream at: http://twitch.tv/chgowiz Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

It's been a month or so since I've caught up with my call-ins, and I have plenty of observations and questions from some other great podcasters! This is a bit longer than my usual episode, but I hope you enjoy!!  Thanks to these great folks for the call-ins and messages! Nerds RPG Variety Cast - Jason Gothridge Manor - Tim Shorts Roleplay Rescue - Che Webster Hindsightless / Weal or Woe - Joe Richter Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi - Menion (aka Rob) Thank you for listening and calling in! Show Notes and Links: Target 20 (link to Delta/Daniel Collin's blogpost on D&D combat algorithms) Philotomy's Combat Sequences  (link to PDF of Philotomy's OD&D Musings which include this sequence) The Domesday Book (PDF of essay by S. James Ross on Medieval Demongraphics in RPGs) Road stops for overland adventures (blogpost of mine on generating road stops/rest areas during your game) My interview on Hobbs & Friends podcast What do you think?! Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message  or email me at chgowiz@gmail.com. Find episode posts and other D&D content on my blog: chgowiz-games.blogspot.com - I stream at: http://twitch.tv/chgowiz Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

A recent question on the AD&D subreddit (/r/adnd) serves as the topic for this episode - regarding the rules around pursuit and evasion in both the dungeon and wilderness. This is also my first ever streamed recording session! I had two supporters ask some great questions after the recording. Stream recording: https://youtu.be/YrzWX6l2atI  What do you think?! Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message  or email me at chgowiz@gmail.com. Find episode posts and other D&D content on my blog: chgowiz-games.blogspot.com - I stream at: http://twitch.tv/chgowiz Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

A quick episode to talk about what's going on with my shelter-in-place gaming life. Lots of changes and I'm very busy these days!  What do you think?! Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message  or email me at chgowiz@gmail.com. Find episode posts and other D&D content on my blog: chgowiz-games.blogspot.com  Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

My first guest on The Dungeon Master's Handbook! I interview my wife who has been the player in our 11 year one on one OD&D campaign. She talks about what makes it work for her and answers questions from redditors! Show Notes Link to a very old wiki I maintained for the 1 on 1 campaign: https://the-vale-solo-campaign.obsidianportal.com/ What do you think?! Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message  or email me at chgowiz@gmail.com. Find episode posts and other D&D content on my blog: chgowiz-games.blogspot.com  Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

In this episode, I take a break from AD&D and talk about a different gaming love - how I combined OD&D and the Ultima CRPG setting from the early 80s into a great homebrew RPG game! Show Notes Links to my Ultima/OD&D Game "Siege Perilous" Players Rulebook: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwiMsojGKI2KUldjYjRGRXhNWjg Game Referee's Guide: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwiMsojGKI2KT29LTWdWdms4TW8 Inspirations and Sources Swords & Wizardry White Box (this page has links to all free PDF versions of Swords & Wizardry): http://snw.smolderingwizard.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4 Skathros's Swords & Wizardry Companion: http://swcompanion.wikidot.com/ Minimal Space Combat by Timothy Swenson: http://www.oocities.org/svenqhj/MSCbook.pdf Ultima Codex Wiki: http://wiki.ultimacodex.com/wiki/Main_Page What do you think?! Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/the-dungeon-masters-handbook/message  or email me at chgowiz@gmail.com. Find episode posts and other D&D content on my blog: chgowiz-games.blogspot.com  Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

In this episode, I wrap up my attempt to demystify AD&D combat with a correction, some odds-ends and Weapons vs. AC!  What do you think?!  Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/the-dungeon-masters-handbook/message   Find episode posts and other D&D content on my blog: chgowiz-games.blogspot.com   Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) Stinger music by TJ Drennon - Check out his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/ Stinger music by Nightingale - https://www.looperman.com/users/profile/207475 All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

There have been many attempts to house-rule and update AD&D Initiative/Surprise rules to make it more "realistic." I visit one of those alternative systems from an email I received, as well as talk about what happened with my player that I thought was leaving my campaign! Plus... I'm nervous about a new type of game! You can find the show notes with links to resources on my blog at: https://chgowiz-games.blogspot.com/2020/02/podcast-episode-29-realistic-ad.html What do you think?!? Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/the-dungeon-masters-handbook/message  Credits Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) Stinger music by TJ Drennon - Check out his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/ Stinger music by Nightingale - https://www.looperman.com/users/profile/207475 All music used with permission. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

A lot of games over the past couple of weeks, and some lessons learned as a DM! Come listen as I share about running boss battles, using random events in interesting ways and how a big reveal had me worried that I'd lost a player! Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) Stinger music by TJ Drennon - Check out his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

This is a VERY special episode and it's an experiment! David, player of Eadwig from my Etinerra campaign, submitted a fantastic adventurer's journal entry that I simply had to share. I've been listening to other spoken word/voice acting podcasts and thought I'd try my hand at reading the journal entry with some effects! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it! Let me know what you think! Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/the-dungeon-masters-handbook/message  Find episode posts and other D&D content on my blog: chgowiz-games.blogspot.com  Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

Mr. Goblin's Henchman of Goblins Henchmen Podcast (https://anchor.fm/ghench) sent a message with two questions about AD&D - Magic Resistance and how spellbooks work in my campaign. I had great fun sharing the answers! Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think or ask questions if you have them! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) You can also leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/the-dungeon-masters-handbook/message  Find episode posts and other D&D content on my blog: chgowiz-games.blogspot.com  Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

I'm challenging conventional wisdom that AD&D by-the-book combat is too difficult! In this episode, I visit initiative one more time to talk about melee with a spell-caster, and then I cover charging. Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) Leave a message on Anchor: anchor.fm/the-dungeon-masters-handbook/message Links from episode: My AD&D Combat Cheat Sheet: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1buc4Iubou-bH7V1Ud-h_4SkHm9wfm64a Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message

My thoughts on the OSR of the past 2019 and coming 2020. As well, I answer call-ins from listeners and other podcasters!  John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries (https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries) - Wargames in a D&D Campaign Che Webseter of Roleplay Rescue (https://anchor.fm/jbpublishing) - Thanks! Joe aka The Blind Rat of Hindsightless (https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9) - Kind words and why a spreadsheet for D&D 3.5? Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor (https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor) - Driving podcasts and attracting folks to the OSR Mr. Goblin's Henchman of Goblins Henchmen (https://anchor.fm/ghench) - Thanks and making init his own. Leave me a voice message and let me know what you think! (312) 625-8281‬ (US/Canada) On Anchor: anchor.fm/the-dungeon-masters-handbook/message  Find episode posts and other D&D content on my blog: chgowiz-games.blogspot.com  Intro music: Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) Outro music: Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedungeonmastershandbook/message