This is a continuation of a series that seeks to re-imagine the standard races of Dungeons & Dragons as more unique and fully developed cultures. The last article dealt with the Einolar, a Wood.....
First of all, to anyone reading this, welcome back, and my sincere apologies for being gone for so long. I’m incredibly grateful to see that people are still coming to our site and even...
We’ve been running a weekly collaborative D&D campaign since January using the Roll 20 system, and it’s been a great experience. The game is set in Oldstone, a crossroads city in a desert reg...
https://ludusludorum.com/2019/10/13/potions-of-nap-and-mana/
Last year, I was recruited to be part of a creative team for a new D&D setting published by Fainting Goat Games and led by Jason Tondro. Although gamers with broad experience may recognize both�...
https://ludusludorum.com/2017/03/26/goatlands-gl1-spiders-on-the-storm/
I’ve been ruminating recently on an issue I haven’t seen a lot of discussion about: How many players are too few or too many? For most groups, this issue is more a matter of...
This article is a sequel to Wallace Cleaves’ discussion of medieval warfare, in which the medievalist applies a scholar’s understanding of period warfare to his own fantasy world setting, th...
https://ludusludorum.com/2016/05/26/get-medieval-warfare-in-the-middle-ages-part-ii/
Although many fantasy games contain military elements, large-scale campaigns, wars, and sieges, few games seem to reflect how medieval armies really operated. When a military unit appears in ...
https://ludusludorum.com/2016/05/22/get-medieval-warfare-in-the-middle-ages-part-i/
At present the enemy shoot and sling beyond our range, so that our Cretan archers are no match for them; our hand-throwers cannot reach as far; and when we pursue, it is not possible...
https://ludusludorum.com/2016/05/12/a-defense-of-the-humble-sling/
The file embedded below was originally created as a guide for members of our Facebook Group, Dungeons & Dragons Round Table. As such, all of its links — I’m afraid — route through Facebook....
https://ludusludorum.com/2016/04/23/getting-started-as-a-dm/
Which ability scores are the most popular? Which are most likely to be dump stats? You probably have some gut answers about this, based on what you’ve seen first-hand. I know I did. But,...