Old Guy Gaming

Some time ago, I created a small map for my campaign. It was designed for use as a background for my notebook. That way I was always looking at it which kept me thinking about the campaign. :)

Shessar, from the ProFantasy forums, has helped fill the void created by the loss of the CSUAC. He has made his image collection available on his website, naming it Shessar’s Map Art Collection (SMAC). There is a discussion thread regarding the SMAC on the ProFantasy forums.

Cecil Solomon was kind enough to create for us Cecil Solomon’s Ultimate Art Collection (CSUAC). This vast collection, of many thousands of high quality art images, were collected from various sources (predominantly from the Dundjinni forums), sorted into groups, indexed and referenced appropriately for the three most popular cartography programs. Now it’s gone. :(

Hurray! Five new 4e books through Amazon for 1/3 off and free shipping. I’ve got a lot of reading ahead of me.

Five New 4th Edition Books

There are a number of books I’ve wanted to get for some time, but after a great deal of consideration, I decided on these five:

The official rules state that characters takes 1d10 points of damage for every ten feet that they fall. Furthermore, those trained in Acrobatics may make a skill check to reduce the damage by half. This is a pretty standard system that has been around forever.

Recently, I found myself in the unusual situation of having a couple of hundred dollars burning a hole in my pocket. After considering various responsible uses, I decided that I wanted to purchase some gaming supplies. I found all sorts of things online but I’m one of those weird folks that hates to pay shipping and prefers to physically examine something before purchasing it. So where do you go to find gaming supplies in stock?

I’ve written a couple of articles about modifying the experience tables. In the most recent, I describe how I use a more elegant function to create a better progression for experience. I still love the concept but I’ve run into an issue that I want to smooth out.

Most groups use miniatures (or tokens), on some sort of grid, to help visualize their battles. When I started playing D&D 30 years ago, if you wanted to use miniatures you had one choice to make: buy a gaming mat or draw a grid on something yourself. Things have changed a lot since then and today there are a great many choices.

Dungeons and Dragons is played with dice. When you roll dice, especially when you roll multiple dice and add them together, you enter the realm of probability. This is a topic that comes up frequently on the D&D forums. That being the case, I decided that it was probably a topic that I should write an article about.

Some time ago, I wrote an article on a technique I developed to Create Realistic Coastlines. As a member of the Cartographer’s Guild, I posted a copy of the tutorial on their site as well.

Today, I was informed that it has received enough votes to qualify for an award! Thanks to everyone that voted for me. I’m honored.