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I’ve seen way more “oh holy crap why did I never think of that” creativity in OSR-esque stuff then anything written in long form prose...
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Mothership adventures manage those kinds of scenarios pretty well, often in a single pamphlet. (Mothership's third party community is...
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I think this is just a terminology issue I'm not understanding, not a problem with the article, but for the life of me I can't...
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Yes! I couldn't wait to bring Wyvern Songs to the table. It does delight and no sense of being weighed down. Hole in the Oak from...
Nov 14, 2025
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The richest gameplay we've been seeing is coming from the OSR scene like Shadowdark's Cursed Scrolls, Gavin Norman and Brad Kerr, to...
Nov 14, 2025
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I have to agree with @zakael19 here. I don't think the tradeoff you see is intrinsic or necessary. Modules can be both easy to run AND...
Nov 14, 2025
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Movies: only one I can think of is Honour Among Thieves TV: Arcane and Castlevania
Nov 14, 2025
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You might like adventures that Joseph R. Lewis writes. He takes great care to be succinct but have some flavour text. He puts a lot of...
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Today's Western Reaches update is a 68 page PDF with ALL the new spells, including those from Cursed Scrolls (so far). Nice!
Nov 13, 2025
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I hear what you're saying. And to be honest, as I get older with less ability to game, I want to spend less time on inventory...
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I think this is critical. If the game is not about getting treasure, then sure you dont need to worry about it as much, but when the...
Nov 13, 2025
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I like simple inventory systems that matter. We can drop these extra torches to pick up more loot. It'll be fine, right? I don't like...
Nov 12, 2025
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I don't know all of the games you mention, but Shadowdark doesn't link inventory/encumbrance to health, and although I haven't looked at...
Nov 12, 2025
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What was your 2nd RPG?
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Chivalry & Sorcery.
Nov 11, 2025
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The RiverBank RPG is just starting to arrive in stores and to all the folks that backed the project! You can check out one of the first...
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