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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 6128836" data-attributes="member: 205">I don't know.  I can see the attraction sometimes of a lack of codification, especially as a DM.  You come up with a concept, think of a resolution method that roughly models it, and drop it in the game.  And as a player, too, the freedom of knowing that what you want to attempt won't be in the rules somewhere and can thus simply be attempted and adjudicated seems nice.  I think that sort of game works best with both a permissive DM and proactive, imaginative players.  (Don't all games?)  But while being imaginative is fun, it isn't a game, and having more structured rules scratches an itch for me that the freeform play that OSR sorts recommend just doesn't have the same feel.  I get bored spending half an hour working on a puzzle the DM placed or exploring rooms for loot and traps.  OSR type games don't feel visceral enough for me.Having said that, I love the crunch in a game like ACKS, and wouldn't mind taking a swing at it.  That game seems to have some solid rules for economic and domain management, which is nice and crunchy, and the classes have a bit more detail than your standard OD&D game.  I can get behind domain and henchman management as a resource balancing game.I also have to give out a shout out to Beyond the Wall, which might be the best OSR derived game I've seen yet for character creation, with playbooks like Dungeon World, and a simple but fascinating magic system based around rituals.</blockquote>

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