[Actual Play] Stonehell Delve IX (AD&D 1e): Reconnaissance in Force

Year 1869 of the New Imperial Calendar, Munificus 16 After the initial probes into the Withered Crag had yielded some small measure of success, our heroes began making more earnest attempts at overcoming its secrets. Nemo and Lyra, recently returned from their venture, and having just completed their tutelage under Zur and Agrak respectively, decided … More [Actual Play] Stonehell Delve IX (AD&D 1e): Reconnaissance in Force

[Booktalk] Against the Demon World; Echoes of the 80s

Disclaimer: I got a review copy. People have started to figure out I do novels now too so expect more of these. D.M. Ritzlin is back! After two collections of short stories featuring various protagonists and antagonists of the enchanted realm of Nilztiria and the bundled novel + short stories of Vran the Chaos Warped … More [Booktalk] Against the Demon World; Echoes of the 80s

[Actual Play] Stonehell Delve VIII (AD&D 1e); Unificatio

Year 1869 of the New Imperial Calendar, Munificus 12 It was not long after their sojourn into the Withered Crag that the elven lordling Annuer was once again overcome by the yearning for adventure. The cause was as follows: On Pax 25th the original band, exempting brother Gunnard, who had been recovering from his injuries … More [Actual Play] Stonehell Delve VIII (AD&D 1e); Unificatio

[Actual Play] Stonehell Delve VII.II (AD&D 1e); Withered Crag

It was in the fifteenth year of the Eighth Goblin War that all across the Isro there were seen bands of Hobgoblins of especial ferocity. Unlike their base kindred they did not waste their time looting farmsteads or taking captives, but instead they sought out and confronted the most formidable warriors on the side of … More [Actual Play] Stonehell Delve VII.II (AD&D 1e); Withered Crag

[Actual play] Stonehell Delve VII.I (AD&D 1e); Intermezzo

It was after those days that Aenerion was borne home after his fight with the twin Balor-princes Sagramanth and Mahisasura. And all the kingdoms of the Aeldari wept, for they sensed he was not long for this world. His hundred wives came to him on his deathbed, and soon servants were called with bowls carved … More [Actual play] Stonehell Delve VII.I (AD&D 1e); Intermezzo

[Actual Play] Stonehell Delve VII (AD&D 1e); The Price

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

[Actual Play] Stonehell Delve 4.1 (AD&D 1e): Rebirth

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

[Actual Play] Stonehell Delve VI (AD&D 1e); Modnars Cellar

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

[Review] F4 The Withered Crag (AD&D 1e 3PP); Craftsmanship

[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