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Gary Gygax Day by Jim Wampler For Gary Gygax Day 2020 ,  I'd like to share "First Adventures in Dungeoneering", a heretofore...

Location-based Encumbrance in the Lost Caverns of Tsojconth Encumbrance ,   while often ignored, has been part of D&D since the first ...

Here is a new reference sheet for Holmes Ref , an expanded Equipment List: EQUIPMENT REFERENCE SHEET   (single-sheet pdf) This is so...

Screenshot of 1st Level Pre-Gens. Click pic for a larger view Click here to go to the Holme Ref page to find the sheet Above is a ne...

An Archer from CHAINMAIL Here are some Backgrounds for human characters in OD&D or Holmes Basic. The idea is inspired by the same co...

Above is the Encumbrance example from the Holmes Basic rulebook. We know that this entire section was not present in the original manusc...

I've been re-thinking the equipment packs from my previous post . First, here's a generic pack that can be bought by any character...

An expedition begins, illustration by  DCSIII  from B1 In Search of the Unknown In my early D&D days, buying equipment during character...

On the page " References in the rulebook that are not described" (which can be a tool for clarifying/expanding/integrating Holmes)...