Stat Block: The Peasant Soldier An ethical challenge for PCs
From time to time, we will be publishing quick stat blocks. Some will be original. Others, like this one, are tweaks of existing stat blocks. What you do with them is up to you....
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Get Medieval: What Were the Middle Ages?
“Now father, you’re living in the past. This is the fourteenth century. Nowadays …” – Walt Disney animated feature Sleeping Beauty (1959) The “Get Medieval” series of articles we have been releasing are designed to...
Get Medieval: The Village in the Middle Ages
Introductory Note: The “Get Medieval” series explores the historical world of the middle ages in Europe, particularly in the 13th and 14th centuries in England, as a potential source for inspiration in D&D and...
The Village of Mistmill
By Graham Robert Scott (Note: This article was written in response to a recent Ludi Magister article by Wallace Cleaves.) I have to admit that in my own campaigns, I have tended to be...
Game World Design Four First Principles
I have created game worlds before, starting from other sets of basic principles, but now I’m going to create one based on a different thought experiment. D&D has come out with a new edition that I predict...
Introducing the Ludus Population Engine A smarter way to estimate adventure-class demographics
Your players have just made enemies of the local Thieves’ Guild. Mortal enemies. Whoops. As a result, they are starting to wonder how much trouble they’re in. “Is it possible,” a player wonders, “to...
