October passed without a whimper. Tonight, I get to drive 250 miles and then get some sleep. There remains a lot to do and ever decreasing amounts of time available to do anything other than drive and sleep.

The goal this weekend is to move the scenery from Gainesville to Tampa and establish the upstairs area for some attempts at playing through the various rules sets likely starting with Joseph Morschauser’s book. It is surprising to look back on older rules and see what they got right and what they missed. I am sorting through an old Charles Grant book and surprised to find no rules summary anywhere. No wonder the old books are so worn.

I also dug out an old copy of Swords and Spells by Gary Gygax. D&D has been in its early days linked with the Chainmail rules but here Gygax tries to break free. Some of the idiosyncrasies of Chainmail remain while Gygax introduces a diceless system for combat. It is all pretty confusing and will be interesting to see in action.

But of course first I have to have the time.