DT&T Kickstarter Submitted
Here is the first real good Tunnels and Trolls news for 2013. The Kickstarter proposal is finished and has been submitted to the Kickstarter authorities. When they approve it, the project will go...
View ArticlePresent at the Birth of Monsters: the evolution of a game
I know the rest of the dT&T team would like me to stay focused on the game we’re doing, but that isn’t going to happen. Focus is not my strong suit. The video has been up long enough, and it’s...
View ArticleTrollhallans, Name Your Territories
The next edition of Tunnels and Trolls will differ from all the others by focusing more on Trollworld than any previous edition has. We’ve thrown around some names and geography in the past, but this...
View ArticleNames on the Map of Trollworld
Did you buy real estate on the map of Trollworld? Do you have a story to go with it? I know that some of you do, and I think that all of you will have more fun if you personalize Continue reading...
View ArticleThe Common Tongue
The idea of having a language in common is widespread in fantasy literature, and indispensable in fantasy gaming. We call it the Common Tongue, and I believe that J.R.R. Tolkien may have been the first...
View ArticleThe Spell Creating Wizard
Someone asked about the rules for creating magical items. In the past, we always did it by Game Master fiat–you want a cursed blowgun that never misses when shooting at fairies, the G.M. made it for...
View ArticleNew Adventures in Tunnels & Trolls
Trollhalla isn’t just a place for a bunch of us to go and ugh at each other–talk about Beer Day, and post our favorite music videos, although all of that does happen. It is also a community of highly...
View ArticleTrollworld Revisited
In the very beginning there was no map of Trollworld, and the world did not even have a name. There were a couple of dungeons, and after I made Monsters! Monsters! for Metagaming in 1976, there was...
View ArticleWarriors in Deluxe T & T
Let’s see if I can stir up another bout of controversy with this preview of what Deluxe T & T is likely to say about warriors. When I think of the typical warrior, I think of Conan first, and...
View ArticleSpur of the Moment Magic
People are curious about what will be in the new Deluxe Tunnels and Trolls. Right now I’m not entirely certain what will be there. I know what I want to see, and that’s all I can talk about right...
View ArticleEverything but the Game
In the last week Steve Crompton and I, with some help from Vella and Mahrundl have put the finishing touches on Deluxe City of Terrors and Deluxe Deathtrap Equalizer Dungeon. City of Terrors was not...
View ArticleBack to the Deathtrap
I was at Rrrikk’s house last night, playing penny ante poker. We had a couple of Trollhalla members there, but not many. Peer Balefire had come in from the East Coast, and it was good to meet him, but...
View ArticleCoin of the Realm
One of the Deluxe Tunnels and Trolls stretch prizes was a set of coins from Trollworld. It took quite a while to get our acts together and to design coins appropriate for the game. (And when I say...
View ArticleNew Edition of Griffin Feathers
All my life I wanted to be a fantasy writer like Edgar Rice Burroughs or J.R.R. Tolkien. And I have tried to create an epic fantasy, but the truth is, I’m a lot more like a twisted version of Robert...
View ArticleThe Dreaded Yott of Zorr
Strange creatures roam the badlands of Trollworld. I thought this could be one of them, a kind of living metal creature that inhabits the deserts of Zorr. And where there are monsters, there will be...
View ArticleMeanwhile . . . Somewhere South of Zkaria
I had some fun today. Got together with the Man Called Bear and Steve Crompton (krooomp of Trollhalla) and designed a GM adventure for the Trollworld section of the Deluxe T & T rules. I’m not...
View ArticleTrollworld Fairies
Trollworld fairies are not Disney fairies. People have this image of fairies being like bugs, but they are considerably larger, more like mice or rats. The T & T rulebook says they are 1/10 the...
View ArticleServing the Evil Overlord
You know, I’m older than dirt, but I’m still a kid. That’s why a map like this still delights me. This is the latest mini-solo that I’ve written. I did it for TexiCon and a special event they were...
View ArticleThe Tunnels and Trolls Newsletter
I want to show you all what you’re missing if you’re not subscribing to the free Tunnels & Trolls newsletter. This is only our tenth issue and look how nice it has gotten. Welcome to issue #10 of...
View ArticleTrollworld Roads
Our world has roads that link pretty much every place to every other place, but the ancient world did not have such things. People didn’t travel much. Merchants had caravans or followed overland trails...
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