The Fellowship of the Thing

09/10/2025

We are inevitable (and distracting)! And we are a month away!

Hope to see you there: www.arnecon.com

09/10/2025

Just Added: Two Gaming Events w/Michael Mornard!

Michael started wargaming in 1972, playing Chainmail at Don Kaye’s with Gary Gygax’s sand table. Rob K***z invited him to try Gygax’s new game, Greyhawk. At the University of Minneapolis, Michael joined the Conflict Simulation Association under Prof. Phil Barker, introducing him to D&D and Gygax, leading to TSR’s Tekumel. Join Michael’s gaming events: “ROCKETSHIPS Exclamation Point!” and “OD&D - By Wargamers For Wargamers”!

Join Michael to play in his gaming events (below). It will be a blast, as always!

ROCKETSHIPS Exclamation Point!, a game of Space Adventure!

and

OD&D - By Wargamers For Wargamers : Play Original D&D as it was in 1974, in a dungeon dating back to 1973!

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08/27/2025

Ticketing for events is now open to all badge holders.

If you can't get into an event, please stay tuned as we are still working on adding a few more great events.

Thanks for your support - we look forward to seeing you all!

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Mineapolis, MN

07/10/2025

Lots of fun special events.
Classic Dungeons & Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, Tunnels and Trolls, War Games, Computer Games, and much more.
I expect this to be better than last years convention.
Only 3 months away! Get your badges now.
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Lots of fun special events.

Classic Dungeons & Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, Tunnels and Trolls, War Games, Computer Games, and much more.

I expect this to be better than last years convention.

Only 3 months away! Get your badges now.
https://ArneCon.com

06/19/2025

Join ArneCon for epic gaming with legends! Panel on creating campaign worlds with Sandy Petersen (Call of Cthullu), Ken St. Andre (Tunnels & Trolls), & Alexander Macris (ACKS). Play Tunnels & Trolls, Call of Cthulhu, Dungeon!, ACKS, Mutant, & Braunstein with their creators.


Minneapolis, MN • October 10-12
More information at ArneCon.com

05/16/2025

Make Your Own Dungeon!

I make a dungeon in the next video in order to prove how simple it is to do.

I think prep work like drawing maps and populating them with critters is relaxing and fun to do.

More tips for gamers who are wanting to explore the original Dungeons & Dragons game, or any adjacent RPG spin off.

The link is in the related post.

Let us know what you think.

Since so many have asked for it, here is a long video! Today, I take some of my own medicine by making a basic dungeon while you watch. There is no reason wh...

05/09/2025

Continuing the series on dungeon creation: how to stock your dungeon.

I use OD&D as an example, as it is a good way to present generic RPG campaign concepts.

I talk about using the old charts as a reference source for monsters and treasure in a dungeon. I feel once you learn the general feel of OSR encounters you can create them without charts for more detailed situations that are much more customized to your own campaign.

I also address the issue of encounter balance. Encounters are balanced by players through their actions.

You can check it out here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zap--PFFpE

05/09/2025

What do you use as Inspiration for your games?

Are you using RPG Splat Books, or some other source for your Dungeons & Dragons, or any other setting?

Another video in a series on creating DIY dungeons has just been posted.

Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpn3TbudxwM

05/09/2025

ArneCon 3 Special Guest:
DAVID R. MEGARRY

Celebrating 50 Years of Dungeon!
The very first game that five-year-old David learned was the card game War, taught to him by his Grandpa Weberg. His father then taught him how to play chess. Once he learned to read, Scrabble was added to his list of games. In grade school, he enjoyed playing the Parker Brothers games Monopoly and Sorry. During high school, he discovered Avalon Hill games, and in college, he explored miniature figure gaming. Gaming has been a significant interest for him throughout his life.

In November 1972, he invented the fantasy game Dungeon!, which was published in June 1975. Remarkably, the game has gone through six editions and, after 50 years, is still in print today.

Pictured: David with his original prototype map for Dungeon!

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04/04/2025

DM: you come to a door - what do you want to do?

In this case the doorway is a link to a video where I talk about Doors in Classic RPG using the Old Rules of Dungeons & Dragons.

All I can say is it is a pet interest of mine, as I wrote an article on door symbols in RPGs for a research journal, Caerdroia.

The informal Game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM8RcFfxXnw

Let us know what you think.

03/28/2025

Character background is important for playing Dungeons & Dragons or any other RPG. They should be small and to the point. A character background should never...

03/27/2025

ArneCon 3 Special Guest Announcements!
Ken St Andre (Tunnels & Trolls)!
More to Come!
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ArneCon 3 Special Guest:
Ken St. Andre

Ken began designing games at age 8. His early creations being Monopoly Racing and Battle Chess. First encountering Dungeons & Dragons in 1975, he found the rules "dull", and decided to create his own role-playing game, leading to Tunnels & Trolls (published in 1975 by Flying Buffalo). In 1999, Pyramid Magazine called Tunnels & Trolls one of "The Millennium's Most Underrated Games" and "everybody knows this was the second ever fantasy roleplaying game ... But to dismiss it as just an opportunistic ripoff would be grossly unfair. ...T&T had its own zany feel – it was much less serious than D&D – and a less-complicated game system." His second game, Starfaring, was the first science fiction RPG published worldwide.

Fifty years later, he remains active in game design, exploring innovations like AI. His third game, Monsters! Monsters!, was groundbreaking as the first to allow players to assume the roles of the “bad guys”.

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