Tales of the Lunar Lands

This is our first guest submission for my Friday Encounter column.

No, I'm not dead.

When I started blogging about The Saga of the Ortegids last year, I intended to conclude the project with a thesis statement of sorts.

If you haven't read the Nintendo Power handbook, do yourself a favor.

Here's an encounter I used in a recent session.

With the Year of the Barbarian drawing to a close, I can't deny that the biggest project it's seen has been The Saga of the Ortegids - my attempt to construct a tabletop-friendly setting based on the original Dragon Quest trilogy as depicted through the g…

A bit of a belated Christmas special for this week's Friday Encounter.

It's been a while since I posted anything on this blog.

Following up with the theme I've been on for the last few Friday Encounter posts, here's a simple puzzle I used in a recent session.

Our gazetteer of the world(s) of The Saga of the Ortegids is pretty much complete.

Following on from my last Friday Encounter, here's another dungeon puzzle I've used in a recent session.

I've discussed the distinct phenomenon of British fantasy gaming in the 70s and 80s - a movement that had its own tropes and conventions quite different from that across the Atlantic.

Here's a fairly simple dungeon puzzle I used to great effect at my last session.

This encounter is to be used if the PCs decide to stop at an inn, whether that be along the road or in a town.

I first shared this post to the OSR subreddit seven years ago, long before I had a blog.

This encounter definitely isn't for everyone, and that's okay.

Don't ask why.

Just a quick worldbuilding post today on the calendar system I use for my main campaign setting.

To round out my posts statting up magic items from the first two Dragon Quest games for The Saga of the Ortegids, here's a few magic items from Dragon Quest III.

This encounter could be used in a dungeon, at a site in the wilderness, or maybe even in a town - preferably in some run-down house tucked away in a dark alley out of sight.

Continuing off my last post, here's a few more magic items for The Saga of the Ortegids, each based off items that debuted in Dragon Quest II.

The original Dragon Quest doesn't have a lot of notable magic items, but there's definitely enough for us to work with - and what's there is iconic enough to frequently show up in later games.

Now that I've finished documenting every major location in the original Dragon Quest trilogy for The Saga of the Ortegids, my next priority is going to be statting up a few magic items from the games.

As ridiculous as this will sound, this idea came to me in a dream.

Art by Zara Alfonso This encounter is, admittedly, a bit specific to the Lunar Lands.