Month: August 2026

This blog explores OSR game design through practical mechanics and table-tested ideas homebrews.

  • Homebrew Rules for Retainers

    These rules are meant to supplement my hireling and henchmen generators. Parties can hire retainers and specialists to assist them. Retainers consist of hirelings and henchmen, whereas specialists are skilled professionals, such as alchemists, armorers, sages, spies, and so on. Since the availability and cost of specialists vary considerably, this document focuses on retainers. This…

  • Session-Based Leveling in an Open-Table West Marches Campaign

    I often read posts on Reddit seeking alternative approaches to tracking experience progression in their D&D or D&D-adjacent games. In this post, I describe the session-based leveling method I’ve used for the past few years. I’m not the first person to use session-based leveling, but I don’t think I’ve seen anyone use the exact system…