We finished up the 5 session run with Blueholme and The Lost City (B4) last night
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Posted by: Sean_RDP
15 Jun 2021
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A group of folks decided to look at some OS/R games to see how they play and how the term OS/R may or may not affect the game design itself. There are a ton of games to choose from, but several of us mentioned Blueholme and I volunteered to run it. We have four players, though only three were at session one.
Posted by: Sean_RDP
07 Apr 2021
Games: Blueholme, Holmes D&D
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As part of the discussion on Discord about looking at “OSR” games, I visited an old friend.
Back in the early 80s, I GMed perhaps 100 sessions of DragonQuest 2nd edition. I've just been combing through those old rules and I've found some interesting elements.
Posted by: AlanRB
24 Feb 2021
Games: DragonQuest, Dungeons and Dragons 1974
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I ran a scenario of Miseries and misfortunes; about three sessions (plus some miscellaneous character creation and reflection). It is an interesting, though mayhaps incomplete, game, and one I do not enjoy as written. But there are many good lessons to learn from it.
Posted by: Tommi
14 Feb 2021
Games: Miseries and misfortunes
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Ranrance was a Praedor character I played once when I had moved abroad and had no gaming group yet. A short-grown river bandit, whose main feature was owning a river ship. Why not convert them to the highly customized BECMI rules variant in use here, since I would otherwise never play him? So I did.
Posted by: Tommi
24 Nov 2020
Games: Homebrew, OSR, Praedor, Burning Wheel
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This post is an oblique response to http://adeptplay.com/actual-play/dd-habits-and-culture and http://adeptplay.com/seminar-hearts-minds/conversation-dd-play-culture .
Posted by: Tommi
15 Aug 2020
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It turned out to be a week for interviews. At long last, I may be conducting this "presence on social media" thing correctly, because people I don't know, working from venues I haven't encountered, have been getting in touch.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
17 May 2020
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Evidently my Reflections by request video from Febuary 14 wasn't too badly done, as I've received a lot of inquiries about continuing the discussion, especially the topics raised at the end.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
05 Mar 2019
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Dustin isn't a naive game designer, having produced Synthicide and generally navigated modern publishing. He asked me how to promote a game which did not fit neatly into "trad or indie," "OSR or story game," or any other dichotomy which people presented to him. Which is a perfect opportunity for me to stomp upon those dichotomies with my hobnailed boots, both for him and as a general PSA.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
24 Nov 2018
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Here, hop into this handbasket with me. We’re goin’ for a ride!
It’s part of “Finding D&D,” focusing this time on fundamentalist belief and practice, including but not limited to the OSR. I thought about waiting until part 4 was done, as these two parts only make full sense relative to one another. But whatever; it’s a draft, and I might as well start collecting “what about” and “you forgot [some damn thing]” now.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
16 Mar 2018
Games: Dungeons and Dragons 1974, Dungeons and Dragons Holmes 1977, Dungeons and Dragons Moldvay 1980, Dungeons and Dragons Mentzer 1985, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Second Edition, Rules Cyclopedia, Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition, Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, The Black Hack, The White Hack, Blueholme, Renegade, Dwimmermount, Adventurer Conqueror King, Mazes and Perils, Adventures Dark and Deep, Delving Deeper, For Gold and Glory, Swords and Wizardry, Spellcraft and Swordplay, Hackmaster, Demon’s Lair, Dawnfire, Deathstalkers, Undiscovered, Fantasy Earth, Forge: Out of Chaos, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Castles and Crusades, Monsters and Minions, Carcosa, Dark Dungeons RPG, Basic Fantasy, Labyrinth Lord
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