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This entire thread is a prime example of the futility of maintaining a "no politics" rule here and expecting to be able to cover news...

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

I don't feel like combat is a failed state at all in Shadowdark, but it's definitely not the random blunder into a room and roll for...

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

That's the default in the SD games I've played in or run. In melee, thieves can spend a round outside of the scrum to hide then sneak...

A talent that lets you hide while being observed, even if it's just for a split second. And maybe with a mechanic where you can lose it...

The Foundry implementation is insanely well done. There's also a lights out theme and a crawl helper that does encounter checks and...

Obviously it’s jurisdiction dependent, but in most places you cannot choose not to do business with somebody based on their membership...

It depends whether you view alternative as rules or background. It's not a clone. It's a completely separate system. But back in the...

My only issue with this is that the original B5 was a groundbreaking endeavor and I have a hard time envisioning a reboot also being...

I haven't run it, but Shrine of the Jaguar Princess won an ennie, so it must be doing something right. It's 26 rooms.

And the using of the background for skills opens up that "player skill" stuff that the OSR talks about. Come up with a compelling case...

itch.io is the place to go for pay what you want Shadowdark. if you hang around the Discord, you'll see a lot of suggestions.

It's not about martinis, it's about Bond's reaction to danger. He can be physically shaken, but never emotionally stirred.

That's an interesting question. For Shadowdark, the Western Reaches are pretty much generic fantasy. It's pretty much designed to be...