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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 9240162" data-attributes="member: 20323">The Games You Asked About (in my order of experience)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">OSE = I've played over 10 sessions of this between one-shots and an ongoing game, and it feels like a much better design of B/X, however there are definitely gaps in what the rules cover that are... more noticeable to me coming from years of playing modern D&D (3e, 4e, and 5e). I think the creator Gavin Norman is a phenomenal designer, and his work on Dolmenwood is amazing.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Osric and For Gold & Glory = Feel like 1e and 2e respectively, not the easiest layouts, but vastly better organized than the originals, have only played a little of Osric and only read (not run) For Gold & Glory</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shadowdark = Only read the playtest, and I know a lot of people are enjoying this. Personally, I am a big fan of Kelsey Dionne's adventure design & videos, but with Shadowdark I didn't feel like it was doing something substantially different from other RPGs... more like taking the ethos of B/X and applying that to a super-lite 5e remix with randomized character advancement & "your light source burns in real time."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Castles & Crusades = I have not played, but would like to try.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">White Box and Basic Fantasy = I have not played, and don't feel drawn to try.</li> </ul>Other OSR Games: I strongly second several of [USER=86653]@overgeeked[/USER] 's recommendations that weren't on the OP list.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dungeon Crawl Classics is wild, embracing chaos and randomness. I've only played a one-shot but am looking to run my own one-shot in the near future.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Knave is super-pared down where you are what you own. Cairn felt very similar to me. I've played both in one-shots.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Into the Odd, Electric Bastionland, and now Mythic Bastionland are brilliant, but I've only had the chance to read them, not participate yet.</li> </ul>Additionally, I can recommend from my own play experience:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Beyond the Wall, a fusion of d20 and B/X with more indie Playbooks/Scenario-books & cooperative setting building with a folkloric / YA / Lloyd Alexander's "Prydain" / Ursula LeGuin's "Earthsea" feel. I've run several one-shots or short games and I really enjoy the cantrip system and collaborative nature of the game.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Freebooters on the Frontier, is a blend of Dungeon World (PbtA) with very old school D&D and touches of DCC spellcasting, with extremely robust procedural generation of setting/adventures. I really really enjoyed Jason Lutes' design, but it's definitely still being playtested. Only run a two-shot so far.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">White Hack, some real innovations happening in this three-class system that is very much worth a look, only played once so far, but excited to run it myself.</li> </ul>I also found this article by Marcia B. trying to identify a series of OSR game families to be really excellent big picture overview of what's happening in the OSR scene (as of December 2022): <a href="https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/2022/12/osr-rules-families.html" target="_blank">https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/2022/12/osr-rules-families.html</a> Here's her conclusions on the 6 families:</blockquote>

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