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Lester Smith<p>Memories in High Fantasy<br />I don&#39;t usually get this excited about an item in the mail, but in this case I&#39;ll make an exception.</p><p>Back in the previous century, around 1983 to &#39;84, I came across an even then obscure RPG titled High Fantasy. It took a decidedly different approach to fantasy role-play, with no &quot;hit points,&quot; injury instead deteriorating your character&#39;s skil<br /><a href="https://lestersmith.com/2024/02/memories-in-high-fantasy/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lestersmith.com/2024/02/memori</span><span class="invisible">es-in-high-fantasy/</span></a><br /><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Announcements" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Announcements</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameDesign</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/OldGameDesigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OldGameDesigns</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/RoleplayingGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RoleplayingGames</span></a></p>
Lester Smith<p>Magnum Opus?<br />If you&#39;ll forgive a bit of introspection about my own work …</p><p>Last night, Jennifer asked me if, given its ongoing success, I thought the Bookmark HP RPG was my magnum opus.</p><p>My first quip was, &quot;So far!&quot; But honestly, I doubt there&#39;ll be another. Three self-published RPG lines is more than enough to keep an old guy busy, what with people <br /><a href="https://lestersmith.com/2023/12/magnum-opus/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lestersmith.com/2023/12/magnum</span><span class="invisible">-opus/</span></a><br /><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookmarkNoHPRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookmarkNoHPRPG</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Commentary</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DiceCardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DiceCardGames</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameDesign</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/OldGameDesigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OldGameDesigns</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/RoleplayingGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RoleplayingGames</span></a></p>
Lester Smith<p>11 Years and Counting<br />Kinda hard to believe this was 11 years ago, or in some ways that it was only 11 years ago. It was my first self-published card game, Invasion of the Saucer People. A Kickstarter paid to replace this retro stock art with new illustrations by an old friend and GDW colleague, Bradley K. McDevitt.</p><p>In the 11 years since, a lot of very ki<br /><a href="https://lestersmith.com/2023/08/11-years-and-counting/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lestersmith.com/2023/08/11-yea</span><span class="invisible">rs-and-counting/</span></a><br /><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Announcements" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Announcements</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DiceCardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DiceCardGames</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameDesign</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/OldGameDesigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OldGameDesigns</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/RoleplayingGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RoleplayingGames</span></a></p>
Lester Smith<p>Bookmark Dragon Dice: Shirrah’s 1st Adventure!<br />For a couple of decades now, I&#39;ve been telling SFR, Inc. that a Dragon Dice role-playing game was in the offing. I dipped my toe in the water back in 2014, with a setting chapter in the D6xD6 RPG launch, but I was hoping to expand that further. But too many <br /><a href="https://lestersmith.com/2023/04/bookmark-dragon-dice-shirrahs-1st-adventure/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lestersmith.com/2023/04/bookma</span><span class="invisible">rk-dragon-dice-shirrahs-1st-adventure/</span></a><br /><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Announcements" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Announcements</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookmarkNoHPRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookmarkNoHPRPG</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Dice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dice</span></a>&amp;cardgames <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DragonDice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DragonDice</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameDesign</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Oldgamedesigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Oldgamedesigns</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Role" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Role</span></a>-playinggames</p>
Lester Smith<p>Tectonic Shifts of D&amp;D<br />&quot;The original impetus for the open licensing of the d20 System involved the economics of producing role-playing games (RPGs). Game supplements suffered far more diminished sales over time than the core books required to play the game.&quot; Wikipedia, &quot;d20 System&quot;</p><p>I think I sorta pissed someone off years ago by making this exact point. My opinion was based on the experie<br /><a href="https://lestersmith.com/2022/12/tectonic-shifts-of-dd/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lestersmith.com/2022/12/tecton</span><span class="invisible">ic-shifts-of-dd/</span></a><br /><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Commentary</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameDesign</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Oldgamedesigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Oldgamedesigns</span></a></p>
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