Category Archives: Advice to Beginners

Jane Lindskold, George R.R. Martin, & Roger Zelazny

Posted on December 18, 2021 by lostdelights

This post has gone through a lot of revision, because I keep diving down the rabbit hole. And it has been a lot of fun. There was a great podcast that I recommend you listen to. It is called, Some … Continue reading →

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Making Digital Miniatures

Posted on May 24, 2021 by lostdelights

I’ve always preferred miniatures to tokens, so I make my own digital miniatures. I’m sharing my current method for doing that here. Hope you find it useful! First, find a cool mini. I’m currently running an adventure in Faerie, so … Continue reading →

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Roll20 RPG Survey

Posted on October 24, 2020 by lostdelights

I ran a brief survey on Roll20 and a few Facebook RPG sites where I knew there were Roll20 players. Here are the results, with 31 respondents. If you did not yet reply and wanted to, please go to the … Continue reading →

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540 CY, The Player Survey

Posted on May 13, 2020 by lostdelights

We reached a point where the players were unsure what they should do. They hadn’t stopped the Shadowdancers, which is why they started the Halls in the first place, and now they had multiple directions they could go through the … Continue reading →

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Editing your Character in Roll20

Posted on May 7, 2020 by lostdelights

I ask that each player fill out the information on their character sheet, which is found in the journals section of Roll20. If you don’t find a character journal there with your name on it, that means I haven’t made … Continue reading →

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540 CY, For New Players

Posted on April 27, 2020 by lostdelights

RULES: Players should have access to a copy of the Player’s Handbook, 1st Edition. ROLLING: To roll a character, roll 12 sets of 3d6 and pick the ones you want. Once you are invited into the game, you will have … Continue reading →

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XP & GP in AD&D 1E, Videogame Style

Posted on April 19, 2020 by lostdelights

I’m handling XP and GP a lot differently now than I did when I was a youngster in 1980. After each evening’s session, I award all XP, which comes from (1) Monsters, (2) Value of Loot in GP, and (3) … Continue reading →

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So you want to run a horror RPG…

Posted on June 19, 2019 by lostdelights

Originally posted on Luciella Elisabeth Scarlett:
My contribution to the first volume of the Uncaged anthology is Galateya’s Will, a horror-themed adventure based on the Greek myth of Pygmalion. In the introduction to the adventure I mention the use of safety…

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Games that are better than novels

Posted on June 17, 2019 by lostdelights

Dungeoncraft #56 tries to explain why rpgs aren’t novels. I think he’s right, up to a point. But only the point where my games begin. I’ll explain, but first, here’s his explanation. So he’s very definitely right about most D&D … Continue reading →

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For Newcomers to Navah

Posted on May 4, 2019 by lostdelights

This post has been up for years. I occasionally update it, but be aware that things have changed since 2019. The game used to be called Journeyman, but I changed it to Navah as there are a couple other Journeyman … Continue reading →

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