What follows is a reply to a thread at theRPGsite in which I put forth my idea of what's important in preparing a game-world that's...

One of the features of wargames to make its way into early roleplaying games is the campaign turn. In wargaming, campaign turns are usuall...

On my lengthy list of things to do is a post about why 1e Advanced Dungeons & Dragons is a good game for running a swashbuckling campai...

Okay, let's get this out of the way right from the giddyup: roleplaying is not 'talking in funny voices.' In-character dialog ma...

A 2e Boot Hill character's attributes are Speed, Gun Accuracy, Throwing Accuracy, Bravery, Strength, and Experience. Five of the six af...

I've recounted the story of 'Gimli of Arabia' on different forums over the years; I think this may be one of the first such pos...

There are two kinds of people in the world . . . [ insert joke here ]. Simulating real-world activities in a game often requires some meas...

The talented Paul at Blog of Holding has a post on two-weapon fighting that is, judging from the heading, ostensibly for 4e D&D , but l...

Wargame rules often spend a fair number of paragraphs on who can see whom. Line of sight - usually abbreviated LoS - can be a part of everyt...

M.P. at Barbaric Frontier has swashbuckler class for what appears to be a LotFP / S&W mash-up. I like it - it keeps the basics of a ...

So, as a coda to this little thought-experiment, I gave some thought to monsters in a swashbuckling & sorcery 1e AD&D campaign. G...

What kind of magic items are appropriate to a swashbuckling & sorcery campaign, particularly given the kinds of character classes avail...

Years ago Jeff Rients wrote a post about proscriptive campaign creation - "drill[ing] down on campaign creation through deliberate act...

In the swashbuckling era, no swordsman worthy of the name would think of sullying the fine, graceful line of his body in motion with the use...

Beedo at Dreams in the Lich House explores a pirate "saltbox" setting for D&D .

At What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse . . . , Lord Gwydion posts about adding swashbuckling action - ". . .like swinging from chand...