Gus L's latest activity

I think this is the basic concept behind the snadbox, but for it to work I think one also needs to lay down a few piece of...

It's funny how this first definition has grown since the collapse of the OSR as a specific scene - roughly post 2020 and the end of G+...

I've intentionally used "twit" as it's the vague language of insult and invective that avoids the issue of vexatious ligation or threats...

Not entirely sure, not spending long enough looking or running anything through Tine Eye etc. I don't recognize the paintings offered...

Ummm. I looked at the sample...Not my thing and from a designer who has spent a decade earning my disrespect. Seems like a typical...

I love monster books because of the inspiration mainly, then the lore, and lastly the stats. I used to think (for an embarrassingly long...

I tend to agree both that this describes the intended campaign well enough (or perhaps the setting) but and that titles are helpful ...

Absolutely - I think the story from Blackmoor illustrates this sort of attitude and I've noticed it when running older style games for...

I haven't really been following the discussion here of lethality in older systems, OSR mythologizing and your own awful 5E lethality...

Well, if you're someone who makes bespoke monsters every time -- and I do a lot of this, myself -- big premade books of monsters can...

I agree to an extent with the observations - not however with all the conclusions. In my personal experience 5E dungeon crawls were...

Castle Amber is rather unique - not Hickmanism like Pharoah (ugh that module ruins pyramids), and not Saltmarsh's experimental English...

Are your play examples for Castle Amber played in AD&D or 5e? Cuz 5e takes ... longer. Everything takes longer. All the modern D&Ds do...

Of course - few things take as long as 250 page WotC tome. Adren-Vul? I still find it funny that Coleville picked Castle Amber of all...

On topic, but departing from the current Deck discussion (Decks are a fun item, they can really upend a campaign - sometimes in bad...