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Gus L posted the thread OSR Designing Dungeons - A Course in D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants.Recently a few friends of mine completed this course on designing dungeons, specifically old school dungeons. I haven't seen too many... -
Gus L replied to the thread Keying and how we all do it?.Absolutely! I am big on these things as well and think they help, but they do increase length and complexity as well - still a good...
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As a reader, I really appreciate thoughtfulness when someone takes what is dense and attempts through the choices they make in...
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Gus L replied to the thread Keying and how we all do it?.So I hear you one OSE - I think it's a useful game text, but I also think it came a bit too late ... It originally designed at the...
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Gus L replied to the thread Keying and how we all do it?.Absolutely, I think it would take a lot of prep to run Arden Vul no matter what. Even if the keys were streamlined in whatever one's...
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I'm not convinced AV couldn't accomplish what people love about it (sense of deep history, complex, multi-level puzzles to solve)...
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Gus L reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR What does OSR mean to you? What do you value most in an OSR game? with
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What about a game like Mothership? It's a modern game, but it otherwise checks every one of those boxes, including explicitly not having... -
Gus L replied to the thread OSR What does OSR mean to you? What do you value most in an OSR game?.Hashing out what the OSR is or isn't is an impossible task. Personally I've been involved in the OSR and now Post OSR since maybe 2011...
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Gus L replied to the thread Keying and how we all do it?.No - they tend on the longer side for what they are - very late TSR - but that one is exceptional. To some degree I have to forgive...
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Gus L replied to the thread Keying and how we all do it?.I tend to agree the difficulty is 1) keying complex rooms and 2) Keying simple rooms in less standard spaces. E.G. "4 orcs arguing about...
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Content is more important than format for sure. Simple rooms are easy to run regardless of format. If a room is complex enough that the...
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I like to keep it terse and tight. I want to open my campaign binder and have a dungeon map on one page, and everything I need to know...
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Gus, ty for the link as well as past thoughts on your blog; your writing along w/ others have been influential in terms of how I prep...
