I ran Dragons At Dawn last night in Tonisborg. That baby is *deadly*.

We had some issues with the combat system, which felt quite clunky. Adjusting the combat values by the Dex and level differential was brutal!

I think that rolling your stats with 2d6-2 can generate some quite brittle characters if you roll badly on Dex.

Interesting though to have to roll morale for the combatants, including the PCs.

One PC dead, two NPC wizards fried.

#ttrpg #Tonisborg #DragonsAtDawn #D@D #Blackmoor

I just re+read my own notes about how combat works in *Dragons at Dawn*, and I am really confused. Involved gaming procedures really doesn't get stuck in my mind just from reading.

#DragonsAtDawn #Blackmoor #Tonisborg #ttrpg #OldSchool

I decided to try to stat the monsters on the first level of *The Lost Dungeon of Tonisborg*, for *Dragons At Dawn*, as the most old school Blackmoor thing possible.

Maybe it might be an interesting comparison point for that rare individual out there who knows about this niche old school gaming niche.

I'm pretty sure actual play will show the numbers to be way off.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xcq5ffjqXeFI9TUsmKMhVFLmD0pYY4NN4QmMQfdnUgk/edit?usp=sharing

#OSR #Blackmoor #OldSchoolGaming #DragonsAtDawn #DaveArneson #GregSvenson #Tonisborg

As *The Lost Dungeon of Tonisborg* (Greg Svenson's old dungeon) showed up in the mail yesterday, I'm now preoccupied with the idea of running a old school dungeon crawl, in the very roots of the hobby.

I took out Dan Boggs Blackmoor recreation game, *Dragons at Dawn*, thinking that it can't be any more Blackmoor than that, can it?

#Blackmoor #Tonisborg #TheGreatSvenny #DragonsAtDawn #ttrpg

One of the earliest dungeons ever created is now available in paperback. It might be the second only to Blackmoor. #dnd #osr #ttrpg #dungeon #tonisborg https://blackmoormystara.blogspot.com/2023/07/greg-svensons-lost-dungeons-of.html?m=1&mibextid=Zxz2cZ