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    Good Quickstart Rules

    I'm curious what games people think have good quickstart rules. Best examples? What should QS rules include?
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    OSR OSR News Roundup

    Welcome to the last Roundup for June. We're also halfway through the year, and less than a month out from GenCon, which is usually a slow time for releases as publishers work on getting their ducks in a row for the biggest convention of the year. I will likely not be publishing a Roundup next...
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    D&D General Bugbears & Borderlands 2e Boxed Set

    How have you been navigating increased production costs, especially with the box set?
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    D&D General Keying and how we all do it?

    I've done and written a lot using OSE since it was published, and I gotta say that while I really appreciate it for what it does -- acting as a comprehensive, organized reference document -- the sparse bullet-point approach as begun to feel really cold and sterile. I've been moderating the main...
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    OSR OSR News Roundup

    And we've got Lucid in stock! https://www.sabregamesandcards.com/product-page/lucid-sea-of-dreams
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    D&D General Project Bree-YARC: An Unholy Mashup of BX and 3e

    This is, of course, why it is an unholy mashup. For advancement, I'm using four central pillars, in descending order of importance: Treasure = XP. Encourages getting in, getting out, with as little combat as possible. Exploration. My preferred mode of play is the sandbox hexcrawl, and I'd like...
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    D&D General Project Bree-YARC: An Unholy Mashup of BX and 3e

    After saying for years that I'm not going to publish a retro-clone, I've found myself starting to work on one. I'm going with a working title of Bree-YARC (Yet Another Retro-Clone) for the time being. The plan is to bring this to crowdfunding winter of 2026, and I've got the following goals in...
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    D&D General [Backerkit] Hexcrawlapalooza

    While I normally write OSR products, I'm getting ready to launch a project on Backerkit that's funding the printing of two books geared towards creating hexcrawls and sandbox settings, with the purpose of being system-neutral. The first is Filling in the Blanks. I published this book six years...
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    OSR OSR News Roundup

    Welcome to the fourth news roundup in June. Last week was a short release, due to travel plans and storms that interfered with my internet connection, so let's see what we can do this week to make up for it, shall we? I have found that the summer months, especially the month and a half leading...
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    OSR OSR News Roundup

    Rob Conley is a publisher and author best known for the Blackmarsh setting and the excellent "How to Build a Fantasy Sandbox", and is currently raising funds for Into the Majestic Fantasy Realms: Northern Reaches. He's kindly agreed to answer some questions of mine. i Question: Tell us a bit...
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    The official EN World puppy/doggo thread

    Say hello to Lily. Almost three year old Great Pyrenees. Lily checks out a chicken.
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    OSR OSR News Roundup

    We've reached the halfway point of June and things are starting to heat up here in Virginia. On Wednesday I'll be posting an interview I conducted with Rob Conley of Bat in the Attic games, so be sure to check out the blog for that. It's likely going to be a short one this week; I'm traveling...
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