overgeeked's latest activity
-
overgeeked reacted to BruceWright's post in the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run? with
Like.
I think we’re looking at a bit of a pendulum here. Back in the days of early D&D, descriptions were brief and mostly mechanical... -
overgeeked reacted to BruceWright's post in the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run? with Like.
a reminder that many game designers wish they were Tolkien. And the lesson they learned from reading Tolkien is that his books used a...
-
overgeeked reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Gatekeeping would be arguing the point in the other thread. I am making an observation off in an empty lot, rather than telling the...
-
overgeeked reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Sure. And that's the intent of the thread. It just seemed evident to me that there's a common and recurring situation Whizbang was most...
-
overgeeked reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
People not knowing what they're talking about BECAUSE they've only played one or two games and are ignorant of huge swathes of design is...
-
overgeeked reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run? with Like.
I think you're conflating quantity of content vs. presentation. As an example of what I want, take that four page history of a...
-
The richest gameplay we've been seeing is coming from the OSR scene like Shadowdark's Cursed Scrolls, Gavin Norman and Brad Kerr, to...
-
overgeeked reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run? with Like.
I have to agree with @zakael19 here. I don't think the tradeoff you see is intrinsic or necessary. Modules can be both easy to run AND...
-
overgeeked reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run? with Like.
Oh, maybe. In that case maybe they should write a novel, and then release an easy-to-run module that corresponds to the novel?
-
overgeeked reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Librarians may be my favorite nerds.
-
overgeeked replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.I know librarians still mad about the Library of Alexandria burning.
-
overgeeked reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Tell me how few RPG products you've read without telling me how few RPG products you've read.
-
overgeeked reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR New edition of OSE in 2026 (updated with some links) with Like.
They have an OSR A-Team working on their introductory boxed set. It stands every chance of being excellent.
-
overgeeked reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR Modules with the best layout & presentation with Like.
Nowadays, if someone wrote a room description like that -- please don't -- one would hope they'd either preface it with a bullet pointed...
-
overgeeked reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR Modules with the best layout & presentation with Like.
Rot Black Sludge in Mork Borg -- surprise! -- is excellent in its presentation. As opposed to the rest of the book, the adventure is...