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The DMs who ran Retreater's games don't seem to have read any play examples in the book. One of them -- the "do every dungeon room in...

Sure, but I think what we can generally accept is that play back then wasn't really animated by design principles as much as it was by...

Crawl helper is really fantastic. Also grab the community tokens -- they will auto-map graphics to all the creatures in the system. I...

I got sucked into it at the beginning because of the obviously bad experience OP had described from the game being ran poorly, but it...

I think that much like real life, what that OSR maxim is aiminf at is that the players should always be looking for any advantage they...

Two other observations: Sometimes I think that advocates for Shadowdark, or OSR/NuSR in general, exaggerate the avoidance of combat...

I'm working on my Appendix N Jam submission and brainstorming with a friend. One of the obstacles I'm putting in is kind of a pain in...

(I'm switching back to talking about Shadowdark in this thread, instead of continuing to pointlessly bump that other one....) I've been...

Shadowdark isn't neary as deadly, even at low levels, as some other OSR games. It's not 5E or anything, but it's also not OD&D. Kelsey...

It’s very important for OSR style play (including Shadowdark) to emphasize that the point of play is to solve environmental puzzles...

As I said upthread, it doesn't sound to me like Shadowdark is the system you want. Sure, it sounds like you had some GMs who totally...

There's a part of me that really wanted to like Shadowdark. After all, I backed the deluxe "everything" version of the latest...

I was trying to take a broader view, but this is probably fair.

Yeah, it's a rational choice. It does sound like the Lurking Fears people and other con DMs really crapped the bed, though.

It's vital that SD not be played like 5e or even 2e. Danger should be telegraphed so players can make informed choices. Combat will...