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The above is an example of a bit of rules tinkering. Players must have plausible reasons for their bastion events. 😁

Good reasons, ridiculous reasons or no reasons at all, the facilities will come back. The bastion system is very abstract, designed to run in the background with a few dice rolls and no GM input at all. Yes, players can add all the rpg elements they want, but as written, this has zero input on...

As written, it's just "poof." I imagine many groups will tinker with the system though.

The bastion reforms for free. It just kinda regenerates with 0 effort from the players. New workers just show up too.

In the past, I've let players build a base or modify a structure they've cleaned out. This can happen at any time, depending on the group's wishes and money. They have always build a joint structure. All I want from a Bastion system is a sample list of costs and some ideas and costs for more...

I'm a terrible dice goblin. I like to match my dice to my character, or if I'm running a game, to the theme.

Yes. People are realizing it gets awkward and frustrating for players to constantly pretend ignorance.

What we've been doing sometimes when rolling stats is assign the number to stat of choice after each roll. This way, you can lean into your preferred class, without necessarily matching the highest roll to class's favoured stat. I'm making a fighter, I just rolled a 15 right off the bat. Do I...

I recently finished playing in a long Shadowdark campaign. It ended up having an epic arc that was not initially planned out. We were careful and avoided dying. The GM rolled in open so definitely no fudging. After a few levels, we got fairly tough. The super deadlines of OSR style games...

The modern philosophy of the OSR is not to gleefully kill characters at every turn. The GM should be telegraphing danger, providing lots of choice, having lots of cool things to interact with and avoiding the "gotcha" moments that were often common back in the day. There should be a strong...

There's a few. Gavin Norman translated Winter's Daughter to 5e. Andrew Kolb's Neverland and Oz are 5e supplements that are beloved by the OSR. Maybe Kelsey Dionne's 5e adventures?

I got His Majesty the Worm for Christmas. Page 15 and already excited😍

Same as you. Also, the adventures, settings, material, etc. tend to be more creative, whimsical and inspiring. I get more excited reading a lot of OSR/NSR/Indie products. Love the zines!

Congratulations @Helena Real! I too am looking forward to seeing you and Spencer Moore's DW 2 design.

2024: Ran Old Gods of Appalachia which was a blast, despite some qualms about the system. Running Brindlewood Bay. Lots of fun Got to play in lots of Shadowdark. Not as lethal as its reputation, as long as players are careful and treat combat as a last resort! Ran a pulp mode Shadowdark with...

This looks really cool. I love and own many starter sets, even for games I already knew how to play. They're fun goodie boxes!

Another vote for Stonetop here. I've been waiting for this game to come out for a really long time! Hope 2025 is the year.

A lot of my favourites have been listed, so I'll give a shout out to the art in Brindlewood Bay. The charming illustrations mixing Cozy and Eldritch horror are perfect.

Exactly this.

Black Sword Hack. Magic is dangerous and even rolling a critical success might be more than you bargained for, like sleep being permanent.