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I like roll under systems - Dragonbane to be specific. But currently playing Household which uses d6's and has a push-your-luck mechanic. I don't know if I'd want that all the time, but it is fun.

'Meet for the Crab King' is available on the Nimble Website. It comes in the boxed set.

It works a little different in Nimble. As long as you have any hp, you're fully functional. When you hit 0 HP you take a wound, get one action, and if you attack you or are hit, you take extra wounds. Battle-field healing and 'field rests' heal hp and get you fully functional, but don't heal...

I haven't found it a huge issue in actual play.

It's OSR adjacent but really depends what you like as to what will sell you. As a GM I love how easy it is to run. You roll on (or choose from) a chart to determine monster actions and they always hit. NPCs you have to make a check to hit, though. It has BRP roots so roll under but with a d20...

I'd have to try your home brew rules to really have an opinion but, generally speaking, I've come to just embrace the quirks of different systems because, often, they're about playability and fun rather than realism. That said, I have a homebrew rule I'm looking to try when we come back to...

Maybe, depending how you define 'heartbreaker'. Sure, it set out to fix D&D combat and, IMO, succeeded. But it's done more than that, drawn widely and with self-awareness from numerous RPGs, and is very much its own thing. Also, it's very successful with an enthusiastic community. It gives my...