Law and Disorder on the Plain of Greyawk

A black and white drawing of men dressed in medieval garb, with swords, approaching a castle gate.

The Plain of Greyhawk is the great fertile region south of the Free City, home to farmers and dotted by a handful of towns and villages, each with its own mayor, council, or feudal lord. The entire region is nominally under control of the Directing Oligarchy of Greyhawk, a group of “co-equal oligarchs”, who dispatch … Read more

Weather Mechanics in Greyhawk ’76

A close in look at a weather spreadsheet for a World of Greyhawk campaign.

Weather is baked into the DNA of Greyhawk, going all the way back to Dragon Magazine #68 (and subsequently, the Greyhawk Glossography). The Glossography appeared in the 1983 World of Greyhawk boxed set, and includes a full weather generation system. Almost every campaign I’ve run over the last 30+ years used that system, with the … Read more

Fallout 2d20: Meet Steve NuGunnar

A man in a blue Vault-Tec jump suit, accompanied by a German Shepherd dog, head toward a ruined city scape.

Back when the new Fallout series debuted on Amazon Prime, the Lair of Secrets crew geeked out about how good the series was … and about the possibility of running a Fallout 2d20 campaign. That led to David Moore putting together a Fallout adventure as our next actual play for the podcast. After doing a 1st level playlets, we decided to … Read more