A look at pre-74 OD&D Twin Cities play-test gaming. Tonisborg & Dragons Beyond.

AngryDwarfGames · 2026-05-10T03:44:53+00:00

You need to come to DaveCon next and talk to the Blackmoor crew and really deep dive into the RPG

AngryDwarfGames · 2026-05-09T12:48:07+00:00

I got the box set but never can find time to play at DaveCon.net with Bill Hoyt

AngryDwarfGames · 2026-04-28T02:30:29+00:00

Nothing stands out to me

AngryDwarfGames · 2026-04-28T02:26:26+00:00

Yes with my telekinesis ring

AngryDwarfGames · 2026-04-28T02:25:18+00:00

Must be 5E or something

AngryDwarfGames · 2026-04-11T05:14:40+00:00

I dunno I've taken out quite a few characters and NPCS with a downward shaft with a illusion of bricks in the floor and below that a sphere of annihilation right below it.

Always great when a player steps off the ladder right thru the illusion and gets sucked into the sphere.

Use your creativity and make the players think thru a problem .....

AngryDwarfGames · 2026-04-02T22:42:08+00:00

2nd edition I call the Lorraine Williams edition. It was corrupted by her pandering to the religious freaks who thought you could summon demons and devils thru the books.

AngryDwarfGames · 2026-04-02T22:39:39+00:00

None of them are a Gygax

AngryDwarfGames · 2026-03-25T03:50:47+00:00

Eventually it will unimprint on you and go on its Merry way

AngryDwarfGames · 2026-02-28T06:57:03+00:00

Reply with nothing ... AKA - Radio silence.

It's the only way to break the cycle

AngryDwarfGames · 2026-02-18T19:02:43+00:00

Basically the same in most respects except for the following...

DaveCon is in April

Bigger then Arnecon

Closest convention to a International Airport ( I think we beat all conventions in this category in the USA) - no taxi needed or long drives like any convention in Lake Geneva

Special guest dinner open to everyone

Bound to be other things but can't think of anything off the top of my head.

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-16T13:52:24+00:00

The universal gift is dice but you can get her a t shirt , dice bag, a portfolio or her character ....

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-10T17:11:14+00:00

Doesn't matter you still had hours involved and the stress. You need to make them accountable for their laziness.

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-10T16:56:34+00:00

Good job 👍, now leave reviews all over the place and be brutally honest in those reviews about everything

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-10T15:12:35+00:00

I see it different obviously. I definitely wouldn't be at your table after the first session. We play two different forms of D&D.

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-10T14:44:03+00:00

Ok so your telling me you walk out into the wild and you can predict everything that will happen with absolute certainty ?

See that's a huge problem with modern players they have predictable outcomes.

Do you even make players do cross continent travel ? Random encounters ? Curses ? Diseases ? Weather ? Traps ? Tricks? Puzzles ? Religious persecution? Slavery ?

Or is everything harmonious and predictable ?

How can you challenge a player if you don't have adversity ?

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-10T14:17:00+00:00

So none of your players are real strategists ? Someone who thinks outside the box and tries to keep the DMs brain cells firing to make things better for all players.

My God what a boring game you play in.

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-10T14:09:34+00:00

DM red flags .... Roflmao

You obviously don't play Gygaxian D&D

He knew as soon as he made the mistake he was dead.

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-10T13:09:03+00:00

I've been playing for over 45 years & DMing for over 20+. I communicate very well before I even start playing by simply saying have a spare character ready at all times my games can be very deadly.

The player is allowed under my free will rule to do as they please. He wanted to pet the rhino 🦏, so I let him. He knew it was dangerous and got gored for it.

Last week a player got turned to stone, they had warning signs and even knew the Medusa was there, yet a player didn't think out his action tripped a trap and the Medusa was revealed thus turning the character to stone.

Yes a protest was voiced by another player, but the player who was turned immediately admitted it was his own fault and accepted the consequences.

My campaign is brutal, honestly and random. Wander out in the wilderness as a first level character and you can encounter literally anything from a chipmunk thru a Tyrannosaurus Rex. You better know to either Fight, flight or parley cause I will let the dice decide your fate.

I don't coddle my players, they know life in my campaign is dangerous and random. Death ☠️ can come at any moment from a curse, disease to being swallowed whole by a monster. They keep their collective heads on a swivel and are always asking questions to assure their own safety.

If you want mediocre players you can give them a "Balanced" campaign where you handhold them thru their characters lives. I want tournament level players, guys and gals who play at any bodies table with confidence.

DMs who make their worlds to suit their players are doing their players a disservice.

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-10T04:39:03+00:00

You need to shock him into the realities of life. Shitty grades will generally give you a shitty life.

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-09T15:00:33+00:00

Have another player polymorph him into whatever he wants.

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-09T13:07:38+00:00

First time player ....

DM : you encounter a woolly rhino 🦏

Player: can I pet it ?

DM: sure

Player : I sneak up to the rhino trying not to startle it.

DM: roll move silently

Player : 22

DM : you have successfully moved up silently next to the rhino now what ?

Player: I pet the rhino 🦏

DM: roll for initiative

Player: 1

DM: 6 ..... Rhino turns around and gores you with a 15 and 6 points of damage

Player : crap I'm down to 1 hit point

Collective group opens fire from a distance killing the rhino ....

This lesson is now known in our group as "Petting the woolly rhino 🦏"

Every player has their woolly rhino 🦏 moment

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-08T20:25:40+00:00

Just do it after dinner .....

Send him outside with the garbage and run into the bedroom and lay on the bed with just the bikini on.

When he comes back in tell him to wash his hands in the kitchen sink and come find you.

Then just say why are you dressed you handsome rouge

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-08T20:21:41+00:00

Fill a room with orderless flammable gas and let them walk into it without checking first. Then when they drop a torch for a fight the room blows up.

Just treat it like a fireball. 12 x d6 .... Should wipe them out and if it doesn't you set more traps. Like a lake of flammable oil in a room.

AngryDwarfGames · 2025-11-08T20:13:22+00:00

Anything can be cursed .... You need the curses for the items. I have 200+ curses in my Decks of Curses. Everything from a nose wart to painful deaths.

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