Marmalade Dog 23 was a lot of fun. I signed up to run two games, Metamorphosis Alpha and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Friday afternoon I signed up to play Red Box Basic, our DM didn’t show, so +Adam Muszkiewicz volunteered to run it, since I was scheduled to run Metamorphosis Alpha that evening. Adam looked … Continue reading Marmalade Dog 23 – Kalamazoo’s Local Con 2018
Here is my promised follow up post to my write up of Marmalade Dog 21, about the AD&D session I ran using a scenario from my campaign. Urman the great is an archmage who has a stronghold on Ogre island. He sends adventurers to get information and items from the ancient city that is overrun … Continue reading Ogre Island and The Black Crate – My Saturday Session at Marmalade Dog
Marmalade Dog 21 was Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 18-20, 2016, at Western University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. I had planned to attend today and play in the first slot, but I woke up with a stuffy nose and ear, and a sore throat. We did not have an official OSR slot this year, like we … Continue reading Marmalade Dog 21
+Adam Muszkiewicz has a great write up over on Dispatches from Kickassistan about the OSR track at Marmalade Dog 20. Adam’s a graduate of WMU so he brings a much different perspective on this con. Adam and some of his long time friends and others joined in on my first time as a DM for … Continue reading Excellent Write Up On Marmalade Dog 20
The first slot started Friday at 3:00 PM. I was too late to join in a game, so I visited with Roy Snyder and Adam Muszkiewicz and Pete Schwab and others until the 7:30 PM slot when I was set to run T1 – The Village of Hommlet. When Adam and I were talking the topic of … Continue reading Marmalade Dog 20 – 2015 Post Con Write Up
I had the idea and volunteered to put it together. It is a one page, front & back listing of the GM’s for the OSR track and what games and rules systems they used, plus a listing of the websites for those rule systems and other OSR related information. This page will be the home … Continue reading Marmalade Dog 20 OSR Track Handout
I am doing my final prep to run my first convention game, Village of Hommlet, at Marmalade Dog 20, as part of the OSR track [link to OSR track broken: http://www.marmaladedog.org/osr.php]. I think I am more nervous than I would be if I were to run a game in my home with a bunch of … Continue reading Marmalade Dog 20 – Final Prep
Last night I wrote here that I found out that the local gaming convention at WMU in Kalamazoo is this weekend. It started at 9:00 AM and due to waking up way early, I lost track of time working on something since I was up, then having a hard time figuring out where to park … Continue reading Marmalade Dog 19 – Part II
While attempting to find players within close driving distance, I checked the area D&D Meetup and they had pictures of play at a prior Marmalade Dog gaming convention, held by the Western Michigan Gamers Guild (WMGG). I knew they had it in the first few months of the year, so I checked and No. 19 is … Continue reading Marmalade Dog 19
March 23-26, 2023 Gary Con 15 took place in Lake Geneva, WI. I didn’t take as many pictures this year. What I Ran I signed up to run 4 games of 4 hours each, one each morning. I used the same scenario for each. I used Delving Deeper the Original D&D clone I describe as … Continue reading Gary Con 15
