In this episode I’m musing on how I plan to implement a very large monster in my next OSE session.
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Devil Swine
In this episode we’re discussing a monster I recently stumbled across whilst flipping through my Old School Essentials Classic Monster book, the Devil Swine.
Continue reading “Devil Swine”Random Encounters by Area
In this episode Hannah and myself are discussing my recent decision to have random encounter charts for specific areas in my OSE campaign and the things to keep in mind if you decide to do likewise.
Continue reading “Random Encounters by Area”Sentient Swords
In this episode we’re delving into the idea of sentient swords and other items as featured in Old-school Essentials.
Continue reading “Sentient Swords”Future Releases on DrivethruRPG
I’ve made the decision to put the recent 2-page spreads I’ve made on my DrivethruRPG publisher account, accessible at the link below:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/11679/Red-Dice-Diaries

I’ve set them up with a suggested price of £0.50, but they’re pay want you want, you’re more than welcome to grab them for free, but if you fancy throwing me a few pennies, you can do so using DrivethruRPG.
The three I have done so far will still be available on the blog, however any future booklets I create will be put on DrivethruRPG and linked in the blog.
Looking through the pre-release PDF of the OSE Advanced Fantasy Referee’s Tome
I backed the Old School Essentials Advanced Fantasy Kickstarter by Necrotic Gnome and Exalted Funeral, Gavin Norman the author was kind enough to send pre-release PDFs to the people who back the Kickstarter. In this episode I’m looking through the second of the two compiled rules tomes available on the Kickstarter.
Continue reading “Looking through the pre-release PDF of the OSE Advanced Fantasy Referee’s Tome”An Unfortunate Ending
Please note: This article contains spoilers for session 4 of our OSE campaign Smoke & Snow, so–if you’re at all bothered about that–you may want to skip this until you’ve watched session 4.
Continue reading “An Unfortunate Ending”Looking through the pre-release PDF of the OSE Advanced Fantasy Player’s Tome
I backed the Old School Essentials Advanced Fantasy Kickstarter by Necrotic Gnome and Exalted Funeral, Gavin Norman the author was kind enough to send pre-release PDFs to the people who back the Kickstarter. In this episode I’m looking through the first of the two compiled rules tomes available on the Kickstarter.
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