After three modules, it seemed that the FR series was a set of geographical supplements filling out the further reaches of the Forgotten Realms in more detail. FR4 turned it into a more general series than that, as The Magister[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Right after TSR released BattleSystem, they provided it with a fairly extensive scenario package/AD&D adventure, re-using what had been the original name of the project: Bloodstone Pass. This also kicked off the H-series modules for ‘High-level’ AD&D parties. From the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
GURPS developed a very strong magic system in one its first supplements. Other systems came later, and Fourth Edition has done a great job expanding the options, and systems available. But religious magic has been stuck with the advice from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. The Federation continues to burn through its stockpiled EPs. At the current rate, there won’t be enough left over next turn to ship 20 EPs to the Kzinti, before accounting for any economic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Module I14 Swords of the Iron Legion sits at a crossroads of Dungeons and Dragons: It is the last of the fabled “I” series modules. It is an early Forgotten Realms adventure. It is a set of BattleSystem scenarios. In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. A little to my surprise, Belirahc and I’s Four Powers War game has finished off a turn before our main game, though it’s about done too. The Lyrans are trying to clean up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After covering two areas that were already developed, the third FR-series module went off into new territory: the South. The area had of course shown up in the original boxed set, and had gotten a number references in FR1 Waterdeep[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
N5 Under Illefarn was the first module written for the Forgotten Realms setting. (N4’s setting was retroactively put into the Realms after publication, and while I think I3-5 Desert of Desolation came out with a Forgotten Realms logo on it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. Naturally, Belirahc’s first action on his turn was to pull the newly homeless Klingon cripple pile back to the capital. He also sent the pile that had built up on the Kzinti border[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. Erich and I have been back at playing our main F&E game for a while now, but our second game has still been on hold. Bel has been feeling uncertain of his mastery[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…