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OSR is dangerous so it feels like an adventure when you play. OSR is mostly rules light so it trains the players to actually think...

Yeah, this is pretty much my answer, too. The specific features I like, such as fewer character options, lightweight or non-existent...

There's something nice about dungeons in particular. They are nice self-contained spaces with hard boundaries to hold neat stuff to...

I can only speak for @GothmogIV, but I like the fact that the answers to the challenges in the game aren't based on what's on your...

This is what I observed with 2e as well. Looking back, I can't help but think the playerbase wanted campaigns to be ran in such a way...

Its clean, it doesnt bother going into detail that should be reserved for a technical design or legal document, it understands that the...

Because the mechanics are written in favor of the dangerous world and not the players. I also enjoy the amount of freedom it gives the...

For me it's a combination of simpler mechanics and reminding me of the older games I grew up with. Of being free to adjudicate without...

If you've ever played SSI's Krynn series of CRPGs (using AD&D rules), you know how delicious chain-exploding Draconians can be.

In the AD&D modules and in Dragonlance Adventures there is no provision for draconian immunity. Everybody who is nearby is affected...

The problem is just D&D is DENSE. Most of the tactical RPGs are (I can't even imagine teaching Pathfinder). The amount of rules I...

The Basic DM has run an adventure or two, probably official adventures, or even mediocre, homebrewed adventures that everyone still...

Excuse me, I don't remember providing that update on my "progress" last year.

Just make sure to abandon it when you are about 50% done so you can start making your own role-playing system instead. Then you will...

Thank you, friends. All really helpful. I sat down yesterday and started banging away at it.