Originally published in 1980 for 1st Edition AD&D, C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan is a perfect candidate for Castles & Crusades (C&C). Because C&C is built on the "Rosetta Stone" of the Siege Engine, it is largely compatible with 1E modules with minimal on-the-fly conversion.This picks right up from Aethel, the Sunken Core Inner Earth Sword & S...

 Adapting the classic C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan to the Barrows & Borderlands (B&B) framework requires shifting the focus from standard dungeon crawling to a high-stakes, survival-horror "extraction" crawl. This blog post picks right up from Adapting X2 Castle Amber (Chateau d' Amberville) By Tom Moldvay For Barrows & Borderlands RpgIn B&B, the ...

Last Ascendant rpg adventure on the 31 of March saw our party saving Lightwave from the machinations of Green Lizard. The PC's agreed to escort Lightwave back to San Maco out in California. The party broke off from the the Ghost of Hong Kong. We brought Lightwave to the local hospital and got her checked out after the Green Lizard had taken multiple genetic sample. &nb...

 Creating a d100 encounter table for Castles & Crusades requires a mix of gritty realism, ancient mystery, and the "weird" elements typical of the Swords & Sorcery genre. In this style, magic is often dangerous or corruptive, and the environment is as much an enemy as the monsters.Below is a table designed for wilderness travel, ruins, or borderlands. This blog entr...

 Bringing the "Prince of Panache" into the Cepheus Engine (or similar 2D6-based OGL systems) requires balancing his high-camp theatricality with his legitimate genius. In the 1966 series, Vincent Price played Egghead as a "self-styled smartest man in the world" who spoke in egg-based puns and relied on chemistry and gadgets rather than brute force.Here is the profile for Eg...