At this point, I'm cribbing my home game rules directly from the 1e DMG. However, this is what CROWN & VALOR has to say on the subje...

Shields Shall Be Splintered! is a combat maneuver available to figures who wield a shield as a class feature and are actually wielding one a...

No we still haven’t gotten any actual playing done. But we had an awesome time messing around with dice and telling jokes! Lily joined us an...

New! From Nonsense Games. Fund out Kickstarter and I will personally hguydn your tuunch! I want to encourage the several players to bring he...

Henchmen cards. When a player would hire a henchman, I would hand him the henchman’s character sheet printed on an index card.  When the hen...

At some point you’re gonna want to hire lots and lots of men. Especially in the case of Fighting-Men, the topic and procedures inspext to co...

Only PCs and Retainers level up! And then, only Retainers with character levels. Ones with only Hit Dice do not.  Any other characters befri...

In my player’s rule book, I counsel the players to convert their henchmen to retainers asap but don’t say how that works.  This is how.  Hen...

When your PC is unable to join in the adventure, send his henchmen instead. Make one the captain of the troupe and play that one as if he wa...

Henchmen? Yes of course henchmen. What do you take me for? Some rube who fights fair? That’s hero stuff and I’m more of a winner than a hero...

In old school play, it’s very important to introduce henchmen early on. In a game where character progression and personalization requires e...

 This article originally appeared on February 23, 2018. When someone plays D for the first time, they don't know what they don't kno...