Pits Perilous: The Visual Side of Pits & Perils

Pits Perilous: The Visual Side of Pits & Perils: Despite having released a shiny new hardcover , Pits & Perils is ultimately about imaginative people making their own fun, and possibly ...

Pits Perilous: Bunnies of Braunstein!

Pits Perilous: Bunnies of Braunstein!: Watership Down is an excellent book and a pretty fine animated production as well.  Needless to say, we trot this out at Easter as our nod...

Pits Perilous: The Best Game We Never Played...

Pits Perilous: The Best Game We Never Played...: In 1982, D&D ruled the role-playing world, and gamers were absolutely hungry for more.  So when Jame's Galloway's The Highest Le...

Pits Perilous: Vancian vs. Moorcockian Magic

Pits Perilous: Vancian vs. Moorcockian Magic: Vancian magic is the rule of the day in many old-school games, although spell points (per our own P&P) come in second, with several vari...

Pits Perilous: Papa Emeritus and the Nameless Ghouls...

Pits Perilous: Papa Emeritus and the Nameless Ghouls...: As Halloween approaches, we've been enjoying the music of the incomparable  Ghost , a Swedish metal band that is surprisingly mellow and...

Pits Perilous: Make Pits & Perils Lethal Again!

Pits Perilous: Make Pits & Perils Lethal Again!: Welcome to 2017 and the new, improved Pits Perilous (same as the previous version, but now bi-weekly)!  And with the holidays behind us and ...

Pits Perilous: Hathluu (a Pale House for Opherian Scrolls)...

Pits Perilous: Hathluu (a Pale House for Opherian Scrolls)...: This week, we're serving up a NEW PALE HOUSE for  BoP: Opherian Scrolls  for use in your own campaigns: HATHLUU is a lesser-known house...