The first adventure for a generation of roleplayers was Bargle’s underground lair. Featured in the 1983 red box set, this D&D solo adventure did a fantastic job of teaching rules, introducing bizarre monsters (the dreaded rust monster!), and even giving characters a compelling emotional reason to delve into a dangerous dungeon — the murder of […]
Month: March 2020
In a one-shot RPG adventure, putting effort into your character sheets really matters. In a campaign game, players spend up to hours creating their own characters. They consider classes and abilities, roll dice, shop for equipment, and think of a backstory. This creation time means when players start the first session, their characters mean something […]
Pulp RPGs are cursed. I’m not an RPG historian, but I’m fairly positive that is a 100% true statement, at least for me. Every pulp RPG I excitedly purchased had an ill-fated ending. I was crushed when I realize the TSR Indiana Jones game only let you pick between seven characters to play. You better […]