Original Adventures Reincarnated 1: Into the Borderlands, Original Adventures Reincarnated 2: The Isle of Dread, and Original Adventures Reincarnated 3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks:

Original Adventures Reincarnated 4: The Lost City, and Original Adventures Reincarnated 5: Castle Amber:

Original Adventures Reincarnated 6: Temple of Elemental Evil:

Original Adventures Reincarnated 7: Dark Tower:

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How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox:

The Isle of Pyade:

Blackmarsh:

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Kingdom of Azadmere:

Heart of St. Bathus and Encounters in the Under Realms:

I'm really looking forward to Heart of St. Bathus because it's been authored by W.D.B. Kenower, who also wrote The Lost City of Barakus and The Vault of Larin Karr. Both of those are great sandboxes with ton of stuff to do. Bathus seems to be the same, but for higher levels and with plenty of Underdark stuff as well. At cursory glance, FGG did a horrible job with editing, layout, and visual direction, but I will endure.

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Whichever game I play or run, I like to know (or have a feeling for) the odds. This enables me to make educated decisions about the risk, which in turn helps me decide what to do (or how to adjust difficulty if I'm the Judge). With d20 and d00 it is quite easy: a pip is either 5% or 1%. +/-1 then is either +/-5% or +/-1%. But the moment we introduce dice pools, the uniform distribution is gone and we get normal distribution instead. What are the odds then?

With that being said, Xd6 systems have been present since the beginning (e.g. loyalty and morale check). Robert Fisher house rule was inspired by The Fantasy Trip's system which basically adds or removes dice based on how challenging something is.

Here are the odds of rolling ability score or less on Xd6 (rounded to two decimals):

Now, let's narrow it to four categories suggested by Robert (rounded):

If I were to use the above, I'd probably include the table in the house rules document so players can make an informed decision. And for me as well, so I can gauge difficulty. Although there is some allure for the notion of “simply” adding d6 dice for how challenging something is, I think I'll stick to my approach of first hearing out how players want to do something, and then picking the most appropriate resolution mechanism.

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HârnWorld 40th anniversary hardback is being crowdfunded at the moment.

Tome of Adventure Design:

Riddle Register: The Ultimate Book of Riddles:

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Judges Guild Deluxe Collector's Edition Vol I:

Judges Guild Deluxe Collector's Edition Vol II:

Judges Guild reprints by Goodman Games:

Tegel Manor, The Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor, Citadel of Fire, The Caverns of Thracia, Dark Tower, and The Book of Treasure Maps.

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Art & Arcana A Visual History:

SIQUK hexagon dice tray:

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Designers & Dragons The 70s:

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