Hex Crawling In The Olde West (sivads-sanctum.itch.io)
Grab your six gun and horse. It's time to ride off into the Wild Blue Yonder!...
The Eternal OSR Controversy of No Thieves & Clerics
Every 6 months or so this comes up on these OSR Discussion Groups....
What's a Grognard? (www.youtube.com)
Basically, Napoleon invented the term and it got into the RPG scene because of our napoleonic wargaming origins.
How to Handle Parley as an OSR DM (goblinpunch.blogspot.com)
The Caverns of Steel (review by TenFootPole) (tenfootpole.org)
This really conjures the charm of old school D&D. Deadly, interesting. Varied. A little weird. This is what D&D is made of. Sure, it could be a lot more polished. But, also, that content is GOLD.
Ultra Violet Grasslands 2e is here now (www.exaltedfuneral.com)
The 2nd Edition is real now!...
Bathtub Review: Seas of Sand (playfulvoid.game.blog)
If your table loves unique worlds, is interested in a seafaring or mercantile campaign, or wanted to enjoy Ultraviolet Grasslands but it felt too picaresque or undirected, this is a book for you. What it will require from the referee, though, is a lot of prep work, both before session 1, and between sessions, and a decent level...
Beyond the Pale flip-thru (www.tumblr.com)
How a party of Level 1 adventurers beat a fucking vampire (vilecultofshapes.blogspot.com)
Bill Hoyt - My Old Campaign (smolderingdung.itch.io)
Update to that thought about a forum-based rules light RPG - I made a prototype. (sh.itjust.works)
Not even sure if I’m ready for playtesters yet or if I’ll even keep working on this, but I had fun making it so far. If you’ve got any thoughts on what would make this more or less playable, it’d probably help me if/when I do get back to working on this.
I feel like this would be a really great basis for a forum-based RPG. (rowanrookanddecard.com)
I really miss old roleplaying forums where instead of being more “gamelike” you would more write a story together and the rules were more of a self governing expectation that people wouldn’t try to take over a story for themselves (which didn’t always work as intended). I remember being on one’s for everything from...
Ascending Through Nine Levels of DCC in Nine Weeks (glorbsladder.wordpress.com)
It was a bit stressful and confusing at times as new abilities were constantly being piled on, and maybe it was a mistake to choose a system like DCC. If I had it to do over again something simpler, with flatter curves and less wacky stuff injected might make for a smoother ride. But maybe the bumps along the way are what made...
The Serpent Song Hymnal: Collection of Tables & Such for Running BX Dungeons & Dragons (icastlight.blogspot.com)
My aim is for it to be a living document that evolves as I run games, scratch out well-used results, add new ones, and add/subtract whole tables. It is also not intended to be a new RPG ruleset or anything like that, but more my reflection of BX D&D. The way I butter my toast.
Hexplore 24 to replace Dungeon23? (monstersmazes.blogspot.com)
The Monsters & Mazes blog has suggested #Hexplore24 to replace #Dungeon23. The idea is to solo play through a newly generated hex each day for a year.
The Curse of the Ganshoggr (Review) (tenfootpole.org)
So you want to take a party from Level 1 to 10+ Ehh? (ucf80c1e23d17f96fcaea8b969b0.previews.dropboxusercontent.com)
Free as it was allways meant to be - no charge free distribution...
Trick or Treaters Assemble! Jack Skeleton has put out a hit on the Easter Bunny! (slm-assets.secondlife.com)
After chipping his tooth on a rotten Cadbury Egg! Jack has decided the Easter Bunny needs to die....
A Free D6 of Chrono Trigger Inspired Backgrounds for Troika! (ttrpg.network)
Hey y’all! Just wanted to drop a free d6 of Troika backgrounds from a setting book I’ve been working on! Can you guess what character inspired what background? A certain time travelling adventure JRPG is the key. Enjoy!
Professor DungeonMaster play report of The Lost City (youtu.be)
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Stunting for Profit in D&D combat (mythlands-erce.blogspot.com)
I’ve seen people go with the approach that says that you can stunt (ie. achieve an effect different than damage) by simply forfeiting your damage roll if you hit. It’s simple and nice, but I think doesn’t really add to the game what stunting should - Something out of the box, raising the stakes to gain an advantage...
Re-inventing the Wilderness: Part 1 (sachagoat.blot.im)
This past year, my home-group have ventured across the much-anticipated Dolmenwood setting. In hexcrawling through this mystical land, I anticipated the classic dungeon-game sandbox experience… you know, hexes and such. Yet, in play we engaged most with Dolmenwood’s mesmerizing pathcrawl, where trails, rivers, and fairy...
A very useful tool for your OSR Toolbox (1.bp.blogspot.com)
www.drivethrurpg.com/product/…/A-Rasp-of-Sand...
Swordtember 2023 (forums.hexed.press)
Anybody else giving Swordtember a try this year? I am giving it ago, despite failing miserably at it last year. One wrinkle for me: I’m not limiting myself to swords. I hereby dub it, Weaptember!...