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I love Barbarians of Lemuria and rules light fantasy. I really do.

I have no problem with Dungeons and Dragons and I have even played D&D 3.5 and 4ed (I own the books for both) but I really gravitate back to Barbarians of Lemuria.

I gravitate to it so much that I am even running an ongoing campaign and having a ball running it (and the players seem to be having fun).

I don’t have a problem with D&D, but the D20 system to me is just way over complicated and I really dislike game systems that do nothing but get in the way. My D&D games using the D20 system break down to the game stopping while the DM digs through his game books looking up a rule.

With a rules light game like Barbarians of Lemuria we are able to get through combat without it taking an hour and things just run more smooth and it is overall just more fun. I can teach a game like Barbarians of Lemuria to anyone (even people who have never played a role playing game) in under 5 minutes. There is no way I could say the same about D&D.

Rules light games area gathering interest and I am begining to see why. I have limited time to game these days and I just cannot see myself wasting time trying to learn a rules heavy game. Maybe when I was younger and had more time. But I just don’t have that kind fo time anymore.

What do you think of rules lite rpgs? Please post a comment and discuss it.

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Wild Die is back and has a new and expanded purpose.


Wild Die was originally just a role playing game blog and that was all there really was. There was RPG dicussions, reviews and industry discussion but there just wasn’t enough to keep the site going.

Wild Die 2.0 is a bit different and I will explain why

Wild Die is a blog as it originally was, however there will be multiple posters so there will be game discussions and reviews from different people providing different points of view.


We have also added a message forum, which we hope to grow into a full fledged community where people can get together and discuss role playing games and share ideas.


We are always looking for ways to improve this site, so if you have suggestions please let us know.


Until Next Time, Roll Well


Geek Messiah