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Same here, but I read a lot of Wodehouse as a kid (I strongly suspect that doing so was formative to my ideas about masculinity).

Fired up the original Streets of Rage on the Switch. That Yuzo Koshiro soundtrack is so good.

I haven't gotten to that one yet in my idle re-read of the old D&D fiction line. I guarantee that the first time I read it as a young...

It’s not at all bad (the whole trilogy is good) though my favourite is the sequel, The Wyvern’s Spur, which is just really good at the P...

Curse of the Azure Bonds holds up better than some of its contemporaries, cover aside.

As @Retreater said, most OSR games embrace increasing AC over decreasing (if I recall correctly, OSE has both as an option). As far as...

The feeling that player choice matters. If I do something foolish, then I can die. If I do something clever, I can bypass obstacles...

The sense of lethality and danger. The reward for treasure over monster XP. When you feel like there's a real risk of your PC dying, it...

Many OSR systems have abandoned negative AC completely - or at least present positive AC (like D&D 3e-5e) as the primary option. These...

For me it's a combination of simpler mechanics and reminding me of the older games I grew up with. Of being free to adjudicate without...

I can only speak for myself (naturally!), but I read a comment on Reddit a few years back that summarized my feelings about OSR vs 5e...

So my brother is going to be launching his first Pirate Borg Kickstarter for ZineQuest. Here is the pre-launch page...

Seeing latest humble bundle book bundle with good Forgotten Realms novels, I see myself rereading Cyrse of the Azure Bonds and the...

Whether a person has common preferences (say, wants to run D&D) or uncommon (wants to only be a part of GM-less games), I think the key...

The people.