Simon Bull on Holmes and the Combat Turn.

Simon Bull on Holmes and the Combat Turn.
http://www.immersiveink.com/?p=267

I went a little bit crazy and bought some early issues of White Dwarfmagazine, going back to before I started...

Michael Thomas wrote:

I went a little bit crazy and bought some early issues of White Dwarf magazine, going back to before I started reading it back in the day (#45 was my first one). The adverts are sometimes the most interesting bit - here's one from #29 (Feb/Mar 1982) that might strike a note with the members here!

Just spent an hour gushing about Holmes to DMs Liz, Mike, and Corbett over on Save for Half.

Just spent an hour gushing about Holmes to DMs Liz, Mike, and Corbett over on Save for Half. I think I talked about BLUEHOLME™ Journeymanne Rules, but I honestly have no idea. Too damn exciting by half. :-)

If the adventurers won't go to Skull Mountain, Skull Mountain will cometo the adventurers.

Michael Thomas wrote:

If the adventurers won't go to Skull Mountain, Skull Mountain will come to the adventurers.

Originally shared by Grand DM

"What do you mean they got away? I don't care if they had Advantage on their Stealth check. Get out there and find them!"

Some good points about BLUEHOLME™ made by Herman Klang, and my "designer's thoughts" behind those decisions.

Some good points about BLUEHOLME™ made by Herman Klang, and my "designer's thoughts" behind those decisions. I'd be most interested to know what the members here think. :-)

Originally shared by Herman Klang

I got blueholme to save my Holmes books. I have a few complaints. 1 It's minor shit. 1. The scrolls table doesn't have a scroll of three wishes. This is a huge change. I liked it on there it gave the potential for crazy stuff to happen if you were doing procedural generation.

The other is going to sound dumb. Too many spells. I know. I just think that fewer spells would motivate players to research their own spells.

Another thing is the stronghold rules seem to allow you to build at any level. This eliminates the drastic cnhange potentially that occurs at name level in the way the game works.

If course I can house rule all this stuff. It's just that I am using this book every week and with players that might now be buying the book who are new to dnd.

So the concept of house rules is a little iffy with them.

I thought I'd show off James V West's sterling work here, I hope you don't mind.

I thought I'd show off James V West's sterling work here, I hope you don't mind. Thanks to people like him, Dyson Logos (when are you finishing that Monster Manual?) and a certain Zach H, I'm really getting into this OSR take on illuminated pages. Expect to see more of this sort of thing in the upcoming Referee Repository, Explorer Encounters, and Blueholme Brochure. :-)
https://dreamscapedesign.net/2017/08/15/blueholme-character-records/

Don't worry, the lovely lady named Lemunda in that boat is onlypretending her hands are still tied, for the benefit...

Don't worry, the lovely lady named Lemunda in that boat is only pretending her hands are still tied, for the benefit of those scurvy dogs on the beach. That giant octopus is about to feel the point of her hidden dagger!

BLUEHOLME™ Journeymanne Rules artwork courtesy of Del Teigeler (who needs to be invited to this community, Zach H!).

Wereshark? Bearshark.

Wereshark? Bearshark.

#WERESHARK

Skull Mountain. :-)

Michael Thomas wrote:

Skull Mountain. :-)

Originally shared by David Zenz

The place of the skull

Just in case anyone here is interested. ;-)

Just in case anyone here is interested. ;-)
https://dreamscapedesign.net/2017/03/30/kickstarter-launch-4-april/

Interesting cover on the Swedish RPG magazine Fenix, Issue #2, 2016! Remind you of anything?

Interesting cover on the Swedish RPG magazine Fenix, Issue #2, 2016! Remind you of anything?
http://43710.shop.textalk.se/se/article.php?id=43710&art=39899247

Weresharks! No use running from these guys, they're gonna catch you ...

Weresharks! No use running from these guys, they're gonna catch you ...

I think a few of us might have heard something ... ;-)

I think a few of us might have heard something ... ;-)

Originally shared by David Shepheard

Does anyone know about the forthcoming J. Eric Holmes anthology, Tales of Peril?:
http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=15922

Is there going to be any connection between this and the Holmes D&D boxed set (or other D&D products created by Holmes)?
http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=15922

It's not a perfect compilation of differences.

It's not a perfect compilation of differences.
http://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/2089/what-are-the-differences-between-holmes-moldvay-and-mentzer-dd

One for the Homes aficionados - skeletons and zombies as written in Holmes:

One for the Homes aficionados - skeletons and zombies as written in Holmes:

Zombies, by nature, are slow and only get an attack every other round. But zombies move at 120 feet per turn, while skeletons move only half that, 60 feet per turn, even though there is nothing in the description to indicate they are unusually slow.

Has this ever struck any of you as odd? Have you house-ruled it? I tend to try to make these Holmes quirks work, so how would you justify it in-game?

Now we're talking.

Michael Thomas wrote:

Now we're talking.

Originally shared by Wayne Rossi

Expanding and personalizing (see my post from yesterday on my D&D).

Blimey, a whole school of them!

Michael Thomas wrote:

Blimey, a whole school of them! That silver belt isn't going to do much good there.

Originally shared by BLOND SHARK

💲

Wereshark! Hope you've got silver cannon balls in there ...

Michael Thomas wrote:

Wereshark! Hope you've got silver cannon balls in there ...

Originally shared by Iskallor

Special Snowflakes

Deep Derik is recruiting for a job in the Rubble...

"You're a what? "
"A Ratuki..."
"A freakin' what? "
"Mmm...a were shark? "
"Next..."

Happy Birthday, Dr Holmes! :-)

RPG Retro Review tackles the Blue Box:

RPG Retro Review tackles the Blue Box:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhug8E7s210