E203 - Languages in AD&D 1e - Even the Dumbest Thief Starts Out with Three. Why?
Ever since last night, some of the language rules in AD&D 1e have been irking me. Alignment tongues, Druid and Thief languages, nine starting languages for elves (ten if they are a thief) - this and m...
5 Dec 201812min
E202 - News - She Bleeds update and an OSR Survey
James Raggi gives us an update on the She Bleeds controversy and I have some issues with a current OSR survey.
5 Dec 201812min
E201 - Zero or More Copies of She Bleeds are Allegedly Destroyed - But No Details as to By Who
I posted about the alleged destruction of Zero or more copies of the LotFP release of She Bleeds by an unidentified warehouse (Raggi claims he knows the warehouse and the numbers are unknown and could...
3 Dec 201811min
E200 - The Not So Wondrous Tavern Chat Episode One, With Special Guest JoeTheLawyer
Join JoeTheLawyer, Rach, Judd & myself as we record a live episode of The Not So Wondrous Tavern Chat at the Faile Pun on West 33rd Street in NYC. We had a great time recording this episode and we h...
3 Dec 201842min
E199 - OSRChristmas Kicks Off & a Follow up on The Common Tongue
Yep, OSR Christmas kicked off today. Go to tenkarstavern.com for more details on how to be gifted. Also, I read some comments from the blog side about the common tongue.
2 Dec 201810min
E198 - How Common is the Common Tongue?
I talk about my thoughts on the Common Tongue as it is used in most "Old School" RPGs
30 Nov 201810min
E197 - A Look at Using Mundane Items in Your Fantasy Gaming
Pexx brought this up earlier today on The Tavern's Discord Sever - Favorite mundane items and why? I poke around the topic a bit.
30 Nov 201810min
E196 - Do you Use Spells with No Save Against your Player Characters?
JoeTheLawyer calls in with an interesting observation regarding spells with no saves (Cloudkill, Powerword Kill, Sleep, etc). I respond with thoughts of my own.
28 Nov 201813min
