https://www.rodneyhamptonpc.com/tags/roleplaying/ Recent content in Roleplaying on RHampton's Blog Hugo en-us Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:38:49 -0600 https://www.rodneyhamptonpc.com/posts/additional-complexities/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:38:49 -0600 https://www.rodneyhamptonpc.com/posts/additional-complexities/ <p><em>Discerning Dave Arneson&rsquo;s Blackmoor Combat System - Part 3</em></p> <h2 id="decomposing-aif">Decomposing AIF</h2> <p>We begin today by looking at <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_in_Fantasy">Adventures in Fantasy</a></strong> (AIF) by David Arneson and Richard Snider (one of the fellows in the Twin Cities gaming crowd). Snider is well known for adding complexity (see reviews of <strong>Powers &amp; Perils</strong> by Avalon Hill) though I do find <strong>Star Empires</strong> to be readable and hope to get in some play next year. Arneson had complained that OD&amp;D differed from the material he sent to Gygax. By looking at the combat system in AIF (published in 1979), I am hoping we will garner some insight into the elements of combat that Arneson found most essential to early Blackmoor’s combat system.</p> https://www.rodneyhamptonpc.com/posts/historical-bro-stein-after-action/ Sun, 13 Jul 2025 14:38:00 -0500 https://www.rodneyhamptonpc.com/posts/historical-bro-stein-after-action/ <p><em>Improving Bro-stein play through critical analysis.</em></p> <p>I have multiple years of experience as both participant and Referee of wargames and role playing games going back to 1981. I have authored two -steins (one in <em>Midwest Fantasy Wargame: The Primeval RPG</em> and another entitled <em>Trouble Aboard Station Brown</em>). I have participated in <em>Trekstein</em>, <em>Hail Steinser</em>, and <em>Spacestein</em>. As a player, I would rate myself as mid. As a Referee, I think I am a notch or two above average.</p>