Adept Play

Adept Play

Tag: Deathstalkers

A fantasy and horror game by Mike Whitehead, first published by Cutters Guild Games (also mentioned: Vaguely Lupine Features, MDW Games) in 1999.

Discuss: Three fantasies

Fantasy Heartbreakers, Hobby culture

April 7, 2019

Ron Edwards

Deathstalkers, Dungeons & Dragons sensu lato, Fifth Cycle, Forge: Out of Chaos

Some comments showed up at Facebook about the two Fantasy Heartbreaker essays, and I’m a little tired of facepalming. It’s been a long road of experiencing and reflecting upon what became of fantasy during my lifetime, and the original essays are a blink of a moment during that process. Let’s see what the long view…
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Finding D&D: The Fundamentals

Fantasy Heartbreakers, Finding D&D, Hobby culture, OSR

March 16, 2018

Ron Edwards

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition, Adventurer Conqueror King, Adventures Dark and Deep, Basic Fantasy, Blueholme, Carcosa, Castles & Crusades, Dark Dungeons RPG, Dawnfire, Deathstalkers, Delving Deeper, Demon’s Lair, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Dungeons & Dragons 1974, Dungeons & Dragons 1977 Holmes, Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition, Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition, Dungeons & Dragons B/X, Dungeons & Dragons BECMI, Dwimmermount, Fantasy Earth, For Gold & Glory, Forge: Out of Chaos, Hackmaster, Labyrinth Lord, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, Mazes and Perils, Monsters & Minions, Renegade, Rules Cyclopedia, Spellcraft and Sorcery, Swords and Wizardry, The Black Hack, The White Hack, Undiscovered

Here, hop into this handbasket with me. We’re goin’ for a ride! It’s part of “Finding D&D,” focusing this time on fundamentalist belief and practice, including but not limited to the OSR. I thought about waiting until part 4 was done, as these two parts only make full sense relative to one another. But whatever;…
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