Shadowdark Finally Played Shadowdark

[Scribe]

Yeah, I think it's safe to say Shadowdark isn't for me. In fact, I'd say that the entire OSR isn't for me after many years of trying to make it fit to get the feel of what was my nostalgic D&D. That's probably because we fudged so much and put so much plot armor on the heroes that they were like Iron Man. This is probably why I've struggled with 5E as well, since it has a toe in the OSR.
We had stories and legends. We had high stakes narrative scenes and intriguing mysteries. We didn't have dungeoncrawls or hexploration.
As I'm exploring other systems like Wildsea and Daggerheart, I'm starting to think that they're closer to how I played in the 1990s. (Even if the systems and worlds look different.)
We built the worlds together. We shaped conflict based around the character backstory. The DM was a fan of the characters, not a neutral referee (and certainly not an antagonist).

Are you sure you dont want 5.5?

 

[Retreater]

Are you sure you dont want 5.5?

I have it - got it with store credit from my LGS.
I'm starting to think D&D is too deadly and adversarial. Since 2014 I've had only one D&D campaign that didn't end in TPK.

 

[Scribe]

I have it - got it with store credit from my LGS.
I'm starting to think D&D is too deadly and adversarial. Since 2014 I've had only one D&D campaign that didn't end in TPK.

Hmm. Yeah I guess start looking at story first games or house rules.