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I am enjoying the way the words "character build" summoned a discussion of character building. It's not my thing, but I appreciate that...

Sure I'll give a go: "Old School" - RPGs from 1974 - 1989 (maybe), though the actual old school play has little consistency across the...

Thanks for the detailed explanation. Honestly. I guess in that sense I'm not truly OSR though I played during the early days. The...

I think it's been really useful and sanity making for me to draw lines between "OSR", "Post-OSR", and "Old School". The borders are...

@Simon Miles Love it! Conveys absolutely everything I want to know right away.

The most OSR logo is to just write "OSR" in sharpie marker on the cover. I am joking ... sort of. OSR isn't a brand, and while I like...

Yes and no. He changed how he played and ran over time, so people who report what his game was like from different years can be...

Why would we really care anyway? If I didn't enjoy Gary's style of play I sure wouldn't care that he enjoyed it. I also think we can...

I think there's a bit of a tension here - while certainly one aspect of the OSR project was to look at old rules, in general the...

This is one of the reasons I like to get away from "What did Gary/Dave/other Dave/etc play at their table" is precisely this. It is both...

I agree with this - I don't like love level drain myself, though it's easier if HP are rerolled at the start of each session ... but...

I'd agree the playstyle was good for a bunch of us and that that the organization and clarity of 1e rules was poor, but what else was...

So as the author of this. First, there is no "superweapon" in the Prison of the Hated Pretender. There is a broken down magical device...

I tend to agree or even say that any split is artificial. Spelljammer and Dark Sun were certainly a subject of discussion (in a...

It doesn't mention dungeons as much as it mentions blog posts and similar resources but it does include references to Thracia. The two...