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A D&D article by Ethan Gilsdorf in the NYT today includes a photo of the low-impact Holmes Basic dice.

A D&D article by Ethan Gilsdorf in the NYT today includes a photo of the low-impact Holmes Basic dice. See also commentary by Roger G-S: http://rolesrules.blogspot.com/2014/07/d-meets-literary-bigtime.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/14/books/dungeons-dragons-has-influenced-a-generation-of-writers.html?_r=0

Holmes was huge fan of the pulps.

Holmes was huge fan of the pulps. The seller billy galaxy on ebay currently has 400+ (!) listings of books & magazines from Holmes' estate, inc many issues of the magazines Wayne mentions here.

Originally shared by Wayne Rossi

Today's post focuses on a great web project where you can find seminal pulp magazines in PDF. I focus on Weird Tales, Amazing Stories and Planet Stories.

Seems like the quick start rules for Lejendary Adventures is still up at Troll...

Seems like the quick start rules for Lejendary Adventures is still up at Troll Lords. http://www.trolllord.com/downloads/pdfs/la_quickstart.pdf
I was interested in seeing what the default task resolution mechanic was in Gary Gygax's games that he did later on in life. Seems he went with Ability Scores = percentages. Skills based on ability scores. Roll under with d00
http://www.trolllord.com/downloads/pdfs/la_quickstart.pdf

A few years ago I finally acquired a copy of the Holmes rules - haven'thad the chance to play yet, but it's a great...

A few years ago I finally acquired a copy of the Holmes rules - haven't had the chance to play yet, but it's a great little read, I'm still really fascinated by the different options in combat (my early playing was BECMI and AD&D). I printed out Meepo's Holmes Companion to make it more "complete" - I like imagining campaigns for simple compact systems, like T&T5 and S&W Wb (I've played the former, but not the latter), especially for new players. Do people generally home-rule their way with Holmes' or are there other expansions people like to use?

This OSR logo I drew is inspired by the same TSR Wizard logo

This OSR logo I drew is inspired by the same TSR Wizard logo from the last post - here the wizard is firing his wand. If you click on the logo on my blog, you'll go to the OSR Search site by Brendan S. Feel free to use this logo for anything OSR related.

Useful advice from OS FRP: "Simple rule of thumb: the early printings [for Holmes Basic] have the wizard logo with...

Useful advice from OS FRP: "Simple rule of thumb: the early printings [for Holmes Basic] have the wizard logo with more art by Otus and Diesel, and the later ones [for Moldvay Basic] have the rectangular TSR face logo with some new pictures by Dee and Willingham."
http://oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/91469092527/wizard-logo-from-a-second-printing-of-d-d-module