Caller

Caller
Hi folks,
Seeing that transcript of game play from Holmes, reminded me that I've never played a game (as a player or referee) where one player was nominated as the "Caller".

I'm the odd man out here, right? Who amongst us has experiences of the Caller role and how does it work out for you?

Thanks
Mike

I've been thinking about how to handle making potions in a Holmesian manner.

I've been thinking about how to handle making potions in a Holmesian manner. In a lot of ways, potions and scrolls are similar - one use spells in a can. On the other hand, it takes a Magic User or Elf to use a scroll, while potions can be drunk by anyone.

This suggests that making potions should be more difficult (expensive, time consuming, requiring rare ingredients, and possibly a higher level).

Has anyone done anything related to this? Any thoughts?

Holmesians, particularly ones who are fans of Clark Ashton Smith, may enjoy this new OSR Compatible module.

Holmesians, particularly ones who are fans of Clark Ashton Smith, may enjoy this new OSR Compatible module. The stat block even includes Dexterity scores for all monsters!

Any d6 Star Wars fans here?

Any d6 Star Wars fans here? I had never played it before, but lately I've been digging in since my son is really into SW now. So far we've mostly been running some of the introductory solo adventures, which work great for one-on-one sessions.

Old School FRP tumblr just featured part of the HB Example of Play. Incs a few paragraphs of commentary.

Old School FRP tumblr just featured part of the HB Example of Play. Incs a few paragraphs of commentary.
http://oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/130410825292/the-example-gameplay-transcript-in-holmes-basic

At Tridentcon

I was tagged in Noah Stevens's album.

Details on the copyright fight to make a film of Anthony "Buck" Rogers' origin story: ARMAGEDDON 2419.

Details on the copyright fight to make a film of Anthony "Buck" Rogers' origin story: ARMAGEDDON 2419. Even though that story is in the public domain and even through John Dille did NOT create the character, the Dille family claims rights to the character of Buck.

How does this relate to Holmes?

1. Dr. Holmes wrote the novel MORDRED, a direct sequel to ARMAGEDDON 2419. Holmes was allowed to do almost anything with the character of Anthony Rogers except call him "Buck."
2. Lorraine Dille Williams was one of the inheritors of the Dille family fortune and the rights to Buck Rogers. She also happened to take control of TSR in 1986 when the Blume brothers sold her their shares of stock. Soon after, she made sure TSR produced a bunch of Buck Rogers RPG and board games that nobody wanted so that she could profit from both sides of the licensing agreement.
http://boingboing.net/2015/10/16/buck-rogers-and-the-copyright.html