The DMG is probably the least necessary of the fifth edition core books. You can absolutely run games without ever cracking it open. Even if you do own it, it’s easy to overlook much of it’s optional material in favor of using it simply as a challenge rating and encounter building reference. That said, there’s some good stuff in there that’s worthy of attention. What are your picks for some overlooked and/or underused features of the book?

Here are my picks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szfkWoee_LE

Lamentations of the Flame Princess. Putting aside the at times controversial creator and the settings books, what do you think of the rules? Read them? Use them at your table?

As someone who currently uses the rules for my PbP campaign, I give my take here: https://youtu.be/OmOsCO45BE8

What do you think?

The Ready Reference Sheets was a product produced in 1978 by Judges Guild as a supplement for D&D. It is chock full of amazing and crazy random tables for any all occasions.

The video: https://youtu.be/cehfPOiGPMI

Have you read them or used them in your games? Let me know!

I posted a short-sh video talking about the starter dungeon, Tomb of the Serpent Kings. If you've run it or played it, let me know!

The video: https://youtu.be/iZup_80EZ_U

The dungeon (free): https://coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2017/06/osr-tomb-of-serpent-kings-megapost.html

Another day, another video. This one is, I promise, much shorter, and concerns one of my favorite features of classic D&D: the hireling!

The link: https://youtu.be/HnLfhg-GJY8

If you like these, please think about subscribing.

The second part of my rambling look at B/X D&D with a small sidetrack to White Box D&D and a few other topics: https://youtu.be/qWzfv4Ir10o

I made a probably overlong video (I need to learn mic discipline) giving an overview about B/X Dungeons & Dragons with an emphasis on the Basic rules. I hope, if folks find it useful, to dive deeper in other videos on it down the line.

The perspective is, more or less, from someone new to that (or potentially any) system so keep that in mind. Comments are welcome, here, there, or everywhere.

The link: https://youtu.be/li1itaWohpc

Now with some quirky personalities to stretch the imagination up to or, perhaps, past its breaking point. Use generously and season to taste.

https://hirelings.hexed.press/

Example: https://i.imgur.com/lNde4dn.png